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Department of Geography
University College London,
Gower Street,
London,
WC1E 6BT

Email : p.longley@ucl.ac.uk
Tel : +44-(0)20-7679-0581
Fax : +44-(0)20-7679-0565

Biography

Paul Longley (B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., AcSS) is Professor of Geographic Information Science at University College London, UK. His publications include 14 books and more than 125 refereed journal articles and contributions to edited collections. He has held over 40 research grants and has supervised more than 35 Ph.D. students (most funded by research councils). He is a co-editor of the journal Environment and Planning B and a member of five other editorial boards. He has held ten externally-funded visiting appointments and given over 150 conference presentations and external seminars. He teaches Geographic Information Systems and Science and is a co-author of the best-selling book of that name.

Selected Books

  • Geographical Information Systems and Science (Third Edition: 2010) (Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, and David W. Rhind). The Third Edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully revised and updated to include the latest developments in the field and still retains its accessible format to appeal to a broad range of students. Now divided into five clear sections the book investigates the unique, complex and difficult problems that are posed by geographic information and together they build into a holistic understanding of the key principles of GIS.

  • Geospatial Analysis: a Comprehensive Guide to Principles, Techniques and Software Tools. (M J de Smith, M F Goodchild, P A Longley). The three editions of this book (published in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Troubador, Leicester, UK) are hard copy versions of an extensive and detailed technical website, www.spatialanalysisonline.com.  "Geospatial Analysis" by de Smith, Goodchild and Longley
    addresses the full spectrum of analytical techniques that are provided within modern Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related geospatial software products. It is broad in its treatment of concepts and methods and representative in terms of the software that people actually use.

  • For a more complete list of publications please see Paul Longley.

Websites

Personal website: www.paul-longley.com

http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/
http://www.spatial-literacy.org/
http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/
http://www.londonprofiler.org
http://www.publicprofiler.org/

Current Teaching

  • Ideas in Geography (GEOG1006: Year 1 undergraduate, contribution)
  • Geographic Information Systems and Science (GEOG2022: Year 2 undergraduate)
  • Geography and GIS – Systems, Science and Study (M.Sc. GIS: Postgraduate)
  • Geographic Information Systems and Science (M.Res.: Postgraduate)

Recent Grants

2009

  • Wellcome Trust: Genetics of the people of the British Isles and their faces (PI W F Bodmer; co-Is P J Donnelly, T Spector, P A Longley, J Kittler) £2,067,797

2008

  • Economic and Social Research Council : Census Geographic Information Visualisation (Censusgiv) (co-I: P Mateos, P A Longley, M Batty: RES -348-225-0015) £66,115

2007

  • Economic and Social Research Council: The Genesis Project: GENerative E-Social Science (co-I: M Batty, M Birkin, P A Longley, A Heppenstall, A Steed, M C Clarke, J Xu, A G Wilson: RES-149-25-1078) £1,382,477
  • Economic and Social Research Council: Business solutions for web-based dissemination of the geography of genealogy (RES-172-25-0019) £49,950
  • Economic and Social Research Council: Business Engagement Award for NCeSS (National Centre for E-Social Science) (with P Halfpenny: RES-185-31-0003) £98,700
  • Cabinet Office/City of London Corporation: Linking social deprivation and digital exclusion in England £10,000

2006

  • Higher Education Funding Council for England. Splint: Spatial Literacy in Teaching. Supplementary capital grant for UCL. £60,000
  • Economic and Social Research Council (Knowledge Transfer Division): co-funding for conference at the Royal Geographical Society, February £5,000

2005

  • Higher Education Funding Council for England: Splint: Spatial Literacy in Teaching (consortium with Leicester and Nottingham Universities) £978,259
  • Economic and Social Research Council: GEOVUE: GEOgraphic Virtual Urban Environments (with M Batty and A Steed: RES-149-25-1023) £420,091

2004

  • Economic and Social Research Council/Southwark Primary Care Trust: a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to develop systems to measure and monitor GP referrals and to target health promotion campaigns £331,584
  • Economic and Social Research Council/Camden Primary Care Trust: a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to develop and utilise GIS for neighbourhood profiling and assist in targeting public health and health care delivery £331,584

2003

  • Economic and Social Research Council: Digital differentiation: consumption profiles of fracturing digital divides (with M. Batty, R. Webber, A. Tapp: RES-335-25-0020) £88,222
  • The Groundwork Trust: inter-departmental GIS requirements analysis £3,000
  • Economic and Social Research Council: Surnames as a quantitative evidence resource for the social sciences (with R. Webber: RES-000-22-0400) £45,551
  • Economic and Social Research Council: Senior Fellowship: Geodemographics for managing local services (RES-331-25-0001) £125,168
  • Department of Trade and Industry/UCAS Ltd.: a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to develop a student placing service to support applications for admission to higher education institutions £100,198
  • Camden Borough Police: sustainable GIS and data sharing infrastructure £15,000
  • Camden Borough Police: inter-departmental GIS requirements analysis £3,500

2002

  • European Commission (Fifth Framework Programme: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development): SCATTER (Sprawling Cities And TransporT: from Evaluation to Recommendations) (with M. Batty) €156,942
  • ESRC/EPSRC/NERC Transdisciplinary Seminar Series Competition: Realising the potential of urban spatial data infrastructures (with R. Harris) £17,908

2001

  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council: Integrated systems for retail company management strategy: a feasibility study of demand-led aspects (with M. Batty) £45,697

2000

  • Natural Environment Research Council: Monitoring urban land-use and morphology using remote sensing and GIS (with M. Barnsley, A. Luckman) £202,172

Research Interests

Paul Longley's research interests are grouped around the use of geographical information systems (GIS) and quantitative methods in urban analysis. They include: information integration within GIS (notably remote sensing - GIS integration); geodemographics; public service delivery; fractal geometry; local taxation; housing and retail market analysis; discrete choice modelling; and social survey research practice.

Research Students

Under the UK system, a Ph.D. student typically has just two supervisors. This section includes details of career destinations of the Ph.D. students that I have supervised, and their contribution to academia and professional practice. To date, only three students (including two second supervisions) have not delivered acceptable theses within the normal registration periods.

37. 2009-         Nahid Mohajeri. principal advisor. (Intending Ph.D.)

36. 2008-         Paul Richards. ESRC CASE award, principal advisor. (Intending Ph.D.)

35. 2008-         James Cheshire. ESRC CASE award, principal advisor. (Intending Ph.D.)

34. 2008-         Daniel Lewis. ESRC CASE award, principal advisor. (Intending Ph.D.)

33. 2008-         Muhammad Adnan. Research grant funded. (Intending Ph.D.)

32. 2006-8       Dr. Maurizio Gibin. Research grant funded, principal advisor. (Refocused on research papers 2008, following appointment as Lecturer in Geography, University of London, Birkbeck College)

31. 2005-9       Catherine Lowe. ESRC competition award, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2010. Subsequently analyst, Aon Benfield Analytics.

30. 2005-8       Jakob Petersen. Research grant funded, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2008. Subsequently pharmaco-epidemiologist, National Health Service.

29. 2004-8       Kate Jones. Research grant funded (full time), principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2008. Subsequently Research Associate, UCL, then Lecturer in Geography, Portsmouth University.

28. 2004-7       Pablo Mateos. Research grant funded (full time), principal advisor. Ph.D.awarded 2007. Subsequently ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and then Lecturer in Geography, UCL.

27. 2004-7       Hanif Rahemtulla. ESRC competition award, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2008. Subsequently Research Officer, Université Laval

26. 2003-7       Christian Castle. Research grant funded/ESRC CASE award, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2007. Subsequently transport planning consultant.

25. 2003-6       Andrew Crooks. ESRC CASE award, second advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2007. Subsequently Research Scientist, Greater London Authority and then Assistant Professor in Geography, George Mason University.

24. 2002-7       Alex Singleton. Research grant funded (full/part time), principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2007. Subsequently Research Officer, UCL.

23. 2002-5       Joana Simoes. Portuguese Government scholarship, second advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently software developer, Brunel University.

22. 2002-4       Ozlem Sahbaz. Research grant funded (part time) second advisor until inter-departmental transfer in 2004. No award to date.

21. 2002-5       John Ward. ESRC CASE award, second advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2007. Subsequently Research Officer, the Bartlett School, UCL.

20. 2002-5       Aidan Slingsby. ESRC CASE award, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently Postdoctoral Research Fellow, City University

19. 2002-5       David Ashby. ESRC CASE award, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently Business Development Manager, UCL Business Plc. Currently Senior Analyst, Dr. Foster (Research) Ltd.

18. 2002-5       Tessa Anderson. ESRC CASE award, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently Lecturer in Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, then University of Queensland, currently at Hong Kong University.

17. 2001-5       Sinesio Alves Jnr. Brazilian Government Scholarship. No thesis submitted. Subsequently, inter alia, Computer Officer at UCL.

16. 2001-6       Nancy Chin. Research grant funded (part time), second advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently senior civil servant.

15. 2001-4       Sarah Smith. Ordnance Survey funded, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2005. Subsequently research analyst, Ordnance Survey (Great Britain) and then Research Fellow in Civil Engineering and Geosciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

14. 2001-4       Torsten Schietzelt. ESRC CASE award, second advisor. No thesis submitted. Subsequently ad hoc lecturer, the Bartlett School, UCL.

13. 2001-4       (Lily) Chao Li. ESRC competition award, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2005. Subsequently ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UCL.

12. 2001-3       Ian Greatbatch. Research grant funded, principal advisor for part of study period only. M.Sc. awarded 2007. Currently Lecturer in Geography, Kingston University.

11. 2001-4       Daryl Lloyd. ESRC CASE award, second advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2005. Subsequently senior research analyst at ODPM and the Cabinet Office.

10. 2001-3       Mike de Smith. Self-funded, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2004. Subsequently self-employed consultant.

9. 2000-3         Paul Torrens. ESRC competition award, second advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2003. Subsequently Assistant Professor, University of Utah. Currently Associate Professor in Geography, Arizona State University.

8. 2000-3         Carolina Tobon. UCL Teaching Assistantship, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2003. Subsequently GIS analyst for ESRI (UK) Ltd. and software developer.

7. 1998-2001   William Grey. NERC award, external advisor. Ph.D. awarded 2002. Currently Research Fellow, Department of Geography, Swansea University.

6. 1998-9         Emma Roe. ESRC award, principal advisor until 1999 and remained in Bristol after my move to UCL. Ph.D awarded 2002. Currently Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Southampton.

5. 1996-9         Richard Harris. ESRC award, principal advisor. Ph.D. awarded 1999. Subsequently Research Assistant, University of Bristol. Currently Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol.

4. 1993-6         Scott Orford.  ESRC award, principal advisor. Ph.D awarded 1997. Subsequently Computer Officer, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, and currently Senior Lecturer in GIS and Spatial Analysis, Cardiff University.

3. 1991-94       Victor Mesev.  SERC award, principal advisor. Ph.D awarded 1995. Subsequently ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Bristol University of Bristol. Currently Chair, University of Florida, Tallahassee.

2. 1990-93       Myles Gould.  SERC award, principal advisor. Ph.D awarded 1996. Currently Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Leeds.

1. 1987-89       Simon Thompson. SERC award, principal advisor. M.Sc awarded 1990. Subsequently senior manager with GENAMAP GIS and most recently Commercial Business Industry Solutions Manager, ESRI Inc., Redlands, CA.

Selected Journal Articles

2010

Grid-enabling geographically weighted regression: a case study of participation in higher education in England. Transactions in GIS, 14, 43-61 (R Harris, D Grose, A D Singleton, C Brunsdon, P A Longley)

Predicting participation in higher education: a comparative evaluation of the performance of geodemographic classifications. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, in press (C Brunsdon, P A Longley, A D Singleton, D Ashby)

Geodemographics as a tool for targeting neighbourhoods in public health campaigns. Journal of Geographical Systems, in press (J Petersen, M Gibin, P A Longley, P Mateos, P Atkinson, D I Ashby)

The surname regions of Great Britain. Journal of Maps, 1-9, in press. (J A Cheshire, P A Longley, A D Singleton)

Towards real-time geodemographics: clustering algorithm performance for large multidimensional spatial databases. Transactions in GIS, in press (M Adnan, P A Longley, A D Singleton, C Brunsdon)

A mobile information service for a grassroots environmental network: understanding users perspectives and information requirements. Area, in press (H Rahemtulla, M Haklay, P A Longley)

Lost in translation.  Cross-cultural experiences in teaching geo-genealogy.  Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 34: 21-38 (P A Longley, A D Singleton, K Yano, T Nakaya)

2009

Creating open source geodemographics - refining a national classification of Census Output Areas for applications in higher education. Papers in Regional Science, 88: 643-66 (A D Singleton, P A Longley)

Uncertainty in the analysis of ethnicity classifications: some issues of extent and aggregation of ethnic groups.  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 35: 1437-60 (P Mateos, A D Singleton, P A Longley)

Classification through consultation: public views of the geography of the E-Society.  International Journal of Geographical Information Science 22: 23: 737-63 (P A Longley, A D Singleton)

Linking social deprivation and digital exclusion in England.  Urban Studies, 46(7), 1275-98 (P A Longley. A D Singleton)

Teenage pregnancy - new tools to support local health campaigns.  Health and Place. 15, 300-7 (J Petersen, P Atkinson, S Petrie, M Gibin, D Ashby, P A Longley)

Geodemographics, visualization and social networks in applied geography.  Applied Geography, 29: 289-98 (A D Singleton, P A Longley)

2008

An exploratory cartographic visualisation of London through the Google Maps API. Applied Spatial Analysis and Planning, 1:85:97 (M Gibin, A Singleton, R Milton, P Mateos, P A Longley)

The UK geography of the E-Society: a national classification. Environment and Planning A 40: 360-82 (P A Longley, R Webber, C Li)

2006

Police reform and the new public management paradigm: matching technology to the rhetoric. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 24: 159-175 (D I Ashby, B Irving, P A Longley)

Geodemographic classifications, the digital divide and understanding customer take-up of new technologies. BT Technology BT Technology Journal 24: 67-74 (P A Longley, D I Ashby, R Webber, C Li)

The quantitative analysis of family names: historic migration and the present day neighbourhood structure of Middlesborough, United Kingdom. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 96: 31-48  (P A Longley, R Webber, D Lloyd R Webber)

A test environment for location-based services applications.  Transaction in GIS 10: 43-61  (C Li, P A Longley)

2005

Geocomputation, geodemographics and resource allocation for local policing. Transactions in GIS 9: 53-72 (D I Ashby and P A Longley)

The emergence of geoportals and their role in spatial data infrastructures Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 29: 3-14 (D J Maguire and P A Longley)

Geographic information portals - a UK perspective. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 29: 49-69 (P Beaumont, P A Longley and D J Maguire)

A renaissance of geodemographics for public service delivery. Progress in Human Geography, 29: 57-63

Quantifying interpolation errors in urban airborne laser scanning models. Geographical Analysis 37: 200-24 (S L Smith, D Holland and P A Longley)

Assessing the usefulness of store card data in direct sales of financial services. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 12, 407-17 (S J Berry and P A Longley)

2004

Spatial dependence and heterogeneity in patterns of hardship: an intra-urban analysis. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 94: 503-19 (P A Longley, C Tobón)
GIS on modelling and representation 2004. Progress in Human Geography, 28: 108-16

Targeting clusters of deprivation within cities.  In G Clarke and J Stilwell (eds) Applied GIS and Spatial Analysis.  Chichester, John Wiley: 89-110 (R Harris, PA Longley)

2003

Developments in socio-economic data infrastructures. Progress in Human Geography, 27: 114-21

2002

Will developments in urban remote sensing and GIS lead to 'better' urban geography? Progress in Human Geography, 26: 231-9
Measurement of density gradients and space-filling in urban systems. Papers in Regional Science, 81: 1-28 (P A Longley, T V Mesev) DOI 10.1007/8101100100087
Creating small area measures of urban deprivation. Environment and Planning A, 34: 1073-93 (R J Harris, P A Longley) doi 10.1068/a34120

2000

The academic success of GIS in geography: problems and prospects. Journal of Geographical Systems 2: 37-42
GIS and spatial analysis in the new millennium. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 90: 157-65
On the measurement and generalisation of urban form. Environment and Planning A 32: 473-88 (P A Longley, T V Mesev)
New data and approaches for urban analysis: models of residential densities. Transactions in GIS 4: 217-34 (R J Harris, P A Longley)