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October 8th, 2010
Research on the UN-Spider Knowledge Portal as a Human-Technology Network

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Mr. Florian Neisser, Geographer at the University of Bonn, has finalized his research on the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal as “An Interactive Platform to Foster Space Technology Utilization in Disaster Management”. His thesis addresses the problem of a communication gap between the space technology and the disaster management community by applying the Actor-Network Theory and analyzing this network of human and technological actors. The abstract is available online on the Knowledge Portal and the complete thesis can be obtained upon request. Read More