Visiting Guest Lectures in Transnational Citizen Science

The University of Oulu hosts an online event, Visiting Guest Lectures in Transnational Citizen Science, open to UNIC partners, on 30 May 2023 from 8.00 to 10.10 (CEST). The event will be held online via Zoom and is open to the 100 fastest participants.

Visiting Guest Lectures in Transnational Citizen Science

30 May 2023:


09:00-09:10 Welcoming address and introductions of key speakers

Anna Krzywoszynka, Associate Professor (Anthropology) & Thora Herrmann Professor (Socio-environmental sustainability), University of Oulu, Finland


09:10-09:40 Keynote address I

"Citizen Science – Innovation in Science, Policy and Practice”

Aletta Bonn, Professor of Ecosystem Services Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, German Centre for integrative Biodiversity Research-iDiv, Leipzig, Germany


09:40-10:10 Keynote address II

“No citizen science without participants: their involvement and motivation increase overall project impact”

Gitte Kragh, Researcher at Centre for Science Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark


10:00-10:45 Keynote address III

“Data Citizens and the Right to Data”

Professor Jennifer Gabrys, Chair in Media, Culture and Environment Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge


10:45 - 11:10 Q&A



For further info please contact:

Engaged Research Officer Sari Hirvonen-Kantola (sari.hirvonen-kantola[at]oulu.fi)

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