Projects
Ongoing
Servet XII reaches 33,933 metres: high altitude balloon launch from Lumpiaque (Zaragoza, Spain)
Openred – Light pollution: Measure artificial light at night at street level with the public and share it on an open map
Observatory of Citizen Science in Spain: The meeting point for citizen science projects, resources and people in Spain
Geonity: A free platform for creating and taking part in citizen science projects
Lost at Night: Locate night-time photos of Earth taken from the International Space Station on a map
OSIRIS: Open Science Inspiring Inclusive Research and Innovation towards Societal Impact in Europe
ORION: Reliable data for regulators in radiological and nuclear emergencies
SLDAR: The future of augmented reality, with a European seal and citizen participation
EOSC-CSN: Designing the thematic node that brings citizen science into the EOSC Federation
CitSci Sort: Classify scientific publications on citizen science
RIECS-Concept: Towards a pan-European research infrastructure for excellent citizen science
Atrium: Alternatives for a transition to sustainable, reusable and recyclable construction products
Procoast: Supporting the transformation of societies to make coastal ecosystems more resilient
Openred: Citizen science to measure environmental gamma radiation in Spain
Completed
2025
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Desenredados 2025
Your social media content can contribute to scientific research
Digital society · National
2023
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Adaptation Agora 2023–2025
Adapting to climate change
Climate change · European
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Aulacheck 2023–2024
Build a news story, bust a hoax
Digital society · National
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Dilan 2023–2025
Training in communication and digital language for EU scientists
Science communication · European
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Impactos CC 2023–2024
Understanding the impacts of citizen science to strengthen it
Citizen science research · National
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Vigilantes del Suelo 2023–2024
Citizen science to learn about the quality of Spain’s soils
Soil · National
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Zaragoza, el fútbol en e_volución 2023
A citizen science project on collective memory, photography and archives
Digital society · National
2022
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Citizen Science and Universities Steering Group 2022
A working group to promote citizen science in, from and with Spanish universities
Participatory governance · National
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ECS 2022–2026
European Citizen Science network
Citizen science infrastructure · European
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Flood2now 2022–2025
Flood forecasting and prevention systems that include citizen science
Floods · National
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FuenAragón 2022–2023
Citizen science to discover and value the springs of Aragon
Environmental monitoring · National
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Greengage 2022–2025
Promoting the green and digital transition towards carbon-neutral cities
Participatory governance · European
2021
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COESO 2021–2023
Connecting research and society
Citizen science infrastructure · European
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Decido 2021–2024
Participatory methods, cloud tools and data analysis for effective policymaking
Participatory governance · European
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Identidades Comunes 2021–2022
National Meeting on Citizen Science, Social Sciences and Humanities
Citizen science research · National
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Interfungi 2021–2022
An intergenerational network of fungi observers
Biodiversity · National
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Ruidómetro 2021
A mobile app to measure, label and map noise pollution with the help of the public
Environmental monitoring · National
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Socio-bee 2021–2024
Citizen science for air quality monitoring
Air quality · European
2020
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CitMApp 2020–2021
A free app for collecting geolocated data in citizen science projects
Citizen science infrastructure · National
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COVID-PHYM 2020–
Citizen distributed computing to find existing drugs that can block SARS-CoV-2 replication
Citizen science research · National
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Lost at Night 2020–2024
Help map night-time photos of cities taken from the International Space Station
Space · National
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NEWSERA 2020–2023
Citizen science as a new paradigm for science communication
Science communication · European
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Pájaros en la Nube 2020–2021
Sensor-equipped birdhouses for studying insect-eating wildlife from schools
Biodiversity · National
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Vigilantes del Aire 2020–2023
Citizen science to measure air quality with strawberry plants
Air quality · National
2019
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Aragón Open Air Museum 2019–2020
A collaborative mobile app for exploring and sharing routes through Aragon’s urban heritage, castles and archaeological sites
Citizen science research · National
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Aragón Photo 2019–2020
Rescuing and digitising the hidden photographic heritage of family collections and archives in Aragon
Citizen science research · National
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Desafío Bajo Zero 2019–2021
Scientific experiments designed by students and carried out in Antarctica
Environmental monitoring · National
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EU-Citizen.Science 2019–
The European platform for sharing citizen science projects, resources and experiences
Citizen science infrastructure · European
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Make It Special 2019–2020
Maker culture and fab labs serving special education schools
Digital society · National
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OpenReq 2019
An intelligent system for gathering and prioritising software requirements with the community, applied to citizen science
Citizen science infrastructure · European
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The Great Sound Experiment 2019
An app to find out how well the human ear can tell the quality of compressed audio
Digital society · European
2018
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BRITEC 2018–2021
Bringing scientific research into the classroom through citizen science
Science communication · European
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CanSat 2018–2019
National competition in which secondary school students built and launched satellites the size of a drinks can
Space · National
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Catalogue of citizen science for environmental policy 2018
A study and inventory of citizen science projects relevant to EU environmental policy
Citizen science research · European
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D-NOSES 2018–2021
Citizen science and co-creation to make odour pollution visible
Air quality · European
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EOValue 2018–2020
A European community on the use and value of Earth observation
Space · European
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Stop Amianto 2018–2022
A citizen platform to locate and map asbestos in Spain
Environmental monitoring · National
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Zaragoza Citizen Science Observatory 2018–2022
A space to promote, support and showcase citizen science projects in Zaragoza
Citizen science infrastructure · National
2017
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Drones y mazmorras 2017
Secondary school students in Aragon made scale models of castles and historic buildings using drones, 3D modelling and digital fabrication
Science communication · National
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Micromascotas 2017–2019
A project to discover the microorganisms in our homes through citizen science, workshops and low-cost hardware
Science communication · National
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National citizen science action plan 2017–
A plan, commissioned by the Ministry, to consolidate citizen science in Spain
Citizen science infrastructure · National
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Urban ecology 2017–
A citizen working group to analyse, care for and enrich Zaragoza's urban ecosystem
Environmental monitoring · National
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¿Qué es la ciencia para ti? 2017
A CIEMAT public survey on how people see science and technology
Science communication · National
2016
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Apadrina un olivo 2016
Citizen science to restore the abandoned olive groves of Oliete (Teruel) and build a social oil mill
Biodiversity · National
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Mural Hunter 2016–
A collaborative, geolocated catalogue of street art from around the world
Digital society · National
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OdourCollect 2016–2019
An app for citizens to build collaborative maps of odour nuisance
Air quality · European
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Vigilantes del Cierzo 2016–2019
Zaragoza residents used strawberry plants on their balconies to measure air pollution
Air quality · National
2015
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Citizen science and food consumption 2015–2017
In-person studies in Zaragoza on how we choose which food to buy, carried out with CITA Aragon
Citizen science research · National
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Open Digital Science 2015
A study for the European Commission on how digital and open practices are transforming science
Citizen science research · European
2014
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Aqua 2014–2018
Students across Spain measured chlorine and pH in tap water to map its quality
Environmental monitoring · National
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Collective Music Experiment 2014
A collective intelligence experiment in which the audience composed music online during the Sónar festival
Citizen science research · European
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Fold it! 2014
Crowdfunding campaign to bring an app that predicts protein stability and dynamics to Ibercivis's BOINC platform
Citizen science infrastructure · National
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NASA Space Apps Challenge (Zaragoza) 2014–2022
NASA’s international hackathon in Zaragoza, where Ibercivis sponsored citizen science prizes
Space · National
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Project Q 2014
An online experiment to find out whether citizen science also works for the social sciences
Citizen science research · National
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Science in your Mobile 2014
A multi-game mobile app to bring science closer to young people
Science communication · National
2013
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Cell Spotting 2013–
The public analysed images of tumour cells to study the effect of potential cancer drugs
Citizen science research · European
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Sun4All 2013–
Citizen sunspot counting in a historical archive of images of the Sun
Space · European
2012
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GripeNet 2012–
Volunteers reported online each week whether they had flu, to monitor its incidence in Spain
Citizen science research · National
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Socientize 2012–2014
A European project to promote citizen science and define its role in Europe
Citizen science infrastructure · European
2011
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Behavioural and collective intelligence experiments 2011–2019
Citizen science experiments on how we decide, cooperate and think as a group
Citizen science research · National
2008
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Ibercivis BOINC 2008–
The volunteer computing platform where Ibercivis began, with members of the public donating their computers’ idle time to scientific calculations
Citizen science infrastructure · National