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I am a professor and dean emerita at the University of Maryland iSchool, where I was dean for ten years. Prior to that I was department chair of Information Systems at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and before that I was a professor in London and at the British Open University (OU), a large, innovative distance education institution that focuses on providing university information for all. At the OU I worked in the Biology and Computing Departments and in the Institute of Educational Technology. My research and teaching focuses on human-computer interaction, and the application and design of digital technologies to support and leverage citizen science, particularly focusing on the issues of participation, retention, community and scientific practice. I currently spend several months a year in Vancouver, BC, Canada where I am excited to be a member of Stanley Park Ecological Society. ORCID 0000-0003-0493-4137

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Associate Editor-in-Chief

I'm a Professor of Geographic Information Science at University College London (UCL). I'm the founder and Co-director of the UCL Extreme Citizen Science group. He is recognised as an international expert in participatory mapping and science, usability and Human-Computer Interaction aspects of geospatial technologies, and public access to environmental information

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Managing Editor

I am a Maine-based editor with a BA from Skidmore College, an MA in English/Writing from the University of New Hampshire, and an MFA in Writing/Fiction from Boise State University. As an in-house Production Editor for Annual Reviews, I oversaw all aspects of production across three scientific disciplines and proofread across more than forty. As a freelance editor, I've improved the clarity of papers, reports, and all manner of research and application materials for government offices, university faculty, and postdoctoral students. Most recently, I copyedited and managed production for The Future of Bluefin Tunas (2019), published by Johns Hopkins University Press. When I'm not editing, I write, teach cooking classes, ski, hike, scrape old paint from an even older sailboat, and endeavor to learn about the places where ocean, food, and culture intersect.

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Associate Editors

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Heidi Ballard is Associate Professor of Environmental Science Education at University of California, Davis. She conducts research focused on science and environmental education that link communities, scientists, and environmental action. Her work focuses on what and how both adults and youth learn through public participation in scientific research (PPSR), including citizen science and community-based participatory research focused on using science for environmental justice. She works in varied contexts, from natural history museums to Ugandan farmer field schools to native plant and tide-pool monitoring in California, using primarily qualitative research methods in partnership with citizen science practitioners. Her publications span the fields of environmental education, science education, ecology, conservation, social science, forestry, and agriculture. Heidi was a high school biology teacher and science curriculum developer in California, as well as outdoor and environmental educator, before earning her Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy and Management focused on forest ecology and management and community-based forestry. She trains primary and secondary pre-service teachers in science and environmental education, science education Ph.D. students, and graduate students across the university in participatory action research methods. She serves on several advisory boards for citizen science research and implementation projects, and on the Governance Council of the University of California’s Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California.

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John A. Cigliano is Professor of Biology and Director of Environmental Conservation at Cedar Crest College, Pennsylvania, USA, adjunct research faculty at Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, and an Earthwatch Institute Principal Investigator. He has a background in behavioral ecology, marine conservation ecology, and marine conservation education. His current research interests include the effects of ocean acidification and warming on temperate rocky intertidal organisms and communities, marine microplastics and its effect on marine organisms, and on the effects of captivity on the behavior zoo animals.

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I am an ecologist working at the Nordic Foundation for Development and Ecology and University of Copenhagen, Denmark. I have a Doctor of Science degree (dr.scient.). I have long experience with participatory monitoring and community-based natural resource management, both in tropical and temperate areas, and in the Arctic. I am currently: - Facilitator of PISUNA and PISUNA-net, Greenland Government’s participatory monitoring and management system (Opening Doors to Native Knowledge). - Coordinator of Nordic Resource Management, a political priority programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers on citizen participation in natural resource decision-making. - Editorial board member of Conservation Letters and Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. - Coordinator of the International Monitoring Matters Network. - Commission member of IUCN.

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Artemis Skarlatidou is a senior research associate in the Extreme Citizen Science group at University College London. She is chairing WG4 ‘Enhance the role of citizen science for civil society’ of the COST Action to ‘promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe’ and she is a co-chair of the International Cartographic Association Commission on Use, User and Usability Issues. Her research interests include usability, user experience and interface design of geographic interfaces and she also is interested in risk communication and trust design for technologies which are used to support public engagement and participation in various contexts. Interests

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For more than 20 years, Kristine Stepenuck has focused her career to build community connections to and understanding of the impact our actions have on the health of streams, rivers and lakes. In her role as Extension Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont and as Associate Director of Lake Champlain Sea Grant, she engages in outreach, research and teaching related to improving and protecting water resources for the future. Her research and outreach focus on understanding impacts our land uses have on streams and lakes, and understanding outcomes and increasing credibility of programs that engage the public in scientific research. Kris holds a Ph.D. in Environment and Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a year ‘round bike commuter and enjoys hiking and skiing with her husband.

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Tenured research faculty

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Ecology in Society, Interdisciplinary working, Digital innovation in Nature Conservation Community ecology, Plant-herbivore interactions, Invasive species, Arctic ecology Interdisciplinary researcher, notably working with social scientists and computing scientists (e.g. see Ambio special issue on Digital Conservation http://link.springer.com/journal/13280/44/4/suppl/page/1), specialising in environmental citizen science and outreach research. Expert in arctic community ecology, plant-herbivore interactions and ecosystem ecology (nitrogen deposition impacts, invasive plant ecology, connectivity between above and belowground ecosystem components). See Google Scholar pages for publications,

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Heather Vance-Chalcraft is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology and member of the STEM Collaborative for Research in Education at East Carolina University. Her research focuses on strategies to improve student engagement, scientific literacy, and the development of research and team science competencies.

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I am now in (a somewhat failed) retirement from educational research, evaluation, and working with students. I have two principal interests. One is in working at the intersection of rural schools and communities, where I find that schools can provide important scientific support for the decisions that rural communities are making as they respond to rapid environmental change. In return, rural communities provide important opportunities and resources to support science learning for students who might otherwise believe that science is for other students, not for them. I know that such synergies CAN happen, but I do not yet understand how to provide the supports to make them happen in more places, more consistently. My second interest is in translating research about the development of data literacy into pedagogical practice. From a research perspective, although there is much more to learn, there is general agreement about the key elements of data literacy and about how to support their development. Yet there is very little evidence that this knowledge is being applied in pedagogical practice. I am working with others on figuring out what we need to know and do in order to strengthen that translation process. Not surprisingly, this second interest is closely coupled to the first one: fluency in working with data is important to enabling teachers and students to add to the science capital of their communities.

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Special Collections Associate Editor

Caren Cooper is an Associate Professor at North Carolina State University in the Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program in Leadership in Public Science. Caren has over 60 publications, many that relied on data from citizen science projects and many in collaboration with social scientists to study citizen scientists. Caren's current citizen science projects include Sparrow Swap, Sound Around Town, and Crowd the Tap. She is author of Citizen Science: How Ordinary People Are Changing the Face of Discovery. Caren is a Senior Fellow in the Environmental Leadership Program and director of research partnerships at SciStarter.org. She can be followed on Twitter @CoopSciScoop.

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Visiting Editors

Dr Ann Borda is an Associate Professor in the Centre for the Digital Transformation of Health at the University of Melbourne. Ann has a PhD in informatics from University College London (UCL). She is also an Honorary Senior Research Associate at UCL, a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health and a Research Fellow of the Australian Institute of Archaeology. Her research specialisations span assistive health technologies, social innovation, participatory research design, cultural informatics and living labs. In 2020 Ann received an EPIC grant under the EU Horizon 2020 programme (ICT) to investigate advancing approaches to health and biomedical citizen science methods, platforms and capabilities. Ann has held senior positions in government-funded computing and data-intensive research initiatives for nearly two decades. Within Australia, Ann was CEO of the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing, and Executive Director of a government funded innovation seed program partnered with The University of Melbourne and a consortium of national research organisations, including the Australian Synchrotron. Prior to this, Ann was based in the UK at Kings College London with the JISC government-funded program for eScience. Concurrently, she was a Research Fellow at the Institute for Computing Research, London South Bank University. Following her PhD, Ann was Head of Collections Multimedia at the Science Museum London supporting the public understanding of science and society. Ann presently sits on several national committees. She is a member of the Policy & Research Committee of the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) involved in a national policy consultation and framework for climate, health and well-being in Australia. She is a member of working groups in both ACSA and ECSA, co-organising early career research seminars, public forums and national surveys. Ann is an Associate Editor of Frontiers Digital Public Health.

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Liz Dowthwaite is a Research Fellow in the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute at the University of Nottingham with a research background grounded in Psychology and Human Factors. Her research interests revolve around how motivation, human values, and attitudes relate to behaviour. She is especially interested in online participation (eg citizen science, crowdfunding) and how this relates to human values and psychological wellbeing. Liz is currently working on the ReEnTrust project, and on the new UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub.

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Hi, my name is Anett and I am a researcher who focusses on citizen science and biodiversity. I aim to better understand structures and functions of citizen science. To this end, I investigated social networks and motivation for involvement in citizen science. Further, I am interested in developing evaluation criteria for citizen science and testing the applicability of citizen science for e.g. the assessment of ecosystem services in protected areas. I am passionate about expanding citizen science as a concept and work with colleagues to assess synergies with education for sustainable development. To foster citizen science in Germany I have coordinated the development of the German Citizen Science strategy 2020 with a consortium of partners in the GEWISS capacity building programme.

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Ubiquity Press Support

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Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

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