I've been out "on leave" (holiday!) while this #GLaD dropped but, in case you didn't listen to it, you absolutely should. Sarah is one of the most inspiring figures at the intersection of cities, tech and society. Come for a peak of what it means to be Sarah Williams! www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Episode 34: A day in the life of...Sarah Williams

This episode is part of our ongoing and occasional series on, “A Day in the Life of…” where we talk to folks about what exactly it is that they do (sadly, the evidence across episodes is starting to i...

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Here's my pitch for what are and why we need to pay attention to "alien" data, from the @pluslab.bsky.social fantastic launch event. If you want a written version, I put it down on words at: me.darribas.org/2026/06/10/a...

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Most of the data cities need will be “alien" - so says @darribas.bsky.social, posing an unresolved problem in urban science.

Most of the data cities need will be “alien" - so says @darribas.bsky.social, posing an unresolved problem in urban science.

📽️ 🎬 🎞️ The first videos from the +Lab launch symposium on "Unsolved problems in urban science" are now available! First, a short overview explaining why we organised the symposium and what we want it to achieve. pluslab.bristol.ac.uk/launch-sympo... ⚡Individual lightning talks to follow soon...

"Most of the data cities need will be alien." That was my pitch at the launch of the Planetary Urban Sciences Lab (+Lab) in Bristol, where we identified unsolved urban challenges. I wrote a bit more about it at: me.darribas.org/2026/06/10/a...

New #GLaDpodcast episode: #embeddings for the rest of us! Join @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @levijohnwolf.bsky.social and yours truly for a (hopefully) “lay enough” conversation about one of the most interesting ideas in geo-data that the last few years have produced. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8ebk6...

🎧 Our new #GLaDpodcast episode—Baby Talk—is all about, yeah, babies. Plus the academic life course, careers and the messy business of advice and decisionmaking. What's not to love?! With @darribas.bsky.social @levijohnwolf.bsky.social & @pietrostefani.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5TDJ...

Episode 32: Baby Talk

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Happy release day (+1) to those who celebrate! Third week in a row shipping imagery-based data products. One is a fluke, two is a pattern, three is real team effort. Imago releases CLiVE Air Temperature and Precipitation: imago.ac.uk/news/imago-r...

Talking about babies (and _everything_ around them) was trickier on tape than on paper, but I think it was worth the effort, audience be the judge!

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🎧 Our new #GLaDpodcast episode—Baby Talk—is all about, yeah, babies. Plus the academic life course, careers and the messy business of advice and decisionmaking. What's not to love?! With @darribas.bsky.social @levijohnwolf.bsky.social & @pietrostefani.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5TDJ...

Last week we released Google embeddings for UK's small areas. While preparing workshop materials, I ran into this nice little example of what they’re capable of. Read on to find out why Battersea Power Station is such an interesting example! me.darribas.org/2026/05/05/w...

Happy release day to those who celebrate!!! Today, you can access our derived product of Google embeddings for small areas in the UK. Embeddings are changing how we work with satellite data. We hope this product will make even easier to get started to look at places. imago.ac.uk/news/imago-r...

Happy data release day to those who celebrate!!! We’ve been working really hard (how hard can it be to count clouds? a lot, it turns out…) to bring you all your cloudy needs neatly packaged. If you play with SPF, we’d love to hear from you! imago.ac.uk/news/imago-r...

Just back from a fully packed week in the Bay Area, I jotted down a few notes to commit the highlights to memory (and battle the post-academic high blues!): me.darribas.org/2026/03/23/n...

New episode of the one and only #GLaDpodcast. For this one, @rsfrankl.bsky.social , @levijohnwolf.bsky.social and yours truly dust off our oracles to speculate what 2026 (whatever is left of it anyway) has in store for Geography, Life, Geography Life, and Data! www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8urep...

🛰️ Embeddings for the rest of us! All part of our Imago mission to make satellite imagery useful, usable, and used in social research and policy! Team Imago* are at MHCLG today to talk imagery, embeddings & why research/policy folks should care. * @darribas.bsky.social @pietrostefani.bsky.social ++

Yesterday, we (the Imago team) gave a workshop on satellite embeddings for a room with ca.50 people from the UK Government. It’s so exciting to see these ideas and technology move at the speed of light from state of the art research to Gov. Materials at: imago-sdruk.github.io/EMBED2Social...

A bit late to post about, new episode w/ @rsfrankl.bsky.social and @levijohnwolf.bsky.social of the #GLaDpodcast. If nothing else, be enticed by the title; if something else, delight in Anthony Robinson’s views on maps, AI, and microwave ovens! gladpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-29...

📍 What is the oldest profession in geography and why should you care about it in 2026? The #GLaDpodcast has answers (and 🔥 takes)! No spoilers 🤐 but @darribas.bsky.social, @levijohnwolf.bsky.social & I are joined this time by special guest @arobinson.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/02JW...

Episode 29: The oldest profession in geography

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Just in time before the year’s out, I managed to collate all the reads that made a mark on me this year! If there are others I should read, hit me up with recommendations. Life’s too short to fill it with mediocre reads. me.darribas.org/2025/12/29/i...

Why "Science-as-a-Service" Doesn't Work for Earth (or social!) Science me.darribas.org/2025/12/18/w...

Just in time for a cozy listen this coming break, a new #GLaDpodcast ep.! This time @rsfrankl.bsky.social @levijohnwolf.bsky.social & I welcome Serge Rey for all things open, open source, and academia! Come for the code, stay for the stories of lives changed! gladpodcast.podbean.com/e/opening-th...

🎧 new episode of the #GLaDpodcast is out! You can run but you can’t hide. @levijohnwolf.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social and I went to the source (Krzysztof Janowicz) to hear more about Geo + AI, AI for Geo, and my personal bugbear GeoAI. #geography #geoAI open.spotify.com/episode/7zZj...

Episode 27: Are you GLaD about GeoAI? A conversation with Kryzsztof Janowicz

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Back from this year's Human Planet Forum, organised by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). I had to summarise the whole event in 10min., so I decided to write it up also: me.darribas.org/2025/11/24/d... The JRC team did a truly stellar job at putting the event together, thank you so much!!!

I have an entry today at the GDSL’s #30DayMapChallenge with an attempt at “Dimensions”. It’s a story of 64 dimensions, mapped in two, with a bit of an extra dimension. me.darribas.org/2025/11/06/e...

This week I gave a (5'ish min.) talk about democratising satellite embeddings in social research and policy. Here's the write up in case of interest! me.darribas.org/2025/10/24/s... #satellite #embeddings #geofoundationmodels

🎧New episode of the #GLaDpodcast 🎧 @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @levijohnwolf.bsky.social and I liked talking to @wenfeixu.bsky.social so much that we invited her back! Come for the fancy data, stay for engaging conversation™️ and… an Exhibitions entry in your CV. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cfz7e-...

🎧New #GLaDpodcast 🎧 Everything you ever wanted to know about mobile phone data in social science and never dared to ask, all in an entertaining™️ conversation btw @levijohnwolf.bsky.social, @rsfrankl.bsky.social, yours truly and the one and only @wenfeixu.bsky.social. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ufnqe-...

Here at your friendly "Geography, Life, and Data" podcast, we do a lot of Geography, a lot of Life, and a lot of Geography Life. This one's for the Data—mobile phone data, that is. ☎️ @darribas.bsky.social @levijohnwolf.bsky.social @wenfeixu.bsky.social #geography open.spotify.com/episode/7Hmx...

Episode 25: What we talk about when we talk about mobile phone data

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AI is now definitely changing how we live our (geography) lives! Join @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social, and me for another episode of GLaD, where we discuss whether you should be vibe coding w/ Claude, sending ChatGPT review requests, or running on AI-made routes! shorturl.at/GLNKd

AI & GLaD in Practice: a field report

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We gave in to the hype and did one #GLaDpodcast episode on how we use AI, for Geography, Life, Geography Life, and data… www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hva24-...