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The transformative potential of citizen science
Dorte Riemenschneider, Director of the European Citizen Science Association and Silke Voigt-Heucke, head of the Citizen Science Unit at Berlin’s Museum für Naturkunde, discuss the...

Bringing Indigenous and local knowledge to climate change research
"Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts: the contribution of local knowledge to climate change research” is an ERC - funded project aiming to bring Indigenous and local...

Knowledge is everywhere
Engaging with citizens can help to boost trust in science. But citizen science is also a valid research method, which is underexploited in my view. So, the ERC’s decision to...

Science is essentially international – how the ERC promotes scientific cooperation
The European Research Council has come a long way in terms of global outreach since its launch fifteen years ago, when it was set up to put Europe on the map in terms of scientific...

Science knows no borders
The ERC was, from the outset, a global endeavour. Stimulating scientific excellence in Europe by funding the very best, creative researchers of any nationality is at its core - ERC...