What if we had a 'Spotify for nature'? 🏞️ A system that could recommend high-quality outdoor experiences tailored to our preferences, while also providing precious data for sustainable environmental management?
Oleksandr Karasov
@karasov.bsky.social
Geographer at Aalto University. Non-material values of nature, outdoor recreation, big data, crowdsourcing, landscape aesthetics, remote sensing, natural language processing. IPBES Transformative Change fellow. 🇺🇦 🇵🇹 🇪🇪 🇫🇮
How can we accurately map where people live and work when they frequently cross national borders? Traditional surveys miss complexity, mobile network operators data are hard to get across borders, and individual social-media traces are sparse—yet social media is inherently transnational.
In the final session of #ECTQG we have @karasov.bsky.social presenting his work on measuring the quality of time spent in nature. Very interesting stuff!
🌟 Exciting Update! The laid-out version of the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Report Summary for Policymakers (English) is now available! 🧪🌍 Dive into comprehensive insights on biodiversity loss & transformative pathways for just & sustainable futures. Access here: www.ipbes.net/transformati...
As part of #Ukrainability project together with @htenkanen.bsky.social, @ollejarv.bsky.social, and Tiina Rinne we study how people use cultural ecosystem services in Ukraine and how they perceive the quality of these experiences during the full-scale Russian invasion.
It has been quite the remarkable experience serving as an @ipbes.net fellow, contributing to research on visions of better futures for people and nature. The #TransformativeChange report is now released: www.ipbes.net/transformati...
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Next up at #LBS2025 is our alumni member @karasov.bsky.social presenting his work on exploring cultural ecosystem services in #Ukraine using #PPGIS data collected from #Telegram.
Save the date! Celebrate the launch of SocSES with us – and learn more about our plans for building a home for SES research with you. 📅 Date: Thursday, 27 March 2025 ⏰ Time: 15:30 – 17:00 Central African Time 📍 Location: Online (Zoom) Register for the online launch event: lnkd.in/dDCR33DN
We have just opened an exciting PhD position in GeoAI & LLMs and are looking for motivated PhD candidates! The PhD work will be supervised by me and Nico Van de Weghe from the GeoAI Research Center, Ghent University. Apply by March 2nd, 2025 from here (+ more details): www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...
Doctoral Researcher in GeoAI & Large Language Models | Aalto University
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Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
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Are you a #geographer or somehow involved with #geospatial stuff? Come to Location Based Services #LBS2025 conference in Espoo, Finland. Abstract and showcase DL are in early February 2025, so plenty of time to brew a great idea! #GIS #GIScience #Geoinformatics #Location #Geography #BigData
Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟@waeiski.bsky.social · 2y agoHey #geosky! The 19th Conference on Location Based Services (LBS) will be held in Espoo, Finland from May 7th to 9th, 2025. The call for papers is open! Full paper DL 01.11.2024 Abstract DL 01.02.2025 Showcase DL 15.02.2025 lbs2025.lbsconference.org/index.html #GIScience #geography #GIS