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Welcoming Vistors
The Center for Spatial Studies welcomes visiting scholars and researchers to work on spatial research projects. To apply to become a visitor to spatial@ucsb please see the application process. View the presentations given by previous visitors.
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spatial@ucsb.global2021, Poster Exhibit
In collaboration with the International Association of Young Geographers, the Center for Spatial Studies hosted its annual poster session online this year and taking it from the local level to the global, renaming it spatial@ucsb.global2021 to reflect that it is now an international event. It featured 65 submissions of posters, among which 53 were selected to be presented during the event. There were more than 230 registered participants who were able to view and interact with poster presenters. The selected posters can be viewed here.
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About the Appearance of Chairs during the Disappearance of Bikes—Space, Time, Photography, and a bit of Drama
The Center for Spatial Studies’ director, Krzysztof Janowicz, presented some personal thoughts on spatial thinking and semantics by sharing a campus photography project during COVID in a highly interactive and, hopefully, cheerful style.
Vision
The vision of the Center for Spatial Studies is that spatial thinking and computing serve all scientific disciplines and support trans-disciplinary problem solving. The Center’s mission is to engage in interdisciplinary research and education in how people and technology solve spatial problems. To progress toward its vision…
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Research
We strongly support interdisciplinary research projects. We organize research-oriented events, such as the ongoing ThinkSpatial talks for the local community and our annual Specialist Meetings. Learn more about our Research Resources.
Education
We promote spatial thinking and spatial literacy at the elementary, secondary, graduate, and postgraduate levels, offering a Freshman Seminar in Spatial Thinking, as well as advanced training workshops for on- and off-campus Ph.D. students and researchers. Learn more about our Learning Resources.