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The participatory workshop on “The Role of Social Media and Digital Technologies in Disaster Resilience” was held online on October 21st, 2021 within the scope of the interdisciplinary project “NET: New technologies and participatory approaches for disaster resilience”. Being one of partners of the project, our faculty member Assist. Prof. Canay Doğulu contributed to the workshop by providing an overview of the survey study findings that accompanied a series of workshop activities for the stakeholder participants to share their experiences and views for improving disaster resilience through the use of innovative digital technologies.
The NET project (July 2020 – February 2022) is funded by the United Kingdom Royal Academy of Engineering with the Frontiers of Development Seed Funding Programme (2020/21) under the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). It aims to develop the concept and trial application of citizen-science in relation to disasters by collecting data through social media and other communication channels in a pilot study area in Elazığ, Turkey. Led by Dr. Irene Manzella (Plymouth University, Department of Engineering Geology and Geological Hazards) and co-led by Dr. Nejan Huvaj (Middle East Technical University, Civil Engineering Department), our faculty member Dr. Canay Doğulu, together with Dr. Michael Humann (University of Liverpool) and the contribution of all the project partners, led the survey study conducted as part of the project and formed the basis of the workshop program. The purpose of the survey study was to understand the perceptions and behaviours of the institutions responsible for disaster risk management in the city of Elazığ, and that of the citizens about digital/social media by determining the initiatives and activities carried out in the city before, during and/or after the disaster events in Elazığ and in particular for the 20 June 2019 flood and the 24 January 2020 earthquake.
For more information about the project, see https://www.raeng.org.uk/test-dnp/frontiers/frontiers-of-development/seed-funding/current-awards and https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/earth-sciences/projects/net-new-technologies-and-participatory-approaches-for-disaster-resilience