The third stop on the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust research trip was northern Germany. The following summarises the two-day Forum Citizen Science event – the fourth to run so far. […]
Oxford is a hub of citizen science with various societies, research programmes and initiatives run by NGOs underway. However, the ‘term citizen science’ is used in some contexts and not […]
This second blog from Singapore summarises conversations with representatives from two environmental NGOs. The conversations raised an important point: in Singapore, people’s relationship to nature differs markedly compared to a […]
The first destination on the 5-week Winston Churchill Memorial Trust-funded research trip was Singapore. It’s a city I’ve been to before – it’s a convenient stop-over en route to Europe. […]
A group of nearly 20 citizen science practitioners, researchers, educators, coordinators, developers, movers and shakers gathered on Aug 10 in New Plymouth to formalise the Citizen Science Association of Aotearoa […]
This blog is an adaptation of a keynote delivered at Austrian Citizen Science Network Conference #oecsk2019. The aim of my talk was to create a context for citizen science initiatives […]
This final blog (of three) summarises diverse themes drawn from #oecsk2019. Overall, the three-day event showcased a wide range of projects and programmes using diverse formats to share content. The […]
It’s not easy to categorise cit sci given the multi-disciplinary nature of many projects/programmes and the consequent diversity of outcomes sought. Out of sheer curiosity, however, I decided I would. […]
The #oecsk2019 conference took place at the University of Innsbruck Alpine Research Station at the end of the road at 2000m asl in an archetypal landscape of mountains, snow drifts, […]
National Volunteer Week #NVW2019 is just around the corner (June 16 – 22) and draws attention to the vital work carried out by volunteers. My own work in conservation and […]
