Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte
Dr. Barbara Kieslinger is a senior scientist at the Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) in Vienna, Austria. She has been engaged in and studying citizen science for many years, working on evaluation and impact assessment and contributing to the first whitepaper on citizen science in Europe. In addition, Barbara’s work is connected to grassroots innovation, such as makerspaces.
Her research is concerned with citizen science and citizen innovation, open science, and the relation between technological/digital and social innovations. Barbara is a guest editor of the Citizen Science in Theory and Practice journal and on the board of directors of ECSA – The European Citizen Science Association.