Life in the Shallows: Wetlands and their stories
When Karen Denyer, Executive Officer of the National Wetland Trust was contacted by Massey University Press to write a book on wetlands in Aotearoa, there was an immediate dilemma – […]
Category Archives: Science communication
The NZ Garden Bird Survey: Why do we love birds so much?
Google “Why do we love birds so much?” and of all offerings this one pretty much sums it up: “Any answer is correct”. Responses meander across scientific, technical, creative, aesthetic […]
The early days of #CitSciNZ: crowdsourcing stoat data in our national parks (Post 1)
This is the first part of a 2-part post about engaging the public in stoat research in 1970s New Zealand. Future posts in the early days of #CitSciNZ series will […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: Extreme #CitSci & extreme museums, London Day 1
I returned to the UK for a couple of days in London to meet with colleagues at University College, give myself a crash course in DIY bio-labs and see how […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: #ForumCS 2019, Germany, Day 2
This is the second blog from the 2-day Forum Citizen Science event in the northern German city of Münster. It’s also the fifth blog highlighting activities on a Winston Churchill […]
5th Austrian #CitizenScience Conference – Funding, Open science, Socio-cultural #citsci & Gamification
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 […]
5th Austrian #CitizenScience Conference – #CitSciNZ, Biodiversity monitoring & Co-design
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. […]
5th Austrian #CitizenScience Conference – Borders, frontiers, #CitSci definitions & benefits
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, […]
#ECSA2018 – BioBlitz evaluation workshop
BioBlitz events have taken the world by storm! As with citizen science, the jury is still out on definitions, and consequently many variants have occurred under the BioBlitz banner. The […]
Presenting… the presenters at #CitSciNZ2018, the #CitizenScience Symposium!
With the Citizen Science Symposium at Te Papa only 2 (short) weeks away, now is a good time to profile the presenters. The line-up is diverse – from volunteers to […]
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