We are a state-of-the-art research centre specialising in spatial and place-based scholarship and teaching.
Master's graduate Pauline Scheunert wins the KoMet Young Researchers Award
Pauline Scheunert, one of our supervised Master's students, has won the KoMet Young Researchers Award of the University Alliance Ruhr.

Presentation at GISRUK 2023 conference
René Westerholt presented a paper at the GISRUK conference in Glasgow on the influence of the variance of spatial weights on the Getis-Ord statistic.

Successful DGPF Doctoral Colloquium
The lab was recently involved in convening the 2023 Doctoral Colloquium of the DGPF Geoinformatics – Methods Working Group.

René Westerholt appointed to the scientific advisory board of the ILS
The ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development is a non-university urban research institute based in Dortmund.

Invited talk at University of Münster
René Westerholt gave a talk at the Institute for Geoinformatics of the University of Münster on the nexus of digital geography and spatial analysis.

RAM contributed to DOKORP 2023
The RAM team led a session entitled "Place and Space in Planning" at the 6th Dortmund Conference on Spatial and Planning Research.

A-Project Excursion Week in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
The class of A06 Project led by our lab members conducted a field trip to Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Invited talk at LIESMARS, Wuhan University
René Westerholt gave an invited talk at LIESMARS, Wuhan University.
