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  The sounds of the forest: Young people capture the forest acoustically

  A current radio series on Ö1 reports on the Sparkling Science project Forest Groove, in which schoolchildren spend three years exploring native forests with homemade microphone recording devices.

  1 min read · 26. November 2025

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  Follow-up report: FTI Citizen Science Networking Meeting 2025

  On November 18, 2025, the Lower Austrian Research Promotion Agency invited participants to a RTI citizen science networking meeting at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten.

  1 min read · 20. November 2025

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  Review of panel discussion “How education and democracy initiatives are changing schools"

  On November 18, 2025, the OeAD Center for Citizen Science hosted a panel discussion on the impact of educational initiatives in schools and how to measure them.

  2 min read · 19. November 2025

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  Publication of the evaluation of ‘Sparkling Science 2.0’

  The evaluation of the "Sparkling Science 2.0" research funding programme was recently published. The report highlights the programme's progress to date and evaluates the goals achieved. It also contains clear, evidence-based recommendations for the continuation of the programme, which brings schools, science and society together.

  2 min read · 18. November 2025

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  ERA Symposium in Vienna – Further development of the European Research Area

  On 17 November, the Austrian ERA Symposium 2025 took place in Vienna, bringing together key players from science, research and innovation as well as high-ranking representatives of the European Commission.

  1 min read · 17. November 2025

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  New Publication: Citizen Science Contributions to Biology and Environmental Education

  A new anthology examines the exciting and increasingly important role of citizen science in biology and environmental education.

  1 min read · 17. November 2025

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  Follow-up report: Visualization with AI in science communication

  On November 5, the third module of this year's training series “Artificial Intelligence in Science Communication” took place. It reflected on the use of generative AI tools for visualization.

  3 min read · 10. November 2025

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  Television science report shows research on Austria's minnows

  A recent television science report shows how the Sparkling Science project ‘Biodiversity of Phoxinus minnows’ uses participatory research to explore biodiversity together with citizen scientists.

  2 min read · 07. November 2025

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  Knowledge of the Many – Award for outstanding citizen science publications

  With the research award ‘Knowledge of the Many – Research Award for Citizen Science’, the German citizen science platform ‘mit:forschen!’ will once again honour three projects in 2025 that have made significant contributions to science through participatory research approaches and the active involvement of citizens.

  1 min read · 06. November 2025

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  The new Citizen Science & Science Communication Newsletter is here!

  1 min read · 03. November 2025

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  Wissenschaftsbotschafterin wird Österreicherin des Jahres! Wir gratulieren herzlichst!

  Gletscherforscherin Birgitt Sattler wird zur Österreicherin des Jahres in der Kategorie Klimainitiative gewählt.

  2 min read · 27. October 2025

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  RIECS Citizen Science

  Young people contribute ideas for the European Citizen Science infrastructure

  As part of the OeAD Young Science Congress in Linz, a co-creative workshop took place.

  2 min read · 27. October 2025