Urban planners should not be afraid of AI! 🏙️🤖 AI won’t replace planners, but it is reshaping how we imagine, design & govern our cities. The barrier isn’t tech, it’s mindset. Read my new piece in Cities: tinyurl.com/3jtx2xrd #UrbanPlanning #AI #FutureOfCities

How can we accurately map where people live and work when they frequently cross national borders? Traditional surveys miss complexity, mobile network operators data are hard to get across borders, and individual social-media traces are sparse—yet social media is inherently transnational.

I also presented yesterday some preliminary work on exploring structural changes in the #Erasmus student mobility network in #Europe. Student mobility has rebounded, and the structure has changed, with larger regional cities becoming more relevant, and Brexit removing the UK's relevance in Erasmus.

To round off #ECTQG it is @miladmzdh.bsky.social presenting his work on understanding the importance of regional connectivity using multiple mobility flows. @digigeolab.bsky.social @mobi-twin-project.bsky.social

In the final session of #ECTQG we have @karasov.bsky.social presenting his work on measuring the quality of time spent in nature. Very interesting stuff!

Next up we have @ollejarv.bsky.social presenting his work in using mobility data to assess #CrossBorder integration across #Europe at #ECTQG. New approaches are needed to better understand the cross-border regions from the perspectives of people and social interactions. @digigeolab.bsky.social

Good to see Modupe Osunkoya presenting her work on dynamic #urban #vitality in #Tallinn at the #ECTQG conference. It is a nice collaboration with her and Jenni Partanen from #TalTech university and @digigeolab.bsky.social

The second day at #ECTQG starts with a keynote from @tuulitoivonen.bsky.social on the current state and future directions of #mobility and #accessibility #research. @digigeolab.bsky.social

This person is a charlatan. Why is there so much uncritical coverage of this obvious nonsense? Where is the actual journalism?

"lisäarvopohjainen realismi"😘 . Muutenkin erinomainen juttu. www.apu.fi/artikkelit/i...

Ei auttanut henkilön vaihtaminen. Yhdenvertaisuusvaltuutettu edelleen valehtelee! #politiikka

Hei #sinitaivas tarvitsemme osanottajia tulevaan työpajaamme! Jos aluekehitys, aluepolitiikka ja muuttoliikkeet kiinnostavat etenkin kun kyseessä on #Suomi ja tarkemmin itäiset ja pohjoiset osat, niin mukaan vaan! #Finland #Finnish #Region #Europe #EU

Hei sinä Itä- tai Pohjois-Suomalainen! Kiinnostaako sinua kotiseutusi aluekehitys ja tulevaisuus? Tule mukaan työpajaamme! 🗓️ Syyskuun 12. päivä 2025 ⏰ Kello 11:00 – 12:30 Osallistumistiedot blogissamme: blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geog... #Savo #Lappi #Kainuu #Alue #Tulevaisuus #Mikkeli

It's the humidity that gets you! Here is the Humidity Belt of the US for your viewing pleasure.

Below is my new post about our Three Stages of Religious Decline paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...). We argue that a similar process of decline affects countries on every populated continent, including countries in which Christianity, Islam, Buddhism or Hinduism is the largest religion. A🧵

What a cool conference #ERSA2025 was! Many sessions from @mobi-twin-project.bsky.social project, lots of new people, interesting research, and great food! It was my first time at #ERSA and hopefully one of many to come!

Continuing with #CrossBorder research at #ERSA2025 is Elias Günther presenting his work on data issues in crossborder studies conducted in #CrossGov, an #ESPON project.

Wrapping up the second day of #ERSA2025 we have @ollejarv.bsky.social from @digigeolab.bsky.social presenting his work on using #BigData describing #mobility of people to assess #CrossBorder integration in #Europe.

This is what being a kid looks like when your neighbor is russia🧵 We can't undo the trauma russian terrorists cause Ukrainian children, but we can help save their lives: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...

The second day of #ERSA2025 starts with @anpanori.bsky.social presenting her work in @mobi-twin-project.bsky.social on regional attractiveness with @vicenteroyuela.bsky.social and @jlopeztamayo.bsky.social. #RegionalScience #Geography #GreenTransition #Digitalization #TwinTransition #Europe

@waeiski.bsky.social presenting our findings on changing #regional attractiveness during the #twintransition based on the @mobi-twin-project.bsky.social results!

Our session in #ERSA2025 starts with Luca Alfieri's presentation on flexible working arrangements' impact on migration decisions in #Lombardy Italy. This work is also an output from the @mobi-twin-project.bsky.social project.

Next up Manos Matsaganis presented his work, also from @mobi-twin-project.bsky.social, on using microsimulation to explore how new social benefit policies in Greece and Italy reduced child poverty. #ERSA #ERSA2025

Currently @thanasisziogas.bsky.social is presenting his work on spatial micro simulation conducted in the @mobi-twin-project.bsky.social research project. It is a full house! 💪 #geography #microsimulation #SpatialAnalysis #abm #ERSA #ERSA2025

🇺🇦🇵🇱 Ukrainians have replenished the Polish budget by almost $28 billion in 3 years. Officially, Ukrainians have paid taxes in Poland worth over $12.8 billion, while the Polish government's spending on refugee aid amounted to $4.1 billion.

The 1st day of #ERSA2025 has started! Come check out session S16 for latest insights on changing regional #mobility patterns in Europe today at 16:30-18:30! I am presenting my work on #Erasmus student mobility and joint work on regional attractiveness led by the fantastic @miladmzdh.bsky.social!

"Courage. Resilience. Freedom. Ukraine’s flag carries them all," said the European Commission on Ukraine's Flag Day It raised the Ukrainian flag at its Brussels headquarters, a symbol that Europe stands united with Ukraine 📷 EU_Commission

Anybody going to #ERSA next week? Or #ECTQG in a couple of weeks? I want to catch some good sessions, and am open for suggestions! #Geography #GIScience #GIS #RegionalScience

I was delighted today when I, for the first time, used #statsmodels and #patsy to explore some mobility data. Somehow, all the previous times I've had to do #regression analyses, it's been a cumbersome task, but these libraries are just so easy to use and flexible that I am astonished.

Our open course on #cartography and #GIS was run for the second year. Kamyar reflects back on this year and the course principles: how we focus not (only) on building technical capabilities, but on maps as means of visual storytelling: Read more here! blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geog...

🚨UPDATED DATA🚨 Our #Erasmus student #mobility flow data has been updated with over 280 000 students from 2023, bringing the grand total to over 2.5 million students covered by the data from 2014 until 2023. 💾 Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 📜 Article: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #OpenData #Europe #EU

I found an interesting book of old maps and urban plans of #Helsinki, some of which I had never seen. I love this type of cartography, and I have a reproduction of one of these on my wall, because of course I do. #cartography #history #Helsingfors #historia #kartta #map

🇺🇦⚓️ Zelensky: Happy Day of the Naval Forces of Ukraine! 🫡 There was no Russian landing in Odesa, Moskva sank, Zmiiniy Island is under our control, 28 Russian ships and one submarine were destroyed and damaged, and "grain corridor" is functioning.

Pieni lauantai-illan avautuminen seuraa. Mun tiimissä tehdään tutkimusta mm. bipolaaristen liitostransistorien soveltuvuudesta avaruuskäyttöön ja seitsemän nanometrin kenttävaikutustransistorien säteilysietoisuudesta. Veronmaksajien rahoilla. Kukaan ei ikinä, koskaan, missään tule kritisoimaan 1/2

Suomen Akatemia tuomitsee jyrkästi tutkijaan kohdistuvan häirinnän ja vihapuheen. ”In Finland, academic freedom is a core value. Researchers must be able to explore, question and share knowledge openly.” ”Let’s protect the freedom to do science, and the people who make it possible.”

📢 New open dataset & publication! 2.2M Erasmus+ student mobilities (2014–2022) geolocated at LAU & NUTS 3 📍 🔓 Open data + code 🧠 Brain drain/gain, EU identity, COVID impact 📄 nature.com/articles/s41... 📂 github.com/DigitalGeogr... #OpenData #ErasmusPlus #MobiTwin #OpenData

Good news! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Online behavioral advertising has made surveillance the business model of the internet. Privacy Badger fights for a better web by incentivizing companies to respect your privacy.

The Just Transition Fund has spent less than 3% of its €26.7 billion to support regions and communities www.context.news/just-transit...

Mitä ihmettä nyt taas. Inkeri Parkkari Traficomista väitti Ykkösaamussa, että Suomessa vain Helsingissä nuori pärjää joukkoliikenteellä. Tampereen naapurikunnassa varttuneena voin kyllä taata, että ilman ajokorttia pärjäsi jo yli 15 v. sitten ja palvelutaso on siitä parantunut.

Norway, Australia, and New Zealand join Britain and Canada. The Biden admin weighed this but backed off. Extraordinary move against two figures who really did their best to make their disdain and disregard for international norms as clear as possible.

As the debate continues about the value of humanities, arts and social sciences degrees, we have published a new toolkit that captures the vital contributions of SHAPE graduates to society, culture and the economy. It's covered here on WonkHE: buff.ly/pB45bCX Dive in here: buff.ly/WU6xBzT

Thrilled to share that my new book „Cultural Data Science: An Introduction to R“ is out in print, too! A practical guide to data + code in the humanities. With a foreword by Lev Manovich, published by Springer Nature. link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #CulturalDataScience #DigitalHumanities #RStats

Tutkimusnäyttö ei tue väitteitä paosta tai haitoista, vaan lähinnä verokertymän kasvusta. "The study documents that previous tax reforms targeting the superrich did not result in -- relocating to other countries, Just 0.01% of the richest households relocated after tax reforms"

The perfect metaphor for this moment doesn’t exi…

‼️ Happening Now! #Mobi_Twin Semester meeting in the beautiful city of #Mikkeli, Finland. 🔗 Learn more about the project: mobi-twin-project.eu #MOBITWIN #TwinTransition #SpatialMobility #RegionalDevelopment #EUResearch

I am going insane