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Divyani Kohli is an Assistant Professor at the University of Twente, affiliated with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management, and the Digital Society Institute. Her work focuses on geospatial technologies applied to urban planning, land administration, and social policy issues in the Global South.
Research interests include cartography, metropolitan area analysis, slum investigations, land tenure security, and the ethical use of geospatial data in human rights contexts. She has contributed to frameworks like the 'Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration' and collaborated on initiatives such as the Data4HumanRights curriculum.
Recent work emphasizes leveraging geospatial data to address urban deprivation, evaluate land registration systems (e.g., in Romania and Chad), and map tenure insecurity dynamics in Rwanda. Her publications reflect interdisciplinary approaches combining GIS, policy analysis, and participatory methodologies.
No scientific awards are explicitly listed, though her research has been cited and featured in news/blog discussions. She has contributed to datasets like remote sensing imagery analysis for Ethiopia's agriculture.
