Dr Muki Haklay

I am a Senior Lecturer in Geographic Information Science in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London. I am also the Director of UCL Chorley Institute - an interdisciplinary research centre, whose aim is to to spatially enable a range of UCL strategic research activities.

Research

My research interests include Public access and use of Environmental Information, following the work that I started in my PhD thesis (completed 2002); Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Usability Engineering aspects of GIS; and Societal aspects of GIS use

Over the past 5 years, I have secured over £1.2 million in research funding, from research councils, the public and private sectors, and charities. I lead the following research projects:

• Successful Suburban Town Centres, funded by EPSRC and focusing on London's subruban town centres. The project is already influencing policy by being part of a policy review, carried out by URBED on behalf of North West London strategic alliance. The project started in October 2006 and will run for 3 years.
• Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the UnLtd, the foundation for social entrepreneurs. The project focuses on the development of longitudinal evaluation of their activities and is part of their strategic evaluation programme. The project started in October 2006 and will run for 3 years.
• KTP with Dr. Foster Intelligence on the use of Geographical analysis and visualisation in the development of new information products for the healthcare sector. The project started in May 2007 and will run for 2 years.
• Mapping Change for Sustainable Communities - an UrbanBuzz project aimed at mapping environmental change and development in London. The project will combine both community development and participatory mapping, using a public mapping system to monitor local sustainability and local development plans. The project is carried out in collaboration with London 21 Sustainability Network and Planning Aid for London. The project started in May 2007 and will run for 1.5 years.

More details about my experience and various projects that I worked on in the past 19 years can be found in the biography section of this site.

Teaching

I was the course tutor of the University of London M.Sc. in GIScience between 2002 and 2006 and continue to teach on this programme and other programmes in the department. Course material is published on the departmental Intranet. This system is accessible only to registered users.

I supervise 12 PhD students, acting as first supervisor to Claire Ellul, Katerina Christopoulou, Ana Simão, Hanif Rahemtulla, Nikos Katsos and Martin Williams, and as second supervisor of Kate Jones, Christian Castle, Tina Thomson, Catherine Lowe, Artemis Skarlatidou and Karin Talmor (Tel Aviv University).

Consultancy

With over 19 years of practical GIS experience in academia and in commercial organisations, I can offer a combination of practical and theoretical knowledge to assist organisations in their GIS activities. In the consultancy section I provide information about my expertise areas and consultancy projects.

Publications and presentations

The publications and presentations section provides a list of publications and presentations, including access to the full text where copyright permits.

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