EMCR Lunchtime Seminar #4: Dr. Robyn Gulliver
Channel: Australian Citizen Science Association
Date: 2021-08-19

EMCR Citizen Science Lunchtime Seminar #4 - Dr. Robyn Gulliver


The ‘Campaign Explorer’: applying citizen science to environmental advocacy research


Across Australia, more than 4,000 environmental groups engage in hundreds of environmental campaigns every year. Whether advocating for carbon emissions reductions, restrictions on land clearing, or the protection of local wetlands, the environmental advocacy ecosystem is diverse, complex, and highly active. Yet we know little empirically about what factors influence the extent to which these environmental campaigns achieve their goals. The ‘Campaign Explorer’ citizen science project was designed to gather information to help fill this gap. In this presentation, Robyn tells the story – the good, the bad, and the ugly - of creating the ‘Campaign Explorer’. She discusses how the award-winning project was first conceived, before considering the challenges and opportunities of applying citizen science practices to social science research. 


The Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA) Early-Mid career researchers (EMCR) Working Group is presenting a new series of lunchtime seminars discussing exciting developments in Australian citizen science research. With a goal to unite citizen science-aligned researchers and practitioners in Australia, these seminars are a space to advance scholarship, provide support, share resources and advocate for new opportunities. 


Presenter: Dr. Robyn Gulliver (University of Queensland)
3rd June 2021