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Event: Representation of the people in science – women in civic and citizen science

Update: Date of event is now Monday 19th March, not Monday 12th March. Explanation below. We’d like to invite you…

PhD studentship for development of mobile applications to support data collection in the rainforest

Project Description   How can we act sustainably in a world where the majority of the most affected people are…

Are poachers really the bad guys?

    The word poacher is a horrible word. It carries with it images of slain rhinos, piles of ivory,…

Anti-Poaching, Communities, ECSAnVis, ERC, Hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, Indigenous

Workshop on lessons learned from volunteers’ interactions with geographic citizen science applications, 27 April 2018, London

The Extreme Citizen Science group is organising the workshop on  ‘Lessons learned from volunteers’ interactions with geographic citizen science applications:…

Reuniting people and maps: Participative Mapping 2017 at Cal Poly

Maps have changed the world. If you’ve visited Madrid’s Naval Museum, you will have seen a map drawn by an…

conference, ECSAnVis, ERC, GIS, Indigenous, indigenous rights, Mapping, PGIS, PPGIS

Being a jury member at LERU’s Citizen Science Summer School

(Reblogged from the DITOs website) Several years of running a thriving online citizen science community has turned out to bring many unexpected results a…

LERU Summer School – Citizen science and public participation in the digital age

When the words “Doctoral”, “summer”, and “school” are put together, there is little insight as to what someone might expect…

Ready, Set, Report! Five forest communities are showcasing a new style of conservation

  We’re often told that we shouldn’t trust first impressions. In the case of Baka forest hunter-gatherer communities in Cameroon,…

Africa, Animals, anthropology, Cameroon, Communities, Community Development, development, ECSAnVis, Elephants, ERC, GIS, Great Apes, Indigenous, participatory development

Presenting the DITOS Logic Model at the Citizen Science Association Conference

I’ve just got back from the States, where Muki and I attended the Citizen Science Association Conference 2017 in St…

­In Memory of Gill Conquest

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gill Conquest on May 5, 2017. Gill was an…

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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
  • Pathways on Industry-connected Citizen Engagement September 20, 2023
  • Wisdom of the Crowd in the Age of AI: Water September 3, 2023
  • You are invited to attend – and participate in! – the HEIDI Project’s Final Event on 30th and 31st May May 18, 2023

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