Projects

Satellite-Based Tent Detection for Population Estimation

Case Study: Gaza | Real Good Research | Ongoing

Planet Labs satellite image of Gaza Detected tent points overlaid on satellite imagery
Move the slider to show or hide detected tent points.
📄 Data and Report

National Conversation

United Kingdom | Funded by: BBC | Ongoing

Hard at work generating the results.
📝 Take the Survey | 🌐 Project

Detecting Migration Surges with Digital Trace Data

Case Studies: Chile–United States & Turkey–Germany | Manuscript submitted to International Migration Review

📄 Report

Policy change was followed by onward flows about 240% higher Chile→US and 122% higher Turkey→Germany than synthetic controls.

Can We Predict Internet Connectivity?

Case Studies: Kenya and Mexico | In collaboration with International Telecommunication Union

Visible Waste, Invisible Inequality

Case Study: Nairobi, Kenya | Under review, Applied Geography

Street-view waste disparity across urban poor and formal areas
📄 SSRN Preprint

Revealing Digitally Invisible Groups

Case Study: Nairobi, Kenya | Transactions in Urban Data, Science, and Technology

Revealing digitally invisible groups with multi-source machine learning
📄 Paper

Wildfire Detection and Forest Management

Case Study: Euboea, Greece | Funded by: Interdisciplinary School for Environmental Crisis (ISEC)

Wildfire Detection
🌍 Fire Detection App | 📊 Presentation

Land Cover Change Detection

Case Study: Peak District, UK | Funded by: The Alan Turing Institute

Land Cover Change Detection
📄 Report | 💻 Code