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Socio-technical system analysis of responsible data sharing in water systems as critical infrastructure University of Antwerp
Attention is increasingly focused on the protection of water systems as critical infrastructure, including subsystems of supply, sanitation, hygiene, and management. Similarly increasing consideration is paid to the growing role and impact of data on water systems and management. We explore key challenges associated with data-driven water systems as critical infrastructure. First, we describe the status of water infrastructure as a part of ...
A socio-technical analysis of functional properties in a joint cognitive system: a case study in an aircraft cockpit KU Leuven
In a socio-technical work domain, humans, device interfaces and artefacts all affect transformations of information flow. Such transformations, which may involve a change of auditory to visual information & vice versa or alter semantic approximations into spatial proximities from instruments readings, are generally not restricted to solely human cognition. This paper applies a joint cognitive system approach to explore a socio-technical ...
Conceptualising a resilient cooling system: A socio-technical approach KU Leuven
Prolonged and/or extreme heat has become a natural hazard that presents a significant risk to humans and thebuildings, technologies, and infrastructure on which they have previously relied on to provide cooling. This paperpresents a conceptual model of a resilient cooling system centred on people, the socio‐cultural‐technical contextsthey inhabit, and the risks posed by the temperature hazard. An integrative literature review process was usedto ...
Saving the web by decentralizing data networks? A socio-technical reflection on the promise of decentralization and personal data stores Ghent University
In this article we elaborate on Personal Information Management Systems (PIMS) or Personal Data Stores (PDS) that provide a person with affordances for managing his/her personal data, giving him/her granular control over the data captured about him/her, and over how that data is shared and used. We examine the promise of PDS-enabled data cooperatives from a socio-technical approach by critically unpacking the current discourse on data activism ...
Socio-technical transformations for decentralized energy systems Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The energy sector is faced with various challenges, such as ageing infrastructures, overload of the energy grid, changing geopolitical climate, energy security and affordability, leading to the emergence of a more decentralized organization of the energy market. Energy Communities (ECs) are one example of how energy end-consumers can unite to become more active participants in the energy market by jointly investing in generation assets or ...
A socio-material approach to water access struggles of smallholder farmers: 'co-shaping' actors, institutions, and infrastructures in Ağlasun, Turkey KU Leuven
Smallholder farmers are key users of irrigation water, and equitable access to water is vital for sustaining agriculture. Without smallholder farmers, global food production will drastically decrease, as more than one-third of global food production comes from small farms of two hectares or less in size. However, most smallholder farmers face serious issues accessing sufficient water. Given the urgency and significance of the global challenge of ...
Spatial Data Infrastructures at work. A comparative case study on the spatial enablement of public sector processes KU Leuven
Spatial data are data that relate to a location. Spatial data have always been crucial for governments. From local communities to countries and beyond, governments need information on issues as land ownership, road infrastructure, land use, population registration, economic activities and military assets. It has been estimated that over 80% of governmental data has a locational basis. Knowledge of the location of an activity allows it to be ...
Reflections on a digital mapping and exhibition of arrival infrastructures during a covid pandemic Ghent University
In this paper we will reflect on a student research seminar we have supervised together in 2020 in which MA students in architecture and urban planning at Ghent University explored the mapping and visualisation of arrival infrastructures in Ghent. The development of a mapping toolbox is part of the HORIZON 2020 project ‘ReRoot- arrival infrastructures as sites of integration for recent newcomers’ we are both involved in (start April 2021, see ...