Artemis Skarlatidou

Dr Artemis Skarlatidou

Artemis Skarlatidou

a.skarlatidou@ucl.ac.uk

UCL

Geography

Lecturer in Citizen Science

I am a Lecturer in Citizen Science in the Department of Geography, since 2022, and a Geography member of the People Nature Lab (UCL Biosciences) at UCL East, where I am responsible for organising and running the new MSc in Ecology and Citizen Science Programme which will launch in September 2024. My research and teaching focus on socio-technical perspectives and concerns that arise from the implementation of public participation approaches, including citizen science, to address social and environmental issues.

My research is grounded to my interdisciplinary background and my vision and long-standing commitment to support creating more just societies and a more sustainable world. Towards this end, I am particularly interested in the democratisation of scientific and policy processes by enabling citizens – especially marginalised and underrepresented individuals and communities – to actively take part in the co-shaping of research and policy agendas. My research has the following cross-cutting themes:
1. Socio-technical and design perspectives in the implementation of geographic interfaces and technologies: The trust-building potential of bottom-up participatory approaches in science and environmental sustainability.
2. The trust-building potential of bottom-up participatory approaches in science and environmental sustainability: The second line of my research focuses on exploring the trust-building processes of bottom-up participatory approaches (in and outside citizen science) and of the technological artefacts that support these initiatives.

For more information visit my profile here https://www.ucl.ac.uk/geography/artemis-skarlatidou

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