Katsiaryna Varfalameyeva
Human and social dimensions of science and technology, PhD, School for the Future of Innovation in Society @ Arizona State University
Varfalameyeva began working for Knowledge Exchange for Resilience at Arizona State University in 2019, hoping for an opportunity to make use of her urban planning degree and geographic information system (GIS) skills.
KER researchers had found that a high concentration of heat-related deaths occurred among mobile home residents, yet these communities appeared as empty space on digital maps. Varfalameyeva’s mapping on OpenStreetMap helped fill this void and put vulnerable populations back on the map.
