Is there a collaborative science?
Can citizens from all over the world participate in scientific projects?
The scientific community involves citizens in mapping scientific data with local or global projects. This helps to widen the amount of information gathered in nature, and actively involves citizens, students, and scientists.
Citizenship provides effective monitoring systems and increasingly important research tools.
Want to participate in citizen science projects?
We promote
citizen science
We organize meetings, articles, lectures around Italy to raise awareness of the NGO, public authorities, schools and teachers about Citizen science.
What do we mean with Citizen Science
Can science gain help from citizens? An can citizens from all over the world take part in new scientific discoveries? This is precisely what happens in all projects of Citizen Science, which engage - through web [...]
Be involved in Citizen Science Projects
These days we are setting up a list of Citizen Science projects that may interest you. They will be divided into themes and targets.
We, citizens of science. Article on Corriere della Sera
We, citizens for science. Article on national newspaper Corriere della Sera, 15 November 2016 During the seminar AAA science looks for citizen at Sharitaly 2016, the journalist Elena Tebano interviewed the volunteers who participated in Citizen Science projects [...]
An article on collaboriamo.org
Scienza collaborativa has prepared an informative article on the blog collaboriamo.org When science also becomes collaborative (article available in Italian)
We do
audience analysis
Why do citizens participate in Citizen science events? To understand this, we make surveys that help understand the needs of citizens and involve them better in Citizen Science initiatives.
We are at the First Italian Citizen Science Conference
Scienza Collaborativa participates in the First Italian Citizen Science Conference taking place on November 23-25, 2017 in Rome. Where to find us: - Sarah Dominique Orlandi is an invited speaker at the Round Table / Conference on [...]
A questionnaire for your Bioblitz
The Bioblitx public analysis 2017 allowed the creation of a "ready for use" questionnaire for both Bioblitz and the activities of Citizen Science that can be used right away and requires only a few changes [...]
Audience Survey Report Bioblitz Lombardia 2017
The problem: What audience can we involve in Citizen Science? Scienza Collaborativa proposed to the organizers of the 2nd Bioblitz in Lombardy protected areas (Lombardy Region, Parks Area, Regional Park Oglio Sud, Natural Reserve and [...]
Communication
for science
The Italian community is questioning the ways to communicate citizen science, and promote citizen engagement. Scienza collaborativa takes part in the debate and looks for Call to support these ideas.
Up4 School Grant. 2017
We attented the UP 4 school Grant, 2017. We are among the finalists. Next stage: Selection Event. Talent garden in Turin. December 5, 2017. Our project: ScienceUp ScienceUp is an educational programme for Schools that uses [...]
Roundtable: Citizen science and communication at First Italian Citizen science conference. Roma 2017
Sarah Dominique Orlandi (ScienzaCollaborativa.it | ICOM Italy) will be attending the final Roundtable of the First Italian Citizen science conference entitled "Citizen Science and Comunication" taking place Saturday 25 November 2017 at Museo Civico di Zoologia, Villa [...]