Prof Muki Haklay (Department of Geography, UCL) is a Professor of Geographical Information Science (GISc). He has extensive experience in interdisciplinary research, and is the co-director of the Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) research group. 

His research interest includes participatory mapping and GIS, Citizen Science, Human-Computer Interactions (HCI) and usability aspects of GIS, and public access to environmental information. 

Prof Haklay research received funding from the EU research and development funding, national research funding bodies (e.g UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council – EPSRC, Economic and Social Research Council – ESRC, and Medical Research Council – MRC), charities (e.g. Royal Geographical Society, Forest People Programme, Forests Monitor, London Sustainability Exchange and others), local and national government.  

Prof Haklay have extensive experience in trans-disciplinary research throughout his career, as demonstrated in his ERC Advanced Grant 'Extreme Citizen Science: Analysis and Visualisation" (2016-2022). Over the years, he worked with urban designers, physicists, anthropologists, medical and veterinary researchers, development experts, structural engineers and ornithologists – among others. 

In the field of citizen science, he has contributed to the US-based Citizen Science Association as an inaugural board member, and as co-vice-chair of the European Citizen Science Association. He is the associate Editor in Chief of Citizen Science: Theory and Practice.