Ola Hall

2024

Human bias and CNNs’ superior insights in satellite based poverty mapping

Sarmadi, H., Wahab, I., Hall, O., Rögnvaldsson, T. & Ohlsson, M., 2024 Oct 2, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 22878.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

A decade of maize yield gap studies in sub-Saharan Africa: how are farm-level factors considered?

Hall, O., Wahab, I., Dahlin, S., Hillbur, P., Jirström, M. & Öborn, I., 2024, In: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 22, 1, 2293591.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2023

How AI ‘sees’ the world – what happened when we trained a deep learning model to identify poverty

Hall, O., Sarmadi, H. & Rognvaldsson, T., 2023 Nov 27, The Conversation.

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper › Specialist publication article › Research

Open Access

Models for Non-Modelers: Understanding the Use of Models for Social Scientists and Others

Djurfeldt, G. & Hall, O., 2023 Jan 1, Routledge. 111 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

A review of machine learning and satellite imagery for poverty prediction: Implications for development research and applications

Hall, O., Dompae, F., Wahab, I. & Dzanku, F. M., 2023, In: Journal of International Development. 35, 7, p. 1753-1768 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

Towards Explaining Satellite Based Poverty Predictions with Convolutional Neural Networks

Sarmadi, H., Rognvaldsson, T., Carlsson, N. R., Ohlsson, M., Wahab, I. & Hall, O., 2023, 2023 IEEE 10th International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics, DSAA 2023 - Proceedings. Manolopoulos, Y. & Zhou, Z.-H. (eds.). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (2023 IEEE 10th International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics, DSAA 2023 - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

2022

"The maize is the cost of the farming, and cassava is our profit": Smallholders' perceptions and attitudes to poor crop patches in the Eastern region of Ghana

Wahab, I., Hall, O. & Jirström, M., 2022 Dec 1, In: Agriculture & Food Security. 11, 1, 14.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

A review of explainable AI in the satellite data, deep machine learning, and human poverty domain

Hall, O., Ohlsson, M. & Rögnvaldsson, T., 2022 Oct, In: Patterns. 3, 10, 100600.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

The geography of connectivity: a review of mobile positioning data for economic geography

Erlström, A., Hall, O. & Grillitsch, M., 2022 Oct, In: Journal of Geographical Systems. 24, 4, p. 679–707 28 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

2021

The use of drones in the spatial social sciences

Hall, O. & Wahab, I., 2021 Oct 6, In: Drones. 5, 4, 112.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2020

A pixel level evaluation of five multitemporal global gridded population datasets: a case study in Sweden, 1990–2015

Archila Bustos, M. F., Hall, O., Niedomysl, T. & Ernstson, U., 2020 Dec, In: Population and Environment. 42, 2, p. 255-277 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

Sustainable agricultural intensification in four Tanzanian villages—a view from the ground and the sky

Djurfeldt, A. A., Hall, O., Isinika, A., Msuya, E. & Yengoh, G. T., 2020 Oct 2, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 12, 20, 20 p., 8304.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

An integrated approach to unravelling smallholder yield levels: The case of small family farms, eastern region, Ghana

Wahab, I., Jirström, M. & Hall, O., 2020 Jun 5, In: Agriculture. 10, 6, 206.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2019

Population centroids of the world administrative units from nighttime lights 1992-2013

Hall, O., Bustos, M. F. A., Boke-Olén, N. & Niedomysl, T., 2019 Oct 28, In: Scientific Data. 6, 1, 8 p., 235.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Micro-Spatial Analysis of Maize Yield Gap Variability and Production Factors

Munialo, S., Hall, O., Archila, M. (Contributor), Boke-Olén, N., Onyango M., C., Oluoch-Kosura, W., Marstorp, H. & Djurfeldt, G., 2019 Oct 11, In: Agriculture. 9, 219, 24 p., 219.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

How Data-Poor Countries Remain Data Poor: Underestimation of Human Settlements in Burkina Faso as Observed from Nighttime Light Data

Hall, O., Archila Bustos, M. F. & Andersson, M., 2019, In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 8, 11

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2018

Classification of Maize in Complex Smallholder Farming Systems Using UAV Imagery

Hall, O., Dahlin, S., Marstorp, H., Archila, M., Öborn, I. & Jirström, M., 2018 Jun 22, In: Drones. 2, 3, p. 1-8 8 p., 22.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Agrarian Change and Structural Transformation: Drivers and Distributional Outcomes

Djurfeldt, A. A., Djurfeldt, G., Hall, O., Francisca, M. & Bustos, A., 2018, Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa: Longitudinal Perspectives from Six Countries. Oxford University Press, p. 113 1 p. (Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa: Longitudinal Perspectives from Six Countries).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Open Access

Remote sensing of yields: Application of UAV imagery-derived ndvi for estimating maize vigor and yields in complex farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Wahab, I., Hall, O. & Jirström, M., 2018, In: Drones. 2, 3, 16 p., 28.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Using panel survey and remote sensing data to explain yield gaps for maize in sub-Saharan Africa

Djurfeldt, G., Hall, O., Jirström, M., Archila, M., Holmquist, B. & Nasrin, S., 2018, In: Journal of Land Use Science. 13, 3, p. 344-357

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2017

Using Satellite Data on Nighttime Lights Intensity to Estimate Contemporary Human Migration Distances

Niedomysl, T., Hall, O., Archila, M. & Ernstson, U., 2017 May 4, In: Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 107, 3, p. 591-605

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Data Descriptor: High-resolution African population projections from radiative forcing and socio-economic models, 2000 to 2100

Boke-Olén, N., Abdi, H., Hall, O. & Lehsten, V., 2017 Jan 17, In: Scientific Data. 4, 160130.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2016

The challenge of comparing crop imagery over space and time

Hall, O. & Archila, M., 2016 Apr, ICT Update, p. 14-15 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper › Specialist publication article › Research

Open Access

2015

Assessing Recovery from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: An Application of Night-time Light Data and Vegetation Index

Andersson, M., Hall, O. & Archila, M., 2015, In: Geographical Research. 53, 4, p. 436-450

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Does Large-Scale Gold Mining Reduce Agricultural Growth? Case studies from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Tanzania

Andersson, M., Hall, O., Boke-Olén, N. & Tolonen, A., 2015, Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015: Linking Land Tenure and Use for Shared Prosperity . Washington, DC, p. 1-27 27 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

Open Access

Mining, Economic Activity and Remote Sensing: Case studies from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Tanzania

Andersson, M., Hall, O. & Boke-Olén, N., 2015, CSAE Conference 2015: Economic Development in Africa. The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics at Oxford University, p. 1-42

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

Open Access

Monitoring Economic Development from Space: Using Nighttime Light and Land Cover Data to Measure Economic Growth

Keola, S., Andersson, M. & Hall, O., 2015, In: World Development. 66, p. 322-334

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Nighttime lights and population changes in Europe 1992–2012

Archila, M., Hall, O. & Andersson, M., 2015, In: Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment. 44, 7, p. 653-665

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

Causes and Consequences of Stakeholder Participation in Natural Resource Management: Evidence from 143 Biosphere Reserves in Fifty-Five Countries.

Hall, O. & Duit, A., 2014, State and Environment: The Comparative Study of Environmental Governance. Duit, A. (ed.). MIT Press

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Geographic and Temporal Scales of Monitoring Development from Space

Andersson, M., Keola, S. & Hall, O., 2014.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

2013

Mapping the Politics of Ecology: Environmental Politics and Policy in a Comparative Perspective

Hall, O. & Duit, A., 2013, (Submitted) MIT Press.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research

M-databas – en forsknings- och geodatabas vid Malmö Högskola och Lunds Universitet.

Guldåker, N., Hall, O. & Tykesson, M., 2013, Department of Human Geography, Lund University.

Research output: Other contribution › Miscellaneous › Research

2012

From Census to Grids: Comparing the Gridded Population of the World with Swedish Census Records

Hall, O., Stroh, E. & Paya, F., 2012, In: The Open Geography Journal. 5, p. 1-5

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

M-databas – en forsknings- och geodatabas. Version 1

Guldåker, N. & Hall, O., 2011

Research output: Other contribution › Miscellaneous › Research

2010

Remote Sensing in Social Science Research

Hall, O., 2010, In: The Open Remote Sensing Journal. 3, p. 1-16 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

The emergence and spread of tick-borne encephalitis virus in scandinavia

Hall, O., Eriksson, H., Nolskog, P. & Bergström, T., 2010, [Host publication title missing]. ASPRS, 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding

2009

Saving the woodpeckers: Social Capital, Governance, and Policy performance

Hall, O., Duit, A., Mikusinski, G. & Angelstam, P., 2009, In: The Journal of Environment & Development. 18, 1, p. 42-61

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

I inlandsisens spår

Jansson, K. & Hall, O., 2008 Dec 1, In: Ymer. 2008, p. 347-362 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

World poverty, environmental vulnerability and population at risk for natural hazards

Hall, O., Duit, A. & Caballero, L. N., 2008, In: Journal of Maps. 4, 1, p. 151-160 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2005

Characterization and quantification of data voids in the shuttle radar topography mission data

Hall, O., Falorni, G. & Bras, R. L., 2005, In: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE. 2, 2, p. 177-181 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2004

Detecting dominant landscape objects through multiple scales: an integration of object-specific methods and watershed segmentation

Hall, O., Hay, G. J., Bouchard, A. & Marceau, D. J., 2004, In: Landscape Ecology. 19, 1, p. 59-76 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Multiscale object-specific analysis: Scale problems and multiscale solutions

Hall, O., Hay, G. J. & Marceau, D. J., 2004, Geoinformatics 2004 : - Proc. 12th International Conference on Geoinformatices, University of Gävle, Sweden. Brandt, S. A. (ed.). p. 7-9 3 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding

2003