This hybrid UCD Citizen Science Community of Practice event took place on Friday 14th November 2025 at 10:30 to 12:30 in Library Link 3 of the James Joyce Library and on Zoom.
The UCD Citizen Science Community of Practice was delighted to welcome Dr Dorota Kolbuk from the UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science / UCD Earth Institute.
Dorota presented examples of how citizen science can support marine and coastal research efforts, whether through occasional events like a BioBlitz, (a BioBlitz is a 24 or 48 hour event to find and record as many of the species in a given area as possible) or ongoing programs such as the Coastwatch annual survey.
You can download the PDF of Dorota’s presentation.
Topics covered included practical guidance on how to get involved in coastal citizen science, and the benefits these activities bring to environmental monitoring and community engagement. This presentation was both in-person and online.
Dorota Kolbuk is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute in UCD. She is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist, currently involved in the Horizon EU project MARBEFES, where she researches how marine biodiversity influences ecosystem services in the Irish Sea. Her work also involves stakeholder engagement and citizen science activities.