Areaprofiles - Geodemographics and Neighbourhood Classification
January 9, 2010
We have recently launched a new blog which aims to cover current news and advances in the field of geodemographics and neighbourhood classification. In addition, the blog serves as a resource for anyone interested in the history and previous developments in this particular field of urban geography/sociology.
The website is located http://areaprofiles.blogspot.com
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Geographic Information Science in a UK Context
December 5, 2009
This is a talk given at the University of Tokyo about the UK Geographic Information Science Curriculum
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SPLINT and OAC User Group
September 16, 2009
SPLINT researchers have been involved with organising an event with the Output Area Classification User Group about Geodemographic Visualisation. More information can be found on their website.
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Regional Science Prize
September 16, 2009
SPLINT were well represented at this year’s Regional Science Association (British and Irish Branch) Annual Conference in Limerick, Ireland. James Cheshire won the prize for best presentation from a
young researcher. He presented on “Surnames as Indicators of Cultural Regions”, the high profile judging panel were extremely impressed by the quality of submissions. Speaking to a packed room, Alex Singleton presented on “Moving Towards Real-Time Geodemographic Segmentation” and Daniel Lewis presented results from the first year of his PhD research on “Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of General Practice Catchment Areas: A Case Study of Southwark, London”.
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UCL Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Award
May 15, 2009
Paul Longley was awarded the 2009 ‘UCL Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Award’ at the UCL Awards for Enterprise event in the Bloomsbury Theatre on 14 May, on behalf of the UCL KTP with Camden Primary Care Trust. The project looked at many geographical aspects of public health care provision, and funded Ph.D.s for Kate Jones (now o postdoctoral research fellow) and Pablo Mateos (now a lecturer in geography). David Ashby (now of Dr Foster Research Ltd.) also worked on the project. A video of the award is now online [here]
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