In this talk I will explain how digital demography is transforming vector-borne disease research. Digital traces and active mobile positioning methods are improving our understanding of human spatial behavior, offering important glimpses into the mobility patterns and human-mosquito biting networks that shape disease dynamics. Networked citizen science makes it possible for ordinary people to identify and report disease-vector mosquitoes wherever they encounter them, and for researchers to quickly validate these reports, adjust for sampling bias, and build high-resolution models of mosquito populations and human-mosquito interaction. In all of this, digital demography is bringing a much needed social science perspective and helping to illuminate the socio-ecological context of vector-borne disease. Drawing on my work in this area, I will discuss these developments and the exciting directions in which I see digital demography headed.
John Palmer is a tenure-track professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University, where he is a member of the Sociodemography Research Group (DemoSoc). His research connects human spatial behavior, social inequality, and disease ecology. He has developed methods for collecting and analyzing human trajectories and activity-spaces, and for harnessing citizen science in the public health context.
Fecha | 5 de junio de 2019 |
Hora | 12:00 a 13:30 |
Idioma | Inglés |
Lugar de celebración | Salón de actos Sede del Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía Pabellón de Nueva Zelanda C/ Leonardo Da Vinci, 21. Isla de La Cartuja Sevilla |
Inscripción | Entrada libre mediante inscripción previa en el siguiente formulario. |
Cómo llegar | Líneas de autobuses urbanos TUSSAM: Líneas C1 y C2. Parada en Facultad de Comunicación. |