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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 8d

Is this too far-fetched? Maybe.
Are there risks? Yes.

But the potential reward is huge: to legitimize imagination, spark discovery, and let science dream again.

Should science give itself more room to dream?

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Add a ‘speculation box’ to research papers

Letter to the Editor

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, we already have “future research” sections & perspectives.

But do they really give us space to be bold? Too often they end up cautious, hedged, or vague.

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 8d

Why?
✅ Captures ideas that otherwise stay private
✅ Stimulates new lines of research
✅ Restores the human voice to science, letting readers see not only what we found, but what we dare to think

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 8d

My proposal: a Speculation Box.

📦 A short, clearly labeled, visually distinct section
📦 A home for bold but non-evidence-based ideas
📦 With a disclaimer so readers know it’s speculation

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 8d

Evidence must remain the backbone of science.

But if we never articulate the daring interpretations, causal hunches, or ambitious possibilities that come from our work… we risk slowing down discovery.

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 8d

Science today is rigorous, careful, precise, and that’s great.

But when it comes to imagination, we often hold back. We hedge, we stay cautious, because reviewers (and readers) always ask: “Where’s your evidence?”

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 New Publication in Nature! 🚨
I propose a simple but radical idea: add a “Speculation Box” to research papers.

A space for bold interpretations + daring ideas — clearly marked as speculation, not evidence.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415...

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 14d

AI won’t decide the future of cities on its own, we will.

Will planners lead the way, or be left behind?

Read my new article in Cities: tinyurl.com/3jtx2xrd

#UrbanPlanning #Innovation

Urban planners should not be afraid of AI

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 14d

Urban planners should not be afraid of AI! 🏙️🤖

AI won’t replace planners, but it will transform how we plan & govern cities. The challenge isn’t coding, it’s shifting from fear to curiosity.

#UrbanPlanning #AI #FutureOfCities

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · 14d

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

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Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟 @waeiski.bsky.social · 25d

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

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BEGIN St Andrews @begin-standrews.bsky.social · 21d

🌍✨
Our second seminar is with @miladmzdh.bsky.social - a Postdoc from @digigeolab.bsky.social

"Towards Democratizing VR, AI, and Mobility Data: Insights from GreenTravel, MobiTwin, and OpenGPS"

Date: 7th October 2025 @ 2pm UK time (hybrid).

Register here: tinyurl.com/3dj46bcp
✨🌍

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · Jul 24

🔍 We also identified distinct “emitter profiles” based on car access, job type & gender.

🧭 Urban climate policy needs to move beyond the 15-minute city ideal. We need to plan for the full travel chain.

#UrbanMobility #ClimatePolicy #GPSData #TransportEmissions #15MinuteCity #SustainableCities

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · Jul 24

🤚 In other words, improving the walkability of only residential areas is not enough (e.g., concepts like x-min cities). We’re missing a major opportunity to reduce emissions if we ignore the other places people visit: commercial centres, leisure hubs, and secondary destinations.

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨 New paper out! 🚨

We tracked 587 workers and found that trip-level walkability and transit access matter much more for CO₂ emissions than home or work location alone.

🏡 Improving just residential walkability isn’t enough.

📄 Open access in Cities: doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · May 12

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If you want to get involved, give feedback, or add your study, reach out!
📬 Message me
📋 Feedback form in the prototype
Let’s build a global, open, and reproducible future for GPS mobility research.

#OpenGPS #HumanMobility #OpenScience #FAIRData #Geoprivacy

miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · May 12

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OpenGPS is co-authored with:
Jed Long, Urška Demšar, Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka, Vanessa Brum-Bastos, Jinhyung Lee & Hui Jeong (Hailyee) Ha. 🙌

📄 Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · May 12

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We also propose a governing body to make this sustainable.

And we’re exploring federated architecture, so data can stay with the institution, but still connect to the platform.

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · May 12

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🌍 This initiative is especially vital for researchers in the Global South, where data access, storage, and compute power are often limited.

And yes, sharing saves time and funding.
No more duplicated data collection.

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · May 12

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The platform will grow in 3 phases:

Phase I: Share metadata, even knowing who has what is powerful!
Phase II: Store & share GPS data, securely
Phase III: Analyze data in the cloud, especially helpful when data can't be moved

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · May 12

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📍 OpenGPS is our proposed platform for sharing, storing & analyzing GPS tracking data in human mobility studies, while respecting geoprivacy.

It’s not just a vision:
✅ We’ve published the concept
✅ Built a working prototype
✅ Populated it with 241 studies!

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · May 12

Have you ever found out after your GPS tracking study that someone had already collected similar data?

Or struggled to find collaborators?
Or wanted to do longitudinal work but couldn’t access older datasets?

We’ve been there. That’s why we created OpenGPS. 🧵

#GPS #OPENDATA #GIS #MOBILITY

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Digital Geography Lab @digigeolab.bsky.social · May 9

Location Based Services conference #LBS2025 continues with @miladmzdh.bsky.social presenting his work on characterizing the attractiveness of regions in Europe.

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · Apr 17

What an amazing tool! Please check this tool out! Also, look at the cool visualization @waeiski.bsky.social created!

Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟 @waeiski.bsky.social · Apr 17

✨ NEW TOOL FOR #MOBILITY DATA ✈️🚚🚗🏃

Do your visualisations of origin-destination matrices look like hairy messes? Try the new #EdgeBundling tool by me, Oula Inkeröinen, @miladmzdh.bsky.social & @ollejarv.bsky.social!

🛠️ The tool: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

@mobi-twin-project.bsky.social

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miladmzdh.bsky.social @miladmzdh.bsky.social · Apr 17

THIS IS AMAZING! I'D RECOMMEND EVERYONE TO USE THIS TOOL EVERYDAY!!!

Not a biased opinion of course :))

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