João Porto de Albuquerque is Professor in Urban Analytics and Deputy Director of the Urban Big Data Centre at the University of Glasgow, Scotland and Professor at the Department of Technology and Data Science of FGV EAESP. Professor Porto de Albuquerque is a geographer and computer scientist with an interdisciplinary background. After studying Computer Science and Social Sciences at the University of Campinas, Brazil, Prof Porto de Albuquerque did a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Campinas and the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. His research adopts a transdisciplinary approach to participatory urban analytics, intersecting urban studies, digital geographies, geographic information science/GIS, human-centric computing, social data science and information systems. He has secured competitive research funds (PI: £5.5m) for his research from diverse international funding bodies (e.g. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Challenges Research Fund, Leverhulme Trust, ESRC, EPSRC, Belmont Forum, NIHR, Horizon 2020, FAPESP, CAPES) in collaboration with academic and non-academic partners in several countries, including Australia, Brazil, Bangladesh, Colombia, Ghana, Germany, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United States. His interests span a wide range of research topics that include GIS, citizen science, critical data studies, smart cities, geographic information, citizen data generation, disaster studies, and information technology for development.  His research has achieved significant societal impact by empowering disadvantaged urban communities to improve resilience to health and disaster risks using citizen-generated data, receiving several impact awards, including winning the Outstanding Societal Impact category of ESRC's Celebrating Impact Prize.