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Francisco Rowe πŸš€
@fcorowe.bsky.social
Prof. Human #Mobility & #Migration β€’ Geographic #DataScience β€’ #Spatial #Inequality

πŸ™ŒπŸ½ Lead @geodatascience.bsky.social & @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social
✍️ Editor @region.bsky.social
πŸ’» Project: https://de-bias.github.io/debias/t
πŸ”— www.franciscorowe.com
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A clip of our work at the @geodatascience.bsky.social on human mobility, geographic data science, cities & skills delivered through our MSc programme

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Harnessing geographic data science for global impact
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Internal displacement is hard to measure, esp. in the early phase of a crisis when operational decisions must be made with limited info. Our recent work explores whether privacy-preserving GPS mobility data can contribute to short-term displacement estimation.
Paper: doi.org/10.1057/s415...
Estimating internal displacement in Ukraine from high-frequency GPS mobile phone data - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Estimating internal displacement in Ukraine from high-frequency GPS mobile phone data
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The IOM report elaborates on operational implications and outlines where digital trace data can strengthen early-stage monitoring:
publications.iom.int/books/dynami...
DTM summary: dtm.iom.int/updates/new-...
Dynamic Estimates of Displacement in Disaster Regions: A Policy-Driven Framework Triangulating Data | IOM Publications Platform
The global challenge of internal displacement, exacerbated by conflict, climate-induced natural hazards and disasters, requires innovative and collaborative approaches to ensure effective responses. A...
publications.iom.int
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Performance varies substantially with market coverage, crisis conditions, and the behavioural responses of affected populations. These constraints make representativeness a methodological as well as an ethical question β€” a direct link to our DEBIAS work.
de-bias.github.io/debias/
DEBIAS
de-bias.github.io
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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This produced a policy-driven, multi-source framework: mobile traces supply temporal sensitivity; DTM assessments introduce contextual grounding; and census denominators anchor scale. The framework is designed to complement existing systems rather than replace them.
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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The central idea is not to treat mobile phone data as a standalone proxy, but to examine how its mobility signatures behave when triangulated with @iom.int’s Displacement Tracking Matrix assessments and official population baselines.
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Internal displacement is hard to measure, esp. in the early phase of a crisis when operational decisions must be made with limited info. Our recent work explores whether privacy-preserving GPS mobility data can contribute to short-term displacement estimation.
Paper: doi.org/10.1057/s415...
Estimating internal displacement in Ukraine from high-frequency GPS mobile phone data - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Estimating internal displacement in Ukraine from high-frequency GPS mobile phone data
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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In β€œImpacts of COVID-19 on Internal Population Movements,” M Gonzalez-Leonardo, @fcorowe.bsky.social et al. used Facebook mobility data to show that contrary to the Global North, β€œMexico did not see an urban exodus during the pandemic." @geodatascience.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
August 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Back from a great trip to Australia πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί. Presented at the #IPC2025, shared our DEBIAS work on human mobilityπŸ“±and revisited my PhD home at UQ.

Delivered seminars at UQ and Griffith Universityβ€”fantastic discussions on mobility, data science & climate change.

More on DEBIAS πŸ‘‰ de-bias.github.io/debias/
July 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
@sdruk.bsky.social announced the formation of a new taskforce to address challenges researchers face in accessing data from digital platforms.

Find out how you can get involved: bit.ly/3I0PPtU
July 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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We are now receiving applications for our first summer school πŸŽ“βœοΈ

Key deadlines & details πŸ‘‡
πŸ“’ Announcing the first-ever @geodatascience.bsky.social Summer School!πŸŒπŸ“Š

Boost your skills in Data Science, Geography, ML/AI with our dream team: Elisabetta, @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social, Gabriele, Mark, Zi, Olga & Ron

πŸ—“οΈApply now! Early Bird: June 30.

πŸ”— lnkd.in/eW976945
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June 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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πŸ“’ Announcing the first-ever @geodatascience.bsky.social Summer School!πŸŒπŸ“Š

Boost your skills in Data Science, Geography, ML/AI with our dream team: Elisabetta, @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social, Gabriele, Mark, Zi, Olga & Ron

πŸ—“οΈApply now! Early Bird: June 30.

πŸ”— lnkd.in/eW976945
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June 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
πŸ“’ Announcing the first-ever @geodatascience.bsky.social Summer School!πŸŒπŸ“Š

Boost your skills in Data Science, Geography, ML/AI with our dream team: Elisabetta, @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social, Gabriele, Mark, Zi, Olga & Ron

πŸ—“οΈApply now! Early Bird: June 30.

πŸ”— lnkd.in/eW976945
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June 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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We have an exciting new PhD project. If you would like to work with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @ofstednews.bsky.social, apply πŸ‘‡
🚨 New PhD Opportunity!

Join our exciting project with @Ofsted at the @geodatascience on early childhood education & labour force participation.

Work with novel geospatial data & methods with real-world impact.

πŸ—“οΈ Deadline: 1 June 2025
πŸ“₯ Apply: lnkd.in/egTWyUT8
May 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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🚨 New PhD Opportunity!

Join our exciting project with @Ofsted at the @geodatascience on early childhood education & labour force participation.

Work with novel geospatial data & methods with real-world impact.

πŸ—“οΈ Deadline: 1 June 2025
πŸ“₯ Apply: lnkd.in/egTWyUT8
May 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🚨 New PhD Opportunity!

Join our exciting project with @Ofsted at the @geodatascience on early childhood education & labour force participation.

Work with novel geospatial data & methods with real-world impact.

πŸ—“οΈ Deadline: 1 June 2025
πŸ“₯ Apply: lnkd.in/egTWyUT8
May 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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ERSA REGION has pioneered the publication of computational notebooks as a way to reproducible & portable research that can be reuse for research & teaching. In association with @rgsibg.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social, we have revived & published the first digital version of CATMOG.

What is CATMOG?πŸ‘‡
April 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Make sure to join this exciting workshop on estimating displacement in disaster regions organised by @geodatascience.bsky.social QMRG committee members @mattgmasn.bsky.social, @fcorowe.bsky.social and Elisabetta Pietrostefani in partnership with @iom.int 🌏. Details below πŸ‘‡
🚨 Join our hybrid workshop on Dynamic Estimates of Displacement in Disaster Regions, in partnership with @iom.int's Displacement Tracking Matrix and Snowflake’s End Data Disparity initiative

πŸ“… May 21 09:00-13:00 (CET)

πŸ”— Visit our website for joining info: pietrostefani.github.io/pop-displace...
Workshop – Dynamic Estimates of Displacement in Disaster Regions
pietrostefani.github.io
May 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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⏰ Submit your abstract for @bspsuk.bsky.social 2025! I am co-organising a session on 'Innovative Data and Methods for Population Science' with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social!

We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➑️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
Annual Conference
The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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🚨 Call for papers! @ruthneville20.bsky.social ,@carmen-cabrera.bsky.social & I are hosting a #BSPS2025 strand:

Innovative Data & Methods for Pop. Sc.πŸ€–

We welcome work on digital trace data & AI, inc. bias, representation & ethics challenges.

πŸ“… Deadline: 9 May 2025 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Annual Conference
The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.
www.lse.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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πŸ“’New Issue of The GJπŸ“’

The March Issue of The Geographical Journal is out now, with 9 of 13 papers #OpenAccess

The GJ publishes work relating to 'public geographies' - get in touch with your ideas and submissions!

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754959... #geo #geosky
April 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Come and join me in Sept at the 5th conference on approaches to migration, language and identify

I'll talk about the use of LLMs for migration research showcasing some of our recent work!

Thanks @inesvano.bsky.social for spreading the word!

Event details: store.hope.ac.uk/conferences-...
May 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
🚨 Call for papers! @ruthneville20.bsky.social ,@carmen-cabrera.bsky.social & I are hosting a #BSPS2025 strand:

Innovative Data & Methods for Pop. Sc.πŸ€–

We welcome work on digital trace data & AI, inc. bias, representation & ethics challenges.

πŸ“… Deadline: 9 May 2025 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Annual Conference
The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.
www.lse.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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V happy to see our project DEBIAS with @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social featured by @UKRI_News @SmartDataRes. Mobile phone data have transformed how we understand cities & populations. But they are biased.

DEBIAS aims to correct biases in mobility patterns derived from these data.

More on DEBIAS πŸ‘‡
πŸ‘‹ Say hello to our accelerators! Over the coming months, we'll profile each of our nine accelerator teams. First up, @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social, whose groundbreaking research project could transform how governments study population change.
www.sdruk.ukri.org/our-work/cas...
April 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We have an amazing line-up of authors contributing to the new digital (computational) CATMOGs. First up is

Serge Rey: doi.org/10.18335/reg...

Coming soon are Levi's (@levijohnwolf.bsky.social), Carmen's (@carmen-cabrera.bsky.social) and more!
Spatial Inequality
This paper explores the concepts and computational methods used tomeasure spatial inequality, emphasizing a reproducible approach thatsocial scientists can apply to their research. The analysis focuse...
doi.org
April 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
CATMOG is a classic series of guides that introduce key concepts and techniques in modern quantitative geography. Here is the original series which documents methodological advances the mid-1970s upto the early 1990s qmrg.github.io/CATMOG/
QMRG
qmrg.github.io
April 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM