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Citizen Science Training at UCL: Citizen Science Training for Practitioners

The UCL team organised a series of trainings for HEI staff and students and community members interested in Citizen Science.

Training: Datathons, hackathons and digital hacktivism

The UP team held a hands-on training hackathon to upskill HEI students on the use of Open Data to address community challenges.

Training: Achieving policy impact with Citizen Science

The UCL team organised a series of webinars called “Citizen Science for All talks” throughout the spring and summer of 2022. This was one webinar of the series!

Cyprus: HEIs as makerspaces for disadvantaged groups

The CIP team continued their activities with disadvantaged groups with a second event on Maker Movement tools and practices in the University of Nicosia.

Digital Actions for refugees and asylum seekers in Cyprus

The CIP team collaborated with 2 local organisations in Cyprus to introduce asylum seekers to Digital Action, in particular linked with Maker Movement prototyping and coding.

Hackathon vs COVID-19

The W2L team participated in the CitizensHack2022, organised by UltraHack and the European Commission with 3 groups.

Roundtable with refugees and asylum seekers

CIP organised a roundtable to discuss the needs of refugees and migrant communities, especially those linked to their inclusion and the challenges associated with migration.

Roundtable with Citizen Participants

The CIP team organised an online roundtable discussion with community members, including groups that are traditionally excluded from civic action.

Training: Maker movement: methodology, scope, practices

The CIP team held a training event on co-creation in environmental projects using Maker approaches.

Open webinars on Digital Action

The HEIDI teams in Greece and Cyprus held webinars highlighting examples of Digital Action for their local communities.