Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis (GIVA)
The GIVA group is responsible for teaching and research in geographic information science at the GIScience Center of the Department of Geography, together with the GIS and Geocomputation groups.
GIVA Mission
Discover and teach new insights on how to creatively design geographic information displays that encourage healthy engagements with the world.
Our Vision
Smart geographic information displays that offer equitable access to knowledge, are engaging to use, and empower all citizens to live a healthy and environmentally sustainable life, in a diverse, democratic, and mobile digital information society.
More on our research interests...
News
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Capturing mood and affective states via Twitter
The coronavirus primarily affects our bodies, but it also has massive impact on our mental health. GIUZ researchers use Twitter content to detect emotional stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Innovathon, Sep 30 - Oct 2, 2021
From September 30 – October 2, 2021 the DSI Community Mobility and UZH Innovation Hub organised the Innovathon 2021: The Digitalization of Mobility
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Scientifica, September 4-5, 2021
How will navigation systems of the future make us smarter?
When we move through a city today, we often focus more on our smartphone screen than on the road while finding our way. Does this mean we're losing the important ability to orientate ourselves? -
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Modeling Patterns in Map Use Contexts and Mobile Map Design Usability
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf.
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Assessing how visual search entropy and engagement predict performance in a multiple-objects tracking air traffic control task
Elsevier
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Toward flexible visual analytics augmented through smooth display transitions
Visual Informatics
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Real-time geospatial surveillance of localized emotional stress responses to COVID-19: a proof of concept analysis
Health and Place
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Space-Time Dependence of Emotions on Twitter after a Natural Disaster
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
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Does diet map with mortality? Ecological association of dietary patterns with chronic disease mortality and its spatial dependence in Switzerland
British Journal of Nutrition
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Harm Avoidance and Mobility During Middle Childhood and Adolescence among Hadza Foragers
Human Nature (2021) 32:150–176
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