Iyonna Zortman is currently finishing a PhD at the Cirad in Montpellier, France. Her PhD research constitutes the sub-task 1.2.3 in MOOD’s work package 1 and focuses on improving infectious disease risk surveillance through engaging local actors. To do so, she uses tick and tick-borne disease risk risk management in the south of France as a case study. Following this presentation, he was asked a few questions by MOOD’s Working Package 6 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.