About Us
Mission
Ibercivis carries out and promotes research in many different areas of scientific knowledge at local, national and international levels.
Ibercivis provides technical support, dissemination and training so that anyone can participate in scientific research, according to their interests and always dynamic capabilities.
Activity
We share resources and expertise derived from our own citizen science activity.
We conduct our own research by developing our own citizen science projects in which we theorise, prototype, model, evaluate impact, measure, develop technology and publish results.
We promote the dissemination of the concept of «citizen science» through the development of the projects and through local, national and international events, exhibitions, publications, reports, awards, training and other activities.
Milestones, projects and events
2006
Desktop Grid
Ibercivis was born as a computing project using the Desktop Grid paradigm.
2006
2007
Zivis
Zivis, the first Spanish volunteer computing project, is born
2007
2008
Ibercivis
Zivis becomes Ibercivis, a national volunteer computing project. Three projects are being carried out: nuclear fusion, protein folding and materials simulation
2008
2009
Boinc Multiserver
An agreement is established with the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, the Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular of the University of Coimbra and the Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas in Portugal for the incorporation of new applications to Ibercivis
2009
2010
Participatory experiments
It incorporates the paradigm of participatory experiments beyond volunteer computing: human behaviour, environmental monitoring, social sciences and complex systems.
2010
2011
Foundation
Ibercivis is officially constituted as a private, non-profit foundation
2011
2012
Socientize
The Socientize project, the first European project (FP7) on citizen science, is launched. New participatory experiments are incorporated
2012
2013
Green Paper
The Green Paper on Citizen Science is published
2013
2014
White Paper
Experiments in collective intelligence. White Paper on Citizen Science for Europe is published
2014
2015
CESAR Open Innovation Labs
CESAR Citizen Labs in Etopia-Science, Art and Technology set up by the University of Zaragoza, the BIFI University Research Institute, the Ibercivi Foundation, the Zaragoza City Council and the Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation
2015
2016
Spanish National Observatory on Citizen Science
I Open Call CESAR-Etopia. Beginning of the Observatory of CC in Spain with the collaboration of FECYT-Ministry of Science and Innovation
2016
2017
Citizen Science National Plan
The National Citizen Science Plan is being developed in conjunction with FECYT-Ministry of Science and Innovation
2017
2018
Citizen Science in Spain Advocay Plan
Promotion of QC with FECYT-Ministry of Science and Innovation
I Ibercivis Call for CC Projects
Third Millennium Prize-Heraldo «Science and Society»
FECYT projects: OdourCollect, CanSat
H2020 project: D-NOSES
ERASMUS+ project: BRITEC
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2018
2019
I International Forum of Citizen Science in Spain
I International QC Forum co-organised with FECYT-Ministry of Science and Innovation
Observatory of CC in Zaragoza in collaboration with the City Council of Zaragoza
II Ibercivis Call for QC Projects
FECYT Projects: Air Watchers, Cities At Night, Cansat, Make it Special
H2020 Project: EU-Citizen.Science
2019
2022
Covid-Phym
FECYT Projects: Pájaros en la nube, Vigilantes del aire II, Desafío bajo Zero, Make it Special II
COVID-PHYM project with CSIC
Proyecto H2020: NEWSERA
2022
2021
Citizen Science, Social Sciences and Humanities
I National Meeting on QC in Humanities and Social Sciences
FECYT projects: Interfungi, Servet
H2020 projects: COESO, DECIDO
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2021
2022
Citizen Science in the univesity
Citizen science promotion strategy with the Ministry of Universities
Identidades Comunes II
FECYT projects: InterFungi, AulaCheck, Servet, FUENAragon, Flebocollect
H2020 project: Socio-BEE project
Horizon Europe project: ECS
2022