Aitana Oltra | COST Action CA15212

Personal Information

First Name:

Aitana

Last Name:

Oltra

Institution:

CREAF - Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre

Campus de Bellaterra (UAB) Edifici C

08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Barcelona

Spain

URL:

http://www.creaf.cat/staff/aitana-oltra

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/aitanaoltra

Area of Expertise:

Citizen science Management of citizen science projects Environmental sciences Urban and territorial management and planning GIS: Geographic Information Systems Scientific outreach, Public participation

Gender:

Female

Working Groups

WG1: Ensure scientific quality of Citizen Science

This working group will focus on the outcomes of CS projects for scientists. The objective of this WG is to provide a sound understanding of current practices involving the collection, description, and validation of data gathered and analyzed by citizens.

WG2: Develop synergies with education

This group will focus on the learning outcomes of CS projects. The objective of this WG is to increase awareness about the possibilities of CS in education, by collating the knowledge of current practices and underscoring the meaning of CS in formal and informal education.

WG3: Improve society-science-policy interface

The working group will focus on the outcomes of CS projects for policy makers at local, national, and European level concerned with policies impacting the environment and society. The objective of this WG is to make government officials and decision makers aware of CS by providing evidence and guidance material, so that they can use it as part of policy formation, implementation and evaluation.

WG5: Improve data standardization and interoperability

This working group will focus on improving the technical foundations to foster the impact of CS globally. The objective of this WG is to develop metadata-concepts vocabulary and an ontology to support data sharing among CS projects. WG5 will coordinate with activities on data and service interoperability carried out in Europe, the USA and Australia, and will take into account existing standards, namely Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards, ISO/TC 211, W3C standards (semantic sensor network/Linked Data), and existing GEO/GEOSS semantic interoperability.