Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management

Kees Boersma is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the VU University, Amsterdam Chiara Fonio is currently working at the Joint Research Centre with a contract as CA (Contractual Agent)

Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management, by Kees Boersma and Chiara Fonio






Part I Social media and crisis management








The use of social media for crisis management: a privacy by design approach, by Muhammad Imran, Patrick Meier and Kees Boersma







Mining social media for effective crisis response: machine learning and disaster response, by Rachel Finn, Hayley Watson and Kush Wadhwa







Between the promise and reality of using social media in crisis management: lies, rumours and vigilantism, by Gemma Galdon Clavell




Part II Big Data and health surveillance








Biosecuring public health: the example of ESSENCE, by Henning Füller







Triggering action: participatory surveillance and event detection in public health emergency management, by Martin French and Baki Cakici




Part III Case studies on disasters, crisis and big data








Resilience, surveillance and big data in crisis management: case studies from Europe, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, by Charles Leleux and C. William R. Webster







Monitoring a big data cyclon: the Sardinian case, by Allesandro Burato







Intersecting intelligence: exploring big data disruptions, by Xaroula Kerasidou, Katrina Petersen and Monika Büscher







‘Value-Veillance’: Opening the black box of surveillance in emergency management, by Karolin Eva Kappler and Uwe Vormbusch







Times of crises and the development of the Police National Automatic Number Plate Recognition System in the UK, by Clive Norris and Xavier D L'Hoiry