Caren Cooper

Bio

Caren uses geospatial analytics to discern large-scale patterns across the natural and built environments to gain insights into the ecology, evolution and conservation of birds, as well as expose racial and economic inequities in environmental hazards and in the representativeness of environmental data itself. She develops public science programs that focus volunteer interests towards the generation of large-scale data to study and visualize the interactions between social and ecological systems. Her other interests include the ecosystem services of trees and public understanding of urban forests, for mitigation of air, light and noise pollution, flood risk and urban heat island effects.

Publications

• Ambient temperature, clutch size, and daylight are the main drivers of incubation behavior in two neotropical swallows breeding 8,000 km apart , (2025)
• Caixa de Ferramentas para Ética de Dados nas Ciências Participativas , (2025)
• Caixa de Ferramentas para Ética de Dados nas Ciências Participativas , (2025)
• Caja de Herramientas para la Ética de Datos , (2025)
• Caja de Herramientas para la Ética de Datos , (2025)
• Equitable payments for research participation: A successful case of exceptionalism , RESEARCH ETHICS (2025)
• Fun Surveys? Developing an Innovative Approach to Assessing Learning Through Citizen Science , Citizen Science: Theory and Practice (2025)
• Not Empty Rain Gauges: Experienced Hobbyists Fulfilled in a Contributory Project , CITIZEN SCIENCE-THEORY AND PRACTICE (2025)
• Predicting Drinking Water Quality Using Low-Cost Sensing: Water Aesthetics and Chemistry Strips , Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2025)
• Public detection of lead plumbing and perceptions of municipal and well drinking water safety in the United States , ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH: INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY (2025)