David O'Sullivan

David is an Honorary Professor in the School of Environment at University of Auckland. He previously held positions at Victoria University of Wellington, UC Berkeley, Auckland, and Penn State. David gained his PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning at University College London in 2000, focusing on dynamic simulation models of urban neighbourhood change.

David's research interests focus on the spatial and computational methods needed to develop our understanding of the complex, dynamic, and deeply interconnected world we live in. He has worked on various topics, from accessibility, gentrification, and ethnic and racial segregation, to the geography of personal names, and the spatial dynamics of disease and invasive pests. David has published extensively on these and other topics.

He has written books on geographic information analysis, spatial simulation, and computing geographically, and has expertise in a wide range of methods across each of these areas.

Read more about David at at https://dosull.github.io.