The Connecting Communities Through Citizen Science online conference series will emphasise citizen science as a method for communities to explore nature, the environment and its connection to health and wellbeing. Each Wednesday in June from 5-6.30pm recorded talks and podcasts shared throughout the month, the conference will emphasise citizen science as a method for communities to explore nature, the environment and its connection to health and wellbeing.

Find out more on the ACSA webpage

Our fourth event is on Wednesday 23 June

Local Governments Driving Citizen Science, Wed 23 June 5pm

In the fourth of our Connecting Communities Through Citizen Science conference series join Claire Chaikin-Bryan and Dr Claire Murray
to learn more about how local governments are driving citizen science. Hosted by A/Prof Alice Motion, Host Representative for the Australian Citizen Science Association and Co-Chair of the Charles Perkins Centre Citizen Science Node.

Claire Chaikin-Bryan is the Smart Cities Lead at Lake Macquarie City Council where she is implementing numerous initiatives to support Council operations and the community. Claire is a qualified Town Planner and Civil and Environmental Engineer with a background in construction planning and project controls, visual arts, graphics design, digital engineering and computer programming. She has been working in the Smart Cities space since 2016 and was the Australia/New Zealand 2020 Smart Cities Emerging Leader.

Dr Claire Murray is a chemist at the European Citizen Science Association, who is interested in informal learning, science communication and equity and justice in STEM. She is working on SEEDS, which is a EU-Horizon 2020 funded citizen science project for teenagers in Spain, UK, Netherlands and Greece, with partners in academia, research and local government. The aim is to improve effectiveness of health promotion interventions in this population, whereby teenagers lead the process to transform their habits, contributing to sustainable behavioural change. The interventions are created through events called Makeathons, which will empower them to create change for themselves and their peers.