capacity building for urban transformation, social innovation, co-creation and active community engagement between universities, libraries and other cultural institutions

a ERA-Net project by TU Vienna, Universitat de Barcelona, TalTech and TU Delft

News Items

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The last session of Heat Chronicles campaign was held on July, 12th in the Casal de Barri Congrés – Indians with the group of neighbors who went for a walk the week before. The data from their journey were analysed, together with the data...
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“Microscale urban heat mapping: building upon the neighbour’s experiences and perceptions” was the title of the oral presentation in European Citizen Science Association held in Vienna and which brought together more than 400 citizen...
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During October 2024, the OPUSH Delft team engaged with residents of monument houses in Delft to discuss their experiences and challenges that they face while living in a monument house. The perception of the residents was recorded firstly...
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In June 2024, the OPUSH Delft team engaged with public libraries’ “DOK designers”, a group of children aged between 7-12 years old to take part in the Citizen Science pilot “Check je plek”. There, the participants were invited to share...

Citizen Science projects that inspire

check out some of the projects that lead the way

All Projects
Housing
Air Quality
Climate Adaptation
Biodiversity
Neu Leopoldau

Neu Leopoldau

In the applied research project Werkstatt Neu Leopoldau we deal with the settlement process as a workshop situation for social innovations in housing and urban development with the aim of creating good neighbourhoods.
CO-HAB Raval

CO-HAB Raval

A bottom-up renovation methodology based on the needs and capacities of residents in order to improve the conditions of their living and community space in collaboration with the local associative and productive fabric and specialised university research.
Lucht Club

Luchtclub

Air quality is already being measured in many places in Rotterdam. With the Luchtclub we supplement existing information with your local measurements. The Luchtclub is a 'citizen science' project: together we contribute to data that was previously only measured by experts and professionals.
Hollandse Luchten

Hollandse Luchten

Hollandse Luchten is a platform for dialogue on the healthy living environment, (citizen) scientific research and policy innovation.
Delft Meet / Delft Measures

Delft Meet

Delft Meet (Delft Measures) is a citizen science project tracking local climate changes in the city of Delft. Data collected by a network of citizens can be tracked on the live map.
Waarneming.nl

Waarneming.nl

Waarneming.nl part of Observation International Foundation is an open online sharing platform for observational data about the fauna and flora of the Netherlands.

Partners

the official partners in the JPI Urban Europe project

TU Wien Faculty of Architecture and Planning
experts for e-learning
Academy of Architecture and Urban Studies
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
Science Centre Delft
Research and Learning Resources Center (CRAI)

What we want to achieve

research topics
the identification of relevant research topics, content and concrete solutions at universities and in research institutions on SDGs, the New Urban Agenda and the Urban Agenda for the EU
knowledge transfer
knowledge transfer from research to the public and viceversa: science communication in language or by visualising complex issues and global challenges
open interfaces
the development of low-threshold, easily accessible, inclusive and open interfaces between research, decision-making and citizens in local communities
concrete strategies
the development of concrete strategies for capacity building and the empowerment of citizens to achieve these goals (bottom-up strategies)
methods, tools and processes
the development of the necessary methods, tools and processes
joint capacities
the sustainable location and long-term establishment of joint capacities and the developed strong network between researchers, decision-makers and local communities
GLAM nexus
the development of Open Science capacities within research performing organisations (RPOs) and GLAM nexus as well as strong local empowering knowledge hubs
open & supportive environment
the use of research library and university infrastructure & human capacity to create an open & supportive environment for Citizen Science
data and information literacy
strengthening the data and information literacy through the training by research libraries