Wealth inequality takes the backseat. Interesting times. #GE2019 ft.com/content/b398d2…

Atlas of inequality challenges assumptions of rich and poor areas sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/atlas-… via The University of Sheffield

Trying to get the signal from the noise with commute data - example: 1. All commutes 2. 10+ only 3. Add transparency 4. Addition blend mode (glow) 5. Lighten border 6. Add some labels 7. Remove some labels 8. Add label hierarchy 9. Annoy everyone by using wrong label hierarchy

Excited to announce a #specialissue of Regional Studies, Regional Science (RSRS) on "Innovation in Regional Graphics" co-edited with Elvis Nyanzu and Kevin Walsh Our very first *ALL* map/graphics/data viz issue will feature the cutting edge of regional visualizations. See the CFP: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

New online home for Atlas of Inequality Nuffield Foundation funded project by Elvis Nyanzu and me - alasdairrae.github.io/atlasofinequal… Includes: - final report - technical report - data files - maps for different geographies (local authority, TTWAs, constituencies)

Looking at employment zones in Britain with Adam Brown, Jen Nelles, and Tim Vorley as part of our current project - "Rethinking place to understand spatial productivity patterns". Is it about time to review Travel to Work Area boundaries?

Now, this is a 'Wrap'!!! Great Work.

Had so much fun working on this. See this awesome thread that breaks it down. So much more coming! cc Tim Vorley and Elvis Nyanzu

Putting the finishing touches to training material for our QGIS courses, launching soon This is first of three, with 'next steps' and then more fancy stuff (including gifs) completing the set Feel free to get in touch via DM, email, web with questions automaticknowledge.co.uk/training/

#30DayMapChallenge

🚨update🚨 all three full-day and half-day QGIS late Feb/early March training sessions are now live on Eventbrite, along with a bonus Aerialod intro one - feel free to DM or email if you want more info eventbrite.co.uk/o/alasdair-rae…

In a market with low housing stock, ‘help to buy’ only helps to increase house prices and keeps house buying out of reach for low income earners. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

New Project Report: We are very pleased to share the report 'Geographies, Geometries, and Economies of Spatial Productivity in England' by Jen Nelles, Adam Brown, Elvis Nyanzu, and Tim Vorley. Read it now ➡️: ow.ly/JlMW50Gjm7F

Anyone reading the Levelling Up White Paper and wondering what the heck "Moran's I" is, well Elvis Nyanzu and I produced maps for every local authority, constituency + TTWA in our Nuffield Foundation Atlas of Inequality - e.g. BIRMINGHAM here, more via link alasdairrae.github.io/atlasofinequal…

We're doing a levelling up double header next week. First up on Monday (27th), how do people’s incomes differ across the UK? We'll hear from Sam Beckett Office for National Statistics (ONS) Elvis Nyanzu Charlie McCurdy & Torsten Bell . Sign up! resolutionfoundation.org/events/mind-th…

It was a "whitewashing" experiment: “We were clearly aware of appraisal discrimination. But to be told in so many words that our presence and the life we’ve built in our home brings the property value down? It’s an absolute gut punch.” nyti.ms/3dE8TyW

Happening today - Innovate UK Innovation Caucus Economic and Social Research Council members event - “sustaining the future of innovation & enterprise”

Recent Innovation Caucus research outputs Innovate UK