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Dr. Urska Demsar is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Geoinformatics at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. She serves as Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research) for the School of Geography & Sustainable Development and Director of the Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Institute (BEGIN).
Dr. Demsar earned her PhD in Geoinformatics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, and holds a background in Applied Mathematics from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Her primary research focuses on spatio-temporal analytics and movement analysis, where she has established interdisciplinary collaborations with movement ecologists and human-computer interaction specialists. Her work bridges geography, computer science, and ecology to develop innovative methods for understanding movement patterns in both human and animal contexts.
Dr. Demsar's recent publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on integrating diverse data sources for movement analysis, with particular attention to animal migration, geomagnetic navigation, and 3D space use estimation. Her work often combines field data with advanced computational methods to address complex spatio-temporal questions.
- Associate Editor of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science
- Co-chair of the International Cartographic Association commission on Visual Analytics (2015-2019)
Dr. Demsar supervises several PhD students including Daniela Alvarez Gallo, Adam Anthony, Xunhua Li, Meixuan Liu, Alistair McConnell, and Ali Moayedi. Her research is supported by multiple grants including the Leverhulme Trust project "Migratory Bird Navigation: Uncovering the Mechanisms Of Migratory Bird Navigation With Big Data Analytics," the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science project on human mobility flows, and the British Deer Society project on human-wildlife conflict.
She leads the Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Institute (BEGIN), which focuses on innovative geospatial data analysis and visualization, particularly in the context of movement data. Her work with the European COST Action MOVE has been instrumental in establishing interdisciplinary collaborations in movement research.
