Supervisor bio: Francisco Rowe is a Professor in Population Data Science and the Lead of the Geographic Data Science Lab at the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Liverpool. His areas of expertise are internal & international migration; human mobility; and geographic data science. Francisco is featured in the Experts Database of the United Nations Network on Migration and two of his projects on Big Data, machine learning and migration are listed in the Data Innovation Directory of the International Organization for Migration. He has been invited to present his research at the United Nations Population & Development Division in New York and works closely with the Global Migration Data Analysis Centre within the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the UK2070 Commission, UK’s government organisations, including the Ordnance Survey and the ONS Data Campus, and commercial companies, Geolytix. His work contributed to the United Nations Expert group meeting on `sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration', and the ONS Government Statistical Service Advisory Committee.
Email: F.Rowe-Gonzalez@liverpool.ac.uk
School: Environmental Sciences
Department: Geography and Planning
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Desired experience or requirements: Experience working with data or willing to work with data, experience in migration or the impacts of climate change on people
Places available: 2
Start dates: 10 June 2023
Project length: 12 weeks
Virtual option: No - hybrid or in-person
Project description:
Climate change is one of the main societal challenges of the 21st century. Rises in temperature are predicted to increase the likelihood of extreme weather events including cyclones, floods, heatwaves and droughts and to lead to sea-level rise. These changes are expected to impact migration patterns both directly and indirectly through changes in agriculture, food prices, infrastructure and health. Previous work has been limited to studying the direct effects of these changes. The indirect impacts of climate change on migration have received less attention. Additionally, the cumulative evidence of the effects of climate change on rising migration levels is mixed. This project aims to analyse the relative impacts of climate change on migration drawing on innovative data sources and taking into account both the direct and indirect impacts of environmental changes.
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