Talks

Communicating progress on the use of smart data from digital sources to capture human mobility and migration

We will be sharing our talks documenting the progress and outcomes on DEBIAS.

Adjusting Distortions in Human Population Data from Mobile Phones
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At the 10th Mobile Tartu Conference, Francisco Rowe and Carmen Cabrera presented DEBIAS work in the World Bank Session on “Challenges in Mobile Phone Data-Based Research”.…
Francisco Rowe
Jun 12, 2026

DEBIAS at Mobile Tartu
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We brought DEBIAS to Mobile Tartu. Mobile Tartu brings together researchers working on human mobility, mobile big data and mobility data justice for resilient, just and…
Carmen Cabrera
Jun 7, 2026

DEBIAS in Boston: Northeastern University, MIT Senseable City Lab and UrbanNET
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Carmen visited Boston to meet with DEBIAS project partners and present the project at UrbanNET, a satellite session of the NetSci Conference.
Carmen Cabrera
Jun 2, 2026

Seminario Ciencias Sociales at Universidad de la Republica
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Francisco presented A systematic machine learning approach to measure and assess biases in mobile phone population data at Seminario Ciencias Sociales, hosted by Universidad…
Francisco Rowe
Mar 25, 2026

Digital trace data for the study of urban dynamics: a really valuable asset… with caveats
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Carmen presented Digital trace data for the study of urban dynamics: a really valuable asset… with caveats at City Lab Barcelona, hosted by the Institute of Environmental…
Carmen Cabrera
Mar 19, 2026

Hosted Roundtables Programme 2026 - Interchange UK
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Francisco contributed to the roundtable Transport Demand and human behaviour: A new approach at the Hosted Roundtables Programme 2026, Interchange UK, on 3 March 2026.
Francisco Rowe
Mar 3, 2026

Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW 2026)
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Francisco contributed to the panel Innovating Data for Humanitarian Action: Integrating Traditional and Digital Trace Data to Monitor Displacement at Humanitarian Networks…
Francisco Rowe
Mar 2, 2026

Keynote at the Winter Workshop on Complex Systems
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Carmen gave a keynote at the 11th Winter Workshop on Complex Systems, held in Santuari de Lluc, Mallorca, from the 25th to the 30th of January 2026.
Carmen Cabrera
Jan 29, 2026

London Universities Population Seminar Series at the London School of Economics
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Francisco presented Correcting Distorted Human Population Data from Mobile Phone Location Data at the London Universities Population Seminar Series, hosted at Connaught…
Francisco Rowe
Jan 20, 2026

International Organization for Migration Report Launch
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Francisco presented Dynamic Estimates of Displacement in Disaster Regions at the International Organization for Migration Report Launch, held online on 25 November 2025.
Francisco Rowe
Nov 25, 2025

Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2025
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Francisco presented Estimating Internal Displacement in Ukraine from High-Frequency GPS Mobile Phone Data at the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2025, Demographic…
Francisco Rowe
Nov 19, 2025

Integrating MNO Data into Official Statistics: Challenges and Innovation
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Francisco presented From experimental to official migration statistics: A conceptual and actionable framework for quality assurance in mobile-network-operator-derived…
Francisco Rowe
Sep 23, 2025

Meta Lightning Talks - AI & Data for Good at Meta - Q3 2025
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Francisco presented Beyond the Immediate Impacts of COVID-19 on Human Mobility at Meta Lightning Talks - AI & Data for Good at Meta - Q3 2025 on 10 September 2025.
Francisco Rowe
Sep 10, 2025

British Society for Population Studies 2025 Conference
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Francisco presented Producing Population-level Estimates of Internal Displacement in Ukraine Using GPS Mobile Phone Data at the British Society for Population Studies 2025…
Francisco Rowe
Sep 3, 2025

Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2025
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Francisco contributed to the Smart Data Research UK panel “Let’s do good things with data” at the Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2025, held at the…
Francisco Rowe
Sep 2, 2025

NERSA/NARSC Program in Mobility, Migration, and Regional Science
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Francisco presented Releasing the full potential of digital trace data for human migration research at the NERSA/NARSC Program in Mobility, Migration, and Regional Science…
Francisco Rowe
Aug 5, 2025

International Population Conference (IPC2025)
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Francisco presented Producing Population-level Estimates of Internal Displacement in Ukraine Using GPS Mobile Phone Data at the International Population Conference…
Francisco Rowe
Jul 16, 2025

University of Queensland
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Francisco presented Correcting Distorted Human Mobility Data from Mobile Phone Applications at the School of the Environment, Faculty of Science, University of Queensland…
Francisco Rowe
Jul 11, 2025

Australian National University
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Francisco presented Correcting for Biases in Location Data from Mobile Phones to Estimate Mobility Flows at the School of Demography, Australian National University…
Francisco Rowe
Jul 1, 2025

Department of Mathematics and Geospatial Science Seminar Series at RMIT
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Francisco presented Beyond the Census: Leveraging digital data sources to dynamically capture human mobility and migration at the Department of Mathematics and Geospatial…
Francisco Rowe
Jun 26, 2025

Geography Seminar Series at the University of Melbourne
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Francisco presented Correcting Distorted Human Mobility Data from Mobile Phone Applications at the Geography Seminar Series, Geography Department, University of Melbourne…
Francisco Rowe
Jun 24, 2025

Transport Lab Seminar Series at the University of Sydney
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Francisco presented Correcting Distorted Human Mobility Data from Mobile Phone Applications at the Transport Lab Seminar Series, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, on…
Francisco Rowe
Jun 20, 2025

Workshop: Measurement of the Flows Across the Internal Borders of the European Union
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Francisco presented Mobile Phone Data for Cross-border Population & Expenditure Flows: Ideas & Challenges at the workshop Measurement of the flows across the internal…
Francisco Rowe
May 14, 2025

DEBIAS at CompleNet 2025
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Carmen was invited to deliver a keynote talk at the International Conference on Complex Networks, CompleNet 2025, held in Fortaleza, Brazil, from April 22-25, 2025. This…
Carmen Cabrera
Apr 25, 2025

DEBIAS at the FCDO
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Francisco was invited to present how work on the use of human mobility data extracted from smartphones to develop population-level estimates at the Foreign, Commonwealth and…
Francisco Rowe
Jan 24, 2025

DEBIAS at Erasmus Mundus MSc in Geospatial Technologies Program
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Carmen was pleased to be invited as a guest lecturer at the Erasmus Mundus MSc in Geospatial Technologies program. This international Master’s program is supported by the EU…
Carmen Cabrera
Jan 23, 2025

DEBIAS contributes to the 2024 LAMBDA meeting
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DEBIAS delivered a presentation at the Liverpool Advanced Methods for Big Data Analytics (LAMBDA) Research Centre hosted an interdisciplinary workshop titled ‘Machine…
Francisco Rowe
Nov 15, 2024

DEBIAS at CASA-UCL
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Francisco was invited to deliver a seminar at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Seminar Series. His talk focused on the use of human mobility data extracted…
Francisco Rowe
Oct 23, 2024

Research visit at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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Francisco visited the the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR). He participated in the International migration in Central and Eastern Europe: changing…
Francisco Rowe
Sep 17, 2024

Presentations at the British Society for Population Studies conference
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The DEBIAS team participated in the British Society for Population Studies conference in Bath. Francisco organised and chaired the session “Migration 2: Migration, digital…
Francisco Rowe
Sep 9, 2024

Keynote at the Annual Conference on Complex Systems
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Digital trace data, such as location data collected from smartphone apps, offers a unique opportunity to analyse population movements at high spatiotemporal granularity…
Carmen Cabrera
Sep 2, 2024
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