[StipHu] Fw: [geovis] Fw: Graduate student opportunities in GIScience in the Department of Geography, Society, and Environment at the University of Minnesota

[Gede Mátyás]

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From: Urska Demsar <urska.demsar at st-andrews.ac.uk>
To: "geovis at iais.fraunhofer.de" <geovis at iais.fraunhofer.de>
Sent: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:15:19 +0000
Subject: [geovis] Fw: Graduate student opportunities in GIScience in the
Department of Geography, Society, and Environment at the University of Minnesota

This opportunity may be of interest to your students.

Regards,

Urska Demsar

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From: Somayeh Dodge <sdodge at umn.edu>
Subject: Graduate student opportunities in GIScience in the Department of
Geography, Society, and Environment at the University of Minnesota

Dear all,

We are looking for talented graduate students in GIScience. I would appreciate
your help sharing this opportunity with any qualified and interested
candidates in your network.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Somayeh

Department of Geography, Society, and Environment at the University of Minnesota
NOW RECRUITING MGIS, MA AND PHD STUDENTS for Fall 2019 Admission

The Department of Geography, Society, and
Environment<https://cla.umn.edu/geography> at the University of Minnesota
invites students to apply for MA and PhD positions in Geography with a
specialization in Geographic Information Science (GIScience). The department
also offers a two-year professional Masters of GIS (MGIS). More information:
https://spatial.cla.umn.edu/apply

The department offers all MA or PhD students a very competitive funding
package that will cover a standard progression of four to five years for the
PhD and two years for the MA. This includes stipend, tuition, and fringe
costs. The application deadline is December 15, 2018 for admission in Fall 2019.

The Department of Geography, Society, and Environment at the University of
Minnesota has long been a center of innovative work in Geographic Information
Science. The Spatial Innovation Lab<https://spatial.cla.umn.edu/> is home to
eight full-time faculty/staff members who provide breadth and depth in
GIScience concepts and practice.

  *   Somayeh Dodge<https://somayehdodge.info/>: movement analytics and
modeling, advanced visualization.
  *   Kathryn Grace<https://kathryn-grace.squarespace.com/>:
quantitative/mixed methods in health and population geography
  *   Mark Lindberg<https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/mbl>:
cartography, quantitative analysis, and computation
  *   Steven Manson<http://manson.umn.edu/>: big data and spatial modeling of
complex human-environment systems
  *   Robert McMaster<https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/mcmaster>:
cartography, generalization, and GIS and society
  *   Susanna McMaster<https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/mcmas002>:
professional GIS education, cartography, and spatial analysis
  *   Eric Shook<https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/eshook>: big
data, high performance computing, health, and population
  *   Ying Song<https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/yingsong>:
spatiotemporal modeling, transport geography, urban mobility and accessibility

Graduate students have many opportunities to work with community experts who
offer hands-on classes in topics including programming, web mapping, spatial
databases, and surveying<http://spatial.umn.edu/>. More broadly, the
University of Minnesota has deep expertise in all matters
spatial<http://uspatial.umn.edu/>, with over a hundred faculty working in
spatial science and hundreds more working in spatial areas. We are also home
to U-Spatial<http://uspatial.umn.edu/>, a world-class spatial science
infrastructure.

The Department of Geography, Society, and Environment at the University of
Minnesota is internationally recognized and includes scholars working in
GIScience, urban geography, globalization and development, nature-society
studies, regional geography, climatology, paleoclimatology, and biogeography.
The University of Minnesota is a world-class university that offers students
access to a wide array of faculty and departments. The metropolitan area of
Minneapolis-St. Paul has a population of over three million people and
supports thriving arts and cultural communities. It is regularly listed as one
of the top ten best places to live in the United
States<https://www.businessinsider.com/us-news-best-places-to-live-in-america-2016-3>.

Application information

  *   PhD/MA: See the application
page<https://cla.umn.edu/geography/graduate/apply> for information. For
questions about the MA/PhD application process, contact the Graduate Program
Coordinator, Sara Braun (geog at umn.edu<mailto:geog at umn.edu>, +1 612 625-6080).
  *   MGIS: The professional MGIS program has information on
applying<https://cla.umn.edu/mgis/program/how-apply>. Questions about the MGIS
program should be directed to Susanna McMaster
(mcmas002 at umn.edu<mailto:mcmas002 at umn.edu>).

Somayeh Dodge, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Science

Department of Geography, Environment, and Society | University of Minnesota
sdodge at umn.edu<mailto:sdodge at umn.edu> | https://z.umn.edu/sdodge| 612.625.1112
| 427 Social Sciences Building
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GEDE Mátyás
ELTE Térképtudományi és Geoinformatikai Tanszék, Budapest

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