On Friday 22 November 2024 we enjoyed an enlightening hybrid presentation on the use of stream macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality. Prof Mary Kelly-Quinn gave a brief overview of the project before introducing three members of the ‘River Detectives’ group who explained the role of these organisms in assessing stream water quality in Wicklow. …
On Wednesday 25 September 2024, I-CHANGE’s Anna Molter and Juan Esteban Quintero Marin gave a talk on “From Awareness to Action: Citizen-Led Climate Initiatives in the I-CHANGE project” to the UCD citizen science community of practice. Anna and Juan explored how Dublin’s communities are turning climate knowledge into impactful action. Over the past three years, …
Are there mosquitoes in Ireland? Do you think there might be some in your garden? Would you know how to spot an invasive species? In this short video (which really gives a sense of the buzz in the room!) Annetta Zintl (UCD School of Veterinary Medicine) speaks with Patrice Harrington (UCD Sustainability) about the work …
This workshop facilitated by Colette Kirwan and Alison Boyle from Science Foundation Ireland provided an opportunity for staff, researchers and stakeholders working or interested in citizen science initiatives to engage in a measured discussion regarding funding strategies.
On 24 January 2024, UCD’s Emma Teeling and Bat Conservation Ireland’s Niamh Roche delivered a captivating exploration on the Bats and Bugs project and the fascinating world of Irish bats and their vital role in pest insect consumption.
Mapping Green Dublin was an EPA-funded collaborative action research project led by the UCD School of Geography’s Gerald Mills, Niamh Moore-Cherry, and Alma Clavin in collaboration with arts organisation Common Ground (Siobhán Geoghegan and Ger Nolan), artist Seoidín O’Sullivan and Connect the Dots (Naomi Murphy and Marisa Denker).
Communicating research findings in Citizen Science projects is important – and ArcGIS StoryMaps is one of the tools which can be used to do this. This training session is open to UCD researchers, academics, staff, and PhDs only and takes place in the Information Skills Room at the Health Sciences Centre on Wednesday 8 November …
Read more “Creating an Online Story with ArcGIS StoryMaps, Wednesday 8 November 2023.”
This talk will tell the story of what Creating Our Future achieved and how researchers and policy makers may use the findings in their work.
On 20 September 2023, Niamh Burke and Dr Mark Pickering (UCD School of Medicine) gave a fascinating talk about how they set about and succeeded in building (using 3D printing) a low-cost, open-source and easy to build microscope that can measure microplastics in the sea.
In “The Decade of Citizen Science is here: Be part of it”, Martin Brocklehurst outlined how citizen science can provide meaningful democratic and economic input and buy-in to deliver a liveable future.
On 11 May 2023, Professor Will Dixon spoke about how public involvement and citizen science was embedded into the digital epidemiology research project Cloudy with a Chance of Pain as part of the UCD Engaged Research seminar series.
On 29 March 2023, “Citizen Science and the rural place in Ireland” hybrid event discussed two UCD citizen science projects which use digital technologies to enhance our understanding of rural places, populations, and culture – past and present.
Prof Muki Haklay, University College London, delivered an a UCD Engaged Research virtual seminar on 8 March 2023 exploring “Doing excellent research with citizen science – opportunities and challenges”.