Building Knowledge Together: Citizen Science, Communication, and Trust | 5 - 6 October 2026, Berlin
Symposium of the project “Trust in Citizen Science”, funded by the German Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR), in cooperation with the Public Communication of Science and Technology Network (PCST), and the German Citizen Science Platform mit:forschen! Gemeinsam Wissen schaffen.
About the BMFTR-funded research project Trust in Citizen Science (TiCS).
Trust in Citizen Science (TiCS) is a three-year project (2023-2026) funded within the Science Communication Research funding line by the BMFTR (Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space) in Germany.
The team (based at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, and Museum für Naturkunde Berlin) investigates trust in citizen science from three perspectives: a) trust within citizen science projects, b) (mediated) public trust in citizen science, and c) scientists’ trust in citizen science.
https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/fourc/drittmittelprojekte/trust-in-citizen-science-tics
About Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Besides hosting a spectacular collection of natural history exhibits, the museum stands amongst Germany’s leading institutions for citizen science, co-hosting the national platform mit:forschen! and the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA). It serves as a hub for science-public interaction, coordinating activities in science communication, public participation in science, and citizen science.
https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en
About PCST
The International Network on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) is one of the first and widest international networks for science communication.
The aim of the network is to multiply opportunities for exchange and co-operation among both researchers and professionals who work in the many diverse but complementary fields of public communication of science and technology.
www.pcst.network
About mit:forschen! Gemeinsam Wissen schaffen
mit:forschen! Gemeinsam Wissen schaffen (formerly Bürger schaffen Wissen) is the central platform for citizen science in Germany. The platform presents, connects and supports citizen science projects since April 2014. The platform’s main goals are to give an overview of citizen science projects, to inform about the concept of citizen science and strengthen its visibility and acceptance, to further develop the citizen science landscape in Germany and internationally and to contribute to current debates on participatory science.
mit:forschen! is a joint project by Wissenschaft im Dialog and Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research since November 2013.