State of the Map Europe 2025

Professor Lynne Coventry

Professor Lynne Coventry is currently the Director of the CyberQuarter at Abertay University - bringing industry and academia closer together to explore cybersecurity challenges. Her area of expertise is human aspects of cybersecurity putting her interdisciplinary background of psychology, software engineering, and design thinking to good use. Previously she was research director for Northumbria's Multidisciplinary Research Theme: Human and Digital Design.


Session

11-14
10:10
20min
Human elements of trust and data misuse in open maps
Professor Lynne Coventry

Professor Lynne Coventry explores how participatory mapping like OpenStreetMap empowers communities but faces cybersecurity threats, highlighting the need for trust, awareness, and resilient strategies against data manipulation and malicious attacks.

Community and Vision
Area