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.
![Logo of the DFG](/storages/ram-raumplanung/_processed_/c/4/csm_dfg_logo_c463424b3b.png)
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.
![Cover of IJGIS](/storages/ram-raumplanung/_processed_/f/7/csm_ijgis2_d553a16495.png)
Full proceedings of PLATIAL'23 are published
The full proceedings of the PLATIAL'23 symposium (hosted by us in September) have now been published – including a workshop report from our team.
![U Tower in Dortmund and part of the PLATIAL'23 proceedings cover page](/storages/ram-raumplanung/_processed_/7/7/csm_platial_23_banner_website_81c0e03a69.png)
Photography as a means of approaching space and place
Liudmila Slivinskaya has published a full conference paper on using photography to approach space and place in mass housing estates.
![A scene in Marzahn, Berlin](/storages/ram-raumplanung/_processed_/c/7/csm_photography_as_method_slivinskaya_2023_56a8aeae2e.jpg)
Invited talk at University of Liverpool
René Westerholt gave a talk at the University of Liverpool on more-than-geometric spatial analysis
![René Westerholt presenting a talk at the Geographic Data Science Lab in Liverpool.](/storages/ram-raumplanung/_processed_/9/b/csm_talk_gdsl_westerholt_e414014002.jpeg)
Invited talk at the Bergbau-Museum Bochum
Víctor Cobs-Muñoz offered a talk about the dictatorial pillars of today's environmental injustice conflicts in Chile.
![Talk at the Bergbau-Museum Bochum Víctor Cobs-Muñoz during his talk at the Bergbau-Museum Bochum.](/storages/ram-raumplanung/_processed_/6/9/csm_IMG_1172_24eb924215.jpeg)
Presentation at DOCONF2023 "Facing post-socialist urban heritage" in Budapest
Liudmila Slivinskaya presented a paper “Using photography to approach space and place in mass housing estates” at DOCONF2023.
![DOCONF23 Slivinskaya Presentation](/storages/ram-raumplanung/_processed_/5/b/csm_doconf3_8318cf5ede.jpg)
Successful hosting of the PLATIAL'23 symposium
Our lab has hosted the fourth edition of the International Symposium on Platial Information Science (PLATIAL'23).
![Logo of the PLATIAL'23 symposium](/storages/ram-raumplanung/_processed_/0/a/csm_platial_logo_2023_ram_website_4c6d1f4bf0.png)
Contribution to a workshop on GIScience education at the GIScience conference in Leeds
René Westerholt contributed to a GIScience conference workshop on GIScience education in multidisciplinary contexts.
![Photo of René Westerholt and Simon Scheider at GIScience 2023 in Leeds, UK](/storages/ram-raumplanung/_processed_/7/7/csm_2023_GIScience_Leeds_02c2523565.jpg)