Research, content writing and editing services.
I have a PhD and several years experience in research, writing and teaching. I've published papers, book chapters and reports as well as created online and educational content. I have written for difference target audiences in many topics including sustainability, health, computer science, psychology, history and citizen science.
I can also edit and rewrite, if you need assistance with preparing a manuscript, proposal, article or website.
Additionally, I have experience in e-learning and can design content, lesson/course plans and training modules.
Open link https://making-sense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Citizen-Sensing-A-Toolkit.pdf
A book produced as part of a project about citizen science and environmental sensing. It was a collaborative work, I wrote the sections on the research framework. Pages here: 18-19, 22-23, 38-39, 54-55, 76-77, 100-101, 118-119, 136-137 and 150-151.
Sample of my work here:
Citizen sensing is often inspired by concern over a critical problem. The first step is to identify the concerns of those in the community and develop an understanding of the issue. This is a collaborative process that informs and guides community action, and helps build a shared position around an issue. It is necessary to focus on and understand the local situation, since understanding the culture and motivations of the citizens and their community will be key to creating successful change. Finding out who else has carried work out in this area will help ensure that you are building on any previous work done: after all, nobody wants unintentionally to repeat others’ mistakes, or reinvent the wheel!
Open link https://energycultures.org/2014/08/potential-electric-vehicles-new-zealand/
A blog post about how electric vehicles could be part of New Zealand's transport culture.
Road transport contributes a significant amount towards New Zealand’s carbon emissions, mostly from light vehicles. These emissions could be partly reduced by an increase in more efficient driving practices, and reductions of 10–20% of fuel are possible without increasing trip times significantly. This study was conducted to understand whether people knew how to drive efficiently, whether they actually ever drove in an efficient manner and what ways there could be to influence people to drive more efficiently. Focus groups were conducted across New Zealand in urban and rural areas with groups of students, young professionals, parents and older people in order to cover different lifestyles and environments. These focus groups covered a wide range of topics including knowledge and practices of efficient driving, learning to drive, infrastructure and aspirations. Our results show that most people reported knowing the things they could do to be more fuel-efficient, however, despite this knowledge, they very rarely engaged in these practices. When they did consider fuel efficiency, it was almost always linked to saving fuel costs and environmental aspects were not considered. There is a clear lack of connection between carbon emissions and driving when people are in their cars. Better messages could be presented to drivers linking their driving practices to carbon emissions and therefore climate change. There are a range of other options where more efficient practices and choices could be encouraged depending on context, the driver and their way of life.
Open file RoadCodeEE.pdf
An academic article about understanding how New Zealander's drive and whether they can be motivated to drive more efficiently.
The project was designed to create collective and individual environmental awareness by harnessing the power of networks of people, knowledge and sensors. Its specific contribution has been to emphasise and support the move from collective awareness to collective action, by leading to better informed decision making practices and citizen empowerment through participation and interaction. This, in turn will lead towards change and transformation at community and individual levels.
Open file MAKING SENSE DELIVERABLE D5.2 and D4.3.pdf
A report written about a research project based on citizen science and environmental sensing. Pages 5-44 written by me.
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