We are excited to announce the publication of Fantastic Creatures of Twente and Where to Find Them, a creative culmination of the Nature Discovery Quest in the location-based game Mission Earth 2024 that we played in the summer of 2025 as part of the Mapping for Recreation project. You can download it here: https://zenodo.org/records/14931644. Mission […]
“Fantastic Creatures of Twente and Where to Find Them” is out! Read More »
On October 26, we held a unique event – the First Unconference “Children, Nature, and Cities”, organized by children, for children. It was far from a traditional conference — instead of presentations and formal talks, there was an atmosphere of discovery, fun, and hands-on learning, all set against the beautiful backdrop of the Beeklustpark in
1st Unconference “Children, Nature and Cities” Read More »
Our brochure on citizen science with refugee youth is available online. We hope it will inspire readers to think of citizen science as a unique therapeutic space that promotes nature contact and protection, leads to place discovery, strengthens social structures, and improves longer-term mental and physical health. Download the brochure
It was a great pleasure to be invited to the GIScience colloquium at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. I was inspired to see how many scholars are interested in citizen science, are keen to share challenges and learnt lessons, and to collaborate for an increased positive impact on communities.
Invited Talk at the GIScience Colloquium at the University of Zurich Read More »
The presentation will focus on the key impacts, challenges, and lessons derived from the “Mapping Informal Sports and Recreation Opportunities with Youth (Map4Rec)” project.
Abstract accepted for a presentation at the ECSA conference in Vienna, April 2-6, 2024 Read More »
This summer, Rangers Twente embarked on a fun citizen science journey called “Mapping for recreation” (Map4Rec), which turned out very productive: 74: number of participants 6: number of cities and teams 101: number of sports and play areas mapped 3: number of micro-modules completed 6: number of recreational spaces designed 7: number of art projects
Map4Rec Closing Event Read More »
Citizen Science and health is a rapidly emerging strand within the citizen science field. The mainstream of this work appears to be represented by projects that are directly related to personal health, whereby scientists and patients are jointly working on the better management of health conditions. This poster presents a different angle – the impact
Two papers have been accepted for a presentation at the International Symposium on Platial Information Science that will take place in Dortmund, Germany 19–21 September 2023. See below for details: The image of the city by temporarily displaced children: how place-based citizen science contributes to place discovery. Egorova, Ekaterina, and Bae, Crystal Paper
Two presentations at Platial’23 in Dortmund Read More »
