Self-assessment Tool for Institutional Changes and Impact

As part of T8.2, which aims to investigate the institutional pathways that help embed Citizen Science (CS) in the European research landscape, Université Paris Cité (Learning Planet Institute) developed a self-assessment tool. This tool was structured around the EU-funded TIME4CS framework, which identified four key intervention areas:

Research  

Education & Awareness  

Support Resources & Infrastructure  

Policy & Assessment  

These areas are integral to the functioning of universities and research institutes, which were the primary audience for the Stock-taking" institutional support for Citizen Science in Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) developed by the TIME4CS project.

This self-assessment tool was made for various organisations (i.e., RPOs, public libraries, research libraries, museums, NGOs, companies...) to assess their integration of citizen science on an institutional level. The following Excel file is the self-assessment tool, designed to generate immediate results. These results offer an overview of the organisation's integration across the four intervention areas mentioned above.

To use it, you can dowload it, and follow the step by step instructions found on the excel file.