All day, Monday 19 September 2016 - Wednesday 21 September 2016

Place: The University of Kent, Canterbury.

This 3-day workshop will be focused on the use of GIS (Geographic Information Software) for the analysis and mapping of social crisis data in an interdisciplinary context. This workshop is suitable for participations with no prior experience with GIS, and is designed to give the participants the best set of skills for the work they need to do. GIS is relevant for a range of research areas, including: in conflict analysis, crime and terrorism mapping, social unrest mapping e.g. riots, epidemiology, archaeology, urban planning, conservation, and migration, and many others.

Preference will be given to ESRC funded students and interested participants must sign up by 5pm, Wednesday 24 August 2016, by emailing kentgisworkshop@gmail.com. For further information see the event webpage.