Caitlin Marie Mandeville

About

I am a postdoctoral researcher based jointly at the Gjærevoll Centre for Biodiversity Foresight Analyses and the NTNU Department of Natural History. As a conservation scientist, I apply interdisciplinary approaches to understand changing environments and promote socioecological resilience. I regularly work in partnership with communities and societal sectors affected by changing environmental conditions.

My research interests span participatory biodiversity research approaches, citizen and community science, spatial ecological modeling, impacts of land use change, effectiveness of area-based management, translational science, evidence synthesis, and open and FAIR data sharing and reuse. I am committed to teaching, mentorship, and outreach, and pursue additional lines of research related to improving the effectiveness of these commitments. I am enthusiastic about interdisciplinary collaboration and work that extends outside of the academic sector.

Current projects

FOOTPRINTS-CITSCI (Feedback Loop: Taxonomic ID from Photo Recognition, Integrated Species distribution modeling, and Citizen Science). 2024 – 2025. Funded as a 3rd Party Project within the framework of the TETTRIs Project funded under Grant Agreement Nr 101081903 of the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme. Co-principal investigator. This project integrates citizen science biodiversity monitoring via snow track surveys with machine learning image recognition and biodiversity hotspot mapping to enhance public engagement with biodiversity in Norway.

Nordic Symposium for Biodiversity Across the Natural and Social Sciences. 2024 – 2025. Funded by the Nordic Board for Wildlife Research. Principal investigator. The Symposium brings together selected researchers to explore, discuss, and write together, with a goal of advancing interdisciplinary collaboration related to biodiversity, nature, and wildlife in the Nordic region.

Against Research Monoculture: Nurturing Transdisciplinary Biodiversity Research & Pedagogy. 2024. Funded by Gjærevoll Centre Seed Funding. Co-principal investigator. The project facilitates collaboration related to biodiversity and nature across the arts, sciences, and humanities.

BiodiverCITY - Island Hopping. 2024 – 2027. Funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research "Sparkling Science" program. The project engages students and citizen science participants to investigate the role of urban green spaces as "biodiversity islands" that support pollinator species.

Research networks

I contribute to national and international networks including the DiverSea Horizon Europe consortium, Living Norway Ecological Data Network, GBIF Norway, the Global Citizen Science Partnership, and the American Geophysical Union Thriving Earth Exchange.

Publications

2025

Gould, Elliot; Fraser, Hannah S.; Parker, Timothy H.; Nakagawa, Shinichi; Griffith, Simon C.; Vesk, Peter A.. (2025) Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology
Academic article

2024

Mandeville, Caitlin Marie. (2024) FOOTPRINTS-CITSCI project website.
Website (informational material)
Mandeville, Caitlin Marie. (2024) Website for Nordic Symposium for Biodiversity Across the Natural and Social Sciences.
Website (informational material)
Mandeville, Caitlin Marie; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Kålås, John Atle; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Øien, Ingar Jostein; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland. (2024) Interspecific competition impacts the occupancy and range limits of two ptarmigan species along the elevation gradient in Norway. Wildlife Biology
Academic article
Wehn, U.; Ajates, R.; Mandeville, Caitlin Marie; Somerwill, L.; Kragh, G.; Haklay, M.. (2024) Opening science to society: how to progress societal engagement into (open) science policies. Royal Society Open Science
Academic article
Gutierrez Gonzalez, Maria Azucena; Mandeville, Caitlin Marie; Edwards, Ferne Leigh; Rice, Paula Maria. (2024) Innovating Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education: Exploring the Impact of a Grassroots Community of Practice. Teaching and Learning Inquiry
Academic article

2023

Simmonds, Emily Grace; Adjei, Kwaku Peprah; Cretois, Benjamin; Dickel, Lisa; González-Gil, Ricardo; Laverick, Jack H. (2023) Recommendations for quantitative uncertainty consideration in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Academic article
Mandeville, Caitlin Marie. (2023) Applications of participatory monitoring in biodiversity science and conservation. NTNU Open
Doctoral dissertation
Mandeville, Caitlin Marie; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Herfindal, Ivar; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt. (2023) Participatory monitoring drives biodiversity knowledge in global protected areas. Communications Earth & Environment
Academic article

2022

Wehn, Uta; Hepburn, Libby; Hsing, Pen-Yuan; Ajates, Raquel; Kragh, Gitte; Mandeville, Caitlin Marie. (2022) Guidance for the implementation of the UNESCO Open Science Recommendation re. "Opening science to society". Zenodo
Report
Simmonds, Emily Grace; Adjei, Kwaku Peprah; Andersen, Christoffer Wold; Aspheim, Janne Cathrin Hetle; Battistin, Claudia; Bulso, Nicola. (2022) Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines. iScience
Academic article
Mandeville, Caitlin; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt. (2022) Spatial distribution of biodiversity citizen science in a natural area depends on area accessibility and differs from other recreational area use. Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Academic article

2021

Mandeville, Caitlin; Koch, Wouter; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt. (2021) Open Data Practices among Users of Primary Biodiversity Data. BioScience
Academic article
Rubert-Nason, Kennedy; Casper, A.M. Aramati; Jurjonas, Matt; Mandeville, Caitlin; Potter, Rebecca; Schwarz, Kirsten. (2021) Ecologist engagement in translational science is imperative for building resilience to global change threats. Rethinking Ecology
Academic article
Mandeville, Caitlin; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt. (2021) Community science supports research on protected area resilience. Conservation Science and Practice (CSP)
Short communication

2019

Mandeville, Caitlin; Rahel, Frank J; Patterson, Lindsay S; Walters, Annika. (2019) Integrating fish assemblage data, modeled stream temperatures, and thermal tolerance metrics to develop thermal guilds for water temperature regulation: Wyoming case study. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Academic article

2018

Walters, Annika; Mandeville, Caitlin; Rahel, Frank J. (2018) The interaction of exposure and warming tolerance determines fish species vulnerability to warming stream temperatures. Biology Letters
Academic article

Journal publications

Gould, Elliot; Fraser, Hannah S.; Parker, Timothy H.; Nakagawa, Shinichi; Griffith, Simon C.; Vesk, Peter A.. (2025) Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology
Academic article
Mandeville, Caitlin Marie; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Kålås, John Atle; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Øien, Ingar Jostein; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland. (2024) Interspecific competition impacts the occupancy and range limits of two ptarmigan species along the elevation gradient in Norway. Wildlife Biology
Academic article
Wehn, U.; Ajates, R.; Mandeville, Caitlin Marie; Somerwill, L.; Kragh, G.; Haklay, M.. (2024) Opening science to society: how to progress societal engagement into (open) science policies. Royal Society Open Science
Academic article
Gutierrez Gonzalez, Maria Azucena; Mandeville, Caitlin Marie; Edwards, Ferne Leigh; Rice, Paula Maria. (2024) Innovating Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education: Exploring the Impact of a Grassroots Community of Practice. Teaching and Learning Inquiry
Academic article
Simmonds, Emily Grace; Adjei, Kwaku Peprah; Cretois, Benjamin; Dickel, Lisa; González-Gil, Ricardo; Laverick, Jack H. (2023) Recommendations for quantitative uncertainty consideration in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Academic article
Mandeville, Caitlin Marie; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Herfindal, Ivar; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt. (2023) Participatory monitoring drives biodiversity knowledge in global protected areas. Communications Earth & Environment
Academic article
Simmonds, Emily Grace; Adjei, Kwaku Peprah; Andersen, Christoffer Wold; Aspheim, Janne Cathrin Hetle; Battistin, Claudia; Bulso, Nicola. (2022) Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines. iScience
Academic article
Mandeville, Caitlin; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt. (2022) Spatial distribution of biodiversity citizen science in a natural area depends on area accessibility and differs from other recreational area use. Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Academic article
Mandeville, Caitlin; Koch, Wouter; Nilsen, Erlend Birkeland; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt. (2021) Open Data Practices among Users of Primary Biodiversity Data. BioScience
Academic article
Rubert-Nason, Kennedy; Casper, A.M. Aramati; Jurjonas, Matt; Mandeville, Caitlin; Potter, Rebecca; Schwarz, Kirsten. (2021) Ecologist engagement in translational science is imperative for building resilience to global change threats. Rethinking Ecology
Academic article
Mandeville, Caitlin; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt. (2021) Community science supports research on protected area resilience. Conservation Science and Practice (CSP)
Short communication
Mandeville, Caitlin; Rahel, Frank J; Patterson, Lindsay S; Walters, Annika. (2019) Integrating fish assemblage data, modeled stream temperatures, and thermal tolerance metrics to develop thermal guilds for water temperature regulation: Wyoming case study. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Academic article
Walters, Annika; Mandeville, Caitlin; Rahel, Frank J. (2018) The interaction of exposure and warming tolerance determines fish species vulnerability to warming stream temperatures. Biology Letters
Academic article

Report

Mandeville, Caitlin Marie. (2023) Applications of participatory monitoring in biodiversity science and conservation. NTNU Open
Doctoral dissertation
Wehn, Uta; Hepburn, Libby; Hsing, Pen-Yuan; Ajates, Raquel; Kragh, Gitte; Mandeville, Caitlin Marie. (2022) Guidance for the implementation of the UNESCO Open Science Recommendation re. "Opening science to society". Zenodo
Report

Information material

Mandeville, Caitlin Marie. (2024) FOOTPRINTS-CITSCI project website.
Website (informational material)
Mandeville, Caitlin Marie. (2024) Website for Nordic Symposium for Biodiversity Across the Natural and Social Sciences.
Website (informational material)

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