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Keynote talk at the 8th PPE Conference – Witten, Germany
Víctor Cobs-Muñoz was a keynote speaker at the 8th PPE Conference at the Universität Witten/Herdecke, Germany.
Presentation of two new spatial statistical visualisation methods at the GISRUK conference in Leeds
René Westerholt presented two novel variants of the established Moran scatterplot at the GISRUK conference in Leeds, UK.
Mapping the margins: a review of the impact of digital mapping on public participation in informal settlements
The nexus of participation and digital mapping in informal areas is yet under-researched. Our new review paper offers insights into this intersection.
Mention of our research in a podcast by The Banker on basic banking services
A recent podcast by The Banker (a Financial Times publication) featured our research into basic banking services in Wales.
New review paper on conceptualising 'new mobility services'
'New mobility services' is a term used to summarise e-scooters and similar novel forms of mobility. We have analysed whether this is justified.
Quotation in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung asked René Westerholt for an assessment of a critiqued study on the geographic origin of the COVID-19 pandemic
Successful DFG grant application: a new project on the meanings of spatial weights will be funded
We have successfully secured a three-year project to research the implicit and explicit attributions of meanings to spatial weights.
René Westerholt joins the editorial board of IJGIS
Our member René Westerholt has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
RAM Colloquium with Simon Scheider
We are looking forward to host Simon Scheider (Utrecht University) for a talk on 'validity of spatio-temporal models'!
RAM Colloquium with Thomas van Dijk
We are looking forward to host Thomas van Dijk (Ruhr University Bochum) for a talk on 'improved geovisualisation through mathematical optimisation'!