This week, we were delighted to welcome Professor Appolonia A. Okhimamhe from the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Nigeria, to the German Aerospace Center (DLR). She is a Professor of Geography and the Director of the Doctoral Programme on Climate Change and Human Habitat (CC&HH) at the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL).

Our partnership with Professor Okhimamhe has a long history, particularly through our joint work on the MIGRAWARE project. This collaboration has included joint publications, guest lectures at FUT Minna and co-supervision of PhD students in the CC&HH programme, focusing on innovative solutions at the intersection of climate change, migration, and human habitat.

You can explore a selection of our key publications here:

·       Mast, J., Sapena, M., Mühlbauer, M., Biewer, C., Taubenböck, H. (2023): The migrant perspective: Measuring migrants’ movements and interests using geolocated tweets. Population, Space and Place. Doi: 10.1002/psp.2732

·       Sapena, M., Mast, J., Schoepfer, E., Taubenböck, H. (pre-print): Do-it-yourself built-up mapping tool: A practical cloud-based solution using Sentinel imagery for mapping urban expansion in Africa, at Remote Sensing of Environment. Doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4762416

·       Sapena, M., Inkoom, J. N., Umaru, E. T., Mast, J., Okhimamhe, A. A., Taubenböck, H. (2023): Integrating multi-source remote sensing data for monitoring urban development in West Africa, 2023 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), Heraklion, Greece. Doi:10.1109/JURSE57346.2023.10144165.

·       Mast, J., Sapena, M., Geiß, C., Taubenböck, H. (2023): Linking remote sensing data and online engagement in flood events in Nigeria. 2023 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), Heraklion, Greece, 2023, pp. 1-4, doi:10.1109/JURSE57346.2023.10144130

·       Tohoun, B. A., Sapena, M., Mast, J., Taubenböck, H., Haruna, I., Orekan, V., Okhimamhe, A. A (2023): Are citizens’ perceptions on urban green spaces influenced by their immediate environment? The case of Grand Nokoue, Benin Republic, 2023 JURSE, Heraklion, Greece. Doi:10.1109/JURSE57346.2023.10144198.

·       Mast, J., Sapena, M., Okhimamhe, A., Fürst, C., Biewer, C., Taubenböck, H. (2022): Enhancing Earth Observation of Migration with Insights from Social Media. Living Planet Symposium 2022, 23-27 May. Bonn, Germany. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12975.82084