Alessia Calafiore
@alel.bsky.social
Lecturer in Sustainability and Urban Data Science, ESALA | EFI, at University of Edinburgh
Co-organiser EdinbR | QMRG-RGS treasurer.
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Co-organiser EdinbR | QMRG-RGS treasurer.
Views mine.
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🆕 The "Machine learning of spatial data" section is now live on the CRAN Spatial Task View! 🌍
Check it out at https://cran.r-project.org/view=Spatial
Have suggestions or improvements? Contributions are welcome!💡
#rstats #rspatial #machinelearning #gischat
Check it out at https://cran.r-project.org/view=Spatial
Have suggestions or improvements? Contributions are welcome!💡
#rstats #rspatial #machinelearning #gischat
May 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🆕 The "Machine learning of spatial data" section is now live on the CRAN Spatial Task View! 🌍
Check it out at https://cran.r-project.org/view=Spatial
Have suggestions or improvements? Contributions are welcome!💡
#rstats #rspatial #machinelearning #gischat
Check it out at https://cran.r-project.org/view=Spatial
Have suggestions or improvements? Contributions are welcome!💡
#rstats #rspatial #machinelearning #gischat
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🍾 We're thrilled that several of our nominees have won prizes in the 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social Awards! It's fantastic to see the work of #quantitative #geographers being recognised. Huge congratulations to Mark Green, @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @caitrobin.bsky.social , and Tony Champion! 🏆
May 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🍾 We're thrilled that several of our nominees have won prizes in the 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social Awards! It's fantastic to see the work of #quantitative #geographers being recognised. Huge congratulations to Mark Green, @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @caitrobin.bsky.social , and Tony Champion! 🏆
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1️⃣ Mark Green of the @geodatascience.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social has been awarded the Back Award 🏆 for scientific geographical studies which make an outstanding contribution to the development of national or international public policy! You can find out more here 💫👉 tinyurl.com/2ywxtwk4
Professor Mark Green Awarded RGS Back Award
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May 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1️⃣ Mark Green of the @geodatascience.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social has been awarded the Back Award 🏆 for scientific geographical studies which make an outstanding contribution to the development of national or international public policy! You can find out more here 💫👉 tinyurl.com/2ywxtwk4
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#OpenAccess in Transactions:
'Uneven ambient futures: Intersecting heat and housing trajectories in England and Wales' by @caitrobin.bsky.social et al.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #geosky #geo
'Uneven ambient futures: Intersecting heat and housing trajectories in England and Wales' by @caitrobin.bsky.social et al.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #geosky #geo
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
Despite being a key mechanism via which people are exposed (or not) to uncomfortable or dangerous ambient environments—the conditions of the air or other medium that surround us—housing is rarely con...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#OpenAccess in Transactions:
'Uneven ambient futures: Intersecting heat and housing trajectories in England and Wales' by @caitrobin.bsky.social et al.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #geosky #geo
'Uneven ambient futures: Intersecting heat and housing trajectories in England and Wales' by @caitrobin.bsky.social et al.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #geosky #geo
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ERSA REGION has pioneered the publication of computational notebooks as a way to reproducible & portable research that can be reuse for research & teaching. In association with @rgsibg.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social, we have revived & published the first digital version of CATMOG.
What is CATMOG?👇
What is CATMOG?👇
Some, like #27, are startlingly contemporary! Also, @fcorowe.bsky.social is editing a revival w/ the Digital CATMOGs at ERSA’s REGION journal! AFAIK, Serge’s got the first! doi.org/10.18335/reg...
Spatial Inequality
This paper explores the concepts and computational methods used tomeasure spatial inequality, emphasizing a reproducible approach thatsocial scientists can apply to their research. The analysis focuse...
doi.org
April 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
ERSA REGION has pioneered the publication of computational notebooks as a way to reproducible & portable research that can be reuse for research & teaching. In association with @rgsibg.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social, we have revived & published the first digital version of CATMOG.
What is CATMOG?👇
What is CATMOG?👇
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⏰ Submit your abstract for @bspsuk.bsky.social 2025! I am co-organising a session on 'Innovative Data and Methods for Population Science' with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social!
We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
Annual Conference
The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.
tinyurl.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
⏰ Submit your abstract for @bspsuk.bsky.social 2025! I am co-organising a session on 'Innovative Data and Methods for Population Science' with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social!
We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
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Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, studies find
- "We found significant improvements in respiratory health and mental wellbeing, as well as an 18.5% reduction in the likelihood of taking sick leave"
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- "We found significant improvements in respiratory health and mental wellbeing, as well as an 18.5% reduction in the likelihood of taking sick leave"
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, study finds
Team in Belgium find improvement in air quality after launch of traffic measures in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, studies find
- "We found significant improvements in respiratory health and mental wellbeing, as well as an 18.5% reduction in the likelihood of taking sick leave"
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- "We found significant improvements in respiratory health and mental wellbeing, as well as an 18.5% reduction in the likelihood of taking sick leave"
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
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2 year post-doc in the Emerging Fields project REMASS on the "materials-energy-GHG-Nexus in Social Metabolism of Global Production-Consumption Networks" at the Institute of Social Ecology, BOKU, Vienna.
Deadline May 19.
Details here: boku.ac.at/wiso/isec/jobs
Deadline May 19.
Details here: boku.ac.at/wiso/isec/jobs
Jobs::Institut für Soziale Ökologie::Department für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften::BOKU
boku.ac.at
April 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
2 year post-doc in the Emerging Fields project REMASS on the "materials-energy-GHG-Nexus in Social Metabolism of Global Production-Consumption Networks" at the Institute of Social Ecology, BOKU, Vienna.
Deadline May 19.
Details here: boku.ac.at/wiso/isec/jobs
Deadline May 19.
Details here: boku.ac.at/wiso/isec/jobs
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Yesterday we launched our first ever Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex for Scotland 🎉
We joined Craigdhu Primary School in Milngavie during the #BigWalkAndWheel to celebrate 🌞
The Index report gives children a voice on transport issues.
Hear their views 👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
We joined Craigdhu Primary School in Milngavie during the #BigWalkAndWheel to celebrate 🌞
The Index report gives children a voice on transport issues.
Hear their views 👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
April 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Yesterday we launched our first ever Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex for Scotland 🎉
We joined Craigdhu Primary School in Milngavie during the #BigWalkAndWheel to celebrate 🌞
The Index report gives children a voice on transport issues.
Hear their views 👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
We joined Craigdhu Primary School in Milngavie during the #BigWalkAndWheel to celebrate 🌞
The Index report gives children a voice on transport issues.
Hear their views 👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
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DOGE preferentially cancelled grants and contracts to recipients in counties that voted for Harris. No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, this is a wild finding. Source: buff.ly/2vBLXx2
March 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
DOGE preferentially cancelled grants and contracts to recipients in counties that voted for Harris. No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, this is a wild finding. Source: buff.ly/2vBLXx2
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The programme for #GISRUK2025 is now live! See whats happening at this years conference in Bristol, April 22-25th. Registration is still open for if you haven't yet registered! gisruk.org/gisruk-2025
@levijohnwolf.bsky.social @caitrobin.bsky.social
@levijohnwolf.bsky.social @caitrobin.bsky.social
GISRUK 2025 : University of Bristol – GISRUK 2025
gisruk.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The programme for #GISRUK2025 is now live! See whats happening at this years conference in Bristol, April 22-25th. Registration is still open for if you haven't yet registered! gisruk.org/gisruk-2025
@levijohnwolf.bsky.social @caitrobin.bsky.social
@levijohnwolf.bsky.social @caitrobin.bsky.social
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This is what the redundancy wave in British Higher Education currently looks like on the map:
‘British University Redundancy Map’ maps.app.goo.gl/yUteDm2MCXUi...
‘British University Redundancy Map’ maps.app.goo.gl/yUteDm2MCXUi...
British University Redundancy Map - Google My Maps
Mapping redundancies from 2023
maps.app.goo.gl
March 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is what the redundancy wave in British Higher Education currently looks like on the map:
‘British University Redundancy Map’ maps.app.goo.gl/yUteDm2MCXUi...
‘British University Redundancy Map’ maps.app.goo.gl/yUteDm2MCXUi...
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Our next FOSS4G:UK will be an in-person event in Leeds on 1st & 2nd October 2025. More details soon at uk.osgeo.org. Start thinking about your submission for the Call for Talks - we want to hear what you have been up to with Free & Open Source 4 Geospatial! #GISchat
OSGeo: UK
uk.osgeo.org
February 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our next FOSS4G:UK will be an in-person event in Leeds on 1st & 2nd October 2025. More details soon at uk.osgeo.org. Start thinking about your submission for the Call for Talks - we want to hear what you have been up to with Free & Open Source 4 Geospatial! #GISchat
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Facebook already caused a genocide in 2017 thanks to shitty moderation and now they're making it worse. Despicable. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Myanmar: Facebook’s systems promoted violence against Rohingya; Meta owes reparations – new report
www.amnesty.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Facebook already caused a genocide in 2017 thanks to shitty moderation and now they're making it worse. Despicable. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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I've had smoother releases 🙃
But hey, #movingpandas 0.21 is here https://github.com/movingpandas/movingpandas/releases
Make sure to update if you want to use the new #qgis #trajectools plugin version which will be released soon 🆙
#movementdataanalytics #mobilitydatascience
But hey, #movingpandas 0.21 is here https://github.com/movingpandas/movingpandas/releases
Make sure to update if you want to use the new #qgis #trajectools plugin version which will be released soon 🆙
#movementdataanalytics #mobilitydatascience
Releases · movingpandas/movingpandas
Movement trajectory classes and functions built on top of GeoPandas - movingpandas/movingpandas
github.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I've had smoother releases 🙃
But hey, #movingpandas 0.21 is here https://github.com/movingpandas/movingpandas/releases
Make sure to update if you want to use the new #qgis #trajectools plugin version which will be released soon 🆙
#movementdataanalytics #mobilitydatascience
But hey, #movingpandas 0.21 is here https://github.com/movingpandas/movingpandas/releases
Make sure to update if you want to use the new #qgis #trajectools plugin version which will be released soon 🆙
#movementdataanalytics #mobilitydatascience
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People keep asking me about positive things for climate and the environment under Trump and there isn’t any. As long as we keep electing sociopaths, things are going to suck.
NEW: Trump says name of the Gulf of Mexico will be changed to Gulf of America
January 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
People keep asking me about positive things for climate and the environment under Trump and there isn’t any. As long as we keep electing sociopaths, things are going to suck.
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The GIS Research UK (GISRUK) 2025 Call for Abstracts is live!
This year's theme is **Process in Geographic Information Science,** re-thinking the link between the patterns we see and what we represent on our computer screens.
See you in Bristol April 23-25!
gisruk.org/gisruk-2025
This year's theme is **Process in Geographic Information Science,** re-thinking the link between the patterns we see and what we represent on our computer screens.
See you in Bristol April 23-25!
gisruk.org/gisruk-2025
GIS Research UK 2025 Call for Papers - Yet Another Geographer
gisruk.org
October 8, 2024 at 9:17 AM
The GIS Research UK (GISRUK) 2025 Call for Abstracts is live!
This year's theme is **Process in Geographic Information Science,** re-thinking the link between the patterns we see and what we represent on our computer screens.
See you in Bristol April 23-25!
gisruk.org/gisruk-2025
This year's theme is **Process in Geographic Information Science,** re-thinking the link between the patterns we see and what we represent on our computer screens.
See you in Bristol April 23-25!
gisruk.org/gisruk-2025
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AGILE 2025 full paper deadline extended to January 15th, 2025. The deadline for workshop proposals has been extended to January 10th. agile-gi.eu/conference-2...
December 16, 2024 at 4:56 PM
AGILE 2025 full paper deadline extended to January 15th, 2025. The deadline for workshop proposals has been extended to January 10th. agile-gi.eu/conference-2...
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600 fewer respiratory patients a month since Bradford's clean air zone 🤯
Interim findings still but wow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interim findings still but wow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bradford Clean Air Zone health impact 'encouraging' - researchers - BBC News
Experts find a fall in GP appointments linked to respiratory issues since Bradford's zone launched.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2024 at 8:41 PM
600 fewer respiratory patients a month since Bradford's clean air zone 🤯
Interim findings still but wow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interim findings still but wow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Heads up📢! Scholarship opportunity for Brazilians to pursue a full-time Master of City Planning at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) dusp.mit.edu/admissions#d... (DUSP Lemann Fellowship)
Admissions | DUSP
dusp.mit.edu
November 5, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Heads up📢! Scholarship opportunity for Brazilians to pursue a full-time Master of City Planning at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) dusp.mit.edu/admissions#d... (DUSP Lemann Fellowship)
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Exciting news for those who like geographical analysis and also editing journals! The search is on for a new editor for Geographical Analysis! Full details in link. #geography #geosky
geography.osu.edu/news/we-are-...
geography.osu.edu/news/we-are-...
We are looking for a new editor for Geographical Analysis
Geographical Analysis, a premier peer-reviewed journal specializing in spatial analysis, geographic theory, and quantitative methods, is seeking a dynamic new editor-in-chief to lead its editorial ope...
geography.osu.edu
October 11, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Exciting news for those who like geographical analysis and also editing journals! The search is on for a new editor for Geographical Analysis! Full details in link. #geography #geosky
geography.osu.edu/news/we-are-...
geography.osu.edu/news/we-are-...
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Hey, quantitative geographers! Heading to Detroit for @geographers.bsky.social #AAG2025 and looking for a home for your paper?
Our "Interesting Data and Methods Session" might be just the session you've been looking for! #geosky
Our "Interesting Data and Methods Session" might be just the session you've been looking for! #geosky
October 18, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Hey, quantitative geographers! Heading to Detroit for @geographers.bsky.social #AAG2025 and looking for a home for your paper?
Our "Interesting Data and Methods Session" might be just the session you've been looking for! #geosky
Our "Interesting Data and Methods Session" might be just the session you've been looking for! #geosky
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We are hiring 2x Assistant Professor in Climate, Environment and Urban Policy. One with a focus on “Energy and Climate” and the other on “Urban Sustainability”. Closing date 25 November, details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/?unit=u0...
Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Current jobs in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
October 18, 2024 at 4:38 PM
We are hiring 2x Assistant Professor in Climate, Environment and Urban Policy. One with a focus on “Energy and Climate” and the other on “Urban Sustainability”. Closing date 25 November, details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/?unit=u0...
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As Bluesky is growing 🥳, I have updated this starter pack with more people who post about cities, science, and policy.
go.bsky.app/Gf7viP1
go.bsky.app/Gf7viP1
October 19, 2024 at 6:01 PM
As Bluesky is growing 🥳, I have updated this starter pack with more people who post about cities, science, and policy.
go.bsky.app/Gf7viP1
go.bsky.app/Gf7viP1