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Michael Dodd

Michael Dodd

Research Associate, Ispot Curator

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Professional biography

Mike is the iSpot curator based in the Faculty of Science at The Open University. Mike has over 30 years' experience in teaching and research including writing OU Science and digital photography courses and playing a key role in the development of iSpotnature.org, other OU citizen science projects such as Evolution Megalab and Treezilla as well the Floodplain Meadows Partnership project. Mike also has a background in surveying and GIS and expertise in the identification of a number of groups of organisms. His responsibilities within the iSpot project include provision of online support for website users; liaison with national recording schemes and other partners to develop community of experts and beginners using the site; data sharing and analysis.

Latest publications

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  • Pringle, S., Dallimer, M., Goddard, M. A., Le Goff, L. K., Hart, E., Langdale, S. J., Fisher, J. C., Abad, S., Ancrenaz, M., Angeoletto, F., Auat Cheein, F., Austen, G. E., Bailey, J. J., Baldock, K. C. R., Banin, L. F., Banks-Leite, C., Barau, A. S., Bashyal, R., Bates, A. J., Bicknell, J. E., Bielby, J., Bosilj, P., Bush, E. R., Butler, S. J., Carpenter, D., Clements, C. F., Cully, A., Davies, K. F., Deere, N. J., Dodd, M., Drinkwater, R., Driscoll, D. A., Dutilleux, G., Dyrmann, M., Edwards, D. P., Farhadinia, M. S., Faruk, A., Field, R., Fletcher, R. J., Foster, C. W., Fox, R., Francksen, R. M., Franco, A. M. A., Gainsbury, A. M., Gardner, C. J., Giorgi, I., Griffiths, R. A., Hamaza, S., Hanheide, M., Hayward, M. W., Hedblom, M., Helgason, T., Heon, S. P., Hughes, K. A., Hunt, E. R., Ingram, D. J., Jackson-Mills, G., Jowett, K., Keitt, T. H., Kloepper, L. N., Kramer-Schadt, S., Labisko, J., Labrosse, F., Lawson, J., Lecomte, N., de Lima, R. F., Littlewood, N. A., Marshall, H. H., Masala, G. L., Maskell, L. C., Matechou, E., Mazzolai, B., McConnell, A., Melbourne, B. A., Miriyev, A., Nana, E. D., Ossola, A., Papworth, S., Parr, C. L., Payo-Payo, A., Perry, G., Pettorelli, N., Pillay, R., Potts, S. G., Prendergast-Miller, M. T., Qie, L., Rolley-Parnell, P., Rossiter, S. J., Rowcliffe, M., Rumble, H., Sadler, J. P., Sandom, C. J., Sanyal, A., Schrodt, F., Sethi, S. S., Shabrani, A., Siddall, R., Smith, S. C., Snep, R. P. H., Soulsbury, C. D., Stanley, M. C., Stephens, P. A., Stephenson, P. J., Struebig, M. J., Studley, M., Svátek, M., Tang, G., Taylor, N. K., Umbers, K. D. L., Ward, R. J., White, P. J. C., Whittingham, M. J., Wich, S., Williams, C. D., Yakubu, I. B., Yoh, N., Zaidi, S. A. R., Zmarz, A., Zwerts, J. A. and Davies, Z. G., 2025, ‘Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age’, Nature ecology & evolution, 9 pp. 1031–1042., https://oro.open.ac.uk/104573/.
  • Colucci-Gyay, L., Hancock, J., Manches, A., Lakeman-Fraser, P., Newman, J., Islam, R., Sharma, N., Dodd, M., Ansine, J., Bowers, L., Rüger, S. and Siddharthan, A., 2025, ‘To touch is to know’: haptic inquiry for primary school citizen science’, International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 15(3), pp. 360–376., https://oro.open.ac.uk/104267/.
  • Dodd, M., Döring, M., Valentine, C., Siddharthan, A. and Ansine, J., 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, https://oro.open.ac.uk/100687/.
  • Dodd, M., Valentine, C. and Ansine, J., 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., https://oro.open.ac.uk/94374/.
  • Ansine, J., Dodd, M., Valentine, C., Rüger, S., Siddharthan, A. and Dadswell, D., 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., https://oro.open.ac.uk/100413/.
  • Dodd, M., 2022, ‘How the Citizen Science Platform iSpot Ensures Data Accuracy During and After Collection’, Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 6, https://oro.open.ac.uk/88075/.
  • George, L., Rothero, E., Tatarenko, I., Wallace, H., Dodd, M., Reed, N., Fleckney, A., Bellamy, G. and Gowing, D., 2021, ‘Control of meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria through a change of management from grazing to mowing at an English floodplain meadow’, Conservation Evidence, 18 pp. 44–49., https://oro.open.ac.uk/78767/.
  • Ansine, J. and Dodd, M., 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., https://oro.open.ac.uk/100407/.
  • Tatarenko, I., Dodd, M., Wallace, H., Bellamy, G. and Fleckney, A., 2020, ‘Protecting small populations of rare species’, Case study on dactylorhiza viridis (orchidaceae) in Fancott Woods and Meadows SSSI, Bedfordshire, UK. Nature Conservation Research, 5(Suppl.1), https://oro.open.ac.uk/71170/.
  • Ansine, J. and Dodd, M., 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., https://oro.open.ac.uk/100406/.
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