Stef De Sabbata

Stef De Sabbata is an Associate Professor of Geographical Information Science at the University of Leicester, holding dual affiliations with the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment and the Institute for Digital Culture. She serves as Chair of the Geographic Information Science Research Group at the Royal Geographical Society and previously chaired GISRUK 2018. Her research focuses on GeoAI, urban analytics, and cultural informatics, with notable contributions to graph neural networks in geodemographic classification and urban form analysis.

Education includes a PhD in Geography from the University of Zurich (2013), and BSc/MSc in Computer Science from the University of Udine. Prior to Leicester, she held roles at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) including Researcher (2013-2015), Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College (2014-2015), and Research Associate (2015-2021). Her work explores spatially-explicit approaches to urban systems and the application of large language models in geographic contexts.

Professional roles include membership in the International Cartographic Association's Commission on Location-Based Services and leadership in interdisciplinary initiatives like the GeoNet project examining Sub-Saharan Africa's knowledge economies. No specific awards are explicitly listed in the provided materials.