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Prof James Cheshire
Department of Geography
UCL
London
WC1E 6BT
Appointment
- Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography
- Dept of Geography
- Faculty of S&HS
Biography
James completed a BSc (1st Class Hons.) in Physical Geography at the University of Southampton before undertaking a PhD in GIScience at the UCL Department of Geography. His topic was the spatial analysis and visualisation of large surname databases. After completing his PhD he was appointed Lecturer in Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation at CASA before moving to the UCL Department of Geography where he is Associate Professor in Quantitative Human Geography. James is also Director of the UCL Q-Step Centre and Deputy Director of the ESRC Consumer Data Research Centre.
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Research Summary
James' research focuses on the use of “big” and open datasets for the study of social science. He has published in a range of journals on a variety of topics including the use of cycle hire schemes, the spatial analysis of surnames and new ways to visualise population data. James is the recipient of a number of major awards from the Royal Geographical Society, The North American Cartographic Information Society and British Cartographic Society. He is President of the Society of Cartographers.
Aside from his academic outputs, a wide range of his maps and visualisations have been featured in the popular press. Read more at spatial.ly or follow @spatialanalysis on Twitter.
Teaching Summary
1. GEOG2025: Geocomputation. Convenor (Undergraduate).
2. Q-Step Data visualisation short course. Convenor (Undergraduate).
3. GEOG1003: Data Acquisition and Interpretation. Convenor (Undergraduate).
4. POLS6024: Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods. Co- Convenor (Undergraduate).
5. POLS6025: Introduction to Data Analysis. Co- Convenor (Undergraduate).
Appointments
| 01-SEP-2018 | Director UCL Q-Step Centre | , United Kingdom | |
| 01-JAN-2017 | Deputy Director | UCL Q-Step | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-SEP-2016 | Senior Lecturer | Geography | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-2014 | Deputy Director | Consumer Data Research Centre | University College London, United Kingdom |
| 01-SEP-2014 | Lecturer | Department of Geography | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-AUG-2011 – 31-AUG-2014 | Lecturer | Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis | UCL, United Kingdom |
| SEP-2009 – AUG-2011 | Research Assistant | Geography/ Dept. Clinical Pharmacology | UCL/ University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
Academic Background
| 2011 | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy – Geographic Information Science | University College London |
| 2008 | BSc Hons | Bachelor of Science (Honours) – Geography | University of Southampton |
