Although there was not much time for a full deep dive into each of these topics, this was a fantastic opportunity for each of our CSI partners to get to know a little more about the work they doing to promote citizen science, and how the field of participatory science could be promoted in the future, finding synergies and preparing memoranda of understanding to be signed among the consortium partners for future collaboration and sustainability.

Some of the key findings of this session were that despite apparent differences in the topics covered by the five Step Change citizen science initiatives (health, energy, and the environment), there are surprising synergies. Among them, is the importance of the connection between climate change, infectious diseases, and wildlife, which is considered to become increasingly important. Other pairs explored the link between gender and medicine (especially epidemics) or how to ensure stronger linkage and mutual trust and respect between different groups of stakeholders (e.g. Citizen Scientists, Researchers, Policy makers, and general society).