Javier Borge-Holthoefer
Biographic Data
| ID | 106596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javier Borge-Holthoefer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javier |
| FAMILY NAME | Borge-Holthoefer |
| SIGNATURE | BORGE-HOLTHOEFER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9036-8463 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Limits to sustainability in pedestrianized public spaces. Administrative constraints and unintended uses in Barcelona's green axes
The global pursuit of sustainable cities has led local governments worldwide to reform public spaces, shifting from car-centric infrastructures towards pedestrian-oriented settings. While such interventions have gained widespread acceptance, little attention has been paid to how pedestrians actually use these redesigned public spaces or whether the resulting built forms align with the sustainability goals articulated in the original urban design …
Adaptive capacity for multimodal transport network resilience to extreme floods
Analysing inter-state communication dynamics and roles in the networks of the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation
The International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (IIIC) was an international organisation established post-World War I, aimed to foster intellectual relations for global peace. As this institution becomes centenary, the digitisation of archival records has democratised access, sparking renewed scholar interest and eventually enabling new research avenues. Here, we examine two letter collections from IIIC’s digitised funds, focusing on admi…
Surfacic networks
Surfacic networks are structures built upon a 2D manifold. Many systems, including transportation networks and various urban networks, fall into this category. The fluctuations of node elevations imply significant deviations from typical plane networks and require specific tools to understand their impact. Here, we present such tools, including lazy paths that minimize elevation differences, graph arduousness which measures the tiring nature of s…
Trends and drivers of pedestrian mobility in Barcelona: A fine-grained study across its commercial tissue
Sidewalk networks: Review and outlook
From a transport perspective, increasing active travel –and walking in particular– is crucial for the future of sustainable cities, as reflected in global decarbonisation policies and agendas. Further, walking is much more than a mere mode of transport: it provides a fundamental social function, fostering vibrant cohesive communities. Arguably, walking and its associated infrastructure –sidewalks– should rank among the highest priorities for plan…
The inclusive 15-minute city: Walkability analysis with sidewalk networks
In recent years, the design (and re-design) of cities to encourage walkability has taken on new urgency as part of a wider campaign for sustainable urban development. Complementary to other approaches like infrastructure improvements, increases in residential density, or traffic calming measures, here, we show how planning for walkability can be augmented by the adaptation of tools and approaches from the study of urban networks, by privileging t…
The contagion effects of repeated activation in social networks
Demonstrations, protests, riots, and shifts in public opinion respond to the coordinating potential of communication networks. Digital technologies have turned interpersonal networks into massive, pervasive structures that constantly pulsate with information. Here, we propose a model that aims to analyze the contagion dynamics that emerge in networks when repeated activation is allowed, that is, when actors can engage recurrently in a collective …
At the Crossroads: Lessons and Challenges in Computational Social Science
With tools borrowed from Statistical Physics and Complexity, this new area of study have already made important contributions, which in turn have fostered the development of novel theoretical foundations in Social Science and Economics, via
Assessing the bias in samples of large online networks
Broadcasters and Hidden Influentials in Online Protest Diffusion
This article explores the growth of online mobilizations using data from the indignados (outraged) movement in Spain, which emerged under the influence of the revolution in Egypt and as a precursor to the global Occupy mobilizations. The data track Twitter activity around the protests that took place in May 2011, which led to the formation of camp sites in dozens of cities all over the country and massive daily demonstrations during the week prio…
Assessing the Bias in Communication Networks Sampled from Twitter
The Dynamics of Protest Recruitment through an Online Network
The recent wave of mobilizations in the Arab world and across Western countries has generated much discussion on how digital media is connected to the diffusion of protests. We examine that connection using data from the surge of mobilizations that took place in Spain in May 2011. We study recruitment patterns in the Twitter network and find evidence of social influence and complex contagion. We identify the network position of early participants…
Broadcasters and Hidden Influentials in Online Protest Diffusion
This article explores the growth of online mobilizations using data from the indignados (outraged) movement in Spain, which emerged under the influence of the revolution in Egypt and as a precursor to the global Occupy mobilizations. The data track Twitter activity around the protests that took place in May 2011, which led to the formation of camp sites in dozens of cities all over the country and massive daily demonstrations during the week prio…
The Dynamics of Protest Recruitment through an Online Network
The recent wave of mobilizations in the Arab world and across Western countries has generated much discussion on how digital media is connected to the diffusion of protests. We examine that connection using data from the surge of mobilizations that took place in Spain in May 2011. We study recruitment patterns in the Twitter network and find evidence of social influence and complex contagion. We identify the network position of early participants…
Assessing the Bias in Communication Networks Sampled from Twitter
Broadcasters and Hidden Influentials in Online Protest Diffusion
This article explores the growth of online mobilizations using data from the indignados (outraged) movement in Spain, which emerged under the influence of the revolution in Egypt and as a precursor to the global Occupy mobilizations. The data track Twitter activity around the protests that took place in May 2011, which led to the formation of camp sites in dozens of cities all over the country and massive daily demonstrations during the week prio…
Assessing the bias in samples of large online networks
At the Crossroads: Lessons and Challenges in Computational Social Science
With tools borrowed from Statistical Physics and Complexity, this new area of study have already made important contributions, which in turn have fostered the development of novel theoretical foundations in Social Science and Economics, via
The contagion effects of repeated activation in social networks
Demonstrations, protests, riots, and shifts in public opinion respond to the coordinating potential of communication networks. Digital technologies have turned interpersonal networks into massive, pervasive structures that constantly pulsate with information. Here, we propose a model that aims to analyze the contagion dynamics that emerge in networks when repeated activation is allowed, that is, when actors can engage recurrently in a collective …
Sidewalk networks: Review and outlook
From a transport perspective, increasing active travel –and walking in particular– is crucial for the future of sustainable cities, as reflected in global decarbonisation policies and agendas. Further, walking is much more than a mere mode of transport: it provides a fundamental social function, fostering vibrant cohesive communities. Arguably, walking and its associated infrastructure –sidewalks– should rank among the highest priorities for plan…
The inclusive 15-minute city: Walkability analysis with sidewalk networks
In recent years, the design (and re-design) of cities to encourage walkability has taken on new urgency as part of a wider campaign for sustainable urban development. Complementary to other approaches like infrastructure improvements, increases in residential density, or traffic calming measures, here, we show how planning for walkability can be augmented by the adaptation of tools and approaches from the study of urban networks, by privileging t…
Analysing inter-state communication dynamics and roles in the networks of the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation
The International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (IIIC) was an international organisation established post-World War I, aimed to foster intellectual relations for global peace. As this institution becomes centenary, the digitisation of archival records has democratised access, sparking renewed scholar interest and eventually enabling new research avenues. Here, we examine two letter collections from IIIC’s digitised funds, focusing on admi…
Surfacic networks
Surfacic networks are structures built upon a 2D manifold. Many systems, including transportation networks and various urban networks, fall into this category. The fluctuations of node elevations imply significant deviations from typical plane networks and require specific tools to understand their impact. Here, we present such tools, including lazy paths that minimize elevation differences, graph arduousness which measures the tiring nature of s…
Trends and drivers of pedestrian mobility in Barcelona: A fine-grained study across its commercial tissue
Adaptive capacity for multimodal transport network resilience to extreme floods
Limits to sustainability in pedestrianized public spaces. Administrative constraints and unintended uses in Barcelona's green axes
The global pursuit of sustainable cities has led local governments worldwide to reform public spaces, shifting from car-centric infrastructures towards pedestrian-oriented settings. While such interventions have gained widespread acceptance, little attention has been paid to how pedestrians actually use these redesigned public spaces or whether the resulting built forms align with the sustainability goals articulated in the original urban design …
Computer Science (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Complex Network Analysis Techniques (6 works) · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (6 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (3 works) · Internet privacy (3 works) · Law (3 works)