Workshop 2023

Workshop theme:
Urban Data Governance

Urban systems such as healthcare, transportation, culture, housing, and energy, are undergoing digital transformations and generating vast quantities of data. This has necessitated the emergence of data governance frameworks. Data governance determines (1) the actors that make decisions regarding the conception, use, dissemination, processing, and sharing of data, (2) how these decisions are made, and (3) corresponding accountability mechanisms. It significantly influences the production, usage, and distribution of data, which in turn impact urban data visualisation.

Against this backdrop, CityVis 5 delves into the interplay between data governance and urban visualisation. It aims to convene researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to navigate the intricacies of data governance in an urban visualisation context. The workshop will tackle a range of topics, including (but not limited to):

• The effects of key data governance concepts (e.g., privacy, anonymity, data sovereignty, participation, empowerment and engagement) on urban visualisation practices
• The role of data visualisation in supporting data governance processes, structures, and stakeholder engagement in cities
• Real-world case studies illustrating applied data governance practices and the challenges encountered by urban visualisation professionals and adjacent disciplines
• The intersection of data governance and urban visualisation within different contexts (e.g. various legal frameworks)

Workshop Program

INTRODUCTION - 14h00

PAPER PRESENTATIONS AND Q&A - 14h05

• Visualizing Scalar Effects of Urban Data Aggregation

  Jonathan Nelson
  University of Wisconsin-Madison

• How Far Can Public Transport Take You?

  Markus Trainer, Christina Humer, Patrick Adelberger, Marc Streit
  Johannes Kepler University Linz

• The Use of Causal Loop Diagrams to Explore People-Centred Data Governance in Australian Cities

  Jessica Bou Nassar¹, Sarah Goodwin¹, Lyn Bartram², Darren Sharp¹, Misita Anwar¹
  1.Monash University, 2. Simon Fraser University

• Enhancing Collaboration in Urban Data Governance: A Measurement Framework for Applied Data Visualization

  Chien-Yu Lin
  SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

GUEST SPEAKER TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSION - 14h35

• Matt Cengia

  Matt (they/them/their) is a queer, autistic nonbinary human with ADHD, from the lands of Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation (so-called Melbourne, Australia). They have a long history of involvement at all levels of GovHack Australia, a hackathon using open data provided by the government, as well as Open Knowledge Australia. In their volunteer role as a Scout Leader, they make use of open data to create topographical maps for hikes and other events. They have a background in Linux systems admin and software development, as well as strong interests in communication, empathy, consent, openness and transparency, privacy and security, diversity and inclusion. Matt identifies as a generalist, and their breadth of interests often give them a unique perspective on how to relate to, and mediate between, people of different specialities.

• Yasmina Dkhissi

  Yasmina leads the City of Melbourne’s major initiative on city resilience. She has a demonstrated track record in working with international stakeholders across university, industry, government and community organisations to deliver innovative solutions to today’s climate and sustainability challenges. Yasmina is experienced in designing and implementing collaborative and multi-disciplinary climate mitigation and adaptation, innovation programs. She has worked as a sustainable innovation strategist in Paris, led the strategy for Monash University’s Net Zero Initiative, has held partnerships and technical research roles. Her favourite topics are impact, cities transformation, climate resilience, net-zero transition, co-design, community, systemic innovation and creativity.

• Carl Higgs

  Carl is a research data scientist and PhD student in the Healthy Liveable Cities Lab of the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University. With a background in cultural studies, spatial epidemiology, and computational statistics, through his PhD he is developing methods to support calculation and dissemination of spatial indicators of urban liveability using open data and an open science ethos, to support planners, policy makers and researchers to better understand, monitor and shape the impacts of the built environment on health and wellbeing.

BREAK AND NETWORKING - 15h15

INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION - 15h45

REFLECTIONS AND NEXT STEPS - 16h45

Promoting interdisciplinarity

Throughout all CityVis workshops we have been promoting interdisciplinarity. While the workshops have a strong focus on visualization, we invite researchers from all disciplines, who work with/on visualizations or at the intersection to the above topics. We believe interdisciplinary and diverse perspectives to be crucial for broadening the conversation and uncovering new perspectives on our research and practices.