Ola Hall, head of department, has initiated a new Competence Centre on Earth Observation and Social Sciences — a hub for research, collaboration, and innovation at the intersection of satellite data, AI, and societal development.
- Our goal is to bridge Earth observation and social science to better understand and address key societal challenges — from sustainability and welfare to urban change and resilience, says Ola Hall about the initiative.
The Competence Centre is financed by Rymdstyrelsen, and Lund University has been assigned the task of establishing it. The centre will be established as an operational hub to create a sustainable ecosystem for satellite-based social analysis. It will offer open courses, hackathons, and a digital knowledge hub with reusable workflows and resources.
The centre is run in close collaboration with researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Linköping University,
Karlstad University and more.
Read more about it in an article on the Lund University website. The article is written in Swedish
Launch of a new Competence Centre on Earth Observation and Social Sciences
