Francisco Rowe

Francisco Rowe is a Professor in Population Data Science; the Lead of the Geographic Data Science Lab at the University of Liverpool; and Co-Vice Chair of the Mobile Phone Data Task Team (MPD-TT) at the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics (UN-CEBD). I lead the UN-CEBD Migration Sub-group. I am the Chair of the Quantitative Research Methods Group of the Royal Geographical Society; Co-investigator of the UK Smart Data Service for Imagery (Imago); and, Co-Deputy Director of the MRC-funded Social Health Hub. My research focuses on human mobility and migration; geographic data science; and climate sustainability. With this work, I seek to advance our understanding of the causes and impacts of human movements for communities and individuals through the novel application of geographic data science methodologies and digitally collected data. My work focuses on changes to human mobility patterns during disasters, including climate, health hazards and conflict, and how urban form shapes mobility patterns and impacts climate. A core principle of my work is to be policy-oriented. I work closely with various sections of the UN, including the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the International Organization for Migration, Displacement Tracking Matrix and the Statistics Division. I have published 100+ scientific articles, works closely with the UN. I serve multiple journal editorial boards and was until recently the Editorin-Chief of the Journal of the European Regional Science Association.

Interests:

  • Human mobility and migration
  • Spatial inequality
  • Climate and sustainability
  • Geographic data science and GeoAI
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