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Robinson, Lucy,.D.; Cawthray-Syms, Jade, L; West, Sarah, E; Bonn, Aletta and Ansine, Janice (2018). Ten Principles of Citizen Science. In: Hecker, Susanne; Haklay, Muki; Bowser, Anne; Mukuch, Zen; Vogel, Johannes and Bonn, Aletta eds. Citizen Science: Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy. UCL Press, pp. 27–40.

Ansine, Janice; Dodd, Michael; Robinson, David and McAndrew, Patrick (2017). Exploring citizen science and inquiry learning through iSpotnature.org. In: Herodotou, Christothea; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike eds. Citizen Inquiry: Synthesising citizen science and inquiry learning. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 83–103.

Woods, Will; McLeod, Kevin and Ansine, Janice (2015). Supporting Mobile Learning and Citizen Science Through iSpot. In: Crompton, Helen and Traxler, John eds. Mobile Learning and STEM: Case Studies in Practice. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 69–86.

Ansine, Janice (2012). Reaching the public through iSpot: your place to share nature (Case Study 8.5). In: Bowater, Laura and Yeoman, Kay eds. Science Communication: A Practical Guide for Scientists. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, pp. 257–259.

Holliman, R.; Ludhra, G.; Warren, C. J.; Khatwa, A.; Araya, Y.; Smith, K.; Ansine, J. and Badger, M. P. S. (2024). Co-Constructing “Third Spaces” for Engagement with and for Minoritized Community Groups and Environmental Scientists. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 4, article no. 10119.

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Dodd, Michael; Döring, Markus; Valentine, Chris; Siddharthan, Advaith and Ansine, Janice (2024). Updating Species Dictionaries in the Citizen Science Platform iSpotnature.org with the Help of Its User Community and ChecklistBank. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 8, article no. e135236..

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Gosling, Laura; Sparks, Tim H.; Araya, Yoseph; Harvey, Martin and Ansine, Janice (2016). Differences between urban and rural hedges in England revealed by a citizen science project. BMC Ecology, 16(1) pp. 45–55.

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Silvertown, Jonathan; Harvey, Martin; Greenwood, Richard; Dodd, Michael; Rosewell, Jonathan; Rebelo, Tony; Ansine, Janice and McConway, Kevin (2015). Crowdsourcing the identification of organisms: a case-study of iSpot. ZooKeys, 480 pp. 125–146.

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Dodd, Michael; Valentine, Chris and Ansine, Janice (2023). Exploring taxonomic and geographic spread of iSpot citizen science observations. In: National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Conference 2023, 23 Nov 2023, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh.

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Ansine, Janice; Dodd, Michael; Valentine, Chris; Rüger, Stefan; Siddharthan, Advaith and Dadswell, Damian (2023). iSpot & AI: Integrating FASTCAT-Cloud and PI@ntNET-API in the Cos4Cloud framework. In: Computers and Learning Research Group (CALRG) Conference 2023, 27-30 Jun 2023, Online.

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Ansine, Janice (2023). Citizen science: a holistic approach to practice: connecting research, teaching, learning and engagement. In: Royal Society of Biology Plant Health Conference 2023, 25 May 2023, Online.

Holliman, Richard; Smith, Kelly; Khatwa, Anjana; Warren, Clare; Araya, Yoseph; Ansine, Janice and Badger, Marcus (2023). Exploring perspectives of minoritized community walking group leaders to make access to nature more equitable, diverse and inclusive. In: International PCST Conference : Creating Common Ground, 11-14 Apr 2023, Rotterdam.

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Ansine, Janice and Araya, Yoseph (2022). Citizen science at the Open University, UK: A holistic approach connecting research, teaching, learning and engagement. In: UK-China Conference on the Development of Science Literacy for All, 05 Dec 2022, Shanghai, China and Online.

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Ansine, Janice (2021). Practice-based insights from UK collaboration projects between a university and communities: ideas for school-based learning through citizen science. In: Citizen science and basic education: how to develop a project with schools’ engagement in scientific research?, 11 Aug 2021, Online Workshop, STEM Education Hub (British Council and Kings College London).

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Ansine, Janice (2021). Exploring citizen science learning journeys through iSpotnature.org: an online community of nature lovers. In: CitSci Virtual 2021, Citizen Science Association (CSA) Conference, 03-27 May 2021, Online (USA).

Ansine, Janice and Dodd, Mike (2020). NBN 2020 Conference: iSpot Autumn BioBlitz results and iSpot update on projects and future plans. In: 20th National Biodiversity Network Conference, 18 Nov 2020, Online.

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Ansine, Janice (2020). Developing online citizen science learning communities: from dabblers to super users. In: Third international ECSA conference 2020: Encounters in citizen science, 6-11 Sep 2020, Online.

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Murphy, Kerry; Cullen, Jane; Addae-Kyeremeh, Eric; Stutchbury, Kris; Velasco, Maria; Davies, Sarah-Jane; Ansine, Janice; Herman, Clem; Biard, Olivier and Mallet, Joshua (2020). OpenSTEM Africa: Strengthening science education in Ghana. In: The 9th eSTEeM Annual Conference: Informing Student Success – From Scholarship to Practice, 29-30 Apr 2020, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Ansine, Janice and Dodd, Michael (2018). iSpotnature.org: building and maintaining a citizen science community for biodiversity. In: 18th National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Conference, 21-22 Nov 2018, Nottingham, UK.

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Ansine, Janice; Araya, Yoseph; Dodd, Michael and Robinson, David (2018). iSpot: a citizen science platform for inclusive learning and teaching. In: European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) Conference 2018, 3-5 Jun 2018, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Goodenough, Jessica; Ansine, Janice and Wheeler, Philip (2017). Using a citizen science tool to model the health benefits of roadside trees. In: Trees, People and the Built Environment 3 (TPBE3) Conference, 5-6 Apr 2017, University of Birmingham.

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Holliman, Richard; Ludhra, Geeta; Warren, Clare J.; Khatwa, Anjana; Araya, Yoseph; Smith, Kelly; Ansine, Janice and Badger, Marcus P.S. (2024). Co-constructing ‘third spaces’ for engagement between minoritized community groups and environmental scientists.

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Handley, Phillip; Walker, Hannah; Ansine, Janice; Baden, Richard; Craig, Ian; Dewhurst-Richman, Nadia; Doick, Kieron; Fay, Luke; Mackie, Ewan; Parratt, Matt; Perez-Sierra, Ana; Sparrow, Kate and Wheeler, Philip (2021). Individual Tree Data Standard.