The Science Citizens Podcast

The Science Citizens Podcast

Hosted by: Sandra de Vries

The Science Citizens Podcast is the podcast for the citizen science enthusiast AND critic!

Episodes

Motivating and activating citizen scientists to Spot the Hotspot

Season #1

In this episode, we discuss together with Irene Bormans and Camille Janssen the difficulties of motivating and activating citizen scientists for Spot de Hotspot, a WaterLab project:...
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Opening the road to restore the Danube Basin Ecosystem with citizen science

Season #1

In this episode I will take you along the Danube River, where we have started the project Danube4All: https://www.danube4allproject.eu/. Within a duration of total 5 years, we will be responsible to create inclusive...
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Getting people #curious about citizen science

Season #1

In this episode, we discuss a large part of citizen science, namely science communication. For The Science Citizens, we actually did research into how we can effectively communicate about citizen science and our...
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Can science truly make impact?

Season #1

In this episode, I discuss how participatory modeling made a big difference in water management in Mexico. The story revolves around the phD research of Dr. Jonatan Godinez Madrigal who recently received the...
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Can citizen science projects achieve both educational as well as scientific goals? The case of bird counting

Season #1 Episode #1

In this first episode, I kick off with the origins of citizen science: bird counting. By talking to Jelle Abma, citizen science coordinator at Sovon, we learn how they ensure that the counting program is successful...
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