Spatial Science and Urban Systems, UC Irvine Spatial Science and Urban Systems, UC Irvine

Projects

The PySAL logo: a central node branching into colored clusters of packages.

Current · 2024–2027

An Open-Source Ecosystem for Spatial and Urban Data Science

Long-term viability for an open-source ecosystem for spatial data science, with PySAL at its core.

NSF POSE Phase II, award 2345820

Map of Riverside County showing age-adjusted opioid overdose death rates by area in 2020, from the project dashboard.

2021–2025

Opioid Overdose Disparities in Inland Southern California: Ethnography Meets Advanced Spatial Analytics

Ethnography and spatial data science on where and why fatal overdoses occur in Riverside County.

NIH / NIDA, award R21DA054611

Three maps of San Diego County shaded by median rent by census tract in 1990, 2000, and 2010.

2020–2025

Neighborhood Influences over the Life Course: Families, Twins, and Spatial Contexts

High-resolution neighborhood data joined to a thirty-year study of twins, siblings, and families.

NIH / NIA, award 2R01AG046938

Map of schools in the Los Angeles area colored by local Moran cluster type: high-high, low-low, outliers, and not significant.

2020–2024

geosnap4ed: Neighborhood Analysis in Education Research

Neighborhood analysis methods for education research, delivered through geosnap.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, INV-024366

2023–2024

Proof-of-Concept Land Value Models: A Spatial Econometric Approach

Proof-of-concept models of land value built with spatial econometric methods.

Robert Schalkenbach Foundation

Line chart of mean neighborhood opportunity scores from 2003 to 2013 for three types of housing assistance; the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program line rises well above housing choice vouchers and public housing.

Completed

Modeling the Geography of Opportunity for Fair Housing Policy

Opportunity models behind HUD's evaluation of the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program and the Baltimore regional plan.