ScienceUs Harvest Phase: Supporting Citizen Science for Climate Adaptation Impact Across Europe
ScienceUs is entering its Harvest Phase, the final stage of its support programme for five selected citizen science initiatives working on climate adaptation and resilience across Europe.
As ScienceUs enters the Harvest Phase, the focus shifts from project implementation to long-term impact.
This final stage is designed to help the selected citizen science initiatives turn their knowledge, results, and experience into something that can be used beyond the project itself — from policy-relevant outputs to stronger stakeholder engagement and more sustainable future pathways.
The five initiatives supported in this phase tackle important climate adaptation challenges in different contexts across Europe. Their work covers areas such as coastal resilience and erosion monitoring, youth participation in climate governance, blue-green roofs for cities, groundwater and spring monitoring, and energy poverty in vulnerable households.
Together, they show how citizen science can help communities respond to climate risks in ways that are practical, inclusive, and rooted in local needs.
During the Harvest Phase, the projects will receive targeted support through the ScienceUs quadruple helix test-bed programme. This means they will connect with key actors from across the wider innovation ecosystem, including public authorities, researchers, industry representatives, and civil society. The aim is to help make their results more visible, more relevant for decision-makers, and more useful in the long term.
This phase will include communication and dissemination activities, collaboration with policymakers and other stakeholders, mentoring on communication and policy engagement, and support in preparing outputs such as policy briefs and final recommendations.
More broadly, the Harvest Phase is about helping project results travel further. It is not only a moment to wrap up activities, but also an opportunity to share lessons learned, inspire other initiatives, and show how citizen science can contribute to wider climate adaptation efforts across Europe.
Through this final phase, ScienceUs will continue to demonstrate how community-based knowledge can connect with policy, public engagement, and innovation to create meaningful change.
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