SAD, The Interviews: 'Danny Dorling'

For our fifth conversation, join the crew in conversation with Danny Dorling, the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. Prior to joining Oxford in 2013, he worked in Sheffield, Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds, and New Zealand. Before a career in academia Danny was employed as a play-worker in children's play-schemes and in pre-school education where the underlying rationale was that playing is learning for living. He tries not to forget this. Professor Dorling’s research focuses on social inequality as it manifests in housing, health, employment, and education.

The Spatial Analytics + Data seminar series, brought to you by Newcastle University, Bristol University and The Alan Turing Institute, provides a forum for dialogue among scholars united by interest in geographic data & spatial analysis, as well as a platform for cutting-edge methods and thinking in spatial social science.

Throughout the years, spatial analytics and data have been nurtured by path-breaking scholars from a variety of backgrounds. But, who are these people? What reflections do they have on their experience? How have “Spatial Analytics” and “Data” changed, and what is their future? SAD: The Interviews is a new partnership between the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) through the Quantitative Methods Research Group (QMRG) and the Spatial Analytics and Data (SAD) Seminar Series.

Join us now for SAD: The Interviews, long-form, informal conversations with influencers of our generation of spatial analytics and data for their insights on the evolution (and revolutions) of the field.

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The book on luck is by Robert H. Frank : Success and Luck. A great short read.