Presentations

Debbie Gonzalez Canada giving her PhD Completion Seminar at the University of Melbourne

Presentations for citizen science practitioners:

  • Seminar (February 2023) at the US Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education. Presentation: “Problematic Misconceptions about Citizen Science.”
  • Birdlife Beach-Nesting Bird Bi-annual Conference (May 2022). Presentation: “Rethinking digital technologies and engagement in citizen science.”
  • ACSA Lunchtime Seminar (May 2021). Seminar presentation: “How do digital tools shape participants’ practices around biodiversity monitoring?”
  • Poster presented at the US Citizen Science Association Conference (May 2021).
  • Melbourne Water Healthy Waterways Research Forum (2019, 2021), presentations entitled “The impacts of ‘next generation’ citizen science programs” and “Rethinking engagement in digital citizen science.”
  • ACSA Citizen Science Symposium (October 2020). Presentation: “Dismantling unhelpful binaries in citizen science.”

Watch the recordings of some of these presentations:

“How do digital tools shape participants’ practices around biodiversity monitoring?”

“Dismantling unhelpful binaries in citizen science”:

Academic lectures and conference presentations:

  • Seminar presentation at The Risk Institute of the Université Grenoble Alpes (April 2024). This seminar was part of the series “Innovations for Resilience: Citizen data in risk management“.
  • PhD Completion Seminar (March 2024) at the University of Melbourne.
  • STS Italia Conference (June 2023). Presentation: “Digital technologies in environmental citizen science: how they shape knowledge production and codify participation.”
  • Guest lecture about digital platforms for environmental volunteers (2021, 2022) for the class “Responsible Innovation Projects” at Australia National University.
  • Victoria Biodiversity Conference (February 2021). Presentation: “Risks and opportunities in digital citizen science: research findings from interviews with biodiversity monitoring volunteers.”
  • Guest lecture about digital ethics within the project “Principles and Practices for High-Quality Social Research” (2020) at the University of Melbourne.

I learn through conversations. Feel free to contact mee via email or LinkedIn about this research project or future collaborations.

debbie.gonzalezcanada [at] unimelb.edu.au

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