Education

Monash University, Australia - Department of Human-Centred Computing, PhD (Expected December 2025)

McGill University, Canada - Department of Bioresource Engineering, MSc (August 2021)

Notre Dame University, Lebanon - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, BE (July 2017)

Publications

Bou Nassar, J., Calleja-López, A., Goodwin, S., Sharp, D., Anwar, M., & Bartram, L. (2025). Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2024.1518618

Bou Nassar, J., Goodwin, S., Sharp, D., Anwar, M., & Bartram, L. (in press). Bridging data governance and socio-technical transitions to understand sustainable smart cities. Journal of Urban Technology.

Anderson, E., Easson, K., Beitari, S., Dakessian, M., Anand, S. P., Sachar, S., & Bou Nassar, J. (2021). Decolonization of STEM in the public education system in Quebec, Canada. Journal of Science Policy & Governance, 18(4). https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG180402

Bou Nassar, J., Malard, J. J., Adamowski, J. F., Ramírez Ramírez, M., Medema, W., & Tuy, H. (2021). Multi-level storylines for participatory modeling: Involving marginalized communities in Tz'olöj Ya', Mayan Guatemala. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1283-2021

Malard, J., Adamowski, J., Bou Nassar, J., Anandaraja, N., Tuy, H., & Melgar-Quiñonez, H. (2020). Modelling predation: Theoretical criteria and empirical evaluation of functional form equations for predator-prey systems. Ecological Modelling, 437, 109264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109264

Malard, J. J., Adamowski, J. F., Rojas Díaz, M., Bou Nassar, J., Anandaraja, N., Tuy, H., Arévalo-Rodriguez, L. A., & Melgar-Quiñonez, H. R. (2020). Development of a new modular software tool for agroecological food web model development: Tiko'n. European Journal of Agronomy, 116, 126033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2020.126033

Malard, J. J., Adamowski, J. F., Rojas Díaz, M., Bou Nassar, J., Anandaraja, N., Tuy, H., Arévalo-Rodriguez, L. A., & Melgar-Quiñonez, H. R. (2020). Agroecological food web modelling to evaluate and design organic and conventional agricultural systems. Ecological Modelling, 421, 108961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.108961

Barzegar, R., Asghari Moghaddam, A., Tziritis, E., Adamowski, J., Bou Nassar, J., Noori, M., & Kazemian, N. (2020). Exploring the hydrogeochemical evolution of cold and thermal waters in the Sarein-Nir area, Iran, using stable isotopes (δ18O and δD), geothermometry, and multivariate statistical approaches. Geothermics, 85, 101815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101815

Barzegar, R., Asghari Moghaddam, A., Norallahi, S., Inam, A., Adamowski, J., Alizadeh, M. R., & Bou Nassar, J. (2019). Modification of the DRASTIC framework for mapping groundwater vulnerability zones. Groundwater. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12919

Presentations

Bou Nassar, J., Goodwin, S., Sharp, D., Anwar, M., & Bartram, L. (2023, October). The use of causal loop diagrams to explore people-centred data governance in Australian cities. IEEE VIS 2023: Workshop Paper.

Bou Nassar, J., Malard, J., Adamowski, J., Ramírez Ramírez, M., & Tuy, H. (2020, October 9). The development of multi-level storylines to ensure the inclusion of marginalized communities in participatory sociohydrological modelling: A case study in Tz’olöj Ya’, Guatemala. CSBE Webinar Series.

Bou Nassar, J., Malard, J., Adamowski, J., Ramírez Ramírez, M., & Tuy, H. (2020, May 4–8). The use of interdisciplinary storylines to ensure the inclusiveness of marginalized stakeholders in participatory sociohydrological modelling: A case study in Tz’olöj Ya’, Mayan Guatemala. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online. EGU2020-11178. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11178

Malard, J., Bou Nassar, J., Adamowski, J., Ramírez Ramírez, M., & Tuy, H. (2020, May 4–8). Storytelling and participatory system dynamics modelling for water resources management in Lake Atitlán of Tz'olöj Ya' in Mayan Guatemala. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online. EGU2020-11483. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11483

Ramírez, M., Bou Nassar, J., Malard, J., Tuy Yax, H., & Adamowski, J. F. (2019, May). Proposition d’une méthodologie inclusive de toutes les connaissances pour le développement de modèles hydrologiques: Étude de cas du lac Atitlán. 87e Congrès de l’ACFAS, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.

Bou Nassar, J., Malard, J., Ramírez, M., Baig, A. I., Adamowski, J. F., & Tuy Yax, H. (2019, May). Cadre méthodologique pour l'intégration de la narration avec un modèle de dynamique des systèmes comme système d’aide à la décision: Étude de cas à Tz’olöj Ya’, au Guatemala Maya. 87e Congrès de l’ACFAS, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.

Experience

Teaching Associate

Monash University (June 2022 - Present)

FIT 5205 - Data in Society

FIT 5125 - Research Methods in IT

Monash Innovation Guarantee

McGill University (Sep 2019 - June 2021)

BREE 420 - Engineering for Sustainability

GEOG 302 - Environmental Management 1

Research Assistant

Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Australia (March 2024 - Present)

  • Co-creating an Indigenous-led Native Grains and Tubers Alliance

  • Investigating the state of climate change education at the Monash Business School

Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada (Sep 2018 - August 2021)

  • The involvement of marginalised communities in participatory modelling of human-water systems

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Notre Dame University, Lebanon (Sep 2016 - Sep 2018)

  • The use of geophysical methods to investigate aquifers

  • Treating olive mill wastewater using microbial fuel cell biotechnology

Guest Lectures

Interdisciplinary Internet Institute (IN3) (May 2024)

FIT 5086 - Organisational Informatics, Monash University (April 2024)

BREE 420 - Engineering for Sustainability, McGill University (Feb 2021)

Collaborations

Interdisciplinary Internet Institute (IN3), The Open University of Catalonia, Spain (October 2023 - Present)

Instituto de Agricultura, Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (IARNA), Rafael Landivar University, Guatemala (2018 - 2021)

Awards and Scholarships

Monash Data Futures Institute PhD Scholarship (2022-2025)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2018-2021)

Graduate Excellence Award in Bioresource Engineering (2018-2020)

GREAT Award-Bioresource Engineering (2019)