Place Trajectories – Analysing Socio-Demographic Dynamics on Three Spatial Levels

with Rachel Franklin, Cyril Geistlich & David Kaufmann

Please register for the workshop here.

Socio-demographic changes happen everywhere, but they are not the same everywhere.
In what ways do fertility, ageing, migration, urbanization, and the economy shape demographic transformations on a large scale level? How can machine learning be used to analyse relocation behaviour on a national scale? And what shape do socio-demographic transformations take at the very local level, when considering gentrification and displacement?

This research workshop will provide insights into analysing socio-demographic transformations and relocation on three spatial scales: Europe, Switzerland, and Zurich.
Special emphasis will be on data and methodology: Participants will learn how methods of GIS and machine learning are used to capture demographic dynamics.

Program

9:00-9:45 Demographic Transformations in Europe
Rachel Franklin, Harvard University

9:45-10:15 Coffee Break

10:15-10:50 Relocation Behaviour in Switzer-land
Cyril Geistlich, Wüest Partner

10:55-11:30 Gentrification, Displacement, and Relocation in Zurich
David Kaufmann, ETH Zürich

11:30-12:00 Plenary discussion

From 12:00 Sandwich Lunch