About GISRUK
An explanation of how GISRUK works and where it came from
The GISRUK Steering Committee
GISRUK is governed by a committee of volunteers drawn from across UK Universities and related agencies:
- Jonny Huck (Chair) University of Manchester
- Craig Robson (Secretary & Treasurer) Newcastle University
- Andrea Ballatore Birkbeck, University of London
- Brian Barrett University of Glasgow
- Nick Bearman Geospatial Training Solutions & UCL
- Polyanna Bispo University of Manchester
- Bruce Gittings University of Edinburgh
- Nick Groome Ordnance Survey
- James Haworth UCL
- Abigail Hill UCL
- Peter Mooney National University of Ireland Maynooth
- Addy Pope ESRI-UK
- Caitlin Robinson University of Liverpool
- Stefano De Sabbata University of Leicester
- Kristina Wolf University of Newcastle
- Zena Wood University of Greenwich
GISRUK Prizes
Each year, we have a number of conference prizes and awards:
- Best Paper
- Best Paper by an Early Career Researcher
- Best Poster
- The UCL CASA Award for the best paper on Spatial Analysis, in memory of Sinesio Alves Junior
The History of GISRUK
The Geographical Information Science Research UK conference began life in 1993 as the UK's national GIS research conference, which was held at the University of Keele, and was chaired by Prof. Mike Worboys. Since then, GISRUK has been held each year at a wide variety of venues throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, most recently as an online conference hosted by UCL and Birkbeck, University of London in June 2020. The next conference will be delivered online by Cardiff University on 13th-16th April 2021.
GISRUK conferences are primarily aimed at the academic community, but welcomes delegates from government, commercial and other sectors. The conferences attract those interested in Geographical Information Science (GIS) and its applications from all parts of the UK, together with the European Union and beyond. The disciplinary range is broad including, but not limited to, Geography, Environmental Science, Ecology, Computer Science, Planning, Archaeology, Geology, Spatial Humanities, Geomatics and Engineering.
The GISRUK conferences have the following aims:
- to act as a focus for GIS research in the UK, while welcoming researchers from Europe and beyond
- to provide a mechanism for the announcement and publication of GIS research
- to act as an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of research ideas
- to promote active collaboration amongst researchers from diverse parent disciplines
- to provide a framework in which young researchers (including students) can see their work in a national and international context
GISRUK Venues
- GISRUK '21 Cardiff University
- GISRUK '20 UCL & Birkbeck, University of London
- GISRUK '19 University of Newcastle
- GISRUK '18 University of Leicester
- GISRUK '17 University of Manchester
- GISRUK '16 University of Greenwich
- GISRUK '15 University of Leeds
- GISRUK '14 University of Glasgow
- GISRUK '13 University of Liverpool
- GISRUK '12 University of Lancaster
- GISRUK '11 University of Portsmouth (with Ordnance Survey)
- GISRUK '10 University College London
- GISRUK '09 Durham University (with Newcastle and Northumbria Universities)
- GISRUK '08 Manchester Metropolitan University
- GISRUK '07 National University of Ireland at Maynooth
- GISRUK '06 University of Nottingham
- GISRUK '05 University of Glasgow
- GISRUK '04 University of East Anglia (Norwich)
- GISRUK '03 City University, London
- GISRUK '02 University of Sheffield
- GISRUK '01 University of Glamorgan (with Cardiff University)
- GISRUK '00 University of York
- GISRUK '99 University of Southampton
- GISRUK '98 University of Edinburgh
- GISRUK '97 University of Leeds
- GISRUK '96 University of Kent at Canterbury
- GISRUK '95 University of Newcastle
- GISRUK '94 University of Leicester
- GISRUK '93 University of Keele
Past GISRUK Chairs
GISRUK 2019 (Newcastle) provided a rare opportunity for all four of the past GISRUK chairs to get together in the same place at the same time:
L-R: Mike Worboys, David Parker, Duncan Whyatt, Bruce Gittings