Doug Specht is a Lecturer at the Communication and Media Research Institute, within the University of Westminster. His research examines how knowledge is constructed and codified through digital and cartographic artifacts, centering on development issues. He sits on BSi committee IST/36 Geographic Information, where he focuses on geographic data in the SDGs and on web ontologies. He also holds positions at Media Culture and Society and Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. He is additionally the director of the human rights mapping platform Voz; a trustee of the Santa Rosa Fund; and a core member of the Environmental Network for Central America.