Publications

Selected publications and recent research outputs.
Research spans geospatial data science, climate adaptation and migration, participatory GIS, conservation, environmental perception, urban change, and AI-enabled spatial analysis.

Selected recent work

2026
YouTube content on wildlife engages audiences but rarely drives meaningful conservation action
Van Berkel, D. et al.
Communications Sustainability 1, 26.
2026
Exploring climate-induced migration impacts on urban growth
Estabrook, T., Van Berkel, D., Jorns, J., & Lemos, M.C.
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 123, 102368.
2026
Political ideology and scientific communication shape human perceptions of pollen seasons
Song, Y., Millard-Ball, A., Fox, N., Van Berkel, D., Agrawal, A., & Zhu, K.
PNAS Nexus 5(1), pgaf386.
DOI
2026
Can Urban Blight Be Accessed with Vision-language Models: A Case Study in Detroit
Yang, X., Tian, A., Van Berkel, D., Qiang, X., & Lindquist, M.
arXiv:2608.01753.
Preprint
2026
AnnotateThis: Analyzing a human-LLM system for annotating social media data with the concept of climate change mitigation pessimism
Li, Z., Van Berkel, D., Hasell, A., Schoenebeck, G., Ryan, J.B., & Tomkins, S.
arXiv:2606.10210.
Preprint
2026
Large language models unlock the ecology of species interactions
Zou, H.-X. et al., including Van Berkel, D.B.
bioRxiv 2026.02.06.704115.
DOI
2025
Scaling up actionable climate knowledge
Lemos, M.C. et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(50), e2515771122.
2023
PPGISr: A participatory GIS package for R
Van Berkel, D. et al.
SoftwareX 22, 101389.
2023
Social media data for environmental sustainability: A critical review of opportunities, threats, and ethical use
Ghermandi, A. et al.
One Earth 6(3), 236–250.
2022
Planning for climate migration in Great Lake legacy cities
Van Berkel, D. et al.
Earth’s Future 10(10), e2022EF002942.

Full publication record

For the complete publication record, see the academic CV. The selected list above emphasizes recent and representative work; links to data, code, preprints, and DOIs are included where they are currently available.

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