Langezijds

prof.dr. M. Kuffer (Monika)

Universitair hoofddocent
ITC-SCI-PLAN
BMS-TPS-CSTM
Langezijds 1414
m.kuffer@utwente.nl
+31534874301
Visitekaartje

Expertises

  • Social Sciences

    • Slums
    • Squatter Settlement

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Remote Sensing
    • Machine Learning
    • Morphology
    • Urban Development

  • Computer Science

    • Learning System

Organisaties

Nevenwerkzaamheden

  • University of LiverpoolAdvisoy Board Member Imago
  • UN-HabitatMember of the UN-Habitat Global Urban Data Coalition
  • EARSeLEARSeL Bureau Member

Publicaties

Jump to: 2026 | 2025

2026

Toward transferable EO-based modelling of intra-slum air temperature using citizen-science data: evidence from Nairobi and Lagos (2026)Urban Climate, 69. Article 103118 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Sampson, S. A., Wang, J., Abascal, A., Kuffer, M., Rodriguez, I., Georganos, S., Wolff, E. & Vanhuysse, S.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103118Hidden living-condition deficits in small and medium-sized cities (2026)Nature Cities (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Veeravalli, S. G., Blei, A. M., Friesen, J., Tareke, B., Kuffer, M., Persello, C., Maretto, R. V., Abascal, A., Georganos, S. & Thomson, D. R.https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-00498-wUrban expansion moderates warming yet intensifies absolute heat exposure across rapidly growing Arabian Peninsula cities (2026)Communications Earth & Environment (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Luo, E., Zimmer, A., Teyton, A., Bailey, J., Beck, H. E., Al-Ghamdi, S. G., McCabe, M. F., Kuffer, M., Raymond, C., Benmarhnia, T. & Tuholske, C.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03905-1Diagnostic of urban flooding in Kisumu: Report 2026 (2026)[Book/Report › Report]. University of Twente. Trento Oliveira, L., Kuffer, M., Dijkstra, A. M. & Belgiu, M.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20814676Exposed yet unmapped: Evidence of differential flood exposure in deprived urban areas using citizen science (2026)npj Urban Sustainability. Trento Oliveira, L., Campomanes V, F., Dijkstra, A. M., Belgiu, M., Adiku, P., Wanjiru, N., Onyango, L., Flor, R., Ibraimo, D., van den Bout, B., Zevenbergen, J. A. & Kuffer, M.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-026-00428-8A spatial data-centric quality assessment framework for machine learning based deprived urban area mapping (2026)[Working paper › Preprint]. Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Campomanes, F., Kuffer, M., Stein, A., Trento Oliveira, L., Dijkstra, A. M., van Vliet, J., Taubenböck, H., Abascal, A., Georganos, S. & Belgiu, M.https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6876992A spatial data-centric quality assessment framework for machine learning based deprived urban area mapping (2026)[Working paper › Preprint]. Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Campomanes., F., Kuffer, M., Stein, A., Trento Oliveira, L., Dijkstra, A. M., van Vliet, J., Taubenböck, H., Abascal, A., Georganos, S. & Belgiu, M.https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6836279Flood vulnerability framework for deprived urban areas in Africa (Data and Code repository) (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Trento Oliveira, L., Kuffer, M., Belgiu, M. & Dijkstra, A. M.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19372382A transferable and interpretable approach to slum mapping using building morphometrics and optical imagery (2026)GIScience & remote sensing, 63(1). Article 2649308. Yang, H., Jimmy, E. N., Verburg, P. H., Kuffer, M., Levering, A. & Vliet, J. v.https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2026.2649308User and data-centric artificial intelligence for mapping and benchmarking urban deprivation for a global sample of cities (2026)Remote sensing of environment, 335. Article 115272. Tareke, B., Filho, P. S., Persello, C., Kuffer, M., Maretto, R. V., Wang, J., Abascal, A., Pillai, P., Singh, B., D’Attoli, J. M., Kabaria, C., Pedrassoli, J., Brito, P., Elias, P., Atenógenes, E., Santiago, A. R., Pratomo, J., Mulyana, W., Paganini, M., … Ospina, J. P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115272Coupling ecosystem services with machine learning for ecological security pattern construction: Insights from Shaanxi Province, China (2026)Ecological indicators, 184. Article 114709. Qu, S., Han, L., Kuffer, M. & Li, L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2026.114709Morphological informality modelled dataset in Harare, Zimbabwe (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Zhu, M., Porto de Albuquerque, J. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18405697Road Access Deprivation Modelled Dataset in Harare, Zimbabwe (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Cheruiyot, C., Sa'adu Da'u, S., Du, X., Elias, P., Elsey, H., Engstrom, R., Girgin, S., Pajarito Grajales, D. F., Esther, J., Kabaria, C., Kuffer, M., Oluwatoyin, O., Onyambu, F. C., Shonowo, A., Thomson, D. R., … Porto de Albuquerque, J.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18403649Morphological informality modelled dataset in Kano, Nigeria (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Porto de Albuquerque, J., Zhu, M. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17965823Morphological Informality Modelled Dataset in Lagos, Nigeria (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Porto de Albuquerque, J., Zhu, M. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17963614Morphological Informality Modelled Dataset in Nairobi, Kenya (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Porto de Albuquerque, J., Zhu, M. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17963362Whose city is it?: Mapping perceived urban livability with citizen-guided AI (2026)npj Urban Sustainability, 6(1). Article 16 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Campomanes V, F., Abascal, A., Trento Oliveira, L., Kuffer, M., Dijkstra, A. M., Stein, A. & Belgiu, M.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-025-00320-x

2025

Morphological informality modelled dataset in Kathmandu, Nepal (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Zhu, M., Porto de Albuquerque, J. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17887235Morphological informality modelled dataset in Pasto, Colombia (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Zhu, M., Porto de Albuquerque, J. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17886276Morphological informality modelled dataset in Pereira, Colombia (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Zhu, M., Porto de Albuquerque, J. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17886609Morphological informality modelled dataset in Abuja, Nigeria (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Zhu, M., Porto de Albuquerque, J. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17866668Morphological informality modelled dataset in Accra, Ghana (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Zhu, M., Porto de Albuquerque, J. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17865653Morphological Informality Modelled Dataset in Beira, Mozambique (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A. (., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Zhu, M., Porto de Albuquerque, J. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17867008Morphological informality modelled dataset in Kisumu, Kenya (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Abascal, A., Comerio de Paulo, M., Tregonning, G., Middleton, A., Shonowo, A., Kuffer, M., Engstrom, R., Thomson, D. R., Onyambu, F. C., Kabaria, C., Elias, P., Odulana, O., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Zhu, M., Porto de Albuquerque, J. & Pajarito Grajales, D. F.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17860452Road access deprivation modelled dataset in Abuja, Nigeria (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Hafner, S., Zhao, Q., Alugbin, B., Baruwa, K., Cheruiyot, C., Sa'adu Da'u, S., Du, X., Elias, P., Elsey, H., Engstrom, R., Girgin, S., Pajarito Grajales, D. F., Judith, E., Kabaria, C., Kuffer, M., Oluwatoyin, O., Onyambu, F. C., Shonowo, A., Thomson, D. R., … Porto de Albuquerque, J.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17858084

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