In the introduction episode of the podcast series, Dr. Shaily Gandhi speaks with Dr. Simon Hodson and Dr. Franz Gatzweiler. Together, they discuss Data-Knowledge-Action systems and take a deep dive into the need for such systems for urban sectors.
Dr. Shaily Gandhi is Manager Informatics at CRDF. She is an alumnus of CODATA/RDA Summer school and one of the initiated Leads for the CODATA Connect Working group and a co-opted member of the CODATA Executive Committee. Dr. Gandhi has completed her PhD degree from CEPT University in 2018. She is also a faculty at CEPT University. Dr. Gandhi has been working on the implementation of GIS and data science in the domain of Urban Analytics.
Dr. Simon Hodson is the Executive Director of CODATA. Dr. Hodson is an expert on data policy issues and research data management. He has contributed to influential reports on Current Best Practice for Research Data Management Policies and the Science International Accord on Open Data in a Big Data World. Most recently he chaired the European Commission’s Expert Group on FAIR Data which produced the report Turning FAIR into Reality. As part of his CODATA role, Dr. Hodson is closely involved in an ISC and CODATA initiative to improve the coordination of standards for data integration and interoperability for interdisciplinary research and in the coordination of the CODATA Data Policy Committee.
Dr. Franz W. Gatzweiler is the Executive Director of the International Council for Science’s global programme on Urban Health and Wellbeing. Dr. Franz studied Agricultural Science at Bonn University and International Agricultural Economics at the Humboldt University of Berlin. His doctoral research topic at Humboldt University was on the “Nature of Economic Value”. He teaches courses at the Faculty of Life Sciences of the Humboldt University of Berlin and at the University of Bonn. Currently, Dr. Gatzweiler is executive director of the global interdisciplinary programme on “Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment: a Systems Analysis Approach”, sponsored by the International Council of Science (ICSU), the United Nations University (UNU) and the Interacademy Medical Panel (IAMP).
