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Dilek Fraisl
@dilekfraisl.bsky.social
Senior Research Scholar @iiasa.ac.at
Managing Director #CitizenScience Global Partnership | PhD in Sustainability Transitions

#citizenscience #data #dataquality #AI #EO #newdatasources #officialstatistics #environment #policy #SDGs #sustainabledevelopment
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🔔 On September 6, our colleague @dilekfraisl.bsky.social will speak at the @ars.electronica.art Festival in Linz, joining a panel on #ArtificialIntelligence and #CitizenScience. Don’t miss the chance to hear insights on the topic! 🌐
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#AI #CitizenScience #ParticipatoryScience
Ars Electronica Festival 2025: Panic
3.–7.Sept. POSTCITYLinz Ars Electronica Festival // 2025 Ars Electronica Festival // 2025 From September 3 to 7, 2025, Linz will once again become a hotspot for the international media art scene. Exhi...
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August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Our new paper: Leveraging #citizendata #citizenscience to improve #publicservices and measure progress toward #SDGs #SDG16 is published: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@undp-gpcg.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @GhanaStatisticalService
iiasa.ac.at IIASA @iiasa.ac.at · Jun 12
❓What if communities rated public services themselves? In Ghana, the Ghana Statistical Service, @undp-gpcg.bsky.social, and IIASA tested a citizen-led, inclusive app to do just that - spotting gaps, boosting voices often left out. More information: iiasa.ac.at/news/jun-202...
June 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Congrats to @dilekfraisl.bsky.social & team! IIASA & partners won the 2025 GEO SDGs Award for using citizen science, AI & Earth observations to fight marine litter in Ghana 🇬🇭 - the 1st country to use such data in national SDG stats.
iiasa.ac.at/news/may-202...
May 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Happenning now! If you’re at the #EGU25 today come hear my presentation on #citizenscience #SDGs and co-creating with communities in room -2.33.
iiasa.ac.at IIASA @iiasa.ac.at · Apr 29
IIASA at #EGU25:
Visit us at the IIASA booth in Hall X2 (next to the coffee—coincidence? We think not ☕). Among today's sessions:
🙋🏽‍♀️ 08:30 Citizen science @dilekfraisl.bsky.social
🏅 10:45 Award lecture @kornhuber.bsky.social
🌡️ 14:00 Tipping points
🌐 17:10 Risk management
iiasa.ac.at/egu25 #EGUToday
April 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
📢📣Our new paper, "New Directions in Mapping the Earth’s Surface with #CitizenScience and #GenerativeAI," is out:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We show how integrating #AI with citizen science & #EarthObservation could result in a step change toward mapping the Earth's surface.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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We are #cropsCS, a EU project aiming to support the upscaling of #CitizenScience and we need support from our community!

Help us answering this survery and sharing it: forms.gle/ffvdbUgeV5m6...

The results will help us creating #communication and upscaling guidelines that will be for all
Growing citizen science- CROPS Qs
CROPS is a project funded by the European Union (GA 101131696) aspiring to support the transition of citizen science from small-scale to a Europe-wide level, moving it towards a modern, open-science ...
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March 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Collaboration Group meeting April 1st (and it's not a joke!)
RIECS-Concept project

Help co-design the future of #CitizenScience in Europe and get to know the The RIECS-Concept project.
If you want to be part of this collaboration, register here: forms.gle/fiMBPJFYWj2A...
March 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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#RIECSConcept started in Brussels! An ambitious initiative to conceptualize the pan-European Research Infrastructure for Excellent #CitizenScience! Coordinators: @ibercivis.bsky.social & @ecsa.ngo, project unites 13 partners from 8 countries! Follow our journey towards new research infrastructure!
March 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
From the latest @natureportfolio.nature.com #editorial:

#Citizenscience #data might just be the medicine that the doctor ordered. All those who participate in this #research must be encouraged, and the research itself needs to be appropriately funded": www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#SDGs #AI ⬇️⬇️
March 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Excited to be part of the #RIECS-Concept project! Funded by #EuropeanCommission, RIECS will conceptualize "the infrastructure" for excellence in #citizenscience. More will follow 🔜

@iiasa.ac.at @ibercivis.bsky.social @ecsa.ngo @ecs.ngo @cropscs.bsky.social #data #officialstatistics #SDGs

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iiasa.ac.at IIASA @iiasa.ac.at · Feb 14
IIASA researchers are joining forces with partners across eight European countries in the RIECS-Concept project, paving the way for a pan-European research infrastructure for citizen science.
Learn more about this ambitious initiative 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/feb-202...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Check out @dilekfraisl.bsky.social webinar on #citizenscience and #AI!
Save your spot and be part of the conversation!
𝟏𝟗 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟑:𝟑𝟎 𝐂𝐄𝐓
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#CitizenScience #AI #OpenScience #DataEthics #Innovation
February 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It's been some time since @cropscs.bsky.social project meeting in beautiful #Camogli and since we wrapped up the first year of the project.

CROPS is an #EU funded project aiming to transition #citizenscience from small-scale to a European and global level. For more info: crops-cs.eu @iiasa.ac.at
February 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Congratulations to IIASA citizen science expert @dilekfraisl.bsky.social for her contribution to this important work 👇🏽
January 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Honored to be one of many contributing to the success and impact of @iiasa.ac.at

#citizenscience #SDGs #data #science #policy #impact
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iiasa.ac.at IIASA @iiasa.ac.at · Dec 19
🎥 ✨ As we proudly look back on another successful year, our year-end video showcases some of the milestones that have shaped IIASA's growth and impact in the global scientific community in 2024.

Wishing everyone a wonderful festive season and an inspiring start to 2025! 💫
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IIASA Highlights 2024
YouTube video by IIASA
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December 20, 2024 at 8:19 AM
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Citizen Science, Artificial Intellgence #AI, Sustainable Development Goals #SDG - how are the three linked? A new paper, led by @dilekfraisl.bsky.social and colleagues from @iiasa.ac.at is exploring how they can work together #CitizenScience #ParticipatoryResearch www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 16, 2024 at 8:44 PM
December 16, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Read the full piece: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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📣 The recent CitSci Africa conference in Nairobi showcased the power of regional networks. The Citizen Science Global Partnership, which Fraisl and colleagues represent, are ready to guide UN agencies in leveraging citizen data for the SDGs and sustainable development.
December 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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💡 Funding Matters: sustainable data-gathering needs funding, including pay for participants, where possible, especially in underserved communities.
December 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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✅ Existing Partnerships: #citizenscience initiatives and academia collaborate with robust methods for #data and policymaking, supported by associations like the Citizen Science Global Partnership and the European Citizen Science Association.
December 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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🌍 How can citizen science drive the #SDGs?
In a recent @natureportfolio.bsky.social correspondence piece, IIASA citizen science expert @dilekfraisl.bsky.social & colleagues emphasize two key points 🧵
December 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM