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Research Impact: Improving spatial analysis for disease risk detection: A COVID-19 case study

Posted on by AURIN Outreach
23
Jan

During COVID-19, public health agencies relied heavily on data to understand where the virus was spreading and who was most at risk. While robust data have long underpinned decision-making, the pandemic reinforced that statistical factors – such as how data are grouped, how geographical boundaries are defined, and how granular the data are – can […]

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Research Impact: Understanding bikeability to shape healthier, more connected cities.

Posted on by AURIN Outreach
02
Dec

Across Australia, cities are looking for safer, easier ways to support cycling. ‘Bikeability’ describes how well an area supports cycling through its infrastructure, safety, environment and access to everyday destinations. But understanding what actually makes an area ‘bikeable’ is not straightforward. Until now, studies have used different definitions, indicators, and modelling approaches to explore bikeability, […]

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AURIN launches URBANiQ Node with University of Queensland

Posted on by AURIN Outreach
12
Sep

The Australian Urban Research
Infrastructure Network (AURIN) and The University of Queensland have launched
URBANIQ – the AURIN Node for Urban Intelligence for Healthy & Equitable Places.

URBANiQ brings together researchers across The University of Queensland with expertise in health, health inequities, urban planning, geography, transport, and social sciences.

URBANiQ will harness AURIN mobility, environmental, and health data to respond to policy-led challenges to understand how the places we live, work, and socialise can promote urban liveability, facilitate healthy behaviour, and promote equity and sustainability.

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Dr Hao Chen Selected as a 2025 Geospatial World Rising Star

Posted on by AURIN Outreach
Image of Asian man wearing black hoodie standing in front of yellow background with black circles on it
26
Mar

AURIN is thrilled to share that our Senior Data Scientist, Dr Hao Chen, has been selected as a 2025 Geospatial World Rising Star. The Geospatial World Rising Stars initiative aims to showcase the achievements of individuals under 40 who are proactive and passionate about demonstrating the value of geospatial technology to society, the environment, and […]

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AusUrb-HI Project Team Receives Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning Award for Excellence

Posted on by AURIN Outreach
26
Mar

Photo: Dr Hao Chen accepting the award on behalf of the AusUrb-HI team, from Dean of Faculty Professor Julie Willis AURIN is delighted to share that our members of the Australian Urban Health Indicators (AusUrb-HI) project team – Dr Moein Mehrolhassani, Dr Hao Chen, Flavia Barar and Dr Aiden Price – recently received the Award […]

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AURIN and QUT Team Wins UN World Data Forum 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition

Posted on by AURIN Outreach
21
Nov

We’re delighted to share that Dr. Aiden Price (QUT Senior Research Associate and AURIN Environmental Health Domain Expert), Annie Wu (AURIN Associate Data Engineer), Flavia Barar (AURIN Data Scientist), Jiaying Kou (AURIN Product Owner) and Emma Joughin (AURIN Head of Marketing) have won their thematic category in the UN World Data Forum’s 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps […]

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$1.9 million in funding for the AusEnHealth platform

Posted on by Cordelia Rice
12
Sep

The Australian Environmental Health (AusEnHealth) Strategic Planning Digital Twin has been awarded $1.9 million from the Medical Research Future Fund National Critical Research Infrastructure program. The funding will go towards updates of the platform’s infrastructure and its public release. It will support the development of new analytical capabilities to improve decision-making support and it will […]

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Research Impact: Mitigating Childhood Asthma Risks from Traffic-Related Air Pollution

Posted on by AURIN Outreach
29
Aug

Using data available through AURIN, as well as Westgate and EPA (Environment Protection Authority Victoria) monitor data, researchers from the University of Queensland and the University of Melbourne have raised concerns about the impact of emissions from truck traffic on childhood asthma rates in Melbourne’s Inner West. Clare Walter, Peter D Sly, Brian W Head, […]

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AURIN at PIA Congress and Locate24

Posted on by AURIN Outreach
01
May

In May 2024 we’re excited to have members of our team attending two major industry events – the Geospatial Council of Australia’s Locate24 in Sydney and PIA’s Planning Congress in Melbourne. We’ll have an exhibition booth at both events, where you can meet experts from our team and learn more about how we can support […]

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Announcing our new Noise Mapping Datasets

Posted on by Cordelia Rice
29
Apr

We’re so happy to announce our new Noise Mapping Datasets, developed in partnership with Ambient Maps and Geoscape Australia. Created by acoustic modelling experts, the datasets reimagine noise mapping in Australia—offering invaluable insights on the impact of noise on the urban environment. The datasets contain noise levels for each building throughout most of Australia. Noise values are generated […]

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