Traditional employment usually provides mechanisms for workers to improve their skills to
access better opportunities. However, crowd work platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk …

Studies of mapper conflict in OpenStreetMap (OSM) have focused exclusively on
cartographic vandalism and its effect on data quality. This paper takes a broader view on …

For peer production communities to be sustainable, they must attract and retain new
contributors. Studies have identified social and technical barriers to entry and discovered …

Volunteered geographic information (VGI) offers a solution to inequalities in authoritative
map data that can limit our response to humanitarian crises. However, sustaining voluntary …

Crowdsourced, open geospatial data such as the data compiled through OpenStreetMap
have proven useful in addressing humanitarian, disaster and development needs. However …

Increases in forced migration crises and the digitalization of humanitarian response require
ongoing innovation in information management tools and processes. Our research-in …

Organisers of large crowdsourcing initiatives need to consider how to produce outcomes,
but also how to build volunteer capacity. Central concerns include the impact of the first-time …

Large-scale citizen involvement in disaster mapping is relatively recent yet impactful.
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT) and Public Lab, two particular communities at the …

Existing research on online communities has primarily demonstrated that users are
motivated by social rewards or social incentives such as positive social feedback and …

This dissertation explores the work and practices (both online and offline) of digital mapping
communities in matters of disaster management, environmental justice, and grassroots …