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 […]
Category Archives: Volunteer monitoring
The long and short of #citsci #volunteering
Over the last few months, I’ve been working on a research project for a national charity on volunteer incentives, in other words, encouraging volunteers to contribute for the longer-term and […]
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: #ForumCS 2019, Muenster, Day 1
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. […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: Exploring Oxford and surrounds
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 […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: A glimpse into Singapore’s NGO #citsci programmes
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 […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: Investigating Singapore’s wetlands, butterflies and trees
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. […]
