Link to Knowledge – Support researchers in their endeavors against infectious disease spreading mosquitoes!

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In the April issue of our blog series on Citizen Science, we present one of our partner projects, Mosquito Alert, which is a non-profit Citizen Science project based on an international collaboration coordinated by various state research centres, including the University of Pécs. We spoke with Kornélia Kurucz PhD, who represents UPécs and participates in the project.

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Benefits of Citizen Science in our Community

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One of our library working groups has been working for some time on the mapping of Citizen Science projects in Hungary and Europe, with particular interest on Pécs of course.

In connection with this, we are starting a series of blogs entitled “Link to knowledge”, serving as a framework of our work, while trying to present as many projects as possible through interviews, as well as offer a place to learn about the concept and possibilities of Citizen Science.

In our first article, we present the idea of Citizen Science and the current activities of our working group.

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What’s Veganuary and why is it worth giving a try?

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What’s Veganuary?

Veganuary (vegan January) is a UK non-profit organization that promotes veganism by encouraging people to follow a vegan lifestyle for the month of January. It started in 2014 and has grown rapidly since then, with over 580,000 people from 209 countries taking part worldwide in 2021. Veganuary offer daily email support to participants, helping them to successfully complete a vegan month. Participants aim to only eat vegan food and also not to buy any non-vegan clothes, cosmetics or other items during the month.

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