FRONT Citizen Science Seminar

Welcome to the FRONT Citizen Science seminar on 10 November 2026, at 12:00-14:00 at the new Ydin learning and meeting hub in the city centre (Isokatu 32). The seminar will bring together researchers, practitioners, and anyone interested in citizen science to share experiences, learn about ongoing initiatives, and identify opportunities for collaboration.

Coffee and snacks will be served.

Register for the event by 4 November.

Programme

12.00 Opening remarks: Prof. Jarkko Saarinen, Leader of the FRONT programme
12.05 -13.45 Presentations of the FRONT Citizen Science initiatives

• Yanping Tian: Mapping What Matters: A Participatory Workshop on Problem Framing
• Evangelos Mourelatos: Information Resilience and Decision-Making under Uncertainty: Insights from Behavioral and Experimental Economics
• Elias Rossinen: Arctic community resilience on tourism growth
• Mykyta Peregrym: Oulu Biodiversity Urban Patrol: urban roadkill and fauna mortality mapping by citizen scientists.
• Anna Varfolomeeva: Tar, Power, Cloud: Strengthening Resilience through Art & Citizen Science (RESTART)
• Iida Pyykkö: Torne Valley Boardgame
• Suvi Pihkala: Weaving and Knitting Women’s Knowledges in the North
• Nea Kunnari: Youth, regional resilience, and the Arctic: Perspectives on the future of the Northern regions
• Fadilla Mutiarawati: Between Curriculum, Community, and Classroom: Teacher Agency in Navigating Epistemic Justice through Indigenous Knowledge–Based Teaching Modules in West Sumba, Indonesia

• Thusitha (Sameera) Bandaranayake: Strengthening Resilience in Northern Finland: A Citizen Science Approach to Rural Digital Infrastructure

  13.45 Discussion
  14.00 Closing

The event is organised by the Resilience Academy of Oulu (RAO) and the Frontiers of Arctic and Global Resilience (FRONT) Profi7 research programme.