Prof Mark Birkin
Research overview
Professor of Spatial Analysis and Policy and Director of the GeoSpatial Data Analysis and Simulation node of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods. His major interests are in simulating social and demographic change within cities and regions, and in understanding the impact of these changes on the need for services like housing, roads and hospitals, using techniques of microsimulation, agent-based modelling and GIS.
He is co-editor of the journal Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, a member of the editorial board of GeoInformatics and GeoStatistics, and on the programme committee for the European Social Simulation Association and GeoComputation.
Contact details
Room G06, East Building
School of Geography
University of Leeds
University Road
Leeds LS2 9JT UK
Email:
m.h.birkin
Telephone:
+44 (0) 113 34
36838
Student hours:
Monday 10:30 - 12:30, Thursday 2:00 - 4:00
Latest publications
- Birkin MH; Zuo C; Clarke G; McEvoy F; Bloodworth A (2013) Spatial modelling, GIS and network analysis for improving the sustainability of transporting aggregates in the UK, In: Stimson R; Haynes K (Ed) Studies in Applied Geography and Spatial Analysis, Edward Elgar, pp.55-78.
- Kavroudakis D; Ballas D; Birkin MH (2013) Using Spatial Microsimulation to Model Social and Spatial Inequalities in Educational Attainment, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 6, pp.1-23.
- Wu B; Birkin MH (2013) Moses: A dynamic spatial microsimulation model for demographic planning, In: Tanton R; Edwards K (Ed) Handbook of Spatial Microsimulation, Ashgate, pp.171-194.
- Lambert P; Birkin MH (2013) Occupation, education and social inequalities: a case study linking survey data sources to an urban microsimulation analysis, In: Pagliara F; Simmonds D; de Bok M; Wilson A (Ed) Advances in Employment Modelling, Springer, pp.203-222.
- Birkin MH (2013) Dynamic Spatial Microsimulation, In: Tanton R; Edwards K (Ed) Handbook of Spatial MIcrosimulation, Ashgate, pp.223-246.
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