Personal Information
Title:
Dr.
First Name:
Assaf
Last Name:
Shwartz
Institution:
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning
Technion City
Haifa 32000
Israel
Telephone:
+972546401014 or +972-4-829-4106
Area of Expertise:
Conservation biology landscape ecology. I study how human activities influence biodiversity, but also how people can benefit from biodiversity conservation to find substantial solutions for planning and managing of human-dominated for the mutual benefit of people and nature. I am interested in citizen science as a tool to monitor biodiversity and as a mean to connect people to nature and increase awareness for conservation issues.
Year of completion of PhD:
2012
Gender:
Male
Working Groups
WG2: Develop synergies with education
This group will focus on the learning outcomes of CS projects. The objective of this WG is to increase awareness about the possibilities of CS in education, by collating the knowledge of current practices and underscoring the meaning of CS in formal and informal education.