{"id":904,"date":"2026-04-16T05:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/?p=904"},"modified":"2026-04-16T05:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:50:59","slug":"novaator-cowslips-campaign-revealed-the-charms-and-pains-of-citizen-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/novaator-cowslips-campaign-revealed-the-charms-and-pains-of-citizen-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Novaator: Cowslips campaign revealed the charms and pains of Citizen Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In an article published on ERR's science news portal Novaator, Tsipe Aavik, head of the Pollination Ecology Workgroup and Associate Professor of Macroecology, discusses how the pan-European cowslips campaign, which began in Estonia, not only enabled the gathering of new ecological knowledge but also prompted a look at citizen science itself. An analysis of interviews with the campaign's co-organizers revealed that stumbling blocks can include a lack of time, rigid funding rules, and regional cultural differences.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/novaator.err.ee\/1609995598\/nurmenukukampaania-naitas-katte-harrastusteaduse-volud-ja-valud\">here<\/a> (in Estonian).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author of article: Jaan-Juhan Oidermaa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author of photo: Joonmeedia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1414435h6f9ft27-1024x565.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1414435h6f9ft27-1024x565.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1414435h6f9ft27-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1414435h6f9ft27-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1414435h6f9ft27-1536x848.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1414435h6f9ft27.jpg 1957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an article published on ERR's science news portal Novaator, Tsipe Aavik, head of the Pollination Ecology Workgroup and Associate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}