Citizen Science at the Ars Electronica Festival

The annual event of the Ars Electronica Center brings together a wide variety of scientific, artistic, and activist formats, attracting an international audience. This year’s theme, “Panic. Yes/No”, provides space for exchange on questions of artificial intelligence, education, and participation. On September 4, the OeAD Center for Citizen Science was on site to take part. At a town hall meeting on Citizen Science, interested individuals and project coordinators came together, including representatives of the RIECS project and winners of the EU Prize for Citizen Science.

This was followed by a session on Citizen Science and education. In her keynote, Katja Mayer (University of Vienna and ZSI) drew a connection between Citizen Science in schools and democratic education. In the subsequent panel, Anna Berti Suman (LUISS University, Italy), Cristina Nava (Rio Neiva, Portugal), and Elisabeth Schauermann (OeAD) discussed success stories as well as challenges that arise when education and science collaborate in Citizen Science projects. In addition to framework conditions such as funding and training opportunities, concrete project examples from Italy, Portugal, and Austria were presented. The panel was moderated by Chris Styles (EUSEA). Further information

On Saturday, September 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., further lectures and discussions on Citizen Science will take place, including on artistic research, technologies, and policy-making. Further information