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The school takes inspiration from the EU H2020 SwafS CoAct (Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action) project's experiences and partners. It aims to invigorate the academic community around a wide set of Citizen Social Science practices while providing a critical view on their strengths and challenges. The participant will have the opportunity to learn aspects related to the following elements: • Review of transdisciplinary aspects to Citizen Social Science (Open Science, Ethical Research, Digital participation, Evaluation and Policy Impact) • Practical examples of Citizen Social Science practices where groups in a vulnerable situation are acting as Co-Researchers • Portfolio of collaborative participatory research models (interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international) • Practical tools to maximize success and minimize challenges of Citizen Social Science • Development of an international network of peers • Strategies to be inclusive in a Citizen Science project S0: In this session, Citizen Science will be introduced jointly with the current discussions on how social dimension shall be considered and on how academics from the social sciences are currently shaping Citizen Social Science. CoAct vision will also be introduced. CoAct understands Citizen Social Science as participatory research co-designed and directly driven by citizen groups sharing a social concern. It combines equal collaboration between citizen groups (Co-Researchers) that share a social concern, and academic researchers. The session will end up with a summary of the State-of-the-Art CoAct deliverable.

DISCLAIMER: The present Project Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. The CoAct (Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action) project proposes to face social global issues by placing citizens in a vulnerable situation at the centre of the research. This approach represents a new understanding of Citizen Social Science (CSS), as participatory research co-designed with citizen groups sharing a social concern. One of the social issues targeted is Mental Health Care (R&I Action #1, WP3) and specifically mental health social support networks. Social support networks refer to people's social environment, which is generated informally, not professionally. In this frame, the R&I Action #1 has been co-designed with Co-Researchers (CoRes) which are persons with self-experience in mental health and relatives, acting as experts in the field. They participate to all steps of the research, together with the promotors of the research: Universitat de Barcelona-UB and Federació Salut Mental Catalunya-FSMC. This Deliverable D3.2: "Digital and non-digital tools for conducting research" describes and reflects on two tools that are cornerstones of the research co-design in this context: The Research Diary. This hardcover publication, that was tailormade for R&I Action #1, was ideated to guide the CoRes during the process of microstories co-creation. It has been proved to serve as a useful bridge between the online co-creation sessions, done in pandemic times and the CoRes' offline individual work on writing down microstories related to their personal experiences. The Chatbot. This Telegram-based chatbot is the first example, to our knowledge, of a ...

DISCLAIMER: The present Project Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. _____ CoAct proposes a radically new participatory approach through "four wicked" social issues in which citizen groups act as co-researchers. The overall objective of CoAct is to develop and demonstrate the scientific relevance and social impact of Citizen Social Science, which is to date an underexplored area of citizen science. This document constitutes deliverable 8.1, CoAct Exploitation, Dissemination and Communication Plan in the framework of Work Package 8 (WP8). The plan will ensure that all communication and dissemination needs as elaborated in the CoAct WPs, alongside with the respective exploitation activities can be addressed strategically. Therefore, this strategy plan will be rooted in, and act upon, CoAct's ethical values whilst cross-linking to the project's data management plan (once in place). Considering the evolving characteristics of the project, the exploitation, dissemination and communication plan will be regularly reviewed and updated in order to ensure that its objectives are met.

DISCLAIMER: The present Project Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. _____ CoAct proposes a radically new participatory approach through "four wicked" social issues in which citizen groups act as co-researchers. The overall objective of CoAct is to develop and demonstrate the scientific relevance and social impact of Citizen Social Science, which is to date an underexplored area of citizen science. This document constitutes deliverable 8.1, CoAct Exploitation, Dissemination and Communication Plan in the framework of Work Package 8 (WP8). The plan will ensure that all communication and dissemination needs as elaborated in the CoAct WPs, alongside with the respective exploitation activities can be addressed strategically. Therefore, this strategy plan will be rooted in, and act upon, CoAct's ethical values whilst cross-linking to the project's data management plan (once in place). Considering the evolving characteristics of the project, the exploitation, dissemination and communication plan will be regularly reviewed and updated in order to ensure that its objectives are met.

DISCLAIMER: The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. _____ CoAct proposes a radically new participatory approach through "four wicked" social issues in which citizen groups act as co-researchers. The overall objective of CoAct is to develop and demonstrate the scientific relevance and social impact of Citizen Social Science, which is to date an underexplored area of citizen science. This document constitutes deliverable 8.1, CoAct Exploitation, Dissemination and Communication Plan in the framework of Work Package 8 (WP8). The plan will ensure that all communication and dissemination needs as elaborated in the CoAct WPs, alongside with the respective exploitation activities can be addressed strategically. Therefore, this strategy plan will be rooted in, and act upon, CoAct's ethical values whilst cross-linking to the project's data management plan (once in place). Considering the evolving characteristics of the project, the exploitation, dissemination and communication plan will be regularly reviewed and updated in order to ensure that its objectives are met.

DISCLAIMER: The present Project Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. ___ The CoAct (Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action) project proposes to face social global issues by placing citizens in a vulnerable situation at the centre of the research. This approach represents a new understanding of Citizen Social Science (CSS), as participatory research co-designed with citizen groups sharing a social concern. One of the social issues targeted is Mental Health Care (R&I Action #1, WP3) and this report corresponds to Deliverable D3.1 Report on Knowledge Coalition building. The research background of this R&I Action has been constructed based of the different but complementary experiences of the two main CoAct partners involved. While the OpenSystems research group (Universitat de Barcelona) has built a research methodology based on Citizen Social Science and citizen's participation, Federació Salut Mental Catalunya has decades of experience in community mental health care activism and cooperative projects, situating the individuals withan experience of mental health and their families at the centre of this process. Based on these complementary experiences, the research has been oriented to mental health social support networks, referring to people's social environment, which is generated informally, not professionally. The report describes the different step of the Knowledge Coalition building, formed by representatives of public administrations, civil society organisations and co-researchers, acting in representation of their institutions. After a detailed mapping of the local, national and international institutions, a ...

DISCLAIMER: The present Project Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. ___ The CoAct (Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action) project proposes to face social global issues by placing citizens in a vulnerable situation at the centre of the research. This approach represents a new understanding of Citizen Social Science (CSS), as participatory research co-designed with citizen groups sharing a social concern. One of the social issues targeted is Mental Health Care (R&I Action #1, WP3) and this report corresponds to Deliverable D3.1 Report on Knowledge Coalition building. The research background of this R&I Action has been constructed based of the different but complementary experiences of the two main CoAct partners involved. While the OpenSystems research group (Universitat de Barcelona) has built a research methodology based on Citizen Social Science and citizen's participation, Federació Salut Mental Catalunya has decades of experience in community mental health care activism and cooperative projects, situating the individuals withan experience of mental health and their families at the centre of this process. Based on these complementary experiences, the research has been oriented to mental health social support networks, referring to people's social environment, which is generated informally, not professionally. The report describes the different step of the Knowledge Coalition building, formed by representatives of public administrations, civil society organisations and co-researchers, acting in representation of their institutions. After a detailed mapping of the local, national and international institutions, a ...

DISCLAIMER: The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. ___ The CoAct (Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action) project proposes to face social global issues by placing citizens in a vulnerable situation at the centre of the research. This approach represents a new understanding of Citizen Social Science (CSS), as participatory research co-designed with citizen groups sharing a social concern. One of the social issues targeted is Mental Health Care (R&I Action #1, WP3) and this report corresponds to Deliverable D3.1 Report on Knowledge Coalition building. The research background of this R&I Action has been constructed based of the different but complementary experiences of the two main CoAct partners involved. While the OpenSystems research group (Universitat de Barcelona) has built a research methodology based on Citizen Social Science and citizen's participation, Federació Salut Mental Catalunya has decades of experience in community mental health care activism and cooperative projects, situating the individuals withan experience of mental health and their families at the centre of this process. Based on these complementary experiences, the research has been oriented to mental health social support networks, referring to people's social environment, which is generated informally, not professionally. The report describes the different step of the Knowledge Coalition building, formed by representatives of public administrations, civil society organisations and co-researchers, acting in representation of their institutions. After a detailed mapping of the local, national and international institutions, a comprehensive engagement process was built, that resulted in the participation of 65 individuals ...

DISCLAIMER: The present Project Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. In CoAct (Co-Designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action), the Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) on mental health, youth employment, and environmental justice engage with co-researchers (CoRes) in the research process who are directly affected by social concerns. By employing a participatory approach, the project demonstrates the scientific relevance of co-designed knowledge production. CoAct not only contributes to the citizen social science (CSS) approach, but to ongoing discussions on how to implement informed consent (IC) in CSS projects by highlighting specific challenges and reflecting on innovative moments from the research practice. This report constitutes the Deliverable 2.3, Report on Informed Consent Procedure Requirements and Challenges. Innovative Moments of Informed Consent in Practice for Work Package 2 (WP2), and describes continuing discussions about how regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR, European Commission, 2018b) and other research-guiding principles impact CSS and their IC practices. By recognising IC as a nexus of legal requirements, research ethics, and research practice, we go beyond 'formalised informed consent,' which is a legal agreement governed by the GDPR, among others, and acknowledge its ethical dimensions. This report uses relational understandings to depict ethical dimensions of IC, and alternative approaches as to how it can be conceptualised. This is closely linked to a processual understanding, which requires incorporating scientific responsibility and accountability into its social contexts and in ...

DISCLAIMER: The present Project Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. The CoAct (Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action) project proposes to face social global issues by placing citizens in a vulnerable situation at the centre of the research. This approach represents a new understanding of Citizen Social Science (CSS), as participatory research co-designed with citizen groups sharing a social concern. Along these lines, there exists an important need to provide spaces for academic researchers not only to increase their knowledge and their skills but also to learn about new methods to develop a citizen science that enhances social dimension. Covid situation has obliged to run the school in an online format. The online format has motivated the choice to organise a rather long school (two weeks duration, 9 school days) and to have a daily concentrated routine scheduled during the afternoon. Considering positive aspects related to the COVID situation, the online format has allowed to have a wider diversity of participants and a larger number of participants (39) that were initially anticipated. Participants were coming from 20 different countries. Despite their own difficulties with internet access, we also had participants from Africa and South America. Broadly, 25% of the applicants are MSc students while 50% are pursuing their PhD (66% of early career researchers). Research areas of participants include public health, sociology, biomedicine, political sciences, architecture, law… In addition, following the experimental spirit of any research project, it has also been the intention of the school to provide the broadest perspective ...

This presentation describes the work done in the frame of the CoAct (Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action) project from January 2020 until June 2021. The presentation was done by CoAct Partners during Project Review number one, in an online meeting attended by the Project Officer and the Project Reviewer (June, 15th 2021). DISCLAIMER: The information and views set out in this presentation are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.

DISCLAIMER: The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. CoAct proposes a new approach to face social global concerns with Research and Innovation Actions (R&I Actions) related to mental health care, youth employment, environmental justice and gender equality by engaging citizens as co-researchers. Our approach represents a new understanding of Citizen Social Science (CSS), understood here as participatory research co-designed and directly driven by citizen groups sharing a social concern. The overall objective of CoAct is to develop and demonstrate the scientific relevance and social impact of CSS, which is to date an underexplored area of Citizen Science (CS). This document constitutes Deliverable 2.1 'Report on State of the Art of Citizen Social Science' of Work Package 2 (WP2), which is dedicated to the CSS foundations. It provides a starting point towards a common framework and a common arena to better elaborate the various characteristics of CSS. CoAct wants to contribute to the debate by catalysing the discussion and enlarging the CSS community. This effort is unprecedented in the CS and the Social Science worlds and it is expected to later result into new open materials (for citizens, policy makers, NGOs and academics) and new transdisciplinary methodologies to widen the impact of CS. This report discusses CSS as a component of CS, with its main characteristics that citizens act as co-researchers conducting research on social issues with the aim of achieving transformative and sustainable impact with the research. CSS is however emerging from at three streams: from the broader spectrum of a CS community; from a participatory research background in the social sciences and humanities and moreover directly from Citizen ...

DISCLAIMER: The present Project Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. CoAct proposes a new approach to face social global concerns with Research and Innovation Actions (R&I Actions) related to mental health care, youth employment, environmental justice and gender equality by engaging citizens as co-researchers. Our approach represents a new understanding of Citizen Social Science (CSS), understood here as participatory research co-designed and directly driven by citizen groups sharing a social concern. The overall objective of CoAct is to develop and demonstrate the scientific relevance and social impact of CSS, which is to date an underexplored area of Citizen Science (CS). This document constitutes Deliverable 2.1 'Report on State of the Art of Citizen Social Science' of Work Package 2 (WP2), which is dedicated to the CSS foundations. It provides a starting point towards a common framework and a common arena to better elaborate the various characteristics of CSS. CoAct wants to contribute to the debate by catalysing the discussion and enlarging the CSS community. This effort is unprecedented in the CS and the Social Science worlds and it is expected to later result into new open materials (for citizens, policy makers, NGOs and academics) and new transdisciplinary methodologies to widen the impact of CS. This report discusses CSS as a component of CS, with its main characteristics that citizens act as co-researchers conducting research on social issues with the aim of achieving transformative and sustainable impact with the research. CSS is however emerging from at three streams: from the broader spectrum of a CS community; from a participatory ...