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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Jun 11

3️⃣ Tony Champion of @newcastleuni.bsky.social has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the @rgsibg.bsky.social for excellence in geographical research and fieldwork, teaching, and public engagement 🏆! You can find out more here 👉 tinyurl.com/yzc6wpp7

Emeritus Professor Tony Champion Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the RGS

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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · May 22

2️⃣ @caitrobin.bsky.social‬ of University of Bristol has been awarded the Gill Memorial Award for exceptional early career research with a remarkable track record of achievement 🏆! You can find out more here 👉 tinyurl.com/yj6jrmzf

Dr Caitlin Robinson Awarded Gill Memorial Award

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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · May 14

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 👇

Geographic Data Science Lab @geodatascience.bsky.social · May 14

🚨 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

📅 May 21 09:00-13:00 (CET)

🔗 Visit our website for joining info: pietrostefani.github.io/pop-displace...

Workshop – Dynamic Estimates of Displacement in Disaster Regions

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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · May 13

1️⃣ Mark Green of the @geodatascience.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social has been awarded the Back Award 🏆 for scientific geographical studies which make an outstanding contribution to the development of national or international public policy! You can find out more here 💫👉 tinyurl.com/2ywxtwk4

Professor Mark Green Awarded RGS Back Award

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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · May 13

We will be sharing more information on the prize winners in the coming days via our socials and website. In the meantime, you can find out more about all 2025 award winners here: www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

2025 Awards - RGS

Discover the full list of our 2025 medals and awards winners, recognising excellence in geographical research, fieldwork, teaching and public engagement.

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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · May 13

🍾 We're thrilled that several of our nominees have won prizes in the 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social Awards! It's fantastic to see the work of #quantitative #geographers being recognised. Huge congratulations to Mark Green, @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @caitrobin.bsky.social , and Tony Champion! 🏆

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Ruth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · May 6

⏰ 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)! ➡️ 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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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Mar 28

🚨 Opportunity to join the QMRG @rgsibg.bsky.social 🚨
We are looking for a new Secretary - a great opportunity to take a leading role in the organisation of the committee and direction of #QuantitativeGeography! Nominations open until 30th April 2025! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr3decaw

Secretary Position

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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Mar 28

🚨 Opportunity to join the QMRG @rgsibg.bsky.social 🚨
We are looking for a new Secretary - a great opportunity to take a leading role in the organisation of the committee and direction of #QuantitativeGeography! Nominations open until 30th April 2025! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr3decaw

Secretary Position

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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Feb 26

🎉 Still time to submit to our ECR session at @rgsibg.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference! Great opportunity for PhDs to present their work at an international conference, with a £100 prize to be won 🤑!! Contact our PGR reps @mattgmasn.bsky.social and @fangyuanli.bsky.social for more!

Matt Mason @mattgmasn.bsky.social · Feb 12

Still time to submit your abstract to our ECR session for #quantitative #geography at this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social conference! 🗺️ 🗺️

Any #ECR or #PhD students in #QuantMethods or #QuantGeography submit to the panel below, or drop me or @fangyuanli.bsky.social an email with your abstract! 🌐

Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Feb 3

Our excellent PGR reps are organising a special ECR session at this years @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference. If you are an #ECR in #QuantMethods or #QuantGeography consider sending in your abstract!

Participants will also be eligible for the Robin Flowerdew prize 🏆!

Deadline 28th Feb 🌎💫

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Francisco Rowe 🚀 @fcorowe.bsky.social · Feb 17

We’re building our Imago research team and are looking for 3 postdocs! A pretty exciting opportunity to join our @geodatascience.bsky.social. Help us shape the next generation of open access data products based on satellite imagery!

🗓️ Deadline: 7th March, 2025
📥 Applications: lnkd.in/eZcN5YfU

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Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · Feb 24

Last week to apply!

Ruth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · Feb 19

🌏Work with spatial methods or spatial data? 📈 🌍 Interested in the intersection of population research and geospatial methods? 🧐 There are just under two weeks to submit to our session at @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference⏰ ! Feel free to reach out with any questions, we'd love to hear from you!

Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · Feb 4

‼️Do you work with spatial population data🌍📈 and /or spatial methods🌍🧮 ?

‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference!

@rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social

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Ruth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · Feb 26

Couple days left to get your submissions in! 🔥

Ruth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · Feb 4

👋 @gijsw4.bsky.social and I are pleased to be welcoming submissions to our proposed @rgsibg.bsky.social session sponsored by @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social in collab w/ PopGeogRG! 🌏💫 We are excited to receive your work utilising innovative spatial methods or spatial data!

Check out the details below 👇

Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · Feb 4

‼️Do you work with spatial population data🌍📈 and /or spatial methods🌍🧮 ?

‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference!

@rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social

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Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · Feb 14

Only 2 weeks left!!

Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · Feb 4

‼️Do you work with spatial population data🌍📈 and /or spatial methods🌍🧮 ?

‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference!

@rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social

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Ruth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · Feb 19

🌏Work with spatial methods or spatial data? 📈 🌍 Interested in the intersection of population research and geospatial methods? 🧐 There are just under two weeks to submit to our session at @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference⏰ ! Feel free to reach out with any questions, we'd love to hear from you!

Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · Feb 4

‼️Do you work with spatial population data🌍📈 and /or spatial methods🌍🧮 ?

‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference!

@rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social

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Dani Arribas-Bel @darribas.bsky.social · Feb 17

We have three PDRA roles out currently (until March 7th!) looking for candidates at @sdruk.bsky.social Imago. If you're all about making satellite imagery more useful, usable, and used for social scientists, public health folks & policy makers, this is your job!

📜 lnkd.in/eBMHYe7G

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Smart Data Research UK @sdruk.bsky.social · Feb 14

📅 Working in UK social science and health research or policy? Our Imagery Data Service, Imago, has announced its first community engagement event.
The workshop takes place on Monday, 24 February, at the
Alan Turing Institute in London.
Discover more here👇
www.sdruk.ukri.org/2025/02/13/s...

Satellite imagery workshop

Join Imago, the Imagery Data Service, for a one-day workshop exploring how satellite data can support wellbeing, prosperity.

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Matt Mason @mattgmasn.bsky.social · Feb 12

Still time to submit your abstract to our ECR session for #quantitative #geography at this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social conference! 🗺️ 🗺️

Any #ECR or #PhD students in #QuantMethods or #QuantGeography submit to the panel below, or drop me or @fangyuanli.bsky.social an email with your abstract! 🌐

Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Feb 3

Our excellent PGR reps are organising a special ECR session at this years @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference. If you are an #ECR in #QuantMethods or #QuantGeography consider sending in your abstract!

Participants will also be eligible for the Robin Flowerdew prize 🏆!

Deadline 28th Feb 🌎💫

Fangyuan Li @fangyuanli.bsky.social · Feb 3

Excited to welcome submissions (250-word abstracts) for an ECR session at the next RGS-IBG Annual Conference, sponsored by QMRG! 🌃 🌍 We’re keen to hear from #ECRs in #QuantitativeGeography! 📒

If you’re interested or have any questions, DM or email me / Matt for more details :)

Deadline: 28th Feb

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Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · Feb 4

‼️Do you work with spatial population data🌍📈 and /or spatial methods🌍🧮 ?

‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference!

@rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social

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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Feb 5

🚩Are you working on spatial methods or with spatial data ?🌎✨Consider submitting your abstract to our sponsored session in collab/ with PopGeogRG organised by @ruthneville20.bsky.social & @gijsw4.bsky.social at this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference! Reach out to us with any queries! 💫

Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · Feb 4

‼️Do you work with spatial population data🌍📈 and /or spatial methods🌍🧮 ?

‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference!

@rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social

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Matt Mason @mattgmasn.bsky.social · Feb 3

Excited to welcome submissions for an ECR session at the 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference, sponsored by @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social 🌍 We’re keen to hear from #ECRs in #QuantitativeGeography! 📒

If you’re interested/have any questions, DM or email me/@fangyuanli.bsky.social

Deadline 28th Feb

A call for abstracts for a PGR-led Early Career Session at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2025. The session is aimed at early career researchers in quantitative geography, and the deadline for submissions is 28th February.

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Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Feb 3

Our excellent PGR reps are organising a special ECR session at this years @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference. If you are an #ECR in #QuantMethods or #QuantGeography consider sending in your abstract!

Participants will also be eligible for the Robin Flowerdew prize 🏆!

Deadline 28th Feb 🌎💫

Fangyuan Li @fangyuanli.bsky.social · Feb 3

Excited to welcome submissions (250-word abstracts) for an ECR session at the next RGS-IBG Annual Conference, sponsored by QMRG! 🌃 🌍 We’re keen to hear from #ECRs in #QuantitativeGeography! 📒

If you’re interested or have any questions, DM or email me / Matt for more details :)

Deadline: 28th Feb

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Francisco Rowe 🚀 @fcorowe.bsky.social · Jan 23

Nice and early start presenting some of the work we have been doing estimating and understanding the patters of population movement from and within Ukraine 🇺🇦 at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office today. Keep you posted! 🚀

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Ruth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · Jan 13

Excited to be co-convening the Computational Demography and Data Science strand of #PopFest25 w/ @athinaanas.bsky.social Excellent opportunity for early career researchers to showcase their work. We are excited to receive your submissions - please reach out with any questions! ✨📈

ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Jan 13

📢Calling all #postgraduate students - the call for papers for #PopFest25 is now open!

Join us for the annual postgraduate #population studies conference, this year taking place @unisouthampton.bsky.social, 6-8 July.

📨Find out more and submit: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/p...

Image shows the University of Southampton campus and sights from around Southampton. Text advertises 'The British Society for Population Studies presents PopFest2025! 6-8 July, University of Southampton. Open to all PhD students. Accessible registration fee and bursaries available. Call for papers opens in now OPEN' Logos featured are BSPS, CPC, NCRM, University of Southampton, Connecting Generations and Population Geography Research Group.

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Geographic Data Science Lab @geodatascience.bsky.social · Nov 25

Our own @mattgmasn.bsky.social has been appointed as student rep for @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social 🎉

Quantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Nov 25

🎉We are pleased to announce the appointment of two new PGR reps! @mattgmasn.bsky.social of @geodatascience.bsky.social and Fangyuan Li of Kings College London. We look forward to working closely together to enhance the visibility of PGRs and ECRS in #quantitative #methods! 🌏👨‍🎓

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