Dao Hy

		Hy Dao holds a post-graduate diploma from the International Institute for Aerospace Surveys and Earth Sciences (ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands) and a PhD in human geography from the University of Geneva. He is Professor at the Department of Geography and environment (University of Geneva). He is also heading the Metadata and Socio-Economics unit at GRID-Geneva (United Nations Environment Programme). His fields of activities include sustainable development indicators, risk assessment, Planetary Boundaries, population mapping, e-learning. Curriculum Vitae

Hy Dao holds a post-graduate diploma from the International Institute for Aerospace Surveys and Earth Sciences (ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands) and a PhD in human geography from the University of Geneva. He is Professor at the Department of Geography and environment (University of Geneva). He is also heading the Metadata and Socio-Economics unit at GRID-Geneva (United Nations Environment Programme). His fields of activities include sustainable development indicators, risk assessment, Planetary Boundaries, population mapping, e-learning.

Curriculum Vitae

Fields of activity

Geographic information | semiology of graphics
Risk assessment | planetary boundaries | population mapping | sustainable territorial development | territorial cohesion
Indicators | webmapping | spatial data infrastructures | e-learning

Research areas

Planetary Boundaries: territorial downscaling
Territorial cohesion: development of indicators
Environmental risks: quantitative modelling

Teaching

T206024 Cartographie : données, méthodes, sémiologie
14E211 MTH_Modélisation numérique (modélisation 2)
T406290 Information géographique
T406034 GEOTOOLS-RS: télédétection et traitement d'images
T406084 SPACE-Planning: cartographie et aménagement
T406089 SPACE-Geography: analyse spatiale en géographie

Continuing education

Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) en Urbanisme : Co-responsable CAS n°3 Information géographique en urbanisme.

Other functions

Geographer at UNEP/GRID-Geneva, Head of Metadata & Socio-economics Unit
Director of the Complementary Certiﬁcate in Geomatics (UNIGE)
Co-director of the Certiﬁcate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Geographic Information in urban planning
Representative of the University of Geneva at the Geneva Land Information System (SITG)
Member of the Swiss Commission on Remote Sensing (SCRS)

Projects

TRACES (2021-2025, Swiss National Science Foundation, project leader) : Semantic Environmental Trajectories of Territories.
Big Data and geospatial technologies in support of environmental monitoring and governance towards addressing SDGs 13, 14 and 15.3 (2023-2024, Swiss National Science Foundation, project leader).
Géoportail CATI-GE (2020-…, Université de Genève, Canton de Genève, responsable de projet) : indicateurs pour l’analyse territoriale des inégalités à Genève.

Publications

Prof. Hy Dao

Professeur titulaire

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Contact

Email
Office C511
Phone +41 22 379 08 78
Université de Genève
66 boulevard Carl Vogt
CH-1205 Genève

Doctorant-e-s

En cours

Elisavet Zoupanidou (en cours depuis 2015), Exploring connections in agroecosystems. The links between natural capital, ecosystem services and human well-being (co-direction : Prof. Salvatore Di Falco)
Marion Planque (ongoing since 2020), Analysing the use of geospatial technologies in fighting illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon (co-direction : Prof. Irène Hirt)
Marie Jeanne Senghor (en cours depuis 2021), Analyse critique du policy mainstreaming du concept de services écosystémiques (SE) en Afrique de l’Ouest (co-direction : Prof. Christian Bréthaut, UNIGE/ISE).
Alexis Sebarenzi (ongoing since 2022) Building a smart city: digital subalternity and statecraft in Kigali, Rwanda (co-direction : Armelle Choplin)

Terminé

Camille Bernard (2019), Modélisation spatio-temporelle et gestion de l’information statistique territoriale à l’heure du Web des données (co-direction : Prof. Jérôme Gensel, Université Grenoble Alpes)
Davide Fornacca (2019), Impact of wildfire on wildlife habitat in north-western Yunnan - History and future trend under climate change scenarios (co-direction : Prof. Anthony Lehmann, UNIGE/ISE)
Pablo de Roulet (2019), Security and Aid Agencies: the Spatial Footprint of International Aid in Bamako, Nairobi and Juba
Bocar Sy (2019), Enjeux, risques et mitigation des inondations à Dakar (Sénégal) (co-direction : Dr David Consuegra, UNIGE/dép. des Sciences de la Terre).
Guillaumne Rohat (2020), Quantitative scenarios of future human vulnerability to climate change in large urban areas (co-tutelle : Prof. Johannes Flacke, University of Twente, Pays-Bas)