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14. November 2019 | News | Melanie Tomintz

Professor Wendy Lawson as winner of their Outstanding Contribution to Spatial Award for 2019

The New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards (NZSEA) have named Assistant Vice-Chancellor Strategic Projects Professor Wendy Lawson as winner of their Outstanding Contribution to Spatial Award for 2019. The Outstanding Contribution to Spatial Award recognises an individual who has contributed significantly to the spatial sector throughout…

22. October 2019 | Events, News | Melanie Tomintz

Seminar 25 October 2019: Women in Spatial and FrontierSI

The Geospatial Research Institute is pleased to host Dr Kat Salm. Kat has been working in the spatial industry in New Zealand across government, industry, and research/education for a number of years. She is also the winner of the 2018 New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards…

19. September 2019 | Events, News | admin@gri

Seminar 27 September 2019: Regional Councils: from data collection to storytelling

The Geospatial Research Institute is pleased to host Dr Tim Davie, Chief Scientist at Environment Canterbury. Tim trained as a Geographer at the University of Otago and then did his PhD in Hydrology at the University of Bristol, UK. His career has spanned from academia…

18. July 2019 | Events, News | admin@gri

Seminar and workshop 26 July 2019: Using FME Software for data integration and analysis

The Geospatial Research Institute is pleased to host John Kreft, a Senior Engineer in WSP, United Kingdom. John will present a seminar, followed by a 2-hour introductory workshop on FME software. Room 263, Ernest Rutherford Building Networking lunch: 12:30-13:00 Seminar: 13:00-14:00 Workshop:…

19. June 2019 | Events, News | admin@gri

GeoHealth Lab Seminar, 25 May 2019: A multidisciplinary perspective on environmental determinants of lifestyle and health

Please come along to see Dr. Joreintje Mackenbach-van Es from the Amsterdam UMC present her seminar on the environmental determinants of lifestyle and health. Abstract There is widespread consensus that our environment affects our behaviour and health, but less understanding of how this works. I…

19. June 2019 | News | admin@gri

GRI researcher Dr Matthew Hobbs awarded for research in obesity

Dr Matthew Hobbs, a researcher in the GeoHealth Laboratory within the GRI at the University of Canterbury, was awarded by The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) the New Investigator Public Health Award, which marks out rising stars of obesity and public health in Europe. He…

19. June 2019 | Events, News | admin@gri

Seminar, 28 June 2019: Geospatial Analysis and Research and the Ministry of Health

Dr John McCarthy is a Principal Technical Specialist within the Health & Disability Intelligence Group at the Ministry of Health (MoH). In this talk John will be discussing the capability and capacity for geospatial analysis at the MoH, and how geospatial evidence contributes to policy…

07. June 2019 | Events, News | admin@gri

Submissions open: NZ Geospatial Research Conference 2019

Kia ora koutou katoa, We are pleased to announce that abstract submissions are now open for the 2019 New Zealand Geospatial Research Conference. We invite you to join us at the Queenstown Memorial Centre in beautiful Queenstown, Otago on 18 September 2019 and present…

21. May 2019 | Events | admin@gri

GRI Seminar, 31 May 2019: Data-Driven Space

Assoc. Prof. Tony Moore – School of Surveying, University of Otago, Dunedin The spatial data that underpin the maps we see are often compromised by the limited space for them in the map. For example, a large amount of features have to be mapped in cities but there is…

20. May 2019 | News | admin@gri

New GRI PhD student – Olivia Willoughby

GRI welcomes a new PhD student, Olivia Willoughby Olivia will be working on the topic of Spatial variations in Māori health outcomes, supervised by Prof. Simon Kingham and Dr. Malcolm Campbell and funded by a GeoHealth scholarship from the Ministry of Health, New Zealand. Olivia...

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