Huge thanks to all co-authors and partners Linda See Rachel Bowers Omar Seidu @Kwame Boakye Fredua, Anne Bowser, Metis Meloche Sarah Weller, Tyler Kobla-Amalgo, Dany Ghafari, Juan Carlos Laso Bayas, Jillian Campbell Grant Cameron Steffen Fritz Ian McCallum!

A #blog post on this work also appears on the @worldbank website: blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/combi… World Bank Data

On 4-5 November, Université de Genève will participate in this year’s UN Datathon, an event organized to coincide with Festival de Datos in Uruguay 🇺🇾 . Satellite events will be taking place in Geneva 🇨🇭 at UNIGE’s SDG Solution Space at Campus Biotech Innovation Park.

Discover how Ghana 🇬🇭 is pioneering the use of #CitizenScience data to combat marine litter + bridge data gaps for sustainable development 🌊🐋 Dive into the details in this blog by Dilek Fraisl from IIASA and Omar Seidu: bit.ly/3LCStF5 #Data4Dev Ghana Statistical Service

REPORT LAUNCH🚀 Our new report assesses the feasibility of using #drones, #citizenscience & #AI approaches to collect data along Ghana’s coastline to identify #marinelitter hotspots for #SDGs: bit.ly/3txxgGm European Citizen Science Association Australian Citizen Science Association @CitSciAssoc Citizen Science Global Partnership IIASA

🔔 A new report led by Dilek Fraisl from @SDSNtrends explores data-driven solutions to address marine plastic litter 🐳 Discover innovative approaches, cross-sector collaboration + citizen engagement to pave the way for sustainable practices: bit.ly/3M9Zr4A

Samuel Kobina Annim of Ghana Statistical Service highlighted Ghana's leadership on #CitizenScience at the opening of #FestivalDeDatos in Punta del Este. Read about one of their pioneering projects on citizen science & #marinelitter ⬇️ link.springer.com/article/10.100… EPA Ghana IIASA SDSN TReNDS

We #innovate together for more #inclusive #citizenscience to create liveable, greener and resilient #cities for all! The website of our Urban ReLeaf project is now LIVE🚀 urbanreleaf.eu Citizen Science Global Partnership European Citizen Science Association UN World Data Forum Group on Earth Observations (GEO) EO4SDG Initiative SDSN TReNDS Global Partnership

This is such an important initiative by the @UNDPOGC and Ghana Statistical Service using #CitizenScience to understand citizen satisfaction with public services, an #SDG16 indicator. #SDGs Citizen Science Global Partnership UNStats UN World Data Forum Global Partnership European Citizen Science Association Australian Citizen Science Association SDSN TReNDS

📢#Citizenscience community! Present your work at the UN World Data Forum in Medellín, Colombia on 11-14 November and join us in building a pathway to better #data for #SDGs. Don't miss this final deadline extension for proposals, 12 Feb: unstats.un.org/unsd/undatafor… Citizen Science Global Partnership UNStats

Another groundbreaking initiative from Ghana Statistical Service & @UNDPOGC measuring an #SDG 16 indicator on citizen satisfaction with public services using #citizenscience. More info: undp.org/policy-centre/… UNStats UN World Data Forum Citizen Science Global Partnership European Citizen Science Association Australian Citizen Science Association Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences IIASA

It was an honor to give a keynote at the 1. CitSci AFRICA conference highlighting the role of #citizenscience for achieving #wellbeing #SDGs. Amazing to see that citizen science in Africa is also growing! IIASA Citizen Science Global Partnership UN World Data Forum UNStats @UNDPOGC

Excited to speak in this Friday seminar on data governance today at the #UN55SC #UNStats. I will highlight the key role #citizenscience & #citizengenerateddata can play in building a trusted global data governance framework ⬇️ unstats.un.org/UNSDWebsite/ev… IIASA Citizen Science Global Partnership

On this #OpenDataDay, I'm glad to share that in this recently published nature editorial on #openscience, the results of our work mapping #citizenscience contributions to the #SDGs are highlighted. "Greater awareness on citizen science could aid efforts to achieve the SDGs" ⬇️

We are #hiring!!! We are looking for an outstanding researcher to support IIASA Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES) team with research activities in environmental #citizenscience. iiasa.ac.at/employment/job…

We're very active at #ecsa2024 🗣️ Join us on 4 April in our sessions ⬇️ 1⃣10:30: #CitizenScience for #policy 2⃣1pm: cropsCS: Creating transnational communities... 3pm: Achieving change through Citizen Science Global Partnership Conference program: 2024.ecsa.ngo/programme IIASA European Citizen Science Association

So excited to lead the IIASA work of cropsCS. Our team is at #ecsa24 this week. Come find us to learn more about the project and how you can get involved and join our #cropsCS session tomorrow, 4 April 1pm. European Citizen Science Association Earthwatch Europe IDEAS FOR CHANGE Outbe

If you're at #ecsa24 today, join our session on #citizenscience for #policy at 10:30am. We will discuss #health & #wellbeing #SDGs, #SDG3, citizen data collaborative, its Copenhagen Framework & more: 2024.ecsa.ngo tinyurl.com/bdffz7tp UNStats UN World Data Forum

Follow our cropsCS project for the latest news on upscaling #citizenscience in Europe and beyond! IIASA European Citizen Science Association Australian Citizen Science Association CitSci AFRICA CitizenScience.Asia Citizen Science Network Austria mit:forschen! Gemeinsam Wissen schaffen Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences Earthwatch Europe IDEAS FOR CHANGE European Schoolnet Scientix

In our new paper, we offer a conceptual framework comprising five crowd paradigms along with a tool to facilitate the understanding of the ways in which #citizenscience can advance science: …ractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/articles/10.53…