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Benjamin David Hennig - Professor

Benjamin David Hennig

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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Benjamin David Hennig

Professor

Spatial Analysis & Geovisualisation Research Group (GeoVis Lab), Coordinator of the International Joint Master of Science on Islands and Sustainability

Location
Askja / N-341
Phone
5254608
Email
ben [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Website
https://geovis.hi.is

Consultation hours
Book an appointment: https://calendly.com/ben-hi/30min
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5754-2455
Research portal – Benjamin David Hennig
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023

Published works

2023

In Focus: Happy Nations? Measuring Sustainable Wellbeing of the PlanetPolitical Insight
In Focus: Frozen Frontiers: Geopolitical Dynamics in the ArcticPolitical Insight
Geospatial technologies in hazard research and response – a case study of Paper2GIS in an international field courseJournal of Geography in Higher Education
Remote sensing of salmonid spawning sites in freshwater ecosystems: The potential of low-cost UAV dataPLOS ONE
In Focus: The Business of War: Global Arms TradePolitical Insight
Displacement measurements of three slow moving landslides at Almenningar, north Iceland. A feature tracking application.

2022

Local Perspectives on Climate Change, Its Impact and Adaptation: A Case Study from the Westfjords Region of IcelandClimate
In Focus: Vaccine Inequalities: A Selfish World in Times of CrisisPolitical Insight
In Focus: Moving on from Macron? The 2022 French Presidential ElectionPolitical Insight
In Focus: Britain’s Shrinking EmpirePolitical Insight
In Focus: Population Eight Billion: Still a Question of Growth?Political Insight
One Year of COVID-19: Mapping the Spread of a Global PandemicCOVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies
Local Perspectives on Climate Change, Its Impact and Adaptation: A Case Study from the Westfjords Region of IcelandClimate
Insularity in a Connected World? The COVID-19 Pandemic in IcelandCOVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies

2021

Creating an Atlas of the AnthropoceneAbstracts of the ICA
Spatial and temporal inequalities in mortality in the USA, 1968–2016Health & Place
In Focus: Torn Down the Middle? German Politics after MerkelPolitical Insight
In Focus: The Death Penalty Across the GlobePolitical Insight
Spatial and temporal inequalities in mortality in the USA, 1968-2016Health & Place
Eye clinic attendance at the olympic and paralympic games Rio 2016 and its correlation to the WHO indicators on eye healthBritish Journal of Sports Medicine
In Focus: Global Britain: No Space for Foreign Aid in a Competitive Age?Political Insight
CartogramsInternational Encyclopedia of Geography
Monitoring fish spawning sites in freshwater ecosystems using low-cost UAV data: A case study of salmonids in lakes in Iceland
In Focus: Trump Tweets: Power and the Global Politics of Social MediaPolitical Insight
Eye clinic attendance at the olympic and paralympic games Rio 2016 and its correlation to the WHO indicators on eye healthBritish Journal of Sports Medicine

2020

In Focus: How Joe Biden Won the White HousePolitical Insight
In Focus: Margins of Victory in 2019Political Insight
In Focus: Nationality, Citizenship and Refugees: A Global PerspectivePolitical Insight
Rudolf Steiner Education and Waldorf Schools: Centenary World Maps of the Global Diffusion of "The School of the Future"Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
COVID-19’s Spread Across the WorldPolitical Insight
A World Map of Biodynamic AgricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences Journal

2019

The social gradient of birth weight in England assessed using the INTERGROWTH-21st gestational age specific standardArchives of Disease in Childhood
In Focus: The Unchanging Politics of Climate ChangePolitical Insight
Assessing Refugees’ Onward Mobility with Mobile Phone Data—A Case Study of (Syrian) Refugees in TurkeyGuide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios
Remapping geography: using cartograms to change our view of the worldGeography
Social gradient of birthweight in England assessed using the INTERGROWTH-21st gestational age-specific standardArchives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal
Inequalities of Gender: Education, work, and politics
Worlds on the moveTalking maps
European Parliament Elections 2019Political Insight
In Focus: Poverty in the Developing WorldPolitical Insight
Remapping Geography: Using cartograms to change our views of the worldGeography
The growth and decline of urban agglomerations in GermanyEnvironment and Planning A: Economy and Space
The new worlds of WorldmapperBulletin of the Society of Cartographers

2018

In Focus Europe’s ‘Refugee Crisis’Political Insight
Waldo Tobler: Remembering a geniusThe Cartographic Journal
In Focus: Could Brexit be a Boon for British trade with the Commonwealth?Political Insight
In Focus: The Quality of NationalityPolitical Insight
Worldmapper: rediscovering the worldTeaching Geography
In Focus: The Revival of Two-Party Politics in BritainPolitical Insight
Maps of Organic Agriculture in AustraliaJournal of Organics
Kartogramm zur Reichstagswahl: An early electoral cartogram of GermanyBulletin of the Society of Cartographers

2017

Using cartograms to rediscover the geography of the worldCartographica
Mapping geographical worlds using cartogramsBulletin of the Society of Cartographers
Cartographic perspectives of the general electionUK election analysis 2017: media, voters and the campaign
In focus: French and German 2017 electionsPolitical Insight
An atlas with a positive message for a European people united in diversityLSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog
Analysing the regional geography of poverty, austerity and inequality in Europe: a human cartographic perspectiveRegional Studies
The human atlas of Europe: A continent united in diversityPolicy Press
Country File: Mapping rural-to-urban migrationViews of the World
Atlas of Organics: Mapping organic agricultureViews of the World
(Un)Happy NationsViews of the World
In Focus: US Election 2016Political Insight
In Focus: Brexit and the UK General ElectionPolitical Insight
The global map of who eats too much meatThe reducetarian solution

2016

To Rule the Land: mapping the 2015 general electionBulletin of the Society of Cartographers
Visualising spaces of global inaccessibilityMapping Wilderness: Concepts, Techniques and Applications
Wet landsGeographical
The wild spacesGeographical
Mapping Practices in a Digital WorldAdvancing Geographic Information Science: The Past and Next Twenty Years
Atlas of Organics: Four maps of the world of organic agricultureJournal of Organics
In focus: The EU referendumPolitical Insight
London and the English desert – the geography of cultural capital in the UKCultural Trends
Visualising spaces of global inaccessibilityMapping wilderness: concepts, techniques and applications of GIS
Technological and Societal Influences on GIScienceAdvancing Geographic Information Science: The Past and Next Twenty Years
In focus: Trade inside the European UnionPolitical Insight
In Focus: Where Art meets SciencePolitical Insight
London and the English desert - the geography of cultural capital in the UK (vol 25, pg 35, 2016)Cultural Trends

2015

Species at riskGeographical
Gender inequalityGeographical
Ecological footprintsGeographical
May 2015 – A Climate Change in UK PoliticsPolitical Insight
Globalisierung und Anthropozän in neuen KartenweltenMitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft
Globalisierung und Anthropozän in neuen KartenweltenMitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft
Review of Mark Monmonier (ed.), The History of Cartography, v.6: Cartography in the Twentieth CenturyThe Globe
Visualizing urban and regional worlds: power, politics, and practicesEnvironment and Planning A
Earth at nightGeographical
Ebola deathsGeographical
Dimensions of povertyGeographical
Regions between Recentralisation and IndependenceHennig, BD & Calzada, I.(2015), In Focus: Regions between Recentralisation and Independence. Political Insight
Europe's uneven developmentPolitical Insight
The UK 2015 general electionTeaching Geography
World religionsGeographical
Storm spacesGeographical
The hollowing out of London: How poverty patterns are changingNew Statesman
People and the seaGeographical
Ocean chlorophyll concentrationGeographical
Human worldsGeographical
Geographic visualization in social sciences -- or draw more maps!Research and Fieldwork in Development
Global tree coverGeographical

2014

Mapping Inequalities in LondonBulletin of the Society of Cartographers
The Social Atlas of Europe
There are benefits to viewing Europe as a collection of cities and regions rather than as a group of nation statesLSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog
European Parliament elections 2014Political Insight
Gridded cartograms as a method for visualising earthquake risk at the global scaleJournal of Maps
Londonmapper -- neuer Sozialatlas für eine europäische WeltstadtGeographische Rundschau
In Focus: The Shape of the Nation's WealthiestPolitical Insight
Londonmapper: A Social Atlas of London
Die ganze Welt in einer StadtarcAKTUELL
The London BubblePolitical Insight

2013

The Human Shape of the PlanetRediscovering the World
The World's BillionairesPolitical Insight
Offshore Financial CentresPolitical Insight
Mind the Gap: Armut und sozialräumliche Polarisierung in GroßbritannienGeographische Rundschau
Towards a Gridded Cartogram ProjectionRediscovering the World
Voting for Europe: Eurovision 2013Political Insight
“Calling Abidjan”--Improving Population Estimations with Mobile Communication Data (IPEMCODA)Mobile Phone Data for Development-Analysis of mobile phone datasets for the development of Ivory Coast
“Calling Abidjan”--Improving Population Estimations with Mobile Communication Data (IPEMCODA)Mobile Phone Data for Development-Analysis of Mobile Phone Datasets for the Development of Ivory Coast
Kriege, Krisen, Konflikte...und Karten: Ein neuer Blick auf die WeltWissenschaft und Frieden
Creating Gridded CartogramsRediscovering the World
Ansichtssache: Neue Bilder des menschlichen RaumsarcAKTUELL
Ansichtssache: Neue Bilder des menschlichen RaumsarcAKTUELL
Cartography and GlobalisationRediscovering the World
mHealth Possibilities in a Changing World. Distribution of Global Cell Phone SubscriptionsJournal of Mobile Technology in Medicine
The human planetEnvironment and Planning A
America’s debt to the worldUnequal health
Applications for Gridded CartogramsRediscovering the World
Computers in cartographyBulletin of the Society of Cartographers
Mapping inequalities in LondonBulletin of the Society of Cartographers
Rediscovering the world. Map transformations of human and physical spaceSpringer
Featured graphic. The human planetEnvironment and Planning A
Future people and shifting powerUnequal health
Inequalities in LondonLondon: Trust for London
Book review of Ed. Michael P. Peterson, Online maps with APIs and webservicesCartographica
Book review of Ed. Stan Geertman, Wolfgang Reinhardt, and Fred Toppen, Advancing geoinformation science for a changing worldCartographica
Foodscapes: Agricultural landscapes of the worldFood: An Atlas
The World of Organic Agriculture - Density-equalizing mapThe World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Emerging Trends 2013
London’s political landscapesUnequal health

2012

Mapping an urbanizing planetAtlantis -- Platform for Urbanism
Remapping the world’s population: Visualizing data using cartogramsFair Play: A Daniel Dorling reader on social justice
Reinventing the map collection: new journeys through (un) known worlds of London and AmericaThe Geographical Journal
Mind the gap: education inequality across EU regions
Educational mobility in England and GermanyFair Play: A Daniel Dorling reader on social justice
Mapping Britain’s Super-richPolitical Insight
Reinventing the map collection: new journeys through (un)known worlds of London and AmericaThe Geographical Journal
The global inverse care law: a distorted map of blindnessBritish Journal of Ophthalmology
The global inverse care law: a distorted map of blindnessBritish Journal of Ophthalmology
The happy planet indexResurgence
Financing the European UnionPolitical Insight
London’s political landscapesPolitical Insight

2011

Rediscovering the World: Gridded Cartograms of Human and Physical Space
Global population shiftsPolitical Insight
America's debt to the worldPolitical Insight
A world map of organic agricultureEuropean Journal of Social Sciences
US Midterm Elections 2010Political Insight
The Geographic/Regional Dimension of Educational Inequality in the EU
A World Map of Organic Agriculture (image files)
A World Map of Organic AgricultureEuropean Journal of Social Sciences

2010

Government DebtPolitical Insight
Angles, Saxons, Inequality, and Educational Mobility, England and GermanySociological Review
How to see the world differently / Wie man die Welt auch sehen kannGriephan Global Security
General Election 2010Political Insight
Re-Mapping the World’s Population

2009

Re-Drawing the World: An Approach towards a gridded World Population CartogramProceedings of the GIS research UK 17th annual conference
World’s Population

2007

Hyperspectral remote sensing and analysis of intertidal zones: A contribution to monitor coastal biodiversity

2005

Applications of hyperspectral remote sensing in coastal ecosystems: A case study from the German North Sea
Macrophyte monitoring by hyperspectral remote sensing and ground based biotope mapping-a tool to assist the monitoring demands of the EU-water frame work directive?
Mapping of small-scale intertidal macrophyte communities at the island of Helgoland (North Sea) using hyperspectral remote sensing images

2004

Der Einsatz hyperspektraler Fernerkundungsdaten bei der Biotopkartierung im Gezeitenbereich

Absence

On leave until August 2024

Frá 1.7.2023 to 31.8.2024 including both days.

Keywords for Specialisation:

Geovisualisation

Data visualisation

Spatial analysis