Data driven storytelling - Dr Benjamin Hennig - Jisc Digital Festival 2014

Data driven storytellingThe impact of visualisation on teaching and research

Dr. Benjamin D. Hennig, University of [email protected] | @geoviews | http://www.viewsoftheworld.net

Science and Visualisation

Benjamin D. Hennig Data driven storytelling Jisc Digital Festival. Birmingham, 11.03.2014

Google Search September 2012

Image credit: Wikimedia Creative Commons, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PET-MIPS-anim.gif

Science and Visualisation

Google Search September 2012

Image credit: Wikimedia Creative Commons, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PET-MIPS-anim.gif

Image credit: Wikimedia Creative Commons, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Climate_visualization.jpg


Social Science and Visualisation

Google Search September 2012Google Search September 2012


Changing perspectives

Image Credit: Natural History Museum, http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/


Visual thinking


The multitude of physical space

Source: Modified from Leinfelder, Schwägerl, Möllers & Trischler 2012 & Nature 2011


Space on Earth

Earth surface: 510 million km2

361 million km2 water (70.8 %)149 million km2 land (29.2 %)


Space to graze

28 million km2 pasture lands


Space to grow

15 million km2 croplands


Water insecurity in global croplands


Impact: Worldmapper


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Lessons learnt:- Visualise

- Visualise differently- Show it to the world

Education

Data driven storytelling - Dr Benjamin Hennig - Jisc Digital Festival 2014