Helene Draux
Ph.D Student+44 (0)207 133 4678
h.draux@londonmet.ac.uk |
Interests and Expertise
• Participatory GIS
• Coastal management
• Climate change impacts
Research interests/expertise:
Hélène Draux started her academic career in France where she obtained a master’s equivalent degree in Geographical Science Engineering from ENSG (National School of Geographical Science). Her final year was spent 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.
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 1st and 2nd Postgraduate Research Student Conference at London Metropolitan University (Nov 2010 and 2011)
Publications
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
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"
