The latest outputs from researchers, alumni and friends at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA).
Do migrants, and urban diversity, help seed new ideas? Tom, Ceren, Abi and I have written an overview of the field.It’s part of this excellent new book on migration and innovation, edited by Francesco Lissoni and Andrea Morrison, featuring many stellar…
Continue reading »At the upcoming Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM) we have several papers being presented. One of which is with Troy Curry and Arie Croitoru entitled “Modeling Forced Migration: A System Dynamic Approach.” In this paper we study how for…
Continue reading »At the upcoming Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM) we have several papers being presented. One of which is with Troy Curry and Arie Croitoru entitled “Modeling Forced Migration: A System Dynamic Approach.” In this paper we study how for…
Continue reading »The FamilyTies project: Family ties, internal migration and immobility Feb 17, 2018 PGRG Blog #9, February 2018 Clara H. Mulder Population geographers have played an important role in gaining understanding of migration patterns, processes and outcomes. However, despite a growing research attention to inter-generational care and geographical distances between family members, the role of ties … More Family ties, internal migration and immobility
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Time Out London, the venerable London free magazine, have spotted that everyone in London loves maps, and so have launched a regular London Mapped feature in their City Life section & blog. This week’s map is rather interesting and not one I’ve seen before. It shows ONS 2015 data on net migration between London’s boroughs […]
Continue reading »Residence vs. Ancestry in Acquisition of Spanish Citizenship: A Netnography Approach Pablo Mateos and Jorge Durand Access to a nationality from a European union (EU) country has become a key migration strategy for people from outside the eu and their families. This … Continue reading →
Continue reading »First published in 2010, I have only recently got round to reading Doug Saunders‘ excellent…
Continue reading »TweetThis time from John Stillwell and me (rather than the other way around!) – paper is titled “A comparison of internal migration by ethnic group in Great Britain using a district classification”. “Oooh, that sounds interesting!” I hear you cry … Continue reading →
Continue reading »TweetYes, British migration classification fans, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for – publication of the CIDER Migration Classification paper! *Cue delirious cheering, whooping, hollering and cries of ‘get in the hole!!’* This most recent product of my blood, sweat and … Continue reading →
Continue reading »Migrations of people have existed for millennia and occur at a range of scales and time-periods (from small-scale journeys to work through to intercontinental resettlement). As a geographer I have long been interested in these and thought it was about time I mapped them! Using data from the Global Migrant Origin Database (thanks Adam for the tip) …
Continue reading »RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2011 London, 31st August to 2nd September CALL FOR PAPERS Diversity in transitions to adulthood and implications for residential mobility Convenors: Nissa Finney (University of Manchester) and Naomi Tyrrell (University of Plymouth) Sponsored by the Population Geography Research Group and the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group Migration has long […]
Continue reading »Thanks to some help from Richard Milton and Ollie O’Brien at CASA I have now managed to produce a google maps mash-up of the Migration Classification I developed as part of my thesis. The full interactive map can be accessed … Continue reading →
Continue reading »Internal migration in the news! Well, sort of… Source: Guardian data blog: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/nov/08/housing-benefit-reform-impact-area#data – *No legend provided, but the colours would seem to represent an average loss of housing benefit – I’m guessing purple is the worst!* In this article … Continue reading →
Continue reading »Pablo Mateos gave a keynote talk at a conference on Urban Studies at the the University of Amsterdam The conference title was “The Essence of the Urban”, and it attempted to discuss questions about scholarly questions emanating from the changing form … Continue reading →
Continue reading »ENFOLD: Explaining, modelliNg, and FOrecasting gLobal Dynamics Pablo Mateos participates in a successful CASA-led £2.9 million bid to EPSRC involving seven UCL departments and ten academics. ENFOLD is a multidisplinary five year modelling project funded by EPSRC (£2.9 million FEC) … Continue reading →
Continue reading »Dr Pablo Mateos gave a seminar on October 7th, at the Bolivar Hall of the Venezuelan Consulate, organised by the Alianza Iberoamericana. He presented a first attempt to measure the size and geographical distribution of the Latin or Iberian-American community … Continue reading →
Continue reading »Kimberley Claydon is a PhD student on the migration workstream
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