From suchithanand1976 at gmail.com Thu Apr 16 11:55:21 2026 From: suchithanand1976 at gmail.com (Suchith Anand) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:55:21 +0100 Subject: [Geo4All] Environmental Intelligence Message-ID: <317AB28C-BAEC-4244-920E-5ADADD3F3449@gmail.com> Dear colleagues, This webinar recording from GEO Work Programme might be of interest. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is a partnership of more than 100 national governments and in excess of 100 Participating Organizations that envisions a future where decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations. Details at https://earthobservations.org Earth observation data, combined with Indigenous governance and local knowledge, is key to stronger disaster resilience, climate adaptation and biodiversity stewardship. During the GEO Open House Webinar, James Rattling Leaf from the GEO Indigenous Alliance made a powerful case for reframing how we think about Earth observation and who it serves. James explained how the GEO Indigenous Alliance connects what satellites can detect and what communities on the ground experience. Watch James's presentation to learn more about the work of the GEO Indigenous Alliance The full event recording is at https://earthobservations.org/about-us/events/drr-climate-biodiversity-nexus This article titled ?Invest in techno capacity to avoid ?data colonialism? in AI? published in University World News might be of interest. Details at Details at https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20231119194849787 Sabina Leonelli?s new paper, published in the Harvard Data Science Review, sets out a powerful and timely vision for Environmental Intelligence as an alternative framework to dominant models of AI. One that centres human values, environmental stewardship, and socially responsible innovation. Details at https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/2025/12/05/beyond-bias-and-fairness-why-environmental-intelligence-is-the-next-frontier-for-ethical-data/ Best wishes Suchith Professor Suchith Anand Professor of Practice in Science Policy | Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist | Global Citizen | Science Diplomacy | SDG Volunteer and Advocate https://spspa.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?username=sa1131 https://ethicaldatainitiative.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From S.Anand at exeter.ac.uk Sun Apr 19 03:52:20 2026 From: S.Anand at exeter.ac.uk (Anand, Suchith) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:52:20 +0000 Subject: [Geo4All] Environmental Intelligence In-Reply-To: <94979E0E-098F-44FB-9912-6451B6DA11A9@gmail.com> References: <94979E0E-098F-44FB-9912-6451B6DA11A9@gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The Ethical Data Initiative (EDI) held its large-scale annual Town Hall Meeting on 12 March, 2026 at the TUM Think Tank at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). This multi-stakeholder event served as a vital touchstone for our global community to reflect on our progress and co-create the roadmap for the year ahead. The event concluded with a powerful keynote from Hop Hopkins and Jane Anderson of Local Contexts. Their work addresses the chronic problem of digital colonialism ? the historical and ongoing extraction of indigenous knowledge without consent or attribution.Through their innovative system of Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels and Notices, Local Contexts provides a tool for indigenous communities to reassert their cultural authority over data sitting in global repositories. ?Colonialism is a structure, not an event,? Professor Anderson noted, explaining how their metadata interventions (such as those at the Library of Congress) are changing the very ?plumbing? of institutional data systems. Hopkins encouraged the audience to view this not just as a technical fix, but as a radical social movement toward ?data back? and true reparations for the global majority. The full video recording of the keynote presentation is available at https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/2026/03/19/global-perspectives-on-data-justice-highlights-from-the-edi-townhall-2026/ More details of the excellent work of Local Contexts at https://localcontexts.org https://localcontexts.org/labels/about-the-labels/ https://localcontexts.org/films/ The EDI Townhall slides can be found on the Ethical Data Initiative Zenodo Page Best wishes Suchith On 16 Apr 2026, at 19:56, Suchith Anand wrote: Dear colleagues, This webinar recording from GEO Work Programme might be of interest. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is a partnership of more than 100 national governments and in excess of 100 Participating Organizations that envisions a future where decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations. Details at https://earthobservations.org Earth observation data, combined with Indigenous governance and local knowledge, is key to stronger disaster resilience, climate adaptation and biodiversity stewardship. During the GEO Open House Webinar, James Rattling Leaf from the GEO Indigenous Alliance made a powerful case for reframing how we think about Earth observation and who it serves. James explained how the GEO Indigenous Alliance connects what satellites can detect and what communities on the ground experience. Watch James's presentation to learn more about the work of the GEO Indigenous Alliance The full event recording is at https://earthobservations.org/about-us/events/drr-climate-biodiversity-nexus This article titled ?Invest in techno capacity to avoid ?data colonialism? in AI? published in University World News might be of interest. Details at Details at https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20231119194849787 Sabina Leonelli?s new paper, published in the Harvard Data Science Review, sets out a powerful and timely vision for Environmental Intelligence as an alternative framework to dominant models of AI. One that centres human values, environmental stewardship, and socially responsible innovation. Details at https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/2025/12/05/beyond-bias-and-fairness-why-environmental-intelligence-is-the-next-frontier-for-ethical-data/ Best wishes Suchith Professor Suchith Anand Professor of Practice in Science Policy | Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist | Global Citizen | Science Diplomacy | SDG Volunteer and Advocate https://spspa.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?username=sa1131 https://ethicaldatainitiative.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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At the University of Exeter we?re supporting this momentum through events that bring people and ideas together, including: Machine Learning for Earth Observation (ML4EO) Conference | 22?24 June 2026 https://ml4eo.org Environmental Intelligence (EI) Conference | 7?9 September 2026 https://www.environmentalintelligence2026.org/ These conferences bring people together to share ideas, build partnerships, and advance solutions for a more resilient future. Best wishes Suchith ________________________________ From: GeoForAll on behalf of Anand, Suchith via GeoForAll Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2026 11:52 To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Geo4All] Environmental Intelligence Dear colleagues, The Ethical Data Initiative (EDI) held its large-scale annual Town Hall Meeting on 12 March, 2026 at the TUM Think Tank at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). This multi-stakeholder event served as a vital touchstone for our global community to reflect on our progress and co-create the roadmap for the year ahead. The event concluded with a powerful keynote from Hop Hopkins and Jane Anderson of Local Contexts. Their work addresses the chronic problem of digital colonialism ? the historical and ongoing extraction of indigenous knowledge without consent or attribution.Through their innovative system of Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels and Notices, Local Contexts provides a tool for indigenous communities to reassert their cultural authority over data sitting in global repositories. ?Colonialism is a structure, not an event,? Professor Anderson noted, explaining how their metadata interventions (such as those at the Library of Congress) are changing the very ?plumbing? of institutional data systems. Hopkins encouraged the audience to view this not just as a technical fix, but as a radical social movement toward ?data back? and true reparations for the global majority. The full video recording of the keynote presentation is available at https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/2026/03/19/global-perspectives-on-data-justice-highlights-from-the-edi-townhall-2026/ More details of the excellent work of Local Contexts at https://localcontexts.org https://localcontexts.org/labels/about-the-labels/ https://localcontexts.org/films/ The EDI Townhall slides can be found on the Ethical Data Initiative Zenodo Page Best wishes Suchith On 16 Apr 2026, at 19:56, Suchith Anand wrote: Dear colleagues, This webinar recording from GEO Work Programme might be of interest. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is a partnership of more than 100 national governments and in excess of 100 Participating Organizations that envisions a future where decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations. Details at https://earthobservations.org Earth observation data, combined with Indigenous governance and local knowledge, is key to stronger disaster resilience, climate adaptation and biodiversity stewardship. During the GEO Open House Webinar, James Rattling Leaf from the GEO Indigenous Alliance made a powerful case for reframing how we think about Earth observation and who it serves. James explained how the GEO Indigenous Alliance connects what satellites can detect and what communities on the ground experience. Watch James's presentation to learn more about the work of the GEO Indigenous Alliance The full event recording is at https://earthobservations.org/about-us/events/drr-climate-biodiversity-nexus This article titled ?Invest in techno capacity to avoid ?data colonialism? in AI? published in University World News might be of interest. Details at Details at https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20231119194849787 Sabina Leonelli?s new paper, published in the Harvard Data Science Review, sets out a powerful and timely vision for Environmental Intelligence as an alternative framework to dominant models of AI. One that centres human values, environmental stewardship, and socially responsible innovation. Details at https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/2025/12/05/beyond-bias-and-fairness-why-environmental-intelligence-is-the-next-frontier-for-ethical-data/ Best wishes Suchith Professor Suchith Anand Professor of Practice in Science Policy | Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist | Global Citizen | Science Diplomacy | SDG Volunteer and Advocate https://spspa.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?username=sa1131 https://ethicaldatainitiative.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From g.amatulli at spatial-ecology.net Mon Apr 27 23:18:57 2026 From: g.amatulli at spatial-ecology.net (Giuseppe Amatulli) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:18:57 +0200 Subject: [Geo4All] Course: Geocomputation and Machine Learning for Environmental Applications, fall 2026 Message-ID: <07246b44-8f54-4362-b597-5f9345a54e86@spatial-ecology.net> Dear Colleagues, In view of enhancing computation skills in the geographic domain, https://www.spatial-ecology.net ? is organising: a Fall 2026 training Course: *Geocomputation and Machine Learning for Environmental Applications* (intermediate level) (https://www.spatial-ecology.net/pages/courses/2026/open_call_fall2026 ) The course will be offered *online* with a supplementary *5-day in-person* segment at the University of Basilicata, in the magnificent town of Matera, Italy. This is a wonderful opportunity for PhD students, Post-Docs and professionals to acquire advanced computational skills with a Linux computer. Consider that early bird discount is available if you register and pay by 30 May 2026. Please forward to announce these opportunities within your network. Sincerely, Giuseppe Amatulli? & the Spatial Ecology Team Geocomputation and Machine Learning for Environmental Applications? (intermediate level;? September, October, November, 2026) (https://www.spatial-ecology.net/pages/courses/2026/open_call_fall2026 ) On this course, students will be introduced to an array of powerful open-source geocomputation tools and machine learning methodologies in the Linux environment. Students who have never been exposed to programming in Linux will acquire confidence in using advanced open source data processing routines. Those with a programming background will find the course beneficial in improving their programming and modelling skills. We aim to equip attendees with powerful programming tools, as well as hone their abilities for independent development. This will be valuable not only for GIS related applications but also for general data processing and applied statistical computing in a number of fields. We strive to provide the best grounding for career development as a geographic data scientist. More information and registration: www.spatial-ecology.net (Apply before 30 of May 2026 for an early bird discount) -- ___________ Dr. Giuseppe Amatulli, Director of Spatial Ecology g.amatulli at spatial-ecology.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From suchithanand1976 at gmail.com Thu Apr 30 13:48:53 2026 From: suchithanand1976 at gmail.com (Suchith Anand) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:48:53 +0100 Subject: [Geo4All] Fwd: Fully funded PhD and 4-year postdoc position at Egenis References: Message-ID: <2BE79863-7279-4009-8E7D-4D57918842F8@gmail.com> This PhD and Postdoc opportunity at the Egenis, Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences at the University of Exeter might be of interest. Best wishes Suchith Professor Suchith Anand Professor of Practice in Science Policy | Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist | Global Citizen | Science Diplomacy | SDG Volunteer and Advocate https://spspa.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?username=sa1131 https://ethicaldatainitiative.org > > From: Guttinger, Stephan > Sent: 28 April 2026 18:07 > To: Egenis staff members > Subject: Fully funded PhD and 4-year postdoc position at Egenis > > Dear all > > This is just a quick note to let you know that we currently have two job advertisements live for positions connected to my Leverhulme project on automated science. > > First we have a fully funded PhD position (3 1/2 years) on Philosophy of Automated Science, start date September 2026, deadline for applications is Tuesday 26 May: > https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=5859 > > We also have a four-year postdoc position for a philosopher of science (or related background), start date Sept/Oct 2026, deadline for applications is 13 May. > This post is advertised at both PDRA and PRDF levels. The job advertisement can be found here: > https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=171839ediw&LANG=USA or here > https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD641/postdoctoral-research-associate-fellow > > Please feel free to forward the links to anyone you know might be interested. > Thank you and all the best > Stephan > > ------ > Stephan Guttinger > Lecturer in Philosophy of Data/Data Ethics > Director MA Philosophy > PI of project ?Agents that can err: building the foundations for autonomous AI Scientists? (Leverhulme Research Leadership Award) > Egenis , Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences > Department of Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology > University of Exeter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: