Target Audience
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Scientific and technological system: academia, research institutions; infrastructures; libraries and archives
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Society: civil society institutions; local and community-based institutions; non-governmental organizations; companies; average
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Decision makers: government; municipalities; funding and research agencies
Framework
Research and innovation processes developed exponentially throughout the 20th century, following the need and trend towards democratizing access to knowledge and its benefits to society.
Expressions such as “social responsibility”, “responsible research (RRI)”, “public engagement”, “collaborative research”, “co-creation” or “citizen science” constitute today an evolution in the way science is thought, created, communicated and appropriate.
This evolution, and its integration into the Open Science paradigm, has created contexts for the inclusion of multiple social actors in active participation in scientific processes and in the definition of research agendas, aligning science processes and results with as expectations, as needs and society's challenges.
This vision has also been promoted and developed at the international level, in particular within the framework of the European Commission, acquiring special relevance through citizen science practices and projects, in which citizens who do not formally work in the science participate and contribute to scientific projects.
In Portugal, there are several initiatives for public participation in science, in a logic of citizen science and participatory_science participated_science, involving citizens in all stages of scientific activity.
The strategic definition assumed by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education in terms of Open Science, assumes Citizen Science as one of the decisive pillars for its implementation, as it recognizes that trust, transparency and relevance of science increase when carried out in relationship with society and, above all, the ability to encourage involvement as a way of bringing communities together, creating environments conducive to social, scientific, economic and cultural innovation.
The challenges posed by Citizen Science are still fundamental for formative and methodological renewal in terms of teaching and research, introducing new methods and new learning based on a model of collaboration, co-creation and multidirectional knowledge transfer.
THENational Meeting of Citizen Science, promoted by the State Secretariat for Science, Technology and Higher Education, in collaboration with the Foundation for Science and Technology and Ciência Viva - National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture, seeks to bring together communities involved in Citizen Science initiatives in Portugal and highlight experiences, paths and examples that allow us to collectively answer the question: What happens when we place science in society, when we open it up to the public?
Bearing in mind the ongoing international dynamics in this domain, this meeting also has the purpose of starting the debate for the creation of a National Strategy for Citizen Science.
Goals
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Make known the principles and fundamentals of Citizen Science.
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Promote increased participation and involvement of citizens in scientific activities, sharing and collaborative construction of knowledge.
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Train for the use, management, sharing and curation of research data.
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Identify, map and aggregate citizen science initiatives, projects, campaigns and challenges in Portugal.
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Align with transnational and international activities of citizen participation and/or citizen involvement in solving challenges.
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Encourage the creation of a Citizen Science community
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Start the debate for the creation of a National Strategy for Citizen Science.
PROGRAM
10 am |Opening session
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Maria Fernanda Rollo| Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education
10:30 am |Citizen Science: What is it? how to do
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The future of citizen science
Paulo Gama Mota| Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra
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Citizen Science, scientific social responsibility and open science.
Carlos Catalan| Live Science
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Can citizens be scientists? Challenges and benefits - the example of the vendas.pt platform
Elizabeth Marchante| Center for Functional Ecology at the University of Coimbra
11:30 am | coffee break
11:45 am |Create Communities
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The Citizens' Voice in the Governance of Cities
Miguel de Castro Neto| NOVA Information Management School
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Involvement of local communities in research: the role of citizen science in valuing and understanding the territory
Maria Ines Alves Vicente| Open Science Platform, University of Leiden - Municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
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The Things Network – Community of Coimbra. An open initiative based on the participatory power of citizens.
Antonio Luis Alves| CRITICAL Software
12:45| free lunch
14:00 |Flashtalks: Sharing projects and experiences
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Ten Editions of FuturePlaces: Citizenship Laboratories
Heitor Alvelos| U.Porto / ID+ / futureplaces
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Some ideas for replacing ivory and taking science out of the tower.
Joana Gonçalves de Sa| Gulbenkian Institute of Science
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Maps of the seas of the Algarves: from fishermen to society via academia
Jorge Gonçalves| Center for Marine Sciences (CCMAR) at the University of Algarve
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Memory of the Avenues: build a history with_cc781905-5cde-3b5badcf_community
Luisa Metelo Seixas| IHC FCSH/UNL
Heloisa Cid| Largest of the Avenues
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Letters from Nature: transcripts of science and biodiversity
Antonio Carmo Gouveia| UNESCO Chair in Biodiversity and Conservation University of Coimbra
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Earth Archives: the urban factory revealing itself to the city
M. da Conceição Lopes| CEAACP/UC Center for Studies in Archeology, Arts and Heritage/Univ. Coimbra
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Common knowledge: from the street to the university
Antonio Brito Guterres| Aga Khan Portugal Foundation
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Local adaptation to climate change – citizen participation in 26 Portuguese municipalities
Luisa Schmidt | ICS / University of Lisbon
Joao Mourato| ICS / University of Lisbon
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RTP Arquivos: Our collective memory just a click away
Hilarious Lopes| RTP
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Transparency and open governance for closer justice
Pedro Tavares| Justice ministry
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Photosynthesis: archive of memories and images of the Botanical Garden
Antonio Carmo Gouveia| Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra
3:45 pm | coffee break
4:15 pm |My Citizen Science project in 3 minutes
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Galls of Portugal
Francisco Alejandro López Nunez| Center for Functional Ecology at the University of Coimbra
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On implication: political economy and scientific work
Gonçalo Velho
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Citizen science mission “ReSEED: looking for the lost and forgotten seeds”
Dulce Freire| Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon
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UnderWater Watch
GEOTA
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VACALOURA.pt
Carla Rego| Portuguese Society of Entomology; Center for Ecology Evolution and Environmental Changes, University of the Azores.
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“Coastwatch European Project – Environmental Education and Citizen Science”
Carla Pacheco| Geota - Territory and Environment Study Group
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galaxy zoo
Ana Alves| Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
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The cotton bud plague
João Pequeno| Portuguese Marine Litter Association
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New Science Decision Makers
Joao Cao Duarte| Center for Philosophy of Sciences at the University of Lisbon
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MosquitoWeb
Maria Theresa Novo| NOVA University of Lisbon, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Global Health and Tropical Medicine
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Exotic species in Portuguese aquatic ecosystems – the INSPECT and FRISK projects
Joao Paulo Medeiros| MARE - Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences
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Environment in Motion
Sofia Bento| Research Center in Economic and Organizational Sociology
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“Archaeology for everyone”
Maria of Fatima Palma| Mértola Archaeological Field/ CEAACP;
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The citizen science project BioDiversity4All and its participation in the European Citizen Science Association.
Patricia Tiago| Biodiversity for All Association and Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes
17h00 |Debate: National Citizen Science Strategy
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Maria Fernanda Rollo| Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education
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Ana Sanchez| Foundation for Science and Technology
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Carlos Catalan| Live Science
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Paulo Gama Mota| Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra
5:30 pm | closure
Participation at National Citizen Science Meeting is free but registration is mandatory
You can submit proposals for the session “My Citizen Science Project in 3 Minutes” until October 20th.
To send a proposal click onAdd a File.
The following elements must be included: Name of the responsible for the project, Name and Link of the project, text (up to 100 words).
Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by October 22nd.
HOW TO GET
THALIA THEATER
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Estrada das Laranjeiras, 205
1649-018 Lisbon
buses| 726, 755, 764
Subway| Blue Line / Blue Line – Stop / Stop Laranjeiras or / or Jardim Zoológico
Train| seven rivers
GPS| 38.744632 | -9.168682