In the emerging sphere of citizen science, new forms of knowledge production are increasingly reworking scientific boundaries to incorporate lay…
Sapelli Celebrated As Tech for Good Pioneer in 2014 Nominet Trust 100
We are really excited to announce that Sapelli has been named among the 2014 Nominet Trust 100 (NT100) – a global list…
GeoKey — A Platform for Participatory Mapping
Today, we are proud to announce the official release of GeoKey, a new approach to support participatory mapping. GeoKey provides…
Community Monitoring: great debates and local actions
I have just attended the International Seminar on Participatory Monitoring for the Management of Biodiversity and Natural Resources that occurred between September…
Complex Systems: YRNCS Workshop 2014
This September the Young Researchers Network on Complex Systems (YRNCS) held their first workshop in Lucca (Italy) which featured a…
The Amazon in focus: development challenges and participatory monitoring tools for the rainforest
The past two weeks were extremely busy. Between August 22nd and 24th I attended the Brazilian Studies Association Conference, which…
From climate change to isolated tribes: notes on the 66th Meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science
The 66th annual meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC) took place between July 22-27, in…
RGS IBG AC 2014 – Sessions on “GIS Education: Who Wins?”
Claire Ellul and I had the privilege of not only hosting one session, but two sessions at this year’s Royal…
Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction
Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction is a summer school course that took place in Tallinn University, Estonia from the 25th…
Challenging RISK: PhD Studentship – Deadline Extended
We’re still advertising an exciting position for upcoming work with the Challenging RISK project (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/challenging-risk) which will be an interdisicplinary…
