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#GIScience2023 started! 😃🤓🗺️ Elias Willberg presenting our work on "Measuring just accessibility within planetary boundaries" at GIScience 2023 #EASM workshop. With @TuuliToivonen Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @MobileHarv #GIScience #accessibility #sustainability

We finally have a scientific health check for the entire planet! 6 of 9 planetary boundaries currently transgressed. This does not mean irreversible collapse, but we are losing resilience. We are putting the stability of the entire earth system at risk.

Glad to be part of the excellent #velofinland2023 conference bringing together all the newest insights on cycling in Finland and beyond!

🚨 🚨 My final #PhD paper: “Capturing urban diversity through languages: long-term changes in multilingual residential neighbourhoods in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area” with Olle Järv 🇺🇦, @TuuliToivonen & @tuomo_h is OUT NOW at doi.org/10.1002/psp.27… Wiley Geography & Anthropology DigitalGeographyLab

📢 JOB ALERT! We have 4 postdoc positions open for applications Aalto University! The topic is open ended but should contribute to a more sustainable built environment 🌍🌿🏙️Don't hesitate to contact if you have any quesions. #GIS Check details below 👇🏻 aalto.fi/en/open-positi…

A cool #GeoSPA lecture from Mei-Po Kwan about studying segregation and environmental exposure with geospatial big data. Tomorrow Mei-Po Kwan will be the opponent at the doctoral defence of Kerli Müürisepp 💙💛. Tune in at 11:00 (GMT+2) via this link: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live-s…

In partnerships with @TuuliToivonen and DigitalGeographyLab we are delighted to offer a Finnish version of BikeMaps.org spatial@ucsb SPAR Lab

📢 Open #postdoc position DigitalGeographyLab University of Helsinki! Interested in human mobility analytics, urban and regional geography? Read more & apply 👉jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-P… DL soon: 8 JAN ‘24 DM or email me for more info!

📢THREE (!) positions open in our Lab: 🌍#PhD: Analysing nature visitation using #bigdata 🌍#postdoc: Remote working and multilocal living 🌍#postdoc: Human mobility analytics Inspiring atmosphere, best ever colleagues 💚 Read more & apply: blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geogra…

The first issue of 2024 has now been published with papers on aviation, accessibility, shared mobility hubs, public transport, cycling, equity, transport modelling, transport planning, and much more: tandfonline.com/toc/ttrv20/44/…

Yesterday was the last day for DigitalGeographyLab in UrbanAge project focused on age-friendly cities blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geogra… Big thanks to all project partners, especially to ForumViriumHelsinki who lead the work in Helsinki, and Christoph Fink (he/him), @TuuliToivonen who lead our work in DigitalGeographyLab!

Despite today's grim milestone with the world passing 1.5C over the past 12 months, I see some reasons for cautious climate hope. We stand both on the brink of severe climate impacts, but also on the brink of a rapid energy transition away from fossil fuels.

Wow this chart is 🔥🔥🔥 transport2024.transportenvironment.org/sot/index.html

In Paris, the number of people biking *doubled* in a single year (Oct 2022-Oct 2023). It's not magic -- it's what happens when a city makes biking easy and safe. From Le Monde (w/Google Translate): lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/…

It’s no secret that LLM training data is running out. How close are we to the limit? To answer that, here's an estimate of the total amount of text in the world from every major source:

We've reached a global mean surface temperature rise of 1.2°C, the warmest temperature on Earth over the past 100,000 years. This heat is starting to cause social & economic impacts across the world. My latest scientific assessment of rising Earth risks: pik-potsdam.de/members/johanr…

Long-distance commuting is rebounding in Europe after COVID-19, but regions remain differently affected. Fantastic Tuomas Väisänen 📼 🇺🇦 vis.social/@waeiski presenting fresh findings using social media data at the #MobileTartu2024 conference. DigitalGeographyLab

Ever thought about using ChatGPT (or large language models) in urban planning? Check out my latest paper (pre-print version) with @TuuliToivonen & Elias Willberg at DigitalGeographyLab. But first, read this thread! arxiv.org/abs/2407.14268 #AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #urbanplanning

🌱Green or short everyday trips in European cities? 📜Our new DigitalGeographyLab study shows that good walking access and greenery exposure are sometimes at odds Wonderful collaboration w/ Christoph Fink (he/him), Robert Klein, Roope Heinonen & @TuuliToivonen #GREENTRAVEL OA: doi.org/10.1016/j.comp…