Publications

Hewitt CH, Shankardass K, Sykora M, Elayan S, Feick R, Shaughnessy K, Gruebner O, Solter M, Liu YQ. (2023) Smart Citizens Enabling Resilient Neighbourhoods (SCERN): participatory mapping platform for resilience planning at a neighbourhood scale. CAGONT 2023 Annual Meeting & Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Sheppard H, Shankardass K. (2023) A Community Psychology Approach for Participatory Mapping to Strengthen Community Resilience in Urban Settings. 19th Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Shankardass K, Shaughnessy K, Sykora M, Elayan S, Gruebner O, Feick R. (2023) Using Geo-Social Media to Identify Urban Communities in Need: Ethical Questions for a Community Psychology Approach. 19th Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Balakrishnan S, Elayan S, Sykora M, Solter M, Feick R, Hewitt C, Liu YQ, Shankardass K. (2023) Sustainable Smart Cities—Social Media Platforms and Their Role in Community Neighborhood Resilience—A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(18):6720.

George JO, Elayan S, Sykora M, Solter M, Feick R, Hewitt C, Liu Y, Shankardass K. (2023) The Role of Social Media in Building Pandemic Resilience in an Urban Community: A Qualitative Case Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(17):6707.

Agbeyaka S., Shankardass K., Jewers-Dailey K., Robertson C., Sykora M., Elayan S. and Phillips S. (2022) Expressions of stress and hope across four cities: A social media analysis examining characteristics of resilient communities. CPA’s 83rd Annual National Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Edry T, Maani N, Sykora M, Elayan S, Hswen Y, Wolf M, Rinaldi F, Galea S, Gruebner O. (2021) Real-Time Geospatial Surveillance of Localized Emotional Stress Responses to COVID-19: A Proof of Concept Analysis. Health & Place,  70(July):102598. 

Elayan S, Sykora M, Shankardass K, Robertson C, Feick R, Shaughnessy K, Lawrence H, Jackson T. (2020) Using Geo-The Stresscapes Ontology System: Detecting and Measuring Stress on Social Media. Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Social Media, 74-82.

Shankardass K, Robertson C, Shaughnessy K, Sykora M, Feick R. (2018) A unified ecological framework for studying effects of digital places on well-being. Social Science and Medicine, 227:119-27.

Shaughnessy K, Reyes R, Shankardass K, Sykora M, Feick R, Lawrence H, and Robertson C. (2017) Using geolocated social media for ecological momentary assessment of emotion: Innovative opportunities in psychology science and practice. Canadian Psychology, 59(1):47-53.

Sykora M, Elayan S, Hodgkinson IR, Jackson T, West A. (2022) The Power of Emotions: Leveraging User Generated Content for Customer Experience Management, Journal of Business Research, ISSN: 1873-7978, DOI:tbc [ABS 3]