The City Nature Challenge (CNC for short) is an annual ‘bioblitz’ that takes place in spring and is held simultaneously in various cities and regions around the world. The next City Nature Challenge will take place from 25-28 April 2025. You can find all the information about this year's CNC on the project page on Österreich forscht. Take a look now and join in the research!

How do octopuses use the artificial octopus dens near the Croatian island of Krk, and what can be studied with them? These are the questions that the new Octopus Den Initiative project aims to answer. You can find out all the details about this exciting project on the project preview page! Take a look now and join the research!

The new project BIOM-Garten invites people of all ages to look out for amphibians and reptiles in their gardens and report their observations. This will help to fill gaps in existing monitoring and implement better conservation measures for these endangered animals. Check it out and join the research!

With the new SoilBlitz project, Citizen Scientists independently carry out tests to determine local soil health, collect important data and become aware of the importance of healthy soils. Check it out and join the project!

"Forschung zum Mitmachen" is the title of the upcoming guest lecture at the University of Vienna's Department of Senior Studies on 18 March 2025. The lecture will give an insight into citizen science, various co-research opportunities and Österreich forscht. Read the blog post for more information and a link to the lecture. Be part of it!

Rebecca Stocker and Philipp Stöckle gave a behind-the-scenes look at the project in the episode 'The ABCs of Dialects' of our podcast "Wissen macht Leute". Details of this episode can be found here.

The dates for the summer semester 2025 of our Citizen Science lecture series can be found on the Österreich forscht blog. We are looking forward to 4 exciting lectures on Citizen Science. Join us and register now!

If you missed the last lecture of our winter term Citizen Science lecture series on the project 'United through the crisis?', you can now check out the lecture blog post. Take a look now!

Computer games for science? A good idea! That's what the team behind the Open Reassembly project at Graz University of Technology thought. In the game, citizen scientists become amateur archaeologists who reassemble an ancient artefact in several virtual rooms. In the current episode, Reinhold Preiner, Peter Houska and Stephan Karl explain the benefits of modern technology and computer-aided methods in archaeological research and how citizen science can facilitate the reconstruction of historical objects.

The last lecture in our Citizen Science lecture series this winter term will take place on 22 January 2025. The team behind the 'United through the crisis?' project will be our guests. If you would like to join us, you can find all the information you need in the corresponding blog post. We are looking forward to seeing you!