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@UrbanBigData

UBDC is a national research centre and data service providing expertise, training, extensive data collections and data tools. Funded by @ESRC & @UofGlasgow

United Kingdom Katılım Mart 2013
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🗞️ A team of researchers have used Zoopla Property data from the UBDC data service to analyse how online real estate agencies are affecting the UK housing market. For the full story please see our website: lnkd.in/e2pp2qDC
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Merry Christmas from all of us at UBDC! 🎄✨ We wish you a season filled with joy, peace, and meaningful moments with loved ones. Thank you for being part of our journey this year. May the New Year bring new opportunities, growth, and success for us all.
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr Mingyu Zhu, Dr Jiayi Jin & Prof. Richard Laing who won the Research for Healthy Cities Award at #HealthyCityDesign2025 for their paper on co-mapping future scenarios amid climate crisis. Learn more gla.ac.uk/schools/social…
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🌍 Exciting news! We have signed a student exchange agreement with Aalto University (Finland) starting 2026–27. ✅ 1 PhD student per year ✅ Up to 6 MSc UA/UT students for 7 weeks ✅ Focus: spatial planning & geoinformatics Great step for international collaboration!
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🎉 Prof. Porto de Albuquerque wins £2.5M Wellcome Trust grant for PACHA – a 3-year project tackling climate-health impacts in Brazilian favelas through data analytics + participatory research. Partners: UofG + 4 Brazilian institutions. Learn more 👉 gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…
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We’re #Hiring! Join the UBDC in Glasgow as a Research Associate in Participatory Urban Analytics 💻 Help tackle climate-health challenges in Brazilian favelas using geospatial data + participatory methods. 📅 Apply by 5 Jan💰£41-£46K 👉 Apply now: jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-a…
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We’re hiring! Join UBDC as Senior Research Software Engineering Lead in Glasgow. 💻 Lead technical strategy & software development 🤝 Collaborate on impactful urban data projects 📅 Apply by 4 Jan | 💰 £50K–£58K 👉 Apply now: jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-res… #Hiring #TechLeadership
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We’re hiring! Join the Urban Big Data Centre as a Research Software Engineer in Glasgow. 💻 Build scalable apps, APIs & data platforms 🤝 Collaborate with researchers on impactful projects 📅 Apply by 4 Jan 2026 | 💰 £41K–£46K 👉 Apply now: jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-s…
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UBDC researchers have cleaned and processed raw traffic flow data from @GlasgowCC's open API portal to create an analysis-ready dataset which offers new insights into how traffic moves through the city’s streets. #TrafficFlow #Glasgow Full Story: ubdc.ac.uk/news/glasgows-…
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Human-made materials now outweigh natural materials on Earth. In a UBDC webinar on 27 Feb, Prof Zhenfeng Shao explores how we can better track materials used in cities to measure their impact, and find innovative ways to reduce #CarbonEmissions. Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/high-resolut…
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UBDC study in the journal #EnergyAndBuildings reviews the evidence from across Europe on the impact of #EnergyEfficiency on house prices. It shows that more efficient properties are not only cheaper to run, they are also worth more when you come to sell: ow.ly/Eciq50UWILa
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🌍 🚀With European Space Agency funding, UBDC is working with SatVu to develop the Heat Loss Index - a new tool to identify buildings with high energy wastage. The HLI will improve retrofitting strategies and help cities meet net-zero goals. Full details: ow.ly/S1Yf50UPfPO
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New year, new studies? UBDC's MSc programmes in both urban and transport analytics are designed to equip the next generation of researchers with high-level, sought-after skills and practical experience. Full details: ow.ly/rTaP50UF9W3 #UrbanAnalytics #TransportAnalytics
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Interested in using the comprehensive Adzuna job advertisements dataset, held by UBDC, to analyse UK labour market trends? See our new Adzuna workshop for insights and tips from licensed users of this rich dataset: ow.ly/VZPQ50UssRO #Adzuna #DataAnalysis #JobMarketInsights
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Since UBDC was established, we've had almost 4500 datasets requested from 38 different countries worldwide. Have datasets from our data catalogue - ow.ly/9PVz50SQ8vl - enhanced your research? If so, share the impact of your work with us: ubdc@glasgow.ac.uk
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UBDC welcomes Jerome Mayaud, Director of Research & Consulting @SpareLabs, to 7 Lilybank Gardens at 11am on Thursday 5 December to present a unique dataset that pairs detailed travel survey data with high-resolution trip data collected through microtransit and paratransit apps.
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The IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem platform has attracted over 600 site visitors from a variety of countries since launching at @WUF_UNHabitat. The platform and a full report on the IDEAMAPS Network’s various events at #WUF2024 can be accessed here: ow.ly/QKu350UfQct
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