Citizen Science: Case Studies with UCD Involvement
Citizen Science Case Studies with UCD Involvement
Network for insect vectors in Ireland (NetVec Ireland) 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 they do at NetVec – and how you can get involved.
UCD Team: The project is co-ordinated by Dr Annetta Zintl, UCD School of Veterinary Science. Working with the project are UCD PhD Researchers Angela Valcarcel and Thomas Curran. For information about collecting mosquito larvae (May to October 2024) and recording the findings click on the image below:
Citizen Rural: Digital Data for Participatory Democracy in Remote Places
UCD Team: The project is led by Dr Karen Keaveney, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science. Co-PI is Assoc. Prof. Ainhoa Gonzalez Del Campo, UCD School of Geography. The Post-Doctoral Researcher is Dr Adwoa Serwaa Ofori, based in the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.
Improving the Smart Control of Air Pollution in Europe
UCD Team: Professor Francesco Pilla, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy
UCD Team: Simone Ciuti, Virginia Morera-Pujol, Maarten Nieuwenhuis and Kilian J Murphy. From UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science and School of Agriculture & Food Science
Mapping Green Dublin includes The Dublin Tree Map Project
UCD Team: Dr Gerald Mills and Dr Tine Ningal, School of Geography
The Coastal City Living Lab (CCLLs) is part of the SCORE project and includes a network of 10 coastal city ‘living labs’ that will involve citizens in providing prototype coastal city early-warning systems.
UCD Team for the Dublin CCLL : Dr Chiara Cocco, UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy
Preservation by Record of Ireland’s Shell Middens
UCD Team: Dr Rory Connolly and Martin Mouchero, UCD School of Archaeology
MammalNet-Ireland - the goal is to connect the different mammal stakeholders across the whole island of Ireland, helping to catalogue Irish mammalian biodiversity. It is under the Mammal Web umbrella project.
UCD Team: Dr Simone Ciuti, School of Biology and Environmental Science
- How infants use their hands : Citizen Science in psychologyResearchers in the School of Psychology at University College Dublin, are studying how infants use their hands. If you are the parent of a child between six and sixteen months of age (or have saved videos of your child in this age range), the researchers would be delighted if you shared your videos with them as a Citizen Scientist.
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