Author: Gaia Resources

The wide spread use of smart phone applications in Citizen Science projects stood out for Seamus Doherty at #CitSciOz18. Seamus Doherty, Biomedical Honour’s student, the University of South Australia I was one of the many fortunate people to attend this year’s Australian Citizen Science Association conference. Up until just last year, I had never really heard of the concept of citizen science, never mind the great association that would eventually help fund my attendance to Australia’s official citizen science event in my very own city! It’s funny though. You see in the past, I was part of many citizen science projects without even knowing it. It had always been a passion of mine to help researchers in different fields (namely environmental, biology and cosmology science to name just a few…

James Gullison reflects on the important messages from CitSciOz18 – and how great it was to be in Adelaide! James Gullison from DuneWatch, Gold Coast I was given the opportunity to attend and present at the 2018 Australian Citizen Science Association conference in Adelaide - an opportunity that I could not pass up on for two reasons: The first was the chance to meet up with a group of people from all around Australia and different parts of the world to share ideas, experiences, knowledge, inspiration, a few good laughs and learn from one another. It was an opportunity to experience other people’s projects and where their passions lie. The second reason was quite simple to me. I had never been to Adelaide and wanted to experience its indigenous culture,…

After CitSciOz18, Yaela Golumbic hopes to raise the profile of citizen science in Israel. Yaela Golumbic, Israel  I will start this post, by expressing my sincere appreciation to the ACSA team and conference organizers. I know how difficult it can sometimes be, and yet, everything seemed to be so carefully planned with a calm, peaceful and respectful atmosphere. My impressions from the conference are entwined with my impression of Australia at large. Being in Australia for the first time was a wonderful and somewhat exotic experience. The beautiful scenes, the beaches, the mountains, the exotic animals (which for Australians may not even be considered exotic), all contributed to my overall excitement of citizen science in Australia. During my visit, I got the overall feeling that people in Australia care about…