Work Package 4 (WP4) Aim:
Through engagement with institutional stakeholders, the FloodTwin team will develop an understanding of how users interact with the DT, and how this technology might transform their work in future. Workshops and one-to-one interviews will explore how flood risk management practitioners access data, forecasts, and alerts. These interactions will be recorded, transcribed, and analysed to capture insights.
Specific tasks are:
Task 4.1: Researcher and Decision-Maker Workshops: Visualisations and a decision support tool will be co-developed with researchers and statutory decision-makers through iterative participatory workshops. These workshops will bring together scientists, user experience specialists, and decision-makers to ensure the tools are fit for purpose. The process will involve identifying user needs, facilitating ongoing dialogue, and testing Beta versions of the visualisation package.
Task 4.2: Visualisation and Gamification via an Interactive Decision Support Tool (iDST): A 3D/4D visualisation system for sensor and forecast data will be developed to provide decision-makers with near real-time access to Digital Twin outputs. Stakeholders will be able to manipulate virtual models and visualise impacts on water levels using a web-based GUI. This tool will support flood management decision-making by allowing simulations of various scenarios. The iDST will incorporate model outputs and data-derived forecasts for operational and strategic planning.
Task 4.3: Multi-Stakeholder Reflection on Co-Production Processes: This task will critically reflect on the co-creation process, capturing perspectives from researchers and practitioners. It will use formative evaluation, cognitive/story mapping tools, and interviews to explore the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the approach. Insights will inform future co-creative research involving visual digital outputs in high-stake risk contexts.