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Helene Draux

Interests and Expertise

• Participatory GIS

• Coastal management

• Climate change impacts

Research interests/expertise:

Hélène Draux obtained a master’s equivalent degree in Geographical Science Engineering from ENSG (National School of Geographical Science) in 2008.  She spent her final year in Cranfield University (UK), where she studied one year to successfully obtain her MSc in Land Management.  Her current research interests concern the link between Participatory GIS techniques and environmental science and the use of GIS to improve decision-making. She recently built an online mapping survey http://www.openspaces-portsmouth.org.uk to assess values of open spaces in Portsmouth regarding flood risks. She is currently writing up and due to finish her PhD in December 2012.

Current/recent projects and awards

2010-2013: Vice Chancellor’s PhD Scholarship: ‘Impact of climate change on coastal cities’ Part of the SECOA (Solutions for Environmental Contrasts in Coastal Areas) European project.  The project aims to assess what impacts climate change will have on coastal urban settlements.

2011:   ICE-SaV (Improved Community Engagement through Spatial and Visualisation methods) seminars http://www.sei-international.org/ICE-SaV/

2010 – 2011: Organisation of the 1^st and 2^nd Postgraduate Research Student Conference at London Metropolitan University (Nov 2010 and 2011)

Publications

2012    ‘Participatory GIS techniques to determine the value of vulnerable open spaces in Portsmouth’ at GISRUK, April 2012 in Lancaster University

2011    Presentation on ‘PGIS techniques to widen participation’ at ICE-saV seminars – Oct in London Metropolitan University

2011    Presentation at the RGS-IBG conference on ‘Land use conflict identification using Participatory GIS techniques’ – August 2011 in London.

2010    Poster for the 21st IAPS conference. ‘Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats’ – June 2010 in Leipzig (Germany) and for Postgraduate Research Student Conference on ‘Land use conflict identification using Participatory GIS’ – Nov 2010 in London Metropolitan University

2008    Unilever MSc Dissertation ‘Global estimation of the R factor of the Universal Soil Loss Equation’