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Crowdsourced Blogging on the ECSA 2020 conference

From Monday 7th to Friday 11th September 2020, several of the ExCiteS group attended the ECSA Conference 2020. ECSA is … More

Citizen science, Civic Science, conference, ECSA, science communication

“We are weeping with our knowledge of the forest”

I have been living with the Baka, one of Central Africa’s hunter-gatherer groups, for the last 5 months. As an … More

The Citizen Science Translation Hub is live

Two years ago, while working on the Doing It Together Science (DITOs) project, Muki had an idea. Sometimes, citizen science … More

Learn about Extreme Citizen Science from our StoryMap

What if science and society deployed themselves inside one single dynamic adventure?

brazil, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Extreme Citizen Science, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Open Science

Using a Mental Model Approach to understand and compare expert and lay knowledge surrounding knife crime and trust in policing

How do young people understand and experience trust in the police in the context of knife crime?  How does their … More

Civic Innovation In Community: Safety – Policing and Trust with Young People

Not a day goes by without another tragic incident: Knife crime has become one of the most pressing issues that … More

Why China needs citizen science (CS)?

Citizen science originated in North America and Europe and now seems to have become increasing popularly across other continents, including … More

China, Citizen science

Life Lessons: Exploring Participatory Design for Environmental Monitoring Citizen Science Projects with Third Age Users (London-experiment 2)

Between April and June of this year, Sanayah Malik (MSc in Digital Anthropology at UCL) and Carol Iglesias (currently completing … More

ECSAnVis, ERC

EMBO reports cover ExCiteS work

A new report from Adam Gristwood in the journal EMBO reports is covering the work of ExCiteS as part of … More

ECSAnVis, ERC, papers, publication

‘Understanding Interaction Design Challenges in Mobile Extreme Citizen Science’

Extreme Citizen Science Initiatives often face severe challenges as pre-designed technological solutions prove to be non-transferable to peculiar environments of … More

ECSAnVis, ERC

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  • Report on the 2nd Citizen Science Africa Conference September 1, 2026
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  • Stories from the River Lea: community voices shaping understanding of environmental change  March 5, 2026
  • Participatory mapping, led by students and experts from across Central Africa February 25, 2026
  • IN.FOR.BIO – our new 6-year One Health project December 18, 2025
  • Indigenous floor maps and many names for ice: ICA Vancouver 2025 November 5, 2025
  • Reflections on Urban Gardening Workshop in London’s Chinatown November 16, 2024
  • A desert as a garden: The International Society of Ethnobiology conference in Marrakech, Morocco July 19, 2024
  • WhatsApp Maps? Connecting users and producers of ground information June 26, 2024

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