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The public may not be able to visit Tottenham Court Road station’s Crossrail concourse or platforms yet, thanks to the well-publicised delay across the wider project, but the station was one of the most complete in the central section, a year ago…
Continue reading »The weather’s lovely at the moment – the last thing you want to do is spend that time deep down in the bowels on London, on the deep tube network, surely? Or maybe at least, how about alighting one stop early and walking the last bit? But h…
Continue reading »© Tim Mazzarol 2014Back from Glasgow, where I’ve been at the University talking about entrepreneurial ecosystems. Many thanks to Ben Spigel and Fumi Kitagawa for inviting me, and for organising such a nice group of people.It was a pretty striking event…
Continue reading »7th May 2019 PGRG Blog #17 Albert Sabater While a key issue in geography is to investigate how spatial and social polarisation interact to produce residential segregation, particularly in terms of social class, race or ethnicity, the term ‘segregation’ is barely associated with how space and age relations intersect and develop into processes of generational … More The nexus between housing (un)affordability and residential age segregation
Continue reading »‘Tardis’ phone boxes connect children to games of the past The Guardian
Continue reading »‘Tardis’ phone boxes connect children to games of the past The Guardian
Continue reading »‘Tardis’ phone boxes connect children to games of the past The GuardianThe Time Telephone offers a glimpse into the archive of songs, games and rhymes built up by Peter and Iona Opie.
Continue reading »The Computational Foundry at the Swansea University organised two days “Festival of Ideas” as part of the activities to celebrate its opening. The first day was organised by Ben Shneiderman and focused on aspects of AI, while the second day, curated by Jenny Preece, focused on citizen science. The summary here is from the second day, … Continue reading Citizen Science @ Computation Foundry, Swansea
Continue reading »The original Silicon Roundabout. © Matt BiddulphI have a new paper out in the Journal of Economic Geography, written with Emma Vandore and Georgina Voss.It draws on 10 years of fieldwork by the three of us, and looks at tech clusters, specifically how …
Continue reading »Figure 1: Relation of computational social science of disasters (CSSD) with other fields.Past posts have discussed or demonstrated how computational social science (CSS) (i.e. the study of social science through computational methods) can be uti…
Continue reading »Figure 1: Relation of computational social science of disasters (CSSD) with other fields.Past posts have discussed or demonstrated how computational social science (CSS) (i.e. the study of social science through computational methods) can be uti…
Continue reading »Discover London’s urban trees by joining poetry walk around Hampstead Heath Evening StandardA digital poetry walk around Hampstead Heath encouraging visitors to slow down and discover more about London’s urban trees opens this week. It will …
Continue reading »Discover London’s urban trees by joining poetry walk around … Evening Standard
Continue reading »Discover London’s urban trees by joining poetry walk around Hampstead Heath Evening Standard
Continue reading »Discover London’s urban trees by joining poetry walk around Hampstead Heath | London Evening Standard Evening Standard
Continue reading »Discover London’s urban trees by joining poetry walk around Hampstead Heath Evening Standard
Continue reading »BBC star to host CISI Paraplanner Conference Financial Planning TodayBroadcaster, mathematician and author Hannah Fry has been unveiled as the keynote motivational speaker at this year’s CISI Paraplanner Conference. The…
Continue reading »BBC maths guru to speak at CISI Paraplanner Conference Financial Planning TodayBroadcaster, mathematician and author Hannah Fry has been unveiled as the keynote motivational speaker at this year’s CISI Paraplanner Conference. The…
Continue reading »Following the publication of a paper in Nature Communications on the use of eBird data for conservation planning, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) dedicated a segment of their “The Current” programme to the role of citizen science. The section explored “How citizen science is changing the research landscape? Online communities and new technology are making it easier … Continue reading CBC – The Current – How citizen science is changing the research landscape?
Continue reading »Algorithms should take into account, not ignore, human failings The EconomistAS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) worms its way into many areas of life, society will need to become comfortable with algorithms, not people, making …
Continue reading »Open Future Algorithms should take into account, not ignore, human failings The EconomistAS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) worms its way into many areas of life, society will need to become comfortable with algorithms, not people, making …
Continue reading »This is the second part of the plenary element of the DITOs final event and again, I’m reblogging Alice Sheppard’s notes (and editing them lightly): The second part of the This is a continuation after the morning’s sessions. The session is based on a panel of other projects that have done work in Europe separately from … Continue reading DITOs final event (2): Doing It Together beyond DITOs
Continue reading »This is a reblogging of the reporting from DITOs final event, which was blogged by Alice Sheppard (which I’ve edited, lightly): Introduction to the day Camille Pisani, the Director of RBINS praises numerous volunteers and collaborators who have worked together, and the way different activities have been aimed at reaching many different audiences. There have … Continue reading Doing It Together Science (DITOs) final event talks (part 1)
Continue reading »This map, “Hooking Up”, was produced by the Evening Standard newspaper as part of their Future London project, in association with Source London, a service provider/lobbyist of charging points in London, and Zap-Map, who hold a comprehensiv…
Continue reading »You know about London’s South Bank – the other side of the river has been looking on at envy at the pedestrian utopia over there and has created this guide and walking map to the “Northbank” – the area stretching from Traf…
Continue reading »The assembly run at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) which is located in the Museum of Natural Sciences. ECSA Vice-Chair, Lucy Robinson, will be stepping down this time. ECSA have a team of 6 people that are involved in various projects and activities of the working groups. Some of the highlights from … Continue reading European Citizen Science General Assembly 2019
Continue reading »How to find a much sought-after data scientist ComputerWeekly.comEvery organisation seems to be hunting for a data scientist, but securing the right people with the right skills is a challenge.
Continue reading »How to find a much sought-after data scientist ComputerWeekly.comEvery organisation seems to be hunting for a data scientist, but securing the right people with the right skills is a challenge.
Continue reading »Readers of this blog might find this post a little out of left field (sorry I could not find a better analogy) as it about basketball and therefore the ball is in your court if you want to keep reading.At the upcoming SpringSim conference Matthew…
Continue reading »Readers of this blog might find this post a little out of left field (sorry I could not find a better analogy) as it about basketball and therefore the ball is in your court if you want to keep reading.At the upcoming SpringSim conference Matthew…
Continue reading »This artistic map of a green walking route in central London was drawn by graphic designer Helen Ilus. By showing just the parks that are the focus of the walk, and not the rest of London’s hustle and bustle, it is an effective and attractive way…
Continue reading »Public art by popular demand: Involving citizens in local projects ArtsProfessionalA recent survey found that four in five Londoners would contribute at least £2 towards public art in their local area. Marine Tanguy and Vishal Kumar explore …
Continue reading »Public art by popular demand: Involving citizens in local projects ArtsProfessionalResearch demonstrates that people want more public art – and they are willing to contribute financially to new commissions, write Marine Tanguy and Vishal …
Continue reading »The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich reopens this weekend after a two-year renovation and restoration. At the entrance to the new visitor centre in the old undercroft underneath the hall, sits this backlit copy of a historic map…
Continue reading »What will education and research look like in 2030? #FutureofEducation FE NewsSix things to catch at Networkshop47. What will education and research look like in 2030? And what can the Tour the France teach us about live data transfer in …
Continue reading »The session “Indigenous People on the Front Lines: Using Citizen Science to Improve Environmental Public Health” was organised by Judith Zelikoff (NYU medicine), Kathleen Vandiver (MIT), Esther Erdei (University New Mexico / Missouri Breaks Industries Research Inc.), Shirley VanDunk (Ramapough Lenape Tribe) Judith – they are part of the NIEHS, and Esther is in the … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Indigenous People on the Front Lines: Using Citizen Science to Improve Environmental Public Health
Continue reading »The session Ethical Considerations in Funded Citizen Science: Implications for Broader Impacts, organise by Jacqueline Vadjunec (NSF), Fay Cobb Payton (NSF), Todd Kuiken (NC State University), Lisa Rasmussen (UNC Charlotte), Brenda Wilson Evon Connally (UNC Charlotte), Stacy Lynn (CitSci.org), Caren Cooper (NCSU), John Parker (NSF) The Jacquie is in the Geography division of NSF, and the … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Ethical Considerations in Funded Citizen Science: Implications for Broader Impacts
Continue reading »This blog post was written by Michelle Neil of ACSA with edits by me (yay! collaborative note taking!) (apologies for getting names wrong!) The session was structured in the following way: first, each person presented their issue, and then they answer questions that were presented by other panel members. The questions that we managed to … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Designing technology to maximize cultural diversity, uptake, and outcomes of citizen science
Continue reading »Jessica Culpepper (Public Justice), Larry Baldwin (Crystal Coast Waterkeeper), Matt Helper (Appalachian Voices), Michael Krochta (Bark). Jessica – there can be a disconnect between the work on the ground and how it is used in advocacy. On how to use the information to make the world a better place, and hold polluters to account. First, Michael Krochta (Bark) from … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Citizen Science in Action: A Tale of Four Advocates Who Would Have Lost Without You
Continue reading »The session was opened by Na’Taki Osborne-Jelks, Agnes Scott College (CSA board) – the environmental justice movement have used methods of community science we need to include in the tent of citizen science. There are 60 participants in the conference that are supported by the NSF to participate in the conference. There was a special effort … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Environmental Justice and Community Science: A Social Movement for Inpowerment, Compliance, and Action
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