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Scivil
@scivil.bsky.social
Flemish knowledge center for citizen science
www.scivil.be/en

Scivil is the center for #citizenscience in Flanders (Belgium). We gather and spread knowledge, and bring actors and projects closer together. #citsci
💧 Interested in #CitizenParticipation in water research?

CIW is organising an💡inspiration session

Get inspired by 5 projects and a keynote by Uta Wehn (IHE Delft) on international trends in citizen science & water

ℹ️Info: buff.ly/m8unU8a

🗓️Mon 8 Dec | 🕒 13:30–17:00 | 📍Leuven |💬 Primarily in Dutch
Inspiratiesessie: Burgerparticipatie in wateronderzoek
Het platform burgerwetenschap van CIW nodigt je uit voor voor een inspirerende namiddag rond burgerparticipatie in watergerelateerd onderzoek in Leuven op maandag 8 december van 13:30 tot…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📢 Event by VITO: We Are Days

#WeAre is an online platform that enables #citizens to collect, connect, and share health data from various sources

Network, explore practical tools, and discover the technology behind the platform

🗓️ 25–26 November 2025 |📍Antwerp

🔗 Register:
We Are Days
We Are: your data, your story Locatie: KAVA Congres Centrum, Consciencestraat 41, 2018 Antwerpen. Lees hier meer over de bereikbaarheid. Tijdens dit tweeda...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Join this 💻 webinar on #Citizens4Water and discover how #CitizenScience can make a meaningful impact in hydrology and water management 💧

Register ➡️ buff.ly/HNLkNmo

Organised in the framework of Acting4Water, an EU-funded project addressing water scarcity
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📣#Survey shout-out!

What makes citizen science trustworthy?

Fill in the survey by AfricaMuseum, designed with IIASA:

🔍 Rate trustworthiness of hypothetical citizen science projects
✅Open to all! Regardless of previous experience with citizen science

The survey: conjointly.online/study/622299...
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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🌎Citizens4Water is a global inventory of #CitizenScience projects about:

💧Hydrology
💧Water management

Are you involved in a project?
Would you like to learn more?

️Go to www.citizens4water.org and join the community!

C4W is a project by @scivil.bsky.social and @unesco.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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💧 Citizens4Water is live!

C4W is a global platform for citizen science projects in #hydrology and #water management 🌎

🌊Submit your project on www.citizens4water.org

🪲Any bugs on the platform? Share your feedback: buff.ly/zAXrKfz

Project by @scivil.bsky.social and @unesco.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🌟Online Inspiration Session: Inclusive Citizen Science

How to make #CitizenScience inclusive? Learn tools & insights during this free session, organised by Citizen Science Contact Point at @VUB

📅 10 Nov | 13:00–14:00

✅ Examples from UrbanReleaf, Engage SDG & CitiObs

👉 Register: buff.ly/rXP8c6y
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October 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🌍 Citizen Engagement for Climate Resilience
📅 5 Nov | 09:00–12:00
📍 U-Residence, VUB

CLIMAS is a Horizon Europe project that aims to strengthen climate resilience through citizen engagement

In this event, they will present the resulting CLIMAS Toolbox!
➡️Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/9K3zf0dB6Z
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Announcement 📢The app for our #CitizenScience project #maarallee is live!

#Maarallee invites Flemish speakers to record their voice in their own dialect or accent. These recordings will train AI to understand everyday Flemish.

➡️📱Download the app! Go to www.maarallee.be
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Do you know any citizen scientists in Flanders? 👩🔬🔭

📝We’re conducting a #survey (±15 minutes) to learn more about citizen scientists. What drives them, and what challenges do they face?

🔄Help us by sharing this survey with your network!

👉The survey (NL only): buff.ly/zOjwqHP
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
👩🔬Researchers, we need your input!

Scivil and @uclouvain.bsky.social are conducting a short survey (±15 min) on researchers’ views on #CitizenScience

Open to all researchers, familiar with citizen science or not

📢 Share the survey with your colleagues!

✅ Survey:
Please fill out this form
forms.office.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Oct 24: @gromadaukraine.bsky.social hosts a conference on #CitizenScience in conflict zones, focusing on #Ukraine

Researchers, policymakers, students and civil society will explore citizen-generated data in environmental monitoring & recovery

✅Free💻In person & online🔗Info: buff.ly/boCKcWj
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October 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We’re joining imec at Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen!
📅 23 Oct |📍 Flanders Expo, Ghent

Scivil will present #maarallee: a citizen science app where you record your voice to help AI understand everyday Flemish & dialects

ℹ️ Info event: buff.ly/sF29IoH
📧 Maarallee newsletter: buff.ly/OpolNW6

#Trefdag25
Programma
Trefdag Vlaanderen Digitaal op donderdag 23 oktober 2025 in Gent. #Trefdag25
www.vlaanderen.be
October 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Interview🎙️

In #DeGroteVoedselkaart, a project by @sciensano.be, citizens used an app to map their food environment.📍🍔

Read more about the methodology, initial findings and future ambitions of this #CitizenScience project.

To the interview (NL only)👉 www.scivil.be/succesverhaa...
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Did you know Scivil & #Brightlab are part of #RVO-Society?🌍

Brightlab inspires future generations through innovative STEM learning🔬📚

Scivil connects citizens & researchers via #CitizenScience

Together, we went on a teambuilding @howesthogeschool.bsky.social & @viveshogeschool.bsky.social! 🤝
October 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🔬Join our Citizen Panel

The scent of pine trees, colors of flowers...🌺all come from plant compounds called #terpenoids and #flavonoids

You can help decide which of these compounds will be included in an open science starter kit for future sustainability research🔍👉 research.bpact.be?e=473116&d=l...
September 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Scivil joined the #CRef-#VLIR meeting on #CitizenScience. With Belgian university colleagues, we explored:
🎓 How universities can support CS
🤝Opportunities for stronger cooperation
... and more!

A great meeting with lots of actionable ideas📬Stay in the loop via our newsletter: www.scivil.be/en
September 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📅 Friday: Reimagining Cultural Heritage in 3D and XR

The digital technologies of #EUreka3D-XR make it easier for citizens to contribute to cultural heritage research

During this event, you’ll explore 3D digitisation and the reuse of 3D models in cultural heritage. Join:
Reimagining cultural heritage in 3D and XR - eureka3d
A Hybrid Capacity Building Event in Brussels by EUreka3D-XR 26 September 2025 EUreka3D-XR is focused on transforming cultural contents such 2D or 3D into extended reality scenarios. At the same time,…
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September 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🌱 ‘Tuinen in Verbinding’: Network Day

Garden projects and citizen science are crucial for climate adaptation, health, and much more... Join this exciting network day with talks, tours, workshops, and a CS info market

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📅 Oct 20 | Leuven

#CitizenScience #MijnTuinlab
Netwerkdag Tuinen in Verbinding
maandag 20 oktober 2025 - Dirk Boutsgebouw VAC in Leuven
www.kuleuven.be
September 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We gave a first sneak peek of #maarallee 🎤 at @ManiFiesta.
An app where citizens record their voices to help AI understand everyday Flemish🤖

🚀 Official launch soon!

More info: www.scivil.be/en/project/m...

Follow us on FB: www.facebook.com/maarallee.be
September 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Today, we’re presenting our AI-project #amai! at the International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society.

👨💻 Workshop co-creating AI innovations with citizens’ ideas, by Isaak Vandermaesen

🪧 Poster session by Steve Bers

More info: 🔗
workshops
inclusivedigitalsociety.eu
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🗺️ Put your Citizen Science project on the map!

We're conducting the Citizen Science Scan 2025 to map projects across Belgium.

👉 Do you have a CS project? We need your input. Fill in our 5-min survey (NL/EN/FR): bit.ly/4n2m6QS
September 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
On 18 June 2025, the #CitizenScienceFair brings together families, students, teachers, scientists, non-scientists, curious minds, and even passers-by in the gardens of the Natural Sciences Institute in Brussels.

Explore more and join us: www.scivil.be/en/event/cit...
June 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
On June 5, UCLouvain organises a seminar on #citizenscience and environmental research: www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts... including:

- @mhaklay.bsky.social‬ , professor at UCL
- our very own @anneliesduerinckx.bsky.social‬ , coordinator of Scivil
- and two case studies from UCLouvain.
May 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Water management is a burning issue worldwide. Here too, citizens can play a crucial role.

That's why Scivil will soon launch www.Citizens4Water.org, a global inventory for #citizenscience projects on #watermanagement and #hydrology.

Subscribe to our newsletter: www.scivil.be/en/subscribe...
May 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM