Grant McKenzie
Title:
Associate Professor
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Research areas:
Spatial Data Science
Geographic Information Science
Biography:
Grant聽McKenzie聽is an聽associate professor聽of spatial data science in the聽Department of Geography聽at聽平特五不中. At 平特五不中, Grant leads the聽, an interdisciplinary research group that works at the intersection of information science and behavioral geography. Much of Grant's work examines how human activity patterns vary within and between local regions and global communities. This has driven his applied interests in financial accessibility, geoprivacy, and micro-mobility services as well as the broader role that geographic information science plays at the intersection of information technologies and society. Grant is a founding member of the Seattle-based start-up consultancy Spatial Development International (now Locana) and has worked as a data scientist and software developer for a range of NGOs and leading technology companies.
Current research:
- Location privacy and trust
- Assessing the urban impacts of shared micromobility services
- Temporal dynamics in urban environments
Degree(s):
- PhD in Geography, UC Santa Barbara (2015)
- M. App. Sci., University of Melbourne (2008)
- BA Geography, University of British Columbia (2002)
Selected publications:
- Qiang, D.,聽McKenzie, G.听.听Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. Elsevier.
- Verma, P.,聽McKenzie, G.听.听Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (Special issue on Spatial Inequalities and Cities). Sage
- McKenzie, G., Zhang, H.听.听Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science. Schloss Dagstuhl-Leibniz-Zentrum f眉r Informatik. (September 13-15; Leeds, UK)
- McKenzie, G., Romm, D., Zhang, H., Brunila, M. (2022)聽.听Transactions in GIS. 26(4). pp.听1703-1717. Wiley Press.
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