EMB’s recently formed expert working group, WG Citizen Science, held its kick-off meeting over the past two days at the EMB premises in Oostende. Titled ‘Advancing Citizen Science for Seas and Ocean Research’, this working group has been convened to raise the profile of citizen science and advance its application in the marine context. Working group discussions focused on the current opportunities and challenges provided by marine citizen science as well as new ideas and directions for increasing marine citizen science into the future. The working group, comprising 12 marine citizen science experts from around Europe, will continue its foresight activities through 2016.
Picture features Working Group Citizen Science members. Back row, left to right:
Oliver Zielinski (University of Oldenburg, Germany), Jan Marcin Węsławski (Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland), Karin Dubsky (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Gérald Mannaerts (Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle, France), Jan Seys (Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium), Christine Domegan (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland), Karen von Juterzenka (Kiel University, Germany). Bottom row, left to right: Niall McDonough (EMB Executive Secretary), Jane Delany (Newcastle University, UK), Gro I. van der Meeren (WG co-Chair; Institute of Marine Research, Norway), Carlos Garcia Soto (WG Chair; Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spain), Veronica French (EMB Science Officer), Gabriel Gorsky (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France).