Britta Ricker
Britta Ricker is assistant professor at Utrecht University. Her research group experiments with open geospatial data, to identify optimal workflows to make effective maps for decision and policy making related to a range of sustainability issues. Ricker is an active member of the UN Inter-agency and Exert Working Group on the SDG indicators on Geospatial Information (IAEG-SDGs WGGI), acts as the Netherlands representative to the International Cartographic Association, is the Chair of the Commission of Cartography and Sustainable Development. She is also a co-author of the United Nations publication "Mapping for a Sustainable World."
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Sustainability challenges are deeply intertwined and complex. Maps made with open-source software and FAIR spatial data can be used as leverage points to promote global sustainability understanding while simultaneously integrating localized values and identifying solutions. Cartography can be utilized to bridge the Policy – Data nexus globally and locally.