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STEM Camp at Iḷisaġvik College in Barrow, Alaska

Greetings from Barrow! I am back in the Arctic to continue my research on the use of smartphone technology and pocket…

Problematic Porcupines and Elephantine Issues

I’ve never yet seen an elephant in the Congo rainforest, and to be honest it’s a little difficult at times…

Congo-Brazzaville, human-wildlife conflict, participatory tools, Sapelli, wildlife

Landing in the Brazilian Amazon – news from Acre, Brazil

On this first trip to the Brazilian Amazon I am bringing as a piece of luggage ExCiteS’s theory, methodologies and…

Challenging RISK: PhD Studentship available for UK/EEA Applicants

We’re currently advertising an exciting position for upcoming work with the Challenging RISK project (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/excites/projects/excites-projects/ucl-challenging-risk/challenging-risk) which will be an interdisicplinary…

DANGEROUS ICE, Barrow Alaska

As part of my research into the use of ICT for adaptation to climate change in the Arctic, I had…

ASA14 Decennial: Anthropology and Enlightenment

The end of last week saw the decennial gathering of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth,…

anthropology, CMRV, Community Development, development, participatory development, REDD+

Sapelli in Space

As in last year, twenty mobile app developers gathered for the Space App Camp in European’s Space Agency (ESA) main…

ESA, Sapelli, Satellite data, Space Agency, Space App Camp

Geographic Information Science Research UK 2014 Annual Conference (Glasgow)

Though I’ve attended GISRUK in the past, this was my first year presenting, so I was quite excited/nervous for GISRUK…

Extreme Citizen Science at the Chico Vive Conference

Thursday, April 10 The Chico Vive Conference was held in Washington DC between April 4-6, and it aimed at bringing together…

CRI Workshop on Teaching through Research

I was fortunate enough to be selected to attend the Centre Researches Interdisciplinaries (CRI) Workshop on Teaching through Research with…

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  • Who gets to call the water “safe” – Spilling the Truth Workshop (7 October 2026) November 3, 2026
  • What a Storm Overflow Alert Leaves Unsaid – Spilling The Truth Workshops (14 and 24 September 2026) November 3, 2026
  • Five communities around Lobeke National Park set up and mapping! October 27, 2026
  • Spilling the Truth: Rethinking River Lea’s Storm Overflow Crisis Maps September 16, 2026
  • Report on the 2nd Citizen Science Africa Conference September 1, 2026
  • Rethinking Crisis through the Humanities – Reflections from Paris May 9, 2026
  • 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

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