Muki Haklay

@mhaklay
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Prof at University College London, London / team leader at the Learning Planet Institute, Paris. Interested in environmental information and publics, citizen science, participatory mapping, and public engagement in science.
Bloghttps://povesham.wordpress.com/
Publications (Google Scholar)https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vcM6_ekAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Muki Haklay1d ago
Vassilis1d ago

Crowd sensing for the environment: Citizen science and plant apps map how urbanization alters city soils and climate

Across Europe, built-up areas are warmer, drier, and darker than the green spaces within the same cities. Their soils are more alkaline, saltier, poorer in nutrients, and more strongly disturbed by mechanical soil management than those in parks or urban forests.


phys.org/news/2026-01-crowd-enโ€ฆ

#CitizenScience #environment #plants #urbanization #climate #soil #city #CrowdSensing

Crowd sensing for the environment: Citizen science and plant apps map how urbanization alters city soils and climate

Plants reflect urban climate and soil conditions with remarkable precision. Using more than 80 million observations from plant identification apps, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry have produced a detailed picture of fine-scale climate and soil conditions for 326 European cities.

Phys.org
Muki Haklay2d ago
Stefano Volpe 5d ago
If any PhD students are following your account, boosting would be appreciated.

Fellow PhD student: hello! โ€‹โ€‹ I hope you had a good Monday.

0) In which country are you pursuing your PhD?
1) What is the official duration of your PhD programme? Does it assume you already have a Master's?
2) How many academic credits (e.g., ECTS) are you required to get in order to complete your PhD?
3) If you are paid for TAing, can you estimate the number of teaching contact hours you need in order to supplement other sources of funding?

My union and Ph.D. committee have been asking for feedback, and I have a theory I'd like to test. Feel free to use private mentions if you want.

Edit: I am now using "academic credits" to make myself more understandable to non-EU people.
Muki HaklayMar 12

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Join a session to know more, to contribute to finalising this first version of a citizen science competency framework.

Four sessions - all the same, pick the one that works for you:
* Wednesday 25th of March from 4:30-5:30 pm (CET)

* Wednesday 1st of April from 12-1 pm (CET)

* Thursday 9th of April from 9-10am (CET)

* Monday 13th of April from 4:30-5:30 pm (CET)

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9v0JygWYNlPRN6q3YrSbuc5h2Wp7v3d0MhKXF9T_BylBhBg/viewform

Muki HaklayMar 10
Came across this piece only now, as I was thinking about how GenAI is a technology of mediocracy https://medium.com/the-edge-of/chat-gpt-and-the-magnet-of-mediocrity-d8831c27705c especially after reading the AI Con and other things, I'm less convinced about the final part.
ChatGPT and the Magnet of Mediocrity

It has only been a little under four months since ChatGPT came out, and yet I already feel super behind in publishing this story. I guessโ€ฆ

Medium
Muki HaklayMar 9

#ECSA2026 reflections on the conference in Oulu. Cooler, bigger, and diverse conference, but how to keep the spirit and openness? #CitizenScience #CommunityScience #ParticipatoryResearch

https://povesham.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/ecsa-2026-cooler-bigger-and-diverse/

ECSA 2026: cooler, bigger, and diverse

The European Citizen Science Association 2026 conference is the sixth conference. The first conference was in 2016 in Berlin (see posts here), continued in 2018 in Geneva (see posts here), was suppโ€ฆ

Po Ve Sham - Muki Haklay's personal blog
Muki HaklayMar 9
Radical AnthropologyMar 4

TONIGHT
Free Fediscience! Please boost!

โœจTues Mar 10, 18:30 (UTC London)๐ŸŒ—
Chris Knight and Jerome Lewis
The Revolutionary Origins of Language

All welcome
LIVE in Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW
ZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode Wawilak

Muki HaklayMar 8

Notes from #ECSA2026 Final keynote by Eliza Reid on how to use accidental opportunities to make the world a better place #CitizenScience #CommunityScience #ParticipatoryResearch

https://povesham.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/eliza-reid-keynote-fish-out-of-vatn/

Eliza Reid Keynote โ€“ Fish out of vatn

Eliza wrote about her experience and particularly about becoming the first lady of Iceland โ€“ the idea of wanting to contribute and learning to trust that what one wants to say is worth it. Itโ€ฆ

Po Ve Sham - Muki Haklay's personal blog
Muki HaklayMar 8

Notes from #ECSA2026 conference session on the European Citizen Science Academy. #CitizenScience #ParticipatoryResearch

https://povesham.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/the-european-citizen-science-academy-and-the-citizen-science-competency-framework-citsci-comp-06-mar-03/

The European Citizen Science Academy and the Citizen Science Competency Framework (CitSci Comp) โ€“ 06 Mar 03

These are notes from a session dedicated to the European Citizen Science Academy (ECS Academy) and to the Citizen Science Competency Framework (CitSciComp) at the ECSA 2026 conference in Oulu. Ouluโ€ฆ

Po Ve Sham - Muki Haklay's personal blog
Muki HaklayMar 3

Notes from the keynote of #ECSA2026 by Camilla Brattland & Bente Sundsvold, exploring local and indigenous knowledge in the arctic

https://povesham.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/ecsa-2026-keynote-speakers-indigenous-knowledge-and-citizen-science/

ECSA 2026 keynote speakers: indigenous knowledge and citizen science

Camilla Brattland โ€“ carrying out collaborative research projects into salmon fishing culture and linking indigenous knowledge and scientific knowledge. Strong commitment to community and partโ€ฆ

Po Ve Sham - Muki Haklay's personal blog
Muki HaklayMar 2
Learning about https://homeriverbioblitz.org/, another bottom up. localised activity, supported by the infrastructure of iNatualist. With over 60 rivers supported in 2025.
The Home River Bioblitz -

Home HRB 2025 Prior Editions HRB 2024 HRB 2023 HRB 2022 HRB 2021 HRB 2020 X The Home River Bioblitz Join us for this world-wide citizen science event and celebrate your local river! Join the Home River Bioblitz From 19th to 21st of September 2025, people around the world will go out to explore their โ€ฆ Continue reading "The Home River Bioblitz"