“Learning by teaching”, a reflection on running a DIY Arduino glow-worm-making workshop.
Learn Survey123 for Citizen Science – Community Disaster Preparedness
Over the course of the past few months, ExCiteS have been working with Esri to create a series of online…
CA15212 Citizen Science to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe
As a fresh member of the ExCiteS team and a new PhD student, it has been a pleasure and privilege…
Citizen Science PhD secondment opportunity, working with UCL’s Extreme Citizen Science Group and EarthWatch (UK students)
Have you ever wondered how citizen science projects are created? Do you want to learn how to engage the UK…
Forest People, Forest Elephants, and Forest Citizen Science in Cameroon
Since its initial development, Sapelli has been closely interlinked with conservation aims, ranging from resource monitoring in the Congo and CAR to…
A Week of @IAmCitSci: Experience with citizen science, Galaxy Zoo, UCL ExCiteS, EyesOnAlz, forum moderation and more
Greetings! I’m Alice Sheppard, ExCiteS’s Community Manager, and I have been a citizen science volunteer for 9 years. I started back…
Reflections from RGS AC 2016: Participation and avoiding the ‘lab rat’ effect
Honest confession: as someone who did not begin life as a traditional data junkie or geography pro, I was unsure…
RGS AC 2016 – 5 Years of Interdisciplinary GIS Education
This year marks the 5th year in a row of Claire and myself hosting a session on Interdisciplinary GIS Education, which was…
Working for wellbeing of people and place: Celebrating active conservation volunteering
Last weekend I was fortunate to receive an invitation to speak at the Burrenbeo Trust’s first ever ‘Working for wellbeing…
ExCiteS promotes a Sapelli training in partnership with CPI-AC and Apiwtxa
I ran an exciting Sapelli training in the city of Rio Branco between July 2-4. After spending a very long…
