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Muki (Mordechai) Haklay
Muki Haklay FAcSS is Professor of Geographical Information Science at the Department of Geography in University College London (UCL). Education Haklay received a BSc in Computer Science and Geography in 1994 and an MA in Geography in 1997 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Haklay was awarded a PhD in Geography in 2002 from UCL. Career In 2001 Haklay joined UCL as a lecturer and was promoted to a professor in 2011. He is recognised for his work in citizen science and on volunteered geographic information, including one of the earliest publication on OpenStreetMap, and a study of the quality of OpenStreetMap data, demonstrating that it is of high quality. In the field of citizen science, authored a policy report for the Wilson Centre entitled “Citizen Science and Policy: A European Perspective”, and developed the widely cited typology of citizen science activities. The typology was used in policy reports by the UN Environmental Programme and by the European Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellow Of The Academy Of Social Sciences
The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences. Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used the post-nominal letter "AcSS". This was changed in July 2014 to bring the Academy in line with other British learned societies. Notable fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences 1999 The first fellows (then known as academicians) were elected in 1999. The inaugural fellows include: * Archie Brown * Ron Johnston * Susan J. Smith * John Urry 2000 * Andrew Gamble 2002 * Ronald Carter * David N. Livingstone 2003 * Nirmala Rao 2004 * Tariq Modood Prior to 2007 These people are known to have been selected sometime prior to 2007: * Rick Trainor * Lawrence Freedman * Paul Matthews * Theresa Marteau * Til Wykes * Ken Young 2007 * Susan Castillo 2008 * Kelvyn Jones 2009 * Thom Brooks * Douglas Davies * Anthony Forster 2011 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |