The conference paper "From spatial to platial decision support in planning – Collecting platial experiences of wellbeing" develop from our 'Super test site Würzburg' team has now been published in the proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Platial...

The JMU Online Magazine – einBLICK – reported yesterday on our recent study "From Measured to Experienced Heat: A Multimodal Analysis of Temperature, Urban Form, and Social Media in Mexico City" from the Geolingual Studies team. The full einBLICK article...

A new study with contributions from EORC researchers Michael Thiel and Florian Betz explores how Earth Observation and geospatial data can support the assessment of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the...

The first edited volume on "Geolingual Studies on Urban Space" has now been published by the Edinburgh University Press as part of the series New Directions in World Englishes Research. The volume is edited by Carolin Biewer, Lisa Lehnen, Ninja Schulz and Hannes...

A new study published in the ZfV – Zeitschrift für Geodäsie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement (special issue for INTERGEO 2026) demonstrates how modern Earth Observation (EO) techniques can be applied to map urban green spaces and individual trees in Munich...

The heatwaves of summer 2026 and the associated excess mortality highlight one aspect of the dramatic nature of climate change. Over the years, we have carried out a great deal of research on the topic of 'urban heat islands' (see below for related works) – but...