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Dr. Michael Leitner holds the Carl O. Sauer Professorship in the Department of Geography & Anthropology at Louisiana State University (LSU). He also serves as Director of the LSU Graduate Certificate in Crime Mapping & Geospatial Intelligence Analytics. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Experimental Statistics at LSU, Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geoinformatics at the University of Salzburg (Austria), and an Affiliated Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (Freiburg, Germany). His roles span academic leadership and interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple institutions and fields.
Dr. Leitner's educational background includes a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1997), and M.A. degrees from both SUNY Buffalo (1993) and the University of Vienna, Austria (1990). He earned his B.A. from the University of Vienna in 1987. His academic journey reflects a strong foundation in geography and interdisciplinary studies.
His research focuses on geospatial technology applications, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), small Unoccupied Aerial Systems (sUAS), and spatial analysis/modeling/mapping of crime and health. Ongoing projects explore spatiotemporal forecasting of crime events, geospatial privacy issues, and combining spatial video geonarratives with physiological data to evaluate perceived safety. He also investigates the interplay between urban environments, social factors, and crime patterns in cities like Vienna and Baton Rouge.
Recent publications highlight interdisciplinary efforts in crime modeling, public health geographies, and geospatial privacy. He collaborates internationally, particularly in Poland and Austria, and integrates emerging technologies like sUAS for low-altitude remote sensing and social media data for crime prediction.
Dr. Michael Leitner has not listed any scientific awards or honors in the provided information.
In advising and grants, he directs the Crime Mapping & Geospatial Intelligence Analytics program and advises the Crime and Policy Evaluation Research group (CAPER) in the Sociology Department. No specific grants or advisee students are detailed. His teaching includes courses like Geospatial Technology, Crime GIS, and Methods of Spatial Analysis, emphasizing practical skills in spatial data science.
He is affiliated with LSU's Lambda Alpha Research, African & African American Studies, Cartographic Information Center, and Climate Extremes and Modeling Group. He leads or contributes to the Critical Ecologies Research Group, DIVA, FACES, Geomorphology Lab, Louisiana Office of State Climatology, Miles Richardson Research Lab, PAST, PLES Lab, SCIPP, and the TIGeRS Lab. These collaborations reflect his commitment to advancing geospatial research across disciplines.
