EuroSense Peer (f/m/d)

Help Us Build Europe's Citizen Sensor Network

Volunteer opportunities at EuroSense are highly flexible, allowing people with different skills, backgrounds, and time availability to contribute in ways and at a pace that works for them.

Are you passionate about democratic innovation and citizen empowerment? Do you believe in the power of collective intelligence to address Europe's most pressing challenges? Are you willing to contribute to a more inclusive and responsive democracy? Then join EuroSense as a volunteer and help amplify citizens' voices across Europe! 

Do you want to contribute to Europe's future?

Volt stands for a united and federal Europe, where everyone has equal opportunities to fulfil their unique potential. We strive to achieve the highest human, environmental, social, and technological development together. We are a pan-European political movement with 200 elected representatives across Europe, including 5 members of the European Parliament, over 30,000 members and hundreds of volunteers who work hard to make our vision a reality. 

Volt is an inclusive movement that wants to provide space for everyone to thrive. We believe the power of diversity achieves better results for our society at large. We can only be the inclusive political movement we aspire to be, if we represent different voices and perspectives in our society. Your skin colour, gender identity, disabilities, sexual orientation or religious belief do not matter. You are welcome in our organisation, and we want to work together with you to create a better Europe for everyone. 

What is EuroSense?

EuroSense (https://www.eurosense.eu/) is a participatory initiative born within Volt Europa to connect people across Europe who want to understand complex societal challenges through shared experiences and collective sensemaking. Built on the belief that democracy begins with listening, EuroSense brings together communities, researchers and local leaders to give a chance to every voice — not just those at the top — to shape the policies that affect our lives.

We are building a pan-European citizen sensor network that collects real-life stories and micro-narratives from people across Europe to tackle complex societal challenges, create pathways for meaningful democratic participation and counter polarization. We enable citizens to share and interpret their own experiences, creating contextual insights that traditional research methods often miss. The collected data is public for everyone to explore through the dashboard.

We organize further meetings to make sense of the data collectively and discuss potential actions and next steps to tackle the identified challenges via tools such as estuarine mapping.

Since our launch in 2024, we have collected over 1500 stories from citizens across 24 European countries, covering critical themes such as fairness, social justice, governance, migration, climate change, and AI. 

How can you help?

We encourage everyone interested in our initiative to get in touch and find out more, regardless of your background, skills and time availability.

As we are developing and promoting our tools and looking to expand our community and network, we are looking for volunteers to contribute to one or a few of the following workflows:

  • Story collection - If you enjoy meeting new people and communicating - you can help Eurosense by reaching out to your neighbourhood, campus, or workplace and gather real-life stories that power our research.

  • Community facilitation - If you are interested in learning and participating in collective sensemaking sessions that we organise online or would like to experiment with this tool in your local community and help people share and interpret their experiences.

  • Data visualization and analysis - Help us develop and improve our data exploration and visualisation tools and/or help us explore the data and spot emerging patterns and turn raw data into meaningful insights.

  • Communications & Outreach - Spread the word, contribute by creating content for our blog and different social media channels. Help us build our network of sensemakers across Europe. Help us engage and keep in touch with different Volt Chapters and thematic communities.

  • We are happy to explore any other way you can contribute to our initiative!

What skills do you need to excel in this role?

Research shows that (oftentimes) female candidates only apply when they meet 100% of the requirements, while male candidates do so when they meet just 60%. We explicitly encourage everyone to apply: you don’t have to tick every box to apply. We also consider your potential and motivation!

  • We require a commitment of roughly 5h per week, for at least 3 months

  • Work can be done anywhere and at any time (totally remote and fully async)

What do we offer?

This is a volunteering position, so there will be no remuneration.
Becoming part of our team will help you:

  • Develop valuable skills in participatory research, community facilitation, data analysis, and democratic innovation

  • Connect with a growing pan-European network of citizen scientists, researchers, activists, and change-makers

  • Gain hands-on experience with our tools for collective intelligence and sensemaking

  • Help bridge the gap between citizens and policymakers by making real voices heard

  • Be part of a movement working to overcome polarization and strengthen European democracy

  • Make a tangible impact on issues you care about—from climate change to social justice to community cohesion

How to apply: 

If you have any interest in our initiative and want to explore possibilities for collaboration - we want to hear from you! 

We accept applications continuously and encourage you to reach out at any time.

To ensure we assess all applications objectively, we are not asking you to apply through a cover letter, but to answer the following questions through this form. We ask all applicants the same questions so we can get an impression of what they have to offer to be successful in the position. Please ensure your answers are well-prepared and that you submit the form correctly.  

Any questions about the vacancy, or if you have any trouble accessing the form, please feel free to reach out to [email protected]