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WEBINAR: Inspiring innovation on China’s monitoring of water-related sustainable development goals (SDGs)

This Webinar is part of an ongoing PhD project, run by Yaqian Wu, supervised by Prof. Muki Haklay & Associate…

China, Citizen science, water

“Geographic Citizen Science Design: No one left behind” Book Launch Event

On February 4th 2021, the book “Geographic Citizen Science Design: No one left behind”, edited by Dr Artemis Skarlatidou and Professor…

Decolonising protected areas: Sapelli in eastern Cameroon

Whilst being initially hesitant to work in this controversial and problematic context, I decided that this was an opportunity to initiate change, whereby the voices and values of the Baka could be taken seriously

Africa, anthropology, conservation, Sapelli

Opportunity: Help us develop visualisation software for participatory mapping with indigenous communities!

Over the last ten years, UCL’s Extreme Citizen Science group has developed two main technological infrastructures – Sapelli software to…

Geokey, Sapelli

Call for Special Issue on “GeoWeb and GeoMobile Applications for Public Engagement Emerging Trends and Novel Approaches”

A new call for a special issue with the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information is out, on the topic of…

Is Sapelli just a tool?

In a recent interview I conducted with the director of an international NGO here in Cameroon who is familiar with…

Extreme Citizen Science, participation, production of knowledge, Sapelli

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…

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

WEBINAR: Whose land? Whose map? Land use mapping by land users in the Digital Earth era.

*Recording and slides are available here. This Webinar is part of the ongoing PhD project titled: Whose land? Whose map?…

“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…

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…

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  • 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
  • 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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