Before They Were Scientists
Lea Shell’s job is to track down scientists from around the world and interview them for Your Wild Life. The following is an excerpt, judiciously edited to tidy up the […]
Making science accessible and inclusive
There’s an important distinction between the type of science historically carried out by unpaid citizen and what is currently described as citizen science. It centres on accessibility and inclusivity. During […]
#CitSci2015: An overview of the inaugural #CitizenScience Association conference
Citizen Science 2015 marked the inaugural meeting of the Citizen Science Association from Feb 11- 12 in San Jose, California. Over 600 participants from 25 different countries converged to discuss […]
Restoring an urban wilderness
With January having skidded past in a haze of hot and sunny weather I thought I’d reflect on Seeley’s Gully – a local restoration project begun over half a century […]
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Citizen science is undoubtedly a buzzword. You know that when it starts being used by government ministries in phrases like “Citizen Science is a driver for change”. Though I’m not […]
Could holidaymakers be environmental restoration practitioners too?
Another month has almost passed and the end of another year is close. In a few days, motorways will be thick with traffic as holidaymakers exit cities and towns to […]
The culture of #volunteer #waterqualitymonitoring
I had one Big Question: Why are so many US citizens monitoring the water quality of their local lakes? To answer this, I feverishly wrote funding applications to cover the […]
Research snapshot #4
Browsing through the latest Nature Space newsletter reminds me why I undertook this PhD. The endlessly inspiring stories raise important questions of how community environmental groups could be situated within […]
Publishing, power dating and technology
Every year, a staggering 1.5 million scholarly articles are published in c. 27,000 peer-reviewed journals, and… the number of articles is set to double every 20 or so years (Campbell, […]
How many scientists are there in New Zealand?
I had a simple question: How many scientists are there in New Zealand? The answer provided by the wonderful folk at Stats NZ was embedded in a 59 page spreadsheet […]
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