City+2025@Oxford: Urban Data Analytics and the Polycrisis – Draft Conference Programme
City+2025@Oxford: The 8th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Urban Studies
Urban Data Analytics and the Polycrisis
September 29th & 30th 2025
School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, the UK
Draft Conference Programme
Monday, 29th September 2025
09.00-09.30 | Reception |
09.30-10.45 | Opening Panel Discussion – Data Analytics for Interdisciplinary Studies |
Speakers: | Melinda Mills, University of Oxford, UK |
Tim Schwanen, University of Oxford, UK | |
Host: | Xiang Ao, University of Oxford, UK |
10.45-11.00 | Coffee Break |
11.00-12.30 | Parallel Presentation Session 1 |
12.30-13.30 | Lunch Break |
13.30-15.00 | Parallel Presentation Session 2 |
15.00-15.30 | Coffee Break |
15.30-17.00 | Parallel Presentation Session 3 |
17.00-17.30 | Coffee Break |
17.30-18.30 | Plenary Keynote Speech 1 |
Speaker: | Danny Dorling, University of Oxford |
19.30-21.00 | Formal Dinner at Mansfield College |
Tuesday, 30th September 2025
09.00-10.30 | Parallel Presentation Session 4 |
10.30-11.00 | Coffee Break |
11.00-12.30 | Parallel Presentation Session 5 |
12.30-13.30 | Lunch Break |
13.30-15.00 | Parallel Presentation Session 6 |
15.00-15.30 | Coffee Break |
15.30-17.00 | Parallel Workshop 1- Introduction to Spatial Econometrics |
Instructors: | Dasom Hong, University of Oxford |
Min Ruan, University of Oxford | |
15.30-17.00 | Parallel Workshop 2 – RobustiPy to make empirical research more robust |
Instructors: | Charles Rahal, University of Oxford |
Daniel Valdenegro, University of Oxford | |
15.30-17.00 | Parallel Workshop 3 – Navigating inequalities with Mapineq |
Instructors: | Douglas Leasure, University of Oxford |
Xiang Ao, University of Oxford | |
17.00-17.15 | Coffee Break |
17.15-17.45 | Plenary Keynote Speech 2 |
Speaker: | Benjamin Büttner, Technical University of Munich, Germany |
17.45-18.15 | Plenary Keynote Speech 3 |
Speaker: | Zhifu Mi, University College London, UK |
18.15-18.45 | Closing Plenary Keynote Speech |
Speaker: | Thanasis Kizos, University of the Aegean, Greece |
18.45-19.00 | Q&A Session |
19.00-19.30 | Award and Closing Ceremony |
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