Sparking creativity: Post #Lockdown2020 reflections
Within the space of 48 hours, all New Zealand education and childcare facilities closed their doors along with most businesses and municipal facilities. The morning of March 26 signalled a […]
Author Archives: Monica Peters
During and after the crisis: #citizenscience benefiting hyper-local, regional, national and global initiatives
These are undoubtebly unusual times. Although we are urged to “stay home, save lives” there are still opportunities to contribute data during the more stringent lockdown phases. This (short) blog […]
Open letter: #Citsci vs #Chicksci
This blog is an open letter to Fish & Game NZ. The purpose? To move away from ‘chick sci’ and toward ‘cit sci’. The deliberately provocative ‘chick sci’ comments made […]
Community conservation hubs: an introduction
The term ‘hub’ has been used a lot over the last year. As projects increase in complexity and more groups and individuals become involved across a landscape, better infrastructure is […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: It’s a wrap!
Arrivals and departures… this is the final blog of a series that summarises key themes from discussions with citizen science coordinators, visionaries, researchers, educators, movers and shakers across 4 different […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: Austrian #citsci infrastructure, Vienna Day 2
This penultimate Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship blog describes discussions, thoughts and experiences on a 5-week research trip to Singapore and several European destinations. This blog wraps up meetings in Austria […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: Austrian #citsci infrastructure, Vienna Day 1
Vienna marked the final stop on the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust research trip. I met with several contacts made earlier in the year at #oecsk2019 – the Austrian Citizen Science […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: ECSA, German #citizenscience platforms and networks
This is the second blog post from Berlin which delves into the structure of the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), the Bürger schaffen Wissen network and evolving pan-European citizen science […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: Evaluation and Berlin’s marvellous Museum of Natural History
Berlin was the second to last stop on the 5-week itinerary, selected because it is where the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) is based. ECSA is currently hosted by the […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: #Hackspace and social #citsci, London Day 2
This second London blog investigates the community-led London Hackspace and summarises a meeting with the University College of London-supported London Prosperity Initiative. The purpose of these visits was to see […]
