Monika Kuffer is Assistant Professor at the Faculty ITC, University of Twente, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on remote sensing, urban spatial analysis, SDGs, urban equality and urban environments. She is co-chairing a network on deprivation area mapping IDEAMAPS and is working on two research projects, SLUMAP and ACCOUNT. Kuffer is project director of two NUFFIC funded training grants: IDeAMapSudan - Capacity strengthening for gender-responsive and sustainable urban development and DATA4HUMANRIGHTS, Nigeria. She is part of the Steering Committee of the Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), the Dutch representative of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) and SIG chair for Developing Countries. Kuffer is also a member of the Steering Committee: EO for Sustainable Cities and Communities Toolkit. She has more than 80 publications. Abstract