Desmond Lartey is an Advisor/Researcher at Deltares, where he actively contributes to European Union-funded projects aimed at fostering climate resilience and sustainable development. His current role involves leading mapping and modelling tasks for the DesirMED project under the European Mission on Climate Adaptation. He also collaborates on initiatives such as REST-COAST and NBRACER, which focus on mainstreaming Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for long-term climate resilience across diverse landscapes. In addition, he develops GIS-based decision support tools for cross-scale assessments of NBS, focusing on socio-economic and climate scenarios. Desmond is instrumental in creating adaptation pathways for multi-hazard, multi-system resilience, aligning with European data standards, and provides advisory support to several EU projects, including MYRIAD, P2R, ACCRUE, and REACH-OUT.

Desmond's previous roles include Scientific Researcher at Agro-NL Consult Solutions, where he analyzed over 3,000 plant species for their ecosystem services and urban sustainability contributions. At Amsterdam's Urban Cycling Institute, he investigated active travel in Africa and conducted accessibility studies in Bonaire using GIS and spatial planning analyses. As a Researcher at Wageningen University and Research, he monitored land use changes, employing advanced GIS, remote sensing, machine learning, and various quantitative and qualitative methodologies, such as modeling, statistical analysis, fieldwork, and stakeholder engagement.

Desmond has a growing interest in artificial intelligence, governance, and social network analysis, with a focus on leveraging technologies like graph neural networks and sentiment analysis for decision-making processes. He explores frameworks such as actor-network theory and network governance to understand how power dynamics and collaborations influence policy outcomes.

• 🌱 I work on regional to global scale studies addressing environmental change and climate change using geospatial techniques.
• 💼 I am a 5-star rated Researcher and critical thinker.
• 💼 With over 5 years of experience in the geospatial domain, I have successfully completed several projects using quantitative, qualitative and geospatial tools.
• 👯 I am open to collaboration opportunities related to geospatial research, environmental analysis and urban/rural planning.

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• GIS Software: ESRI ArcGIS Pro | Arc Map | QGIS
• Cloud Computing & Big Data: Google Earth Engine
• Geospatial & Big Data Analysis: Python | Jupyter Notebook | IDE: VSCode | PostgreSQL | PostGIS
• Statistics & Visualizations: MiniTab | Power BI | ArcGIS Pro | Excel | Tableau | ESRI Insights | SPSS
• Environmental Modelling/Prediction: TerrSet | AGB | Trend Earth | Scenario Manager

• 📫 How to reach me: larteydesmond3@gmail.com

• ⚡ Fun fact: I am always serious, but I think I can be fun sometimes too! :)