The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis is a {CASA} is an initiative within University College London to develop emerging computer technologies in several disciplines which deal with geography, space, location, and the built environment. As an interdisciplinary research centre expertise is drawn from archaeology, architecture, cartography, computer science, environmental science, geography, planning, remote sensing, geomatic engineering, and transport studies. This generates a unique blend of personnel who operate from CASA and associated departments within UCL. We recently moved from the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences into the Faculty of the Built Environment. CASA currently has 10 Research Fellows undertaking research projects dealing with spatial problems and policies which link urban design to GIS to online multi-user environments. These posts are funded from various sources, such as Research Councils, Government agencies and CASA’s consultancy activity. When vacancies do arise they are always advertised on our homepage. There are around 30 Mphil/PhD students studying at CASA. Most of these students are self-funded because scholarships are very competitive and difficult to obtain. Each student is supervised by Michael Batty or Paul Longley and has a second supervisor from their registered department. In addition, there are usually 2 or 3 distinguished international Academic Visitors at CASA interacting with our PhD students. Their visits can range from 2 – 12 months, which is largely dependent upon desk availability. Please use the sub-menu links to find further information about coming to CASA.
www.casa.ucl.ac.uk