Case Studies

1. University College London (UCL)

UCL is a world-leading university established in 1826 and has recently grown to be the biggest university in London. It prides itself in being a leading multidisciplinary university, with strong records in various disciplines ranging from engineering, physical sciences, health and medical research to social sciences and humanities. UCL approaches public engagement as an opportunity to support communities with top academic expertise, to create knowledge in collaboration with communities and members of the public, and to create a sustainable channel of dialogue where knowledge and experiences are shared and where ‘public participants’ influence future research to maximise societal impact. UCL public engagement strategy creates opportunities but also supports and rewards its staff for being involved in public engagement activities and/or taking the initiative to create new public engagement prospects. (Read more)

2. Aarhus University (AU)

Founded in 1928, Aarhus University is the largest and second oldest university in Denmark. AU is a top ten university among universities founded within the past 100 years. It has a long tradition of partnerships with some of the world’s best research institutions and university networks. AU researchers across the five faculties have implemented CS as a research methodology. The Centre for Science Studies (CSS) in the Faculty of Natural Sciences, is a research and teaching unit with strong competencies in science communication, CS, and the history and philosophy of science. CSS hosts a Master’s program in science studies with CS components and currently leads research projects dealing with CS, public understanding of science, philosophy of science, sociology of science, and environmental history. CSS is a core partner to the Danish network on CS and currently employs the network’s coordinator. (Read more)

3. Competence Center – Citizen Science (CC-CS)

The Competence Center – Citizen Science CC-CS (often called Citizen Science Center Zurich) is a joint initiative of the University of Zurich and of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich. Created in 2017, its purpose is to enable researchers and citizens to create and conduct Citizen Science research collaborations that produce excellent science. Being supported by academia, the Center focuses on supporting academic-quality processes and results and prioritize those activities and projects – defined in the literature as “co-created” – that maximize the collaboration between citizens and scientists in all phases of the research process. To this aim, CC-CS provides the resources, expertise and technical know-how necessary to develop, set up, and run citizen science projects, and communicate the results. In particular, it provides support in the following areas: Citizen Science methodology, digital tools (including web and mobile platforms), community management, partnerships and networking. (Read more)

Casa Studies Collaborators

4. Oficina de Ciencia Ciudadana de Barcelona
5. Leiden University
6. University College Cork
7. German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
8. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
9. TU Delft
10. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida 
11. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU)
12. University of Malta
13. Durham University
14. Imperial College London
15. Arizona State University
16. Tallinn University
17. Brandeis University
18. Thünen Institute
19. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
20. Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios
21. Cornell University
22. Adam Mickiewicz University
23. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)
24. University of Salzburg
25. Israel Institute of Technology
26. University of Haifa
27. University of Turku
28. University of Gothenburg
29. The Open University
30. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
31. University Library of Southern Denmark
32. University of Luxembourg
33. Centre for Genomic Regulation
34. Kaunas University of Technology
35. Tyndall National Institute
36. Muenster University
37. Citizen Science Competence Centre Berlin
38. University of Siena
39. Hanze University
40. National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment