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New Team Members
We’re excited to welcome four new researchers, Josephine Roper, Ye Hong, Xiang Han, Frédérik Lavictoire to UNA! Their diverse expertise strengthens our mission to measure, integrate, and understand complex urban systems—advancing progress toward net-zero mobility, affordable housing, and human-centered urban futures.
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UDH – Urban Data Hub
The Urban Data Hub (UDH) will provide data on population-level urban trends at fine geographic resolutions, enabling linkage across sectors and supporting the study of complex urban dynamics. The initial focus is on mobility, housing, and aging. The UDH is an interdisciplinary initiative at UZH led by the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) and Esra Suel, head of the GIUZ Urban Analytics unit.
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New professorship in Urban Analytics
On March 1, 2025, Esra Suel started her position as Professor in Urban Analytics, establishing a new research group within the GIScience Center at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich.