Dr.Susanne Hecker
Further information
First head of the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA)
Publications
ECSA Working Group on Policy, S.A.P.&.T.E.C.S.P.&.T.W.E.C.S.C.O.P., Oesterheld, M., Albert, A., Doran, C., Gold, M., Haklay, M., Heinisch, B., Kieslinger, B., Riemenschneider, D., Serrano Sanz, F., Schuerz, S., Stressmann, F., Hecker, S. (2025). Citizen science for the future of Europe (full version). (1-22). Zenodo. URL: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.15234973
Fraisl, D., Haklay, M., Hager, G., Wehn, U., See, L., Hecker, S., Tzovaras, B.G., Gold, M., Ceccaroni, L., Kieslinger, B., Woods, S., Nold, C., Balázs, B., Mazzonetto, M., Ruefenacht, S., Shanley, L.A., Motion, A., Sforzi, A., Dörler, D., Heigl, F., Vohland, K., Wagenknecht, K., Schaefer, T., Riemenschneider, D., Lindner, A., Weißpflug, M., Mačiulienė, M. (2025). Delineating the contours of citizen science: Development of the ECSA characteristics of citizen science. Open Research Europe, 5, 19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19411.1
Bessert-Nettelbeck, M., Bischof, A., Sturm, U., Nagy, E., Schraudner, M., Backhaus, J., Bruckermann, T., Hecker, S., Henke, J., Köpferl, K., Kirschke, S., Liedtke, C., Mahr, F., Maibaum, A., Podann, A., Rössig, W., Schäfer, M., Schröder, C., Schrögel, P., Shennan, V., Steinhaus, N., Stewart, M., Van Den Bogaert, V., Voigt-Heucke, S. (2023). [Report]: Participation as a research approach in academia: a converging field. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 9, e105155. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.9.e105155
Meyer, J., Hecker, S., Voigt-Heucke, S., Kiprijanov, K. (2025). [Poster:] Trust in "Citizen Science" Projects: Insights from Germany. [Poster].
Voigt-Heucke, S., Haklay, M., Hecker, S. (2024). Ch. 11: Citizen science. In Darbellay, F. (Hrsg.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity (46-49). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch11
Voigt-Heucke, S., Hecker, S., Ewert, S. (2025). Abschlussbericht: Entwicklung und Erprobung eines Konzeptes für ein Citizen Science-Zentrum Natur, Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung. (1-49) [Projektbericht]. DBU. URL: https://opac.dbu.de/ab/DBU-Abschlussbericht-AZ-37694_01-Hauptbericht.pdf
Kiprijanov, K.S., Schloddarick, H., Grützmacher, K., Hecker, S. (2025). [Poster:] Eating (for) the Planet: Public Engagement, Food Systems, and Planetary Health. [Poster]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7479/X6QZ-2M12
Von Gönner, J., Herrmann, T.M., Bruckermann, T., Eichinger, M., Hecker, S., Klan, F., Lorke, J., Richter, A., Sturm, U., Voigt-Heucke, S., Brink, W., Liedtke, C., Premke-Kraus, M., Altmann, C., Bauhus, W., Bengtsson, L., Büermann, A., Dietrich, P., Dörler, D., Eich-Brod, R., Ferschinger, L., Freyberg, L., Grützner, A., Hammel, G., Heigl, F., Heyen, N.B., Hölker, F., Johannsen, C., Kluß, T., Kluttig, T., Knobloch, J., Munke, M., Mortega, K., Pathe, C., Soßdorf, A., Stämpfli, T., Thiel, C., Tönsmann, S., Valentin, A., Wagenknecht, K., Wegener, R., Woll, S., Bonn, A. (2023). Citizen science’s transformative impact on science, citizen empowerment and socio-political processes. Socio-Ecological Practice Research, 5(1), 11-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-022-00136-4
Meyer, J., Hecker, S., Voigt-Heucke, S., Center For Open Science (2024). Understanding the role of trust in the cooperation of diverse actors in citizen science projects from Germany: a qualitative interview study [Dataset]. Center for open studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/263UV
Kirschke, S., Glahe, J., Ahrend, C., Brandt, M., Hecker, S., Krohmer, J., Lentz, S., Marzinek, N., Molthagen-Schnöring, S., Stewart, M., Voigt-Heucke, S. (2024). Perspectives on Science Communication. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 10, e136750. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e136750