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November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Who is not fascinated by the world of fungi? Today we share some of the many #CitizenScience observations made in November 2025 by citizen scientists in the #Pilzfinder Web App. Learn more: www.spotteron.net/apps/global-...
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Since the release of the SPOTTERON Platform Version 4.0, #CitizenScience & public engagement projects running on the Platform support multiple image upload per data submission.

➡️ Learn more about the multiple image feature in our recent blog: www.spotteron.net/blog-and-new...
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Our next newsletter is coming soon! Subscribe now to stay up to date with our latest #CitizenScience news and updates: www.spotteron.net#newsletter
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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New Moon, New Projects available on SciStarter 🌑✨ Explore opportunities to make a difference in art, the environment, and beyond:
🎨 ArtSpots 🌊 COSEA 🔥 Project Phoenix 🏖️ Sandsnap
#citizenscience #civicscience #participatoryscience #communityscience
@spotteron.net
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How do you see your city? Explore through CiVo - Citizen Voice App.
Throughout October, CiVo is now in use, coordinated by a research team from Latvian Academy of Culture.
www.spotteron.net/apps/regiona...
October 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In today’s presentation at BlueMissionAA, Philipp from SPOTTERON introduces the COSEA App, which is now open for co-use!
Discover the App and its possibilities starting at minute 28:03: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2zf...
#marinescience #citizenscience

Want to get involved? www.spotteron.net/contact
Atlantic & Arctic Lighthouse Weekly Hour on From Sea to Wetlands (S03E15)
YouTube video by BlueMissionAA CSA
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October 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One of the highlights of the recent General Assembly meeting of the MINAGRIS Project was a visit to a city farm in Vienna to find out how agricultural experts are dealing with plastic waste in farming. Our Agnes captured some wonderful impressions from this insightful visit!
#HorizonEurope
October 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
At the 4th General Assembly of @minagriseu.bsky.social, the #SoilPlastic #CitizenScience App was also in focus: a mobile App for documenting plastic waste on agricultural fields: www.spotteron.net/apps/horizon...

#HorizonEurope #Soil #Microplastics #Nanoplastics #Agriculture
October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Warm greetings from Vienna at the 4th General Assembly of the #HorizonEurope MINAGRIS Project!

More information on the project and the SoilPlastic App by Minagris on the SPOTTERON #CitizenScience Platform: www.spotteron.net/apps/horizon...
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Recently we biked 🚴‍♂️ along Florya’s coast & forest 🌳 in Istanbul during our Urban Cycling & Nature Observation workshop! Using citizen science apps like #iNaturalist & #BiciZen @spotteron.net, we tried to understand the local flora & fauna, passed monumental trees, and experienced urban cycling.
August 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New #CitizenScience App on the SPOTTERON Platform! #communiMap: communities observe their neighbourhoods in Glasgow!

Learn more about this great new project in our latest blog post: www.spotteron.net/blog-and-new...
communiMap: citizen science communities observe their neighbourhoods in Glasgow
Imagine that all the little things you observe on a daily basis - your daily commute to work, the trees in your street, or the way rain collects on the road - could contribute to bettering your neighb...
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September 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Multi-language capabilities have been extended on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science App Platform:
➡️ www.spotteron.net/blog-and-new...
Multi-Language Capabilities Across Citizen Science Projects
Multi-language capabilities have been extended on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science App Platform. From multiple translations of Project Apps, the platform also supports direct multi-language communication...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This spring, we had the pleasure of creating a new project design for the marine science project TRANSEATION!

In our latest blog, we dive into the design concept and showcase the final visual outcome. 🐠 🌊
www.spotteron.net/blog-and-new...

#ScienceDesign #MarineScience
SPOTTERON #CitizenScience
New Project Design for the Horizon Europe TRANSEATION Project, Marine Science
A few months ago, we at SPOTTERON created beside the COSEA Citizen Science App a new Project Design for TRANSEATION, a marine science project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe prog...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
In our new blog post, we share insights on #CitizenScience initiatives running on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science App Platform focusing on urban spaces, as well as co-explore the New European Bauhaus Call: www.spotteron.net/blog-and-new...
August 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Yesterday, an 8.8 MW earthquake—the strongest worldwide in over a decade—struck Russia. Reports were also submitted in the QuakeWatch Austria #CitizenScience App by ZAMG. A smaller 5.1 MW quake near Passau was also reported just two days earlier. View the reports: www.spotteron.com/quakewatchaustria
July 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Happy World Nature Conservation Day! 🦀
We were thrilled to make this rare find of a stone crab and shared it with the #CitizenScience community through the #NatureSpots App: www.spotteron.com/naturespots/...

More information on the @SPOTTERON #CitizenScience App Platform: www.spotteron.net
July 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
COSEA is a new #CitizenScience App for marine and coastal observations! The growing #COSEA Community has already contributed over 1,000 observations in the App! Thank you!

Interested of Co-Using the COSEA App? Get in contact with us here: www.spotteron.net/contact
July 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#CitizenScience App Feature "Project Messages" on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science App Platform: Sending messages to all participants, enabling pop-ups, supporting participation, communication, and dissemination.

Read more in our blog post: www.spotteron.net/blog-and-new...
Sending messages to all participants, enabling pop-ups: how the extended "Project Messages" feature supports participation, communication, and dissemination in Citizen Science Apps
On the SPOTTERON Platform, project teams and researchers can reach out to all participants via an integrated communication tool, called Project Messages. The tool enables projects to disseminate news ...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Erleben Sie zwei Tage voller Inspiration, Innovation und Vernetzung auf dem Campus der Universität Wien! Das Open #Science Festival bringt Forscher*innen, Studierende und Mitarbeiter*innen in der Forschungsunterstützung zusammen! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬
📅: 8.-9. Sep. 2025
Call for Posters & Anmeldung: ⤵️
#OSfestival2025
Open Science Festival 2025
Open Science Festival 2025
osfestival2025.univie.ac.at
July 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Some time ago, during the Ocean Literacy and #CitizenScience meeting by #BlueMissionAA, Philipp presented the #COSEA App.

Learn more about the #HorizonEU project and its co-use opportunities at minute 19:24 in the recording: www.youtube.com/live/52G1qDT...

#TRANSEATION #EFFECTIVE @spotteron.net
Atlantic & Arctic Lighthouse Weekly Hour on Ocean Literacy and Citizen Science (S03E04)
YouTube video by BlueMissionAA CSA
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July 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Meet our newest team member — our organizational and administrative wonder — Ingrid! At SPOTTERON, Ingrid is the go-to person for project management, organizational structure, and administrative coordination.

Welcome aboard, Ingrid – great to have you on the team!
www.spotteron.net/about/team
July 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It’s firefly season!🪲
Fireflies are highly threatened by habitat destruction, artificial light (light pollution), and pesticides.

Upload your sightings to #CitizenScience Apps like #NatureSpots, BOB, spot-a-bee, Nature's Calendar
www.spotteron.net/apps
June 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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A vibrant #SeaFan reef has been discovered off the Southwest coast of England during filming for #Ocean with #DavidAttenborough! 🪸 Discovered with @bd-stew.bsky.social‬, Silverback Films & Open Planet Studios, this "little sanctuary" is vital for marine life.

🔗 www.mba.ac.uk/extraordinar...
Extraordinary sea fan reef discovered off England’s Southwest coast during filming of 'Ocean with David Attenborough' | Marine Biological Association
Hidden but vulnerable marine treasure discovered in collaboration between the Marine Biological Association, Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios.
www.mba.ac.uk
June 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Das ✨Sparkling-Science✨-Projekt PLASTIC.ALPS erforscht die Belastung der Alpen durch Plastik. Nun begleiteten die Forschenden Schüler/innen der Landecker Mittelschule auf den Hintertuxer Gletscher, wo sie an Dreharbeiten für die Doku “Ages of Ice” teilnahmen. #citizenscience
tinyurl.com/3r4hhwzp
"Ages of Ice": Dreharbeiten mit PLASTIC.ALPS am Gletscher
Forschende des Sparkling-Science-Projekts "PLASTIC.ALPS" begleiteten Jugendliche bei Filmaufnahmen am Hintertuxer Gletscher.
tinyurl.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM