Paul Brindley

Dr. Paul Brindley is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Landscape, University of Sheffield, specializing in geospatial analysis of human-landscape interactions. His work combines GIS, statistics, and digital data to address urban greenspace equity, rural-urban classification, and health-environment linkages.

• Senior Lecturer in GIS and Spatial Analysis
• Key researcher in the NERC-funded Improving Wellbeing through Urban Nature (IWUN) project
• Co-author of official Rural-Urban Classification for England and Wales

Research focuses on:

• Urban Greenspace Accessibility using GPS and social media data
• Health Inequality Mapping through epidemiological GIS studies
• Vague Geographic Objects modeling of subjective spatial boundaries
• Computational Neighborhood Mapping via web data mining

Project leadership includes:

• 2016-2019: IWUN Work Package 1 (Sheffield health-green space analysis)
• 2013-2014: Rural-Urban Classification updates for 2011 Census
• 2015: Real-Time Bus Data Mapping system development

Teaching modules:

• LSC119: The Changing Landscape
• LSC336: Landscape Planning Toolkits
• LSC5020: Rural Landscape Planning GIS Workshops

Professional contributions:

• Co-developer of Crime Map Analyst toolkit for non-GIS experts
• Joint Director of Learning and Teaching Links
• Member of Creative Spatial Practices initiative