Digital spaces + urban spaces + participation: who has access to these tools and spaces? Who gets to participate in the conception processes? How can the digital literacy divide be overcome to ✨not✨ reinforce existing urban inequalities?

"Enrich your mind with knowledge. A lumberjack achieves more with knowledge than with strength." - Homer, 800 BC Library - University of Groningen

Want to learn advanced #QGIS for spatial analysis and data visualization? We are launching our Advanced QGIS course on YouTube and have designed a challenge #30DaysOfQGIS. Spend 30 mins every day for the next 30 days learning QGIS. Interested? Check out spatialthoughts.com/2024/05/13/30d…

A fantastic and simple starter Venn diagram task to start off an urban fieldwork unit Space 🏙️ Place 🧐 What is the difference ? Why is making a distinction important ? #geography #geographyteacher

Excited to share our recent paper in JPER! We combine concept of #SoftSpaces with #PPGIS to redefine #neighborhood boundaries in #Espoo, mapping Functional Neighborhood Areas based on residents' Activity spaces. doi.org/10.1177/073945… #UrbanPlanning #GIS Eva Purkarthofer Anna Kajosaari

Working at the office on weekends… unlocked!

Where does the city happen? Kottbusser Tor + urban agglomeration theory 🌆. Quigley (2006) discussed how concentrated activities foster city growth. Batty (2018) discusses cities evolving through stakeholder negotiations. Glaeser (2011, 2021) shows proximity causing development

I regrettably missed Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics's presentation today. Is there any way I can access it?

Finally out! With Jordi Honey-Rosés Isabelle Anguelovski Samuel Nello-Deakin we discuss on the ideological roots of the 15-minute city critiques, trying to disentangle conspiracy theories from valid concerns. And looking for ways to improve transformative urbanism policies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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scubed.rbind.io/courses/4_intr… Sophie Lee

Job alert! We are looking for a postdoc researcher in Regional Labour Market Dynamics (1,0fte). Apply before July 4th #job #vacature rug.nl/about-ug/work-…

"Boost Spatial Data Science Workflows with GRASS GIS and R" by Veronica Andreo Slides: buff.ly/3xMxGeD #rstats #rspatial #grassgis #gischat

#pedestrian_shed #5_minute_neighborhood #15_minute_city

Optimisation of mobility hub locations for a sustainable mobility system Read the article in Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives spkl.io/60114hond

Based on Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, University of Groningen is ranked 69th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities and 51st-75th in Geography. shanghairanking.com/institution/un…

Here's a proof that Tolkien's Middle-Earth is not flat

We are looking for a post-doc and a PhD researcher for: The roles of siblings and school peers in young adults' life events. Apply until October 21st. All info here: rug.nl/about-ug/work-… University of Groningen #job #vacancy #vacature