Patrick Meier, PhD
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Patrick is an internationally recognized expert and consultant on humanitarian technology and innovation. Book: Digital Humanitarians. Previously: UN, World Bank, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Ushahidi. PhD from Fletcher School, Pre-Doctoral Fellow at Stanford and MA at Columbia. Born & raised in Africa.
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GDACSmobile: Disaster Responders Turn to Bounded Crowdsourcing
GDACS, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, sparked my interest in technology and disaster response when it was first launched back in 2004, which is why I’ve referred to GDACS in multiple blog posts since. This near real-time, multi-hazard … Continue reading
Posted in Crowdsourcing, Humanitarian Technologies, Social Media
Tagged App, Bounded, Crowdsourcing, curation, Disaster, GDACS, GDACSmobile, Response, Smartphone, Twitter
Why Bounded Crowdsourcing is Important for Crisis Mapping and Beyond
I coined the term “bounded crowdsourcing” a couple years back to distinguish the approach from other methodologies for information collection. As tends to happen, some Muggles (in the humanitarian community) ridiculed the term. They freaked out about the semantics instead … Continue reading
Posted in Crisis Mapping, Crowdsourcing
Tagged Collection, Information, Methodology, Sampling
World Disaster Report: Next Generation Humanitarian Technology
This year’s World Disaster Report was just released this morning. I had the honor of authoring Chapter 3 on “Strengthening Humanitarian Information: The Role of Technology.” The chapter focuses on the rise of “Digital Humanitarians” and explains how “Next Generation Humanitarian … Continue reading
Using Twitter to Detect Micro-Crises in Real-Time
Social media is increasingly used to communicate during major crises. But what about small-scale incidents such as a car crash or fire? These “micro-crises” typically generate a far smaller volume of social media activity during a much shorter period and … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Social Computing, Social Media
Using Crowdsourcing to Counter the Spread of False Rumors on Social Media During Crises
My new colleague Professor Yasuaki Sakamoto at the Stevens Institute of Tech-nology (SIT) has been carrying out intriguing research on the spread of rumors via social media, particularly on Twitter and during crises. In his latest research, “Toward a Social-Technological System that … Continue reading
Posted in Crowdsourcing, Humanitarian Technologies, Information Forensics, Social Media
Tagged Credibility, critical, rumors, Thinking, Truth, Twitter, verification
Traditional vs. Crowdsourced Election Monitoring: Which Has More Impact?
Max Grömping makes a significant contribution to the theory and discourse of crowdsourced election monitoring in his excellent study: “Many Eyes of Any Kind? Comparing Traditional and Crowdsourced Monitoring and their Contribu-tion to Democracy” (PDF). This 25-page study is definitely a must-read … Continue reading
Posted in Crowdsourcing, Digital Activism, Social Media
Tagged Egypt, elections, Impact, Monitoring, Observation, Sudan
From Crowdsourcing Crisis Information to Crowdseeding Conflict Zones (Updated)
Friends Peter van der Windt and Gregory Asmolov are two of the sharpest minds I know when it comes to crowdsourcing crisis information and crisis response. So it was a real treat to catch up with them in Berlin this past weekend … Continue reading
Posted in Crisis Mapping, Crowdsourcing, Early Warning
Tagged CEWARN, Collection, Conflict, Crowdseeding, FAST, Information, Methodology, Mobile, Phones, SMS
Evolution in Live Mapping: The 2012 Egyptian Presidential Elections
My doctoral dissertation compared the use of live mapping technology in Egypt and the Sudan during 2010. That year was the first time that Ushahidi was deployed in those two countries. So it is particularly interesting to see the technology … Continue reading
Posted in Crisis Mapping, Crowdsourcing, Digital Activism, Social Media
Tagged 2012, Accountability, Egypt, elections, Revolts, Sudan, Transparency
The Best of iRevolution: Four Years of Blogging
Many thanks to all iRevolution readers who have been following this blog, which turns four years old today. Thank you also for commenting, providing feedback, getting in touch and for sharing my writing! I have published over 500 blog posts … Continue reading
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