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Journal articles

• Tkacz N., Martins M. and de Albuquerque, J.P (2020). Data Diaries: A situated approach for the study of data, Big Data and Society (submitted for publication)
• The role of data in transformations to sustainability: a critical research agenda João Porto de Albuquerque,Liana Anderson,Nerea Calvillo,Jon Coaffee, Maria Alexandra Cunha, Livia Castro Degrossi, Giovanni Dolif, Flavio Horita,Carolin Klonner,Fernanda Lima-Silva,Victor Marchezini, Mario Henrique da Mata Martins, Diego Pajarito-Grajales, Vangelis Pitidis, Conrado Rudorff, Nathaniel Tkacz, Rachel Traijber, Alexander Zipf

• The Sketch Map Tool Facilitates the Assessment of OpenStreetMap Data for Participatory Mapping Carolin Klonner, Maximilian Hartmann, Rebecca Dischl, Lily Djami, Liana Anderson, Martin Raifer, Fernanda Lima-Silva, Lívia Castro Degrossi, Alexander Zipf, João Porto de Albuquerque
• The effect of intra-urban mobility flows on the spatial heterogeneity of social media activity: investigating the response to rainfall events Sidgley Camargo de Andrade, Joao Porto de Albuquerque, Camilo Restrepo-Estrada, René Westerholt, Carlos Augusto Morales Rodriguez, Eduardo Mario Mendiondo, Alexandre Cláudio Botazzo Delbem
• Exploring the use of IoT data for heightened situational awareness in centralised monitoring control rooms Flávio Horita, João Baptista, Joao Porto de Albuquerque

Book chapters

• de Albuquerque, J. P. ; Almeida, A. A. de, (2020). Modes of engagement: constitutive tensions in citizen sensing and volunteered geographic information. In: Mah, A. and Davies, T. (Eds.), Environmental Justice and Citizen Science in a Post Truth Age (pp.267-281). Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press.
• Coaffee J., de Albuquerque, J.P. and Pitidis V. (2020). Risk and resilience management in co-production. IN Handbook on Co-Production of Public Services and Outcomes. Loeffler E. and Bovaird T. Eds (submitted for publication)

Conference Proceedings

• Klonner, C. & Blessing, L. (2019). Gathering Local Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: The Use of Sketch Maps in Group Discussions. In: Proceedings of the ISCRAM 2019 Conference. Valencia, Spain, pp. 1397–1398
• Klonner, C., Hartmann, M., Djami, L., Zipf, A. (2019). "Ohsome" OpenStreetMap Data Evaluation: Fitness of Field Papers for Participatory Mapping. In: Proceedings of the Academic Track at the State of the Map 2019. Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 35-36.

• Pitidis V., and de Albuquerque J.P (2020). Improving flood risk governance through reinvestigating the role of data: Lessons from marginalised communities in Brazil, Earth System Governance Conference, September 2020, Bratislava (postponed to 2021)

Conference Presentations

• "Capturing Flood Risk Perception via Sketch Maps." CASCADE-NET: Civil Agency, Society and Climate Adaptation to Weather Extremes. University of Warwick, England, 11/02/2019.
• Martins M. Lima F., Clonner K., Pitidis V., de Albuquerque a., Cunha M. (2019) Enhancing map-literacy through participatory mapping to improve community resilience: a case study in Rio Branco, Brazil , the Risk, Resilience and Humanitary Architecture Conference, 5-6 December 2019, Rio de Janeiro

• Pitidis V., and de Albuquerque J.P (2020). Enhancing flood resilience in marginalised communities through dialogical participatory mapping: The case of Sao Paulo and Rio Branco, Brazil, Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, 2020, August 2020, London (postponed to 2021)

• de Albuquerque J.P (2019)Towards dialogical geographies: reframing 'sensing' and geographic data generation for empowering relationships, Royal Geographical Sociaty Annual International Conference, 2019, 30 August 2019
• Keynote Speaker, “Waterproofing Data: rethinking data generation and capacity building for flood resilience”. ESRC CASCADE-NET Final conference: Capacity building within Civil Society: long term resilience to extreme weather risk, UWE Bristol, UK, 4 November 2020.

Other Presentations

• Key Presentation Smart urban areas and Beyond: Towards an inclusive and empowering digital transformation of cities?, Citizen Cities webinar, (9 June 2020) - J Porto de Albuquerque
• Invited talk: “Waterproofing Data: Engaging communities and institutions in the flood resilience” (in Portuguese). Talk given by J Porto de Albuquerque in the CEMADEN “Debates” Seminar Series on 19 August 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7zbYBCrZLQ&t=31s
• Keynote Speaker (JP de Albuquerque), “The role of data in urban transformations: making the case for ‘Waterproofing Data’?”, SHAPE of Data workshop, University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow, 27 October 2021.
• Invited Speaker, “The role of data in transformations to sustainability: towards inclusive and empowering resilience building?”, Monash Sustainable Development Institute Research Seminar Series, 10 December 2020.
• Invited Speaker, “Citizen Science Generated Data in Africa and Potential Contribution to SDGs”, CODATA, International FAIR Convergence Symposium 2020, 2 December 2020
• Invited Speaker, “Future of AI and data production: Towards an inclusive and empowering digital transformation of cities?”, 10^th NIC.br Workshop on Survey Methodology, 9 October 2020.
• Keynote Speaker, “Participatory Processes of Integrating Urban Data Governance: The Myths and Realities”, SCiLeD Workshop, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 16 September 2020.
• Keynote Speaker, “Citizen Cities”, Approaches to Transform Cities into Smart Urban Areas, 'Universities & Research Organisations – Key Drivers of Future Smart Cities' by UK Science and Innovation Network Germany (SIN), the German U15, the Imperial College London and BABLE, 9 June 2020.

For schools

• Using community data and analytics to build resilience to flooding - fact sheet in English for school children
• Futurum Careers - using community data and analytics to build resilience to flooding

Videos

• Mapping for resilience with OpenStreetMap (Portuguese) - Webinar - 17/04/2020
• Tutorial de mapeamento com Openstreet Map - 7/05/2020
• Mapeamento para resiliência com OpenStreetMap - aula introdutória com Prof João Porto -12/05/2020

Tutorials

• Tutorial on mapping with OSM and HOT - May 2020 (Portuguese) 

• Tutorial on mapping with OSM and HOT - May 2020 (English)

Media Coverage

• State of Acre brief introduction to its collaboration with the Waterproofing Data Project - 14/06/2019 (Portuguese)

• Project brief activities update in Rio Branco - 25/10/2019 (Portuguese) 

• PI João Porto de Albuquerque Interview - 29/02/2020 (Portuguese)
• Project Press Release - 2/03/2020
• Agencia Bori article - 4/03/2020 (Portuguese)

• Podcast Presentation of the Waterproofing Data project - 15/03/2020 (Ciudad hub) (Spanish)
• Project coverage and interview with PI Joao Porto de Alburquerque featured on the national Jornal Hoje new programme broadcast by Rede Globo (Portuguese)
• News item on a local TV programme in the state of Santa Catarina (Portuguese)
• An article in the Confederation of Brazilian Municipalities newsletter, highlighting the importance of WPD results for supporting municipalities in disaster risk reduction and other urban agendas
• CEMADEN release about the project and their commitment to incorporating it within their yearly educational programme “Learn to Prevent”

• Chat with TV Portal CNM - Planning Policies in Smart Municipalities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUVzQDapW2Q Livia Castro Degrossi

• CNM News Article - 16th November 2021 - Collaborative mappings and community data can assist municipalities in disaster prevention and mitigation

• Cemaden Update - 16th November 2021 - WPD++ Citizen science and application: pollination in schools and civil defenses

• Webinar WPD in the State of Acre

• Podcast - Dr. Fernanda Lima (FGV) talks with the student Walmira Lopes (UFRA) about the methods and results of the Waterproof Data project in the context of risk governance with clipping for the state of Acre and São Paulo
  

   

Civic Engagement

Vangelis Pitidis July 2020: Mid-term meeting and project progress