Prof. Dr. Blake Walker
Professur für Geographie (Digitale Geographie / Kulturgeographie)
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Wetterkreuz 1591058 Erlangen
Zimmer: 03.045, Geschoss: 03
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Digital Geodata
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Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
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Remote Sensing
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Qualitative forms of Spatial Knowledge
As Professor for Digital/Cultural Geography, my work focusses on the application of digital geographical information and analytical methods to a range of contemporary societal issues, primarily in the applied fields of human rights and environmental health.
With my team in the Geoinformation & Society Research Group, we focus on methodological and epistemological challenges in the areas of:
- Methodological development and optimisation
- Real-world application of spatial knowledge and information
- Critical interrogation and reflection of these data forms, methods, and epistemologies
My prior work centred on the intersections of spatial epidemiology, critical GIScience, and applied geospatial analysis.
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- Digital Geographic Information (GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics)
- OSINT (Open Source Intelligence)
- Geographic Information Science
- Environmental Health
Funded Projects / Collaborations
- Geodata for Human Rights (GeoDatRights)
- Resilienz durch Kulturlandschaft im Klimawandel (REKKE)
- Grundwasser Isoscapes (IsoGW)
- Digitales Demenzregister (DigiDEM) – Kooperation
- Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology: Spatial Analysis of Cardiovascular Environments (PURE SPACE)
- Violence in Brazil: Analysis of Community Environments (VIBRANCE)
Most of my current Bachelor- and Master-level courses are in bilingual format and can be completed in either English or German.
- GIS & Remote Sensing in Human Geography
- Quantitative & Qualitative Methods
- Urban & Rural Studies
- Globalisation & Socioeconomics
- Human-Geographical Field Trips, presently to Berlin
- Population Geography & Demography
Thesis Supervision
I am presently open to supervising Bachelor (EN/DE), Master (EN/DE), and Lehramt (nur DE) theses that correspond with my research interests.
Please include a short description of your intended topic, approach, research question, and timeline with your inquiry.
Doctoral / Postdoctoral Positions
I generally do not accept cold-call applications for doctoral and postdoctoral positions.
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2025
- Lear, S.A., Mckee, M., Hystad, P., Walker, B., Murphy, A., Brauer, M.,… Yusuf, S. (2025). Social factors, health policy, and environment: implications for cardiovascular disease across the globe. European Heart Journal, 46(30), 2959-2973. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf212
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf212
BibTeX: Download - Manafa, G., Schmitz, T., Butler, J., Roth, A., Savaskan, N., Walker, B., & Lakes, T. (2025). How to assess neighborhood resilience in the context of public health emergencies? Insights from an indicator assessment in Berlin-Neukölln, Germany. Cities & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2024.2440980
DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2024.2440980
BibTeX: Download - Neuner, A., Kremer, D., & Walker, B. (2025). Urban green spaces and mental wellbeing: A methodology for measuring structural characteristics of individual-level green space exposure and its associations with wellbeing. Geomatica, 77(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomat.2025.100051
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomat.2025.100051
BibTeX: Download - Stadlmeier, A., Kremer, D., & Walker, B. (2025). Wälder als umstrittene Gesundheitsräume im Klimawandel: Wohlbefinden und Konfliktpotenzial in der Region Bamberg. Standort. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00548-025-01002-7
DOI: 10.1007/s00548-025-01002-7
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2024
- Kremer, D., Pappenberger-Muench, N., Fuchs, M., Jelinski, S., Feulner, B., & Walker, B. (2024). Rendering Cliché? Visual Consumption of Video Games as Virtual-Space Leisure Activities. In Michael Morawski, Sebastian Wolff-Seidel (Eds.), Gaming and Geography. A Multi-perspective Approach to Understanding the Impacts on Geography (Education). (pp. 137-158). Cham: Springer.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-42260-7_7
BibTeX: Download - Kremer, D., Pfeiffer, S., & Walker, B. (2024). Effiziente Zusammenarbeit in den Digital Humanities. Ein Erfahrungsbericht aus drei Jahren Anwendung von Scrum in Forschungskontexten. In Fabian Cremer, Swantje Dogunke, Anna Maria Neubert, Thorsten Wübbena (Hrg.), Projektmanagement und Digital Humanities. Zur klugen Gestaltung der Zusammenarbeit. (S. 153-184). Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press.
DOI: 10.14361/9783839469675-006
BibTeX: Download - Kremer, D., & Walker, B. (2024). Placing wellbeing: Distant reading approaches for exploratory placial data analysis. In Finn Dammann, Dominik Kremer (Eds.), Geographical Research in the Digital Humanities. Spatial Concepts, Approaches and Methods. (pp. 135-150). Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press.
BibTeX: Download - Rühl, J., Brinkmann, S., Schaufler, D., Grässel, E., Walker, B., & Kolominsky-Rabas, P. (2024). Räumliche Erreichbarkeit von Gedächtnisambulanzen – Eine geographische Analyse im Rahmen von digiDEM Bayern. Gesundheitswesen, 86(4), 263-273. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2233-6168
DOI: 10.1055/a-2233-6168
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B. (2024). Petrichor and positionality: Occasion for a situated spatial epidemiology in the digital humanities. In Finn Dammann, Dominik Kremer (Eds.), Geographical Research in the Digital Humanities. Spatial Concepts, Approaches and Methods. (pp. 63-79). Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press.
DOI: 10.14361/9783839469187-005
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2023
- Harden, S., Schuurman, N., Larson, H., & Walker, B. (2023). The utility of street view imagery in environmental audits for runnability. Applied Geography, 162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103167
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103167
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143622823002989
BibTeX: Download - Harkort, L., Walker, B., & Lakes, T. (2023). Spatiotemporal Patterns of Cyclist Collisions in Germany: Variations in Frequency, Severity of Injury, and Type of Collision in 2019. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-022-09476-w
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-022-09476-w
BibTeX: Download - Kremer, D., Neuner, A., Jelinski, S., Stadlmeier, A., Schlieder, C., & Walker, B. (2023). Tracing Individual Experiences of Everyday Greenness: Initial Results from the SpaceLog Mobile App. GI_Forum, 11(2), 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1553/giscience2023_02_s47
DOI: 10.1553/giscience2023_02_s47
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2022
- Chilla, T., Große, T., Hippe, S., & Walker, B. (2022). COVID-19 incidence in border regions: spatiotemporal patterns and border control measures. Public Health, 202, 80-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.11.006
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.11.006
BibTeX: Download - Kremer, D., Sonnenwald, D.H., & Walker, B. (2022). Explorative spatial analysis of the function of landscape in video games. In Burghardt M, Dieckmann L, Steyer T, Trilcke P, Walkowski N, Weis J, Wuttke U (Eds.), Fabrikation von Erkenntnis – Experimente in den Digital Humanities. Wolfenbüttel: Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften und Melusina Press.
DOI: 10.17175/sb005_009
BibTeX: Download - Kremer, D., & Walker, B. (2022). Geodaten quantitativ, aber kritisch analysieren – die Methode der explorativen räumlichen Datenanalyse am Beispiel von COVID-19 in Brasilien. In Dammann F, Michel B (Hrg.), Handbuch Kritisches Kartieren. (S. 307-324). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.
DOI: 10.1515/9783839459584-021
BibTeX: Download - Moura de Souza, C., Kremer, D., & Walker, B. (2022). Placial-Discursive Topologies of Violence: Volunteered Geographic Information and the Reproduction of Violent Places in Recife, Brazil. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11100500
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi11100500
BibTeX: Download - Schreyer, J., Walker, B., & Lakes, T. (2022). Implementing urban canopy height derived from a TanDEM-X-DEM: An expert survey and case study. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 187, 345-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.02.015
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.02.015
BibTeX: Download - Stadlmeier, A., Kremer, D., & Walker, B. (2022). Experiences of place-bound sociality amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis of environment-related coping strategies. Erdkunde, 76(3). https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2022.03.02
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2022.03.02
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Brinkmann, S., Große, T., Kremer, D., Schuurman, N., Hystad, P.,… Lear, S.A. (2022). Neighborhood Greenspace and Socioeconomic Risk are Associated with Diabetes Risk at the Sub-neighborhood Scale: Results from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study. Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-022-00630-w
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-022-00630-w
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Brinkmann, S., & Kremer, D. (2022). Modelling eye-level visibility of urban green space: Optimising city-wide point-based viewshed computations through prototyping. In Parseliunas E, Mansourian A, Partsinevelos P, Suziedelyte-Visockiene J (Eds.), 25th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science “Artificial Intelligence in the service of Geospatial Technologies” (pp. 27: 1–7). Vilnius, LT.
DOI: 10.5194/agile-giss-3-27-2022
URL: https://agile-giss.copernicus.org/articles/3/27/2022/
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2021
- Enoguanbhor, E.C., Gollnow, F., Walker, B., Nielsen, J.O., & Lakes, T. (2021). Key Challenges for Land Use Planning and Its Environmental Assessments in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria. Land, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/land10050443
DOI: 10.3390/land10050443
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/5/443
BibTeX: Download - Nobrega Barbosa, K.G., Walker, B., Vieira Da Silva, A., Procopio Gonzaga, G.L., Maio De Brum, E.H., & Ribeiro, M.C. (2021). Spatial-temporal patterns of homicide in socioeconomically deprived settings: violence in Alagoas, Brazil, 2006‒2015. Global Health Action, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1952752
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1952752
BibTeX: Download - Pech, L., Levers, C., Büscher, K., & Walker, B. (2021). Armed conflict and cross-border asymmetries in urban development: A contextualized spatial analysis of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gisenyi, Rwanda. Land Use Policy, 109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105711
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105711
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837721004348
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2020
- Enoguanbhor, E.C., Gollnow, F., Walker, B., Nielsen, J.O., & Lakes, T. (2020). Simulating Urban Land Expansion in the Context of Land Use Planning in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria. Geo Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10317-x
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-020-10317-x
BibTeX: Download - Ho, H.C., Man, H.Y., Wong, M.S., Shi, Y., & Walker, B. (2020). Perceived differences in the (re)production of environmental deprivation between sub-populations: A study combining citizens’ perceptions with remote-sensed and administrative data. Building and Environment, 174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106769
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106769
BibTeX: Download - Scarpone, C., Brinkmann, S.T., Große, T., Sonnenwald, D., Fuchs, M., & Walker, B. (2020). A multimethod approach for county-scale geospatial analysis of emerging infectious diseases: a cross-sectional case study of COVID-19 incidence in Germany. International Journal of Health Geographics, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-00225-1
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-020-00225-1
BibTeX: Download - Schuurman, N., Walker, B., Swanlund, D., Amram, O., & Yanchar, N.L. (2020). Qualitative field observation of pedestrian injury hotspots: A mixed-methods approach for developing built- and socioeconomic-environmental risk signatures. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062066
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17062066
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Moura de Souza, C., Pedroso, E., Lai, R.S., Hunter, P., Tam, J.,… Barbosa, K.G.N. (2020). Towards a Situated Spatial Epidemiology of Violence: A Placially-Informed Geospatial Analysis of Homicide in Alagoas, Brazil. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249283
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17249283
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/24/9283
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Swanlund, D., & Clague, J.J. (2020). GIS-based multicriteria evaluation for earthquake response: a case study of expert opinion in Vancouver, Canada. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04390-1
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-020-04390-1
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Wen, C.K., Shakeel, S., Schneider, L., & Finley, C. (2020). Cancer resection rates, socioeconomic deprivation, and geographical access to surgery among urban, suburban, and rural populations across Canada. PLoS ONE, 15(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240444
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240444
BibTeX: Download - Wister, A., Rosenkrantz, L., Shashank, A., Walker, B., & Schuurman, N. (2020). Multimorbidity and Socioeconomic Deprivation among Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Analysis in Five Canadian Cities Using the CLSA. Journal of Aging and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2020.1734138
DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2020.1734138
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2019
- Barbosa, K.G.N., Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Cavalcanti, S.D.L.B., Ferreira e Ferreira, E., & Ferreira, R.C. (2019). Epidemiological and spatial characteristics of interpersonal physical violence in a Brazilian city: A comparative study of violent injury hotspots in familial versus non-familial settings, 2012-2014. PLoS ONE, 14(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208304
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208304
BibTeX: Download - Enoguanbhor, E.C., Gollnow, F., Nielsen, J.O., Lakes, T., & Walker, B. (2019). Land Cover Change in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria: Integrating GIS and Remotely Sensed Data to Support Land Use Planning. Sustainability, 11(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051313
DOI: 10.3390/su11051313
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/5/1313
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Canham, S.L., Wister, A., & Fang, M.L. (2019). A GIS Analysis of East Asian Care Gaps in Residential and Assisted Living Facilities in Vancouver, Canada. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 33(2), 103-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2018.1534177
DOI: 10.1080/02763893.2018.1534177
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Shashank, A., Gasevic, D., Schuurman, N., Poirier, P., Teo, K.,… Lear, S.A. (2019). The Local Food Environment and Obesity: Evidence from Three Cities. Obesity, 28(1), 40-45. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22614
DOI: 10.1002/oby.22614
BibTeX: Download - Yafe, E., Walker, B., Amram, O., Schuurman, N., Randall, E., Friger, M., & Adini, B. (2019). Volunteer First Responders for Optimizing Management of Mass Casualty Incidents. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(2), 287-294. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2018.56
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2018.56
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2018
- Haacke, H., Enssle, F., Helbrecht, I., Lakes, T., & Walker, B. (2018). Cluster analysis for the derivation of agents for ABMs in the context of an ageing , super-diverse population : a mixed-methods approach. In Proceedings of the AGILE 2018. Lund, SE.
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2017
- Hung Chak, H., Knudby, A.J., Walker, B., & Henderson, S.B. (2017). Delineation of Spatial Variability in the Temperature–Mortality Relationship on Extremely Hot Days in Greater Vancouver, Canada. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(1), 66-75. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP224
DOI: 10.1289/EHP224
BibTeX: Download - Krstic, N., Yuchi, W., Ho, H.C., Walker, B., Knudby, A.J., & Henderson, S.B. (2017). The Heat Exposure Integrated Deprivation Index (HEIDI): A data-driven approach to quantifying neighborhood risk during extreme hot weather. Environment International, 109, 42 – 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.09.011
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.09.011
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412017312394
BibTeX: Download - Michener, S., Bell, L., Walker, B., & Schuurman, N. (2017). Change detection in bone histology using raster-based geographical information systems. Forensic Science International, 277, 57-58.
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Auluck, A., Lear, S., & Rosin, M. (2017). Socioeconomic disparities in head and neck cancer patients' access to cancer treatment centers. Rural and Remote Health, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH4210
DOI: 10.22605/RRH4210
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2016
- Amram, O., Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Pike, I., & Yanchar, N.L. (2016). Disparities in Paediatric Injury Mortality between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations in British Columbia, 2001–2009. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070651
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13070651
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/7/651
BibTeX: Download - Auluck, A., Walker, B., Hislop, G., Lear, S.A., Schuurman, N., & Rosin, M. (2016). Socio-economic deprivation: a significant determinant affecting stage of oral cancer diagnosis and survival. BMC Cancer, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2579-4
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2579-4
BibTeX: Download - Ruiz-Grosso, P., Miranda, J.J., Gilman, R.H., Walker, B., Carrasco-Escobar, G., Varela-Gaona, M.,… Bernabe-Ortiz, A. (2016). Spatial distribution of individuals with symptoms of depression in a periurban area in Lima: an example from Peru. Annals of Epidemiology, 26(2), 93-99.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.11.002
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.11.002
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1047279715004536
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B. (2016). Making connections in a tough data scene. Canadian Geographer-Geographe Canadien, 60(3), 285-287. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12296
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12296
BibTeX: Download - Yuchi, W., Knudby, A.J., Cowper, J., Gombojav, E., Amram, O., Walker, B., & Allen, R.W. (2016). A description of methods for deriving air pollution land use regression model predictor variables from remote sensing data in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Canadian Geographer-Geographe Canadien, 60(3), 333-345. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12279
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12279
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2015
- Schuurman, N., Cinnamon, J., Walker, B., Fawcett, V., Nicol, A., Hameed, S.M., & Matzopoulos, R. (2015). Intentional injury and violence in Cape Town, South Africa: an epidemiological analysis of trauma admissions data. Global Health Action, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27016
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.27016
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., & Schuurman, N. (2015). The Pen or the Sword: A Situated Spatial Analysis of Graffiti and Violent Injury in Vancouver, British Columbia. Professional Geographer, 67(4), 608-619. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2014.970843
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2014.970843
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Auluck, A., Lear, S.A., & Rosin, M. (2015). Suburbanisation of oral cavity cancers: Evidence from a geographically-explicit observational study of incidence trends in British Columbia, Canada, 1981-2010. BMC Public Health, 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2111-9
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2111-9
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2014
- Auluck, A., Walker, B., Hislop, G., Lear, S.A., Schuurman, N., & Rosin, M. (2014). Population-based incidence trends of oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancers by sex among the poorest and underprivileged populations. BMC Cancer, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-316
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-316
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Schuurman, N., & Hameed, S.M. (2014). A GIS-based spatiotemporal analysis of violent trauma hotspots in Vancouver, Canada: Identification, contextualisation and intervention. BMJ Open, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003642
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003642
BibTeX: Download - Walker, B., Taylor-Noonan, C., Tabbernor, A., McKinnon, T., Bal, H., Bradley, D.,… Clague, J.J. (2014). A multi-criteria evaluation model of earthquake vulnerability in Victoria, British Columbia. Natural Hazards, 74(2), 1209-1222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-014-1240-2
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1240-2
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2013
- Walker, B., & Rinner, C. (2013). A qualitative framework for evaluating participation on the Geoweb. URISA Journal, 25(2), 15-24.
URL: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84897910807&origin=inward
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2012
- Walker, B., & Schuurman, N. (2012). Environmental correlates with violent injury. Geomatica, 66(4), 269-278. https://doi.org/10.5623/cig2012-053
DOI: 10.5623/cig2012-053
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- Since 2019: Professor for Digital Cultural Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 2018 to 2019: Guest Researcher, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 2017 to 2018: Guest Professor, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 2017: PhD (Geography), Deptartment of Geography, Simon Fraser University
- 2015: Professional Specialisation in Population Health Data Analysis, University of Victoria
- 2013: MSc (Geography), Deptartment of Geography, Simon Fraser University
- 2011 to 2017: Scientific Staff / Instructor, Deptartment of Geography, Simon Fraser University
- 2007 to 2011: BA hons. (Geographic Analysis), Ryerson University (since renamed Toronto Metropolitan University)
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