In this second episode of “Through the Human Geography Lens”, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt speak with Dr. Budhu Bhaduri from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Dr. Bhaduri speaks about his journey to become the Director of the Geospatial Science and Human Security Division, the rich history of ORNL, and the value of partnering with the World-Wide Human Geography Data (WWHGD) Working Group. 5:05 Mission of ORNL and its historical investment in science (https://www.ORNL.gov) 9:10 ORNL’s impact on the Human Geography community  10:50 Value of partnership with the WWHGD Working Group ..read more

On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt talk with Dr. Michael Humber, Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland’s Department of Geographical Sciences, about his role as data lead within NASA’s Harvest Portal.    00:55 What is NASA’s HARVEST Portal?    - https://harvestportal.org/      02:20 What is GEOGLAM? Is it related to the NASA HARVEST Portal?    - G20 https://www.g20.org/en/about-g20/#members    - Group on Earth Observations https://www.earthobservations.org/index.php ..read more

On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt talk with Dr. Kelsea Best, a post-doctoral researcher in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland. 01:10 An overview of her research on environmental migration in Bangladesh. 02:30 A description of her agent-based modeling tool and its utility in her research. An overview of agent-based modeling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent-based_model  04:50 What was the academic path that led to this focus? (from chemical engineering to addressing climate justice through data analysis ..read more

On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt talk with Dr. Chelsea Cervantes De Blois, lead climate security expert at the US Department of State.  00:55   Defining Human-Environmental Systems Coupled Human-Environment Systems Modelling Climate and Conflict Tracking climate migration patterns at ClimateMigration.org  Report on internal displacement in a changing climate here. 02:20   Migration drivers: Social, political, economic, cultural, demographic, ecological, and sometimes infrastructure.  02:45   Rese ..read more

On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Terri Ryan and Eric Rasmussen talk with Dr. Patricia Solis, Associate Research Professor at the School for Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, and the Director and Co-Founder of YouthMappers. 00:50   The mission of Youth Mappers Youth Mappers 01:50   Where did this idea come from? USAID GeoCenter at USAID 2015 Kathmandu Earthquake Humanitarian Open Street Map Team Kathmandu Living Labs 05:20   Can a student start a chapter of YouthMappers at their school? 06:55  &nbs ..read more

On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt talk with Dr. Laurie Rush, the Cultural Resources Manager and Army Archaeologist at Fort Drum, New York. 00:35   Upcoming WWHGD Webinar on Cultural Heritage and Human Geography scheduled for October 19th, 2022. Register here. 00:50   Defining "cultural heritage" and "cultural property".  Cultural heritage Cultural property 01:05    Unique, powerful, and sensible definition from Dr. Rush. 01:30    The Hague definition. The Hague Convention on protec ..read more

On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt talk with Elizabeth Lyon, Deputy Director for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Support Team at U.S. AFRICOM.  Liz is a passionate Geographer who talks to the importance of place and human geography and why human geography can be so hard to map. 01:00   What's your role now as a Deputy Director with NGA at AFRICOM? 02:20   Looking at places that aren't yet well-mapped. 03:30   How to be effective with a geographic separation between a physical workspace and ..read more

On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt talk with Meredith Gore, an Associate Professor within the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Gore is a convergence researcher and social scientist who shares her work in conservation criminology, restorative justice and participatory mapping techniques in Madagascar. 00:45   What is a convergence researcher? - a discussion of system science and sorting wicked problems https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/learn/research-types/learn-about-convergence-resear ..read more

On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt talk with Tom Fitzwater, Chief of the Demographic and Economic Studies Branch within the International Program Center at the US Census Bureau.  01:10  Tom's role at the Census Bureau, his training for the position, and the history of the International Program Center. https://www.census.gov/en.html https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs.html 03:10  His current work on the US decadal census, describing the value and complexity of this (and every) census. https://www.cen ..read more

On this episode of Through the Human Geography Lens, hosts Gwyneth Holt and Eric Rasmussen talk with Clare Jones, Chief Commercial Officer at What3Words. What3Words is an alternative geospatial coordinate system based on a remarkable bit of computational wizardry. Using a supercomputer and a clever algorithm, W3W has divided the entire surface of the planet into 3 meter x 3 meter squares and named each square using 3 common words. For example, atomic.chairs.talent identifies the walk-in door into the Emergency Department at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The app is free for personal use ..read more