We are very happy to congratulate our very own @ollejarv.bsky.social for receiving the Research Council of Finland Award on his work on #CrossBorder #Mobility #Transnationalism #Segregation and #NatureRecreation using #BigData such as #SocialMedia and #MobilePhone data.

Struggling with your PhD synopsis? ✍️ Try this - The reverse-order approach! 📚🧠 @tuulitoivonen.bsky.social and @digigeolab.bsky.social have been using the reverse-order approach to structure article-based PhD synopses — and it works! 🔗 Read the full story here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Next up is @tadusko.bsky.social presenting his work on the rise and fall of Flickr and use of its data in geographical analyses at #LBS2025 conference.

Our amazing Leyi Xu presents her work on place modeling using Place2Vec to capture euclidean and semantic aspects of POI information at #LBS2025

Our brilliant @matabatchi.bsky.social is presenting his work on quantifying the role of nature in tourism on global and regional scales at #LBS2025.

Have you ever asked yourself about the overall extent of TikTok? Here some numbers from "Just Another Hour on TikTok" - Great compliment to @bendavidsteel.bsky.social for this data collection effort! w/ @miriamschirmer.bsky.social & Derek Ruths arxiv.org/abs/2504.13279

Oikeutettu etu on 50-50: se joko on tai ei ole. Tällainen light-versio suostumuksesta on ikävän yleinen, mutta härski temppu varsinkin valtionyhtiöltä.

My dear fellow researchers in #America and elsewhere! If you are in the midst of finding a new #academic home and securing new #research #funding the Research Council of Finland is preparing a large funding call to cover the period from 2026 to 2030. www.aka.fi/en/about-us/... #science #phd

Posti alkaa profiloimaan asiakkaitaan OmaPostin käyttöehdot muuttuvat ja Posti alkaa profiloimaan asiakkaitaan mm. sen mukaan keneltä saat paketteja ja kuinka usein. Profilointia käytetään mm. mainontaan. Ohjeissamme kerromme, miten profiloinnista voi kieltäytyä. #posti #omaposti #uutiset

Our new Associate Professor in #geography @geohelsinkiuni.bsky.social, Johanna Eklund 💎, giving her inaugural keynote talk at the Kumpula Faculty Day of @helsinki.fi 🤩 Johanna asks what actually works in #conservation and how this could be tested with #counterfactual approaches 💚

A cool new master's thesis on #mountainbiking in Finnish Lapland's #nationalparks. Mikko used #Strava and #Ridewithgps data to explore whether these sources accurately reflect where and when people like to bike. Could they even aid in managing these areas? 👇

Are doing #research using #Flickr data? Are you aware of the drawbacks? Check out this cool article where researchers critically assess the use of Flickr #SocialMedia data in research on #conservation and #recreation in #nature. Key insights for #NationalPark and #ProtectedArea management.

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨 How many photos are uploaded to Flickr? Where? By who? Why does any of it matter? We explore the rise and fall of #Flickr in this @digigeolab.bsky.social paper by yours truly, @vuoggis.bsky.social, Johanna Eklund, Anna Hausmann & @tuulitoivonen.bsky.social out now! buff.ly/0hJjPsm

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨 How many photos are uploaded to Flickr? Where? By who? Why does any of it matter? We explore the rise and fall of #Flickr in this @digigeolab.bsky.social paper by yours truly, @vuoggis.bsky.social, Johanna Eklund, Anna Hausmann & @tuulitoivonen.bsky.social out now! buff.ly/0hJjPsm

🚨🌍 NEW ARTICLE 🌍🚨 We geocoded the #mobility of over 2 million #Erasmus students across #Europe from 2014 to 2022 with @miladmzdh.bsky.social, Oula Inkeröinen & @ollejarv.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @mobi-twin-project.bsky.social @digigeolab.bsky.social @springernature.com #GIScience

Huge congratulations to our brilliant @ollejarv.bsky.social who has won the prestigious Research Council of Finland Award for his research on #CrossBorder #mobility! 🎉 A well-deserved award! 🎉🎉 blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geog... #tutkimus #research #tiede #science #SuomenAkatemia #AcademyOfFinland

Congratulations to @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and the entire Flow film crew for the Academy Award win! Flow is the manifestation of Blender’s mission, where a small independent team is able to create a story that moves audiences worldwide. Thank you for the shout out! 🧡 #b3d

“Data doesn’t lie.” Spoken only by someone who has never worked with data in their life.

Hey #GeoSky and everyone interested in #geography #geospatial #research #giscience #tutkimus #tiede #maantiede, here is the @digigeolab.bsky.social Starter Pack of current members and alumni. We do research on #accessibility #mobility #conservation and #segregation. bsky.app/start/did:pl...

🚲 Cycle Through a Virtual City: Join the GREENTRAVEL VR Study 🌳 📍 Location: University of Helsinki, City Centre Campus 🕒 Duration: About 1.5 hours 📅 When: February to April 2025 ➡️ Learn more here: https://buff.ly/4h38xgP ➡️Book your participation time here: https://buff.ly/4g5owd8

🚨Fresh from the lab🚨 Robert Klein's first #PhD article, "Temporal variation in travel greenery across 86 cities in Europe", is out! 🌳🚴🚶 Residential areas are greener. Seasonality has a crucial role. Temporal variation of #greenery often overlooked in research and policies. doi.org/10.1016/j.uf...

Meanwhile Bing’s AI is denying the existence of Australia.