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Roadmap for Europe’s biodiversity monitoring system IIASA contributed to a new European roadmap for biodiversity monitoring through its involvement in the Horizon 2020 project, EuropaBON. The study, proposes a comprehensive roadmap to build a modern, i...

“People remain central to biodiversity monitoring in Europe… low-cost sensors, eDNA & AI are enhancing this contribution.” – IIASA's Ian McCallum. New European biodiversity roadmap in @nature.com, via #EuropaBon, led by Uni of Amsterdam, et al: iiasa.ac.at/news/feb-202...

🍃Curious about what’s happening in the world of citizen science? 🚀 Here’s a sneak peek:
▶️Exciting upcoming citizen science campaigns in 2026,
▶️Tree-Quest progress,
▶️New research about citizen science and much more.

Read the full newsletter here: mailchi.mp/geo-wiki/new...

⌛New study by @zigamalek.bsky.social and Linda See shows how heatwaves will affect Europe’s cattle by 2050! Read on: iiasa.ac.at/news/jan-202...

#heatwave #climate #policy #Europe #livestock #agriculture #productivity

Our new paper on #urban #sustainability argues that while cities are central to achieving #SustainableDevelopment, they struggle with incomplete or non-disaggregated data.

#CitizenScience could support 70% of urban indicators, yet it’s used in only 4% of cases: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

🌳Tree-Quest Phase 2 runs until Dec 31! Help measure trees & discover how much carbon they store!
💡Prizes for top contributors, and more incentives coming in the new year.
👉 c4cweb.main.geo-wiki.org
Share in you communities 🙏

🎄Our Team wishes you happy holiday season!🎄
#CitizenScience #CarbonMapping

🎉🌍 The Open Earth Monitor project is pleased to announce the 5th and final Global Workshop, titled “Next-Generation EO & GeoAI Built on Openness and Distributed Data.”

🗓 7–9 October 2026
📍 Casa Convalescència, Barcelona, Spain

🔗 Event details: earthmonitor.org/global-works...

🛰️Join us on the next episode of the #OEMC Science Webinar series to discover the work of the Spatial Statistics and Modelling (SSPM) Group at @worldpop-uos.bsky.social !

Sign up for free and discover the event: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🚀Apply now and spend the summer of 2026 with us!
If your research aligns with #citizenScience, #AI, deep learning, data fusion, #remoteSensing, #geospatial techniques, explore opportunities with us:
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdzj3tzb

💡See IIASA’s full range of research areas below
⌛Deadline: 12 January

🔥Phase 1 of Tree-Quest 2025 has ended with 900+ tree measurements from 195 participants globally! Thank you everyone!
🎉 Check out the five prize winners and claim your prizes!
🌳But the journey isn’t over yet: Phase 2 is already underway!
More informantion here: c4cweb.main.geo-wiki.org
@iiasa.ac.at

🎉 Happy Birthday, IIASA! For over 50 years, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis has united science and policy to tackle global challenges - from climate and energy to data-driven sustainability - connecting the Global North and South through systems thinking. 🌍

Ars Electronica Festival 2025: Panic 3.–7.Sept. POSTCITYLinz Ars Electronica Festival // 2025 Ars Electronica Festival // 2025 From September 3 to 7, 2025, Linz will once again become a hotspot for the international media art scene. Exhi...

🔔 On September 6, our colleague @dilekfraisl.bsky.social will speak at the @ars.electronica.art Festival in Linz, joining a panel on #ArtificialIntelligence and #CitizenScience. Don’t miss the chance to hear insights on the topic! 🌐
🔗 tinyurl.com/mesub5p7

#AI #CitizenScience #ParticipatoryScience

🍃 The July edition of the Geo-Wiki newsletter is here!
Dive into our latest #highlights and explore exciting ways to get involved in #citizenscience this summer:
🌱Tree-Quest
🌱 #Livestock and #Grassland management in Picture Pile
🌱How Citizens Are Mapping #UrbanChange

ℹ️ mailchi.mp/geo-wiki/new...

🆕 on #citizenscience

How much carbon is stored in your local trees? Find out with Tree-Quest on the Geo-Quest app!

🌳Measure trees & help scientists improve forest maps from your backyard! Check the official rules, our prizes & how you can join ➡️ c4cweb.main.geo-wiki.org

Every contribution counts!

🌍 Our research group is strongly represented at #LPS2025 in Vienna - showcasing our #EarthObservation projects, #Geo-Wiki, the Tree-Quest citizen science campaign & more!

🔍 Explore our agenda ➡️ iiasa.ac.at/events/jun-2...

#CitizenScience #GeoQuest #LPS25 #RemoteSensing

From Vienna to the world: launch of citizen science campaign to measure trees and map carbon On 23 June 2025, IIASA will launch the global citizen science “Tree-Quest” campaign at the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna, inviting people from all over the world to take part using the free Geo-Qu...

🌳 Join #TreeQuest! Launching today at #LPS25 in Vienna, this global citizen science campaign invites everyone to map tree carbon with the free Geo-Quest app. Help protect forests & win prizes! 📱Download now on App Store/Google Play. @esa.int iiasa.ac.at/news/jun-202...

📅 Call for applications❗

👩‍🎓 IIASA Marie Curie Fellowships

⏰ Deadline — 31 May 2025

💡 Are you a young researcher with a PhD and no more than eight years of full-time equivalent research experience? 🧑‍🔬

Apply now ➡️ iiasa.ac.at/opportunitie...

Our Picture Pile campaign is in full swing!

🐄 The Livestock Pile is 21.4% complete — check out the early results for a peek at how #livestock is distributed across European #grasslands

🔗 Join us & share our campaign within your networks 🙏
iiasa.ac.at/news/mar-202...

#citizenscience #grasslands

IIASA is looking for:
🍃Remote Sensing Specialist to join our nature-based climate solutions research
📈 Applied Statistician (postdoc or exceptional pre-doc) for cutting-edge demographic modeling in education and literacy
📍 Location: Laxenburg 🇦🇹 | Remote/hybrid options
iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...

🍃Explore Geo-Wiki's latest updates in our newsletter:

💠Picture Pile campaign on livestock & grassland
💠enroll in the #WorldCereal MOOC
💠learn about the RIECS-Concept project

Read more: mailchi.mp/geo-wiki/new...

#CitizenScience #LAMASUS #WorldCereal #LandUse #EnvironmentalMonitoring @iiasa.ac.at

🔔New Picture Pile Campaign Launched!

Join our #citizenscience #PicturePile campaign! It’s very easy and your contributions will provide valuable insights into how #grasslands are being utilized across Europe.

Read more & join:
ℹ️ iiasa.ac.at/news/mar-202...

#LAMASUS #livestock #landuse #IIASA

Combine AI with citizen science to fight poverty Artificial-intelligence tools and community science can help in places where data are scarce, so long as funding for data collection does not falter in the future.

"Citizen-science data might just be the medicine that the doctor ordered." 👏 Congrats to IIASA's @dilekfraisl.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk collaborator @mhaklay.bsky.social, et al. - their work on the power of AI & citizen science is featured in a @nature.com editorial: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚀 Exciting news! The 1️⃣ #WorldCereal MOOC on Reference Data for Crop Type Mapping is now LIVE!🌍🌾 Learn about:

🔹 Key concepts & tools for data collection
🔹 Data harmonization & curation
🔹 How data quality & quantity impacts #crop #mapping

📚 Free & open to all!

🔗 Join now: tinyurl.com/53y4235s

🎮 Fight climate change instead of demons and dragons: a computer came called "Climate Survivors", developed by IIASA researcher Jan Steinhauser is teaching climate science in a simple and fun way. Check it out!

➡️ iiasa.ac.at/news/jan-202...

#ClimateChange #Climate #Games #Education #Environment