Associate Professor · Geography · University of British Columbia Okanagan
I am an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. My academic background spans GIS and human geography, and my research sits at the intersection of digital, data, visual, and urban geographies.
I teach across the geography program — courses on digital and visual geography, cartography, and human and urban geography. I am co-Editor-in-Chief of Digital Geography and Society.
Explores the connections between experimental modes of urban governance and digital technology innovation through a case study of a mid-sized Canadian smart city.
Examines the role of digital platforms in shaping how cities around the world look, how platform aesthetics connect to 'world city' ambitions, and the attendant impact on urban inequalities. Uses an innovative visual methods approach and comparative urbanisms framework across Canada, Poland, and Turkey.
Explores novel computational visual methods for analyzing images for their spatial and aesthetic properties.
Web tools for image analysis and visual geographies research.
Conduct systematic multi-temporal visual audits of urban change.
Open tool →Analyze colour properties in large image datasets.
Open tool →Explore and visualize colours in large image datasets
Open tool →Explore the geographies of colour and generate Earth colour palettes for mapping and graphic design.
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