Book Review: The Data Revolution: Big Data, Open Data, Data Infrastructures and their Consequences

“My place of power is my house”
Orap, E., Sharp, R. and Specht, D. 2026. “My place of power is my house”.

“My place of power is my house”
Orap, E, Sharp, R and Specht, D. 2026. “My place of power is my house”. Esri.

Being indispensable: Capabilities for a human-AI world, the ‘FUTURES’ framework
Specht, D. and Saunders, G. 2026. Being indispensable: Capabilities for a human-AI world, the ‘FUTURES’ framework. Oxford, UK Higher Education Policy Institute.

Being Indispensable: The Futures Framework for Developing Human Capabilities in an AI-Rich Higher Education World
Specht, D. and Saunders, G. 2025. Being Indispensable: The Futures Framework for Developing Human Capabilities in an AI-Rich Higher Education World. 18th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN26). Palma, Spain 29 Jun - 01 Jul 2026

Redefining Education - IUT 2025 Conference Proceedings
Tierney, A. M. and Specht, D. 2025. Redefining Education - IUT 2025 Conference Proceedings . London Improving University Teaching Conference.

A Community Led Approach to Capacity Building in Generative AI in University Staff
Specht, D. and Saunders, G. 2025. A Community Led Approach to Capacity Building in Generative AI in University Staff. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).

The Student Guide to the Creative Studio in the Digital Age
Petrova, D. and Specht, D. 2025. The Student Guide to the Creative Studio in the Digital Age. London University of Westminster Press.

Geospatial Ethical Frameworks: A Preliminary Analysis of Current Models
Specht, D. and Kent, A.J. 2025. Geospatial Ethical Frameworks: A Preliminary Analysis of Current Models. The Cartographic Journal. 61 (4), pp. 315-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/00087041.2025.2580022

The role of supervisors in asynchronous learning models for dissertation teaching
Specht, D. and Lowe, H. 2025. The role of supervisors in asynchronous learning models for dissertation teaching. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 25 (4) Article 4. https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v25i4.37528

The Ethical Turn in Cartography
Buckley, A., Specht, D. and Kent, A.J. 2024. The Ethical Turn in Cartography. The Cartographic Journal. 61 (4), pp. 253-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/00087041.2024.2559494

Exploring Faculty and Student Perspectives on Generative AI: Implications for Classrooms of the Future
Saunders, G., Bonmati Coll, E., Klemming, A., Sev, K. and Specht, D. 2024. Exploring Faculty and Student Perspectives on Generative AI: Implications for Classrooms of the Future. Review of Education Studies. 2 (4), pp. 55-76. https://doi.org/10.71002/res.v4n2p55

Mapping the Unmappable: Cartography at war
Specht, D. 2024. Mapping the Unmappable: Cartography at war. Livingmaps Review. 16, pp. 1-17.

Doctoral writing through a trajectorial lens: an exploratory study on challenges, strategies and relationships
Gimenez, J., Paterson, R. and Specht, D. 2024. Doctoral writing through a trajectorial lens: an exploratory study on challenges, strategies and relationships. Higher Education. 87, pp. 491-508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01019-7

MODEL REPORT: INFORM Risk Index
Specht, D. 2023. MODEL REPORT: INFORM Risk Index. UN OCHA.

Geospatial Technologies in Archaeology
Kent, A.J. and Specht, D. 2023. Geospatial Technologies in Archaeology. in: Kent, A.J. and Specht, D. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society Routledge.

Geospatial Technology and the Sustainable Development Goals
Specht, D. 2023. Geospatial Technology and the Sustainable Development Goals. in: Kent, A.J. and Specht, D. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technology and Society Abingdon, Oxon Routledge.

Between the Office and the Coffee Shop: A examination of spaces used for research degree supervision
Specht, D. 2022. Between the Office and the Coffee Shop: A examination of spaces used for research degree supervision. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. 23. https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi23.828

Frack-Off: Social media fights against Fracking in Argentina
Raftopoulos, M. and Specht, D. 2022. Frack-Off: Social media fights against Fracking in Argentina. Environmental Communication. 16 (5), pp. 598-611. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2021.2018002

Environmental Movements and Digital Media
Kavada, A. and Specht, D. 2022. Environmental Movements and Digital Media. in: Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements Routledge.

The Technopolitics of Mapping Dar es Salaam: An examination of the technological and political motivations of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team / La tecnopolítica de la cartografía de Dar es Salaam: Un examen de las motivaciones tecnológicas y políticas del equipo humanitario OpenStreetMap
Specht, D. 2021. The Technopolitics of Mapping Dar es Salaam: An examination of the technological and political motivations of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team / La tecnopolítica de la cartografía de Dar es Salaam: Un examen de las motivaciones tecnológicas y políticas del equipo humanitario OpenStreetMap. Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VI, Geografía. 14, pp. 193-216. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfvi.14.2021.30644

Cézanne the Cartographer
Specht, D. 2021. Cézanne the Cartographer. in: Cartographies of the Imagination London pp. 90-91

Developing Belief in Online Teaching: Efficacy and Digital Transformation
Specht, D., Chatterton, P., Hartley, P. and Saunders, G. 2021. Developing Belief in Online Teaching: Efficacy and Digital Transformation. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice. 9 (2), pp. 68-76. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v9i2.486

The Self(ie) in the Anthropocene
Specht, D. and Snyder, C. 2021. The Self(ie) in the Anthropocene. in: Harper, E.T. and Specht, D. (ed.) Imagining Apocalyptic Politics in the Anthropocene Routledge.

Future Trends in Geospatial Information Management: the five to ten year vision (3rd Edition)
Specht, D. 2020. Future Trends in Geospatial Information Management: the five to ten year vision (3rd Edition). UN-GGIM.

The Media and Communications Study Skills Student Guide
Specht, D. 2019. The Media and Communications Study Skills Student Guide . London University of Westminster Press.

The Issue of Blogging: Using Visual Network Analysis to go Beyond Self-reporting Studies of Blogging
Specht, D. 2019. The Issue of Blogging: Using Visual Network Analysis to go Beyond Self-reporting Studies of Blogging. Journal of Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age. 4 (2), pp. 10-24.

Crowdsourced Mapping in Crisis Zones: Collaboration, Organisation and Impact
Hunt, A. and Specht, D. 2019. Crowdsourced Mapping in Crisis Zones: Collaboration, Organisation and Impact. Journal of International Humanitarian Action. 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41018-018-0048-1

Did You Find the World or Did You Make it Up? Media, Communications and Geography in the Digital Age
Specht, D. 2018. Did You Find the World or Did You Make it Up? Media, Communications and Geography in the Digital Age. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. 13 (2), pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.16997/wpcc.298

Geographic Protest: The Role of Counter-Mapping in Supporting Campaigns Against Large-Scale Extractive Projects in Colombia: The Case of La Colosa
Specht, D. 2018. Geographic Protest: The Role of Counter-Mapping in Supporting Campaigns Against Large-Scale Extractive Projects in Colombia: The Case of La Colosa. Livingmaps Review. 5.

From the cartographic gaze to contestatory cartographies
Specht, D. 2018. From the cartographic gaze to contestatory cartographies. in: Bargués-Pedreny, P., Chandler, D. and Simon, E. (ed.) Mapping and Politics in the Digital Age Routledge.

Neogeography, development and human rights in Latin America.
Specht, D. 2018. Neogeography, development and human rights in Latin America. in: Raftopoulos, Malayna and Powęska, Radosław (ed.) Natural Resource Development and Human Rights in Latin America: State and Non-state Actors in the promotion and opposition to extractivism activities London University of London.

Teaching vicarious trauma in the journalism classroom: an examination of educational provision in UK Universities
Specht, D. and Tsilman, J. 2018. Teaching vicarious trauma in the journalism classroom: an examination of educational provision in UK Universities. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies . 7 (2), pp. 407-427. https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms.7.2.407_1

Cajamarca’s rejection of mining in Colombia was also a victory for social media and social mapping
Specht, D. 2017. Cajamarca’s rejection of mining in Colombia was also a victory for social media and social mapping. LSE.

Book Review: Surveillance after Snowden
Doug Specht 2017. Book Review: Surveillance after Snowden. Media, Culture & Society. 39 (1), pp. 138-140. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443716667068

Lore in the Time of Cholera
Specht, D. 2017. Lore in the Time of Cholera. Maplines. 31 (3), pp. 4-5.

Undressing with the Lights On: Surveillance and The Naked Society in a Digital Era
Specht, D. 2017. Undressing with the Lights On: Surveillance and The Naked Society in a Digital Era. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. 12 (3), pp. 78-90. https://doi.org/10.16997/wpcc.268

Topping up the Trust Fund: restoring public confidence in science (part 3 of a 3 part article)
Specht, D. 2017. Topping up the Trust Fund: restoring public confidence in science (part 3 of a 3 part article). Times Higher Education. 9 - 15 February 2017.

Gold, power, protest: Digital and social media and protests against large-scale mining projects in Colombia
Specht, D. and Ros-Tonen, M.A.F. 2017. Gold, power, protest: Digital and social media and protests against large-scale mining projects in Colombia . New Media & Society. 19 (12), pp. 1907-1926. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444816644567

Future trends in geospatial information management: the five to ten year vision (2nd Edition)
Specht, D. 2016. Future trends in geospatial information management: the five to ten year vision (2nd Edition). UN-GGIM.

The Future of GI in the 3rd Sector, part of AGI Foresight Report 2020
Specht, D. 2010. The Future of GI in the 3rd Sector, part of AGI Foresight Report 2020. The Association for Geographic Information.