Join us for the next Citizen Science Seminar lecture on 10 December 2025, from 2:00 to 3:30 pm! Our guests will be Anna Wahl, Karolina Seidl and Sigrid Moick from the KoKo-Health project. You can find all the necessary information on the Österreich forscht blog. We look forward to seeing you there!

In the new INCO project, young people work closely with researchers to develop ideas for social media campaigns for health promotion. They share their experiences and design first concepts. Selected campaigns are tested in experimental studies, evaluated, and thoroughly discussed with the participants.

A new publication has been presented on the Österreich forscht blog. Data from the Roadkill and StadtWildTiere projects sheds light on the urban lives of two familiar yet distinct mammals: hedgehogs and badgers. You can find all the information you need in the corresponding blog post. Take a look now!

Today is the last day to submit contributions to the 2026 Austrian Citizen Science Conference. If you would like to present your project at the conference, please visit the website for final tips and submit your contribution without delay.

If you would like to find out more about citizen science, there will be another opportunity to learn about four selected projects in the Citizen Science Seminar at BOKU University in the winter semester of 2025/26. Information on the featured projects will be available on the Österreich forscht blog in due course. We look forward to welcoming participants both on site and online.

You can submit contributions for the Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2026 until 30 September. You can already find lots of interesting information about the conference on the conference website, including the link to the submission form. We look forward to receiving lots of contributions by this date.

The new project “Environmental distribution of bisphenol A” investigates the possible spread of bisphenol A (BPA) in our environment. To this end, citizen scientists collect samples (soil, sludge, water, etc.) and send them to the project's laboratory, where the BPA concentration in the samples is determined. Check out the project description and join the project!

Discrimination is often difficult to grasp, both in everyday life and in research. By involving citizen scientists, the new project "Researching Discrimination with Citizen Science" by the University of Vienna aims to broaden knowledge about discrimination. Check it out and join the project!

The call for abstracts for the 2026 Austrian Citizen Science Conference is now open! You can submit proposals for the upcoming conference until 30 September. You can find all the information on the formats on Österreich forscht.

The new project "COwWEL" examines, together with citizen scientists from socio-economically disadvantaged groups, conditions that promote or hinder healthy and sustainable consumption behaviour in these groups, taking into account attitudes toward animals and their welfare. The goal is to develop strategies and information material to promote fairer and more sustainable food systems. Find out more about this fascinating project on Österreich forscht. Check it out and join the research!