Join LifeWatch ERIC’s Thematic Services Working Groups
LifeWatch ERIC launches the minisites of the six Thematic Services Working Groups: hubs for knowledge and resources sharing, networking, and collaboration.
Co-developed by the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities in collaboration with the National Distributed Centres, they reflect the main priority areas of e-Service construction, and therefore are central to the 2022-2026 Infrastructure Strategic Working Plan.
The Thematic Services Working Groups are coordinated by the LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre and pursue three main objectives:
- Strengthen collaboration between and within the Common Facilities and the Distributed Centres;
- Review and update the mapping of the National scientific communities’ research needs in relation to the Thematic Services, and identify priority areas for development;
- Promote and coordinate the participation of Distributed Centre research institutions in Horizon Europe and other European and international projects, on behalf of and in collaboration with LifeWatch ERIC, to co-design and co-construct the priority services with other key actors in the biodiversity and ecosystem research landscape.
The initiative officially took off in 2024, marked by a series of Thematic Service Workshops hosted by the National Distributed Centres, engaging local communities from the start.
Today, we are glad to present the Working Groups on the website: six dedicated entry points, each focused on a specific topic and open for participation!
Each page offers a brief overview of the scope and objectives, as well as a timeline of activities, including some future actions already planned.
The activities in each group are led by a coordinator from one of our National Distributed Centres, who will oversee the follow-up of its activities.
Moreover, the abstract submission topics for this year’s ‘BEeS’, LifeWatch ERIC’s Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference, have been selected in alignment with those of the Working Groups, given that they had been previously identified as key priority areas by the National Distributed Centres.
What are you waiting for? Find out more about the Working Groups, join forces with fellow experts and contribute to biodiversity and ecosystem research!
- Biodiversity & Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change (LifeWatch Italy)
- Taxonomy (LifeWatch Belgium)
- Animal movement, behaviour and biologging (LifeWatch Belgium)
- Biogeography(LifeWatch Italy)
- Biodiversity Observatory Automation (LifeWatch Slovenia)
- Habitat Mapping of Ecosystem Services (LifeWatchPortugal)