Interdiciplinary research group @UniTartu in Estonia that studies human mobility and its associations with the society and environment using mobile (big) data.
Joined October 2020
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21 Feb 2025
Today, we had an exciting development seminar with our lab team! One of the decisions: we stop our action on X and continue to share our work on LinkedIn. Follow us there for updates! ee.linkedin.com/company/mobi…
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10 Feb 2025
Congratulations, @digigeolab, on your 15-year anniversary!
Last week, @agepoom and @janika_raun passed on our lab’s greetings to our friends at the DGL, @helsinkiuni, at the anniversary seminar.
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Siiri with colleagues published an article “Does a Small Country Have Meaningful Regional Personality Differences? The Case of Estonia” that sheds light on how regional differences in personality traits are connected to political, economic, social, and health (PESH) indicators.
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22 Jan 2025
Last Friday, our first micro-credential programme "Designing a Sustainable and Cohesive Future City" concluded successfully with students presenting innovative group projects on urban spatial interventions. Facilitated by Age Poom, Elise Jalonen, and other @unitartu lecturers.
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16 Jan 2025
What an honour to meet the President of Maldives @MMuizzu and share Mobility Lab’s research experience on using mobile telecom data for social good! Researchers Age Poom and Velle Toll accompanied @unitartu Rector to discuss potential collaborations. x.com/presidencymv/status/18…
15 Jan 2025
Highlights from President Dr Muizzu's official visit to Estonia - Day 3
#MaldivesEstonia
#DigitalMaldives
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Last week, Siiri and Ago were guests on the Vikerraadio program "Huvitaja," where they discussed crises and preparedness, along with their recently completed study for the Estonian Rescue Board. Listen to the episode in Estonian: lnkd.in/gaRMTZW5
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It's time to look back at the year 2024 – what exciting things did we work on? You can read an overview of our year on the blog: mobilitylab.ut.ee/blog/our-y…
Wishing you a New Year filled with adventures that lead to amazing experiences. Happy 2025! 🎉
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19 Dec 2024
During the busy end-of-year season, we took a moment with our team to celebrate upcoming holidays and enjoy good food together. In addition, we tapped into our inner poets and created collaborative poems. We also wish all of you joyful holidays and a successful and happy new year
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13 Dec 2024
It was inspiring and enjoyable to have @andres_sevtsuk from @MIT City Form Lab visit us in Tartu. We appreciate the opportunity to exchange research insights, discuss their societal relevance, and explore ideas for future collaboration.
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10 Dec 2024
Over the weekend, we celebrated the 105th anniversary of the Department of Geography in our beloved Vanemuise 46!
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This week, we met with Merit Tatar (@IBS_Estonia) and Kertu Vuks (Tartu City Government) to plan our @DNSUNSET collaboration, including the secondments of PhD researchers Ahmed Rezk and Michele Donnini, focusing on crisis preparedness and sustainable mobility.
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Our lab member @janika_raun is featured in a weekly newspaper Sirp article,"Space and People – Human Geography Connects the World". Janika talks about her work, life, and the digital revolution's impact on spatial inequality. Read in Estonian: sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/c21-tead…
📸R. Riisalu
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We are thrilled to announce that the expatriate Estonian visiting professor’s scholarship has been awarded to @OlleJarv. He was a member of our lab for a long time and is a good friend of ours. We are excited to work closely with him again.
Read more: tinyurl.com/visiting-profess…
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29 Nov 2024
Some of us are working on the EU Interreg Central Baltic Programme-funded Cycle4Climate project. But what do @agepoom , @VeronikaMooses and @EliseJalonen do in this project? What are they most looking forward to in the next 3 years? Find out on our blog: mobilitylab.ut.ee/blog/our-t…
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27 Nov 2024
Check out the recent interview with our Mobility Lab associate in Canada, @KarlSaidla , on CBC Radio! He discussed the importance of bicycle infrastructure in tackling traffic congestion in cities.
Listen to the full interview here: cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-9…
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25 Nov 2024
New paper alert from @VeronikaMooses ! Exciting research led by Szymon Marcińczak explores heat inequalities in Spain, a country frequently impacted by heatwaves. The findings reveal the complexity of climate justice patterns.
Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbpla…
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15 Nov 2024
This November, after a dense recruitment process, Liisa Pihus joined our lab as a mobility research assistant.
Welcome, Liisa!
You can get to know her better from this blog post:
mobilitylab.ut.ee/blog/new-r…
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At the EstGIS Annual Conference in Tartu, @antoaasa from our lab presented various ways how to define Estonia’s functional regions.
The research is a baseline for the forthcoming national plan Estonia 2050 and funded by the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture.
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Delft and Utrecht welcomed us this week to meet with V2G-QUESTS project partners and discuss vehicle-to-grid solutions linked to car-sharing or major renovation. Age and Daiga presented ongoing research in Tartu but there was so much to learn from real-life advances in Utrecht!
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20 Sep 2024
The absolute highlight of this week's social action at work was celebrating Ago's and Hanna-Ingrid's recent marriage! Warmest congratulations, dear friends and colleagues! 😍💖🎊
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