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COGS Director Rey Publishes New Paper on Measurement of Spatial Inequality
From the paper: Abstract. This paper explores the concepts and computational methods used to measure spatial inequality, emphasizing a reproducible approach that social scientists can apply to their research. The analysis focuses on geographic income disparities at the sub-national level, using Mexico as a case study.
May 23, 2025 1 min read
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COGS Director Rey Publishes New Paper on Measurement of Spatial Inequality
COGS Receives NSF Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems (POSE) Grant
The COGS team has received a prestigious $1.5M award to transform the Python Spatial Analysis Library (PySAL) into a fully-fledged open-source ecosystem by engaging academia, government, and scientific partners. Read more on the grant page
May 23, 2025 1 min read
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COGS Receives NSF Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems (POSE) Grant
Master's Student Successfully Defends Research Proposal
Carli Henderson, a first-year M.S. student, sucessfully defended her research proposal titled “Geography of History: Mapping the Spatial Inequality of the National Register of Historic Places”. The project will focus on connections between historical redlining, segregation, and the National Register of Historic Places - the United States’ federal register of historic preservation.
May 1, 2025 1 min read
Master's Student Successfully Defends Research Proposal
New Paper by COGS and UCR examines the Landscape of Overdose in Inland California
From the paper: Abstract. This paper explores the concepts and computational methods used to measure spatial inequality, emphasizing a reproducible approach that social scientists can apply to their research. The analysis focuses on geographic income disparities at the sub-national level, using Mexico as a case study.
Apr 23, 2025 1 min read
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New Paper by COGS and UCR examines the Landscape of Overdose in Inland California
New Paper by Knaap and Rey, Wei, and Skrah about Racial Segregation in Schools and Neighborhoods

In a new paper published in Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, SASS scholars show the importance of considering features overlapping spaces when measuring racial residential segregation.

Oct 11, 2024 1 min read
New Paper by Knaap and Rey, Wei, and Skrah about Racial Segregation in Schools and Neighborhoods
Measuring Spatial Congruence in the School-Neighborhood Nexus
Public schools and residential neighborhoods are two spatial contexts that can fundamentally shape the life outcomes of children. …
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Measuring Spatial Congruence in the School-Neighborhood Nexus
COGS Team Receives NSF-POSE Grant to Enhance PySAL into Open Source Ecosystem

In collaboration with partners at the University of Chicago, University of Maryland, and the University of California, Riverside, COGS has been awarded a POSE grant from the National Science Foundation focused on the open-source Python Spatial Analysis Library (PySAL), which has been downloaded over two million times.

Aug 24, 2024 2 min read
COGS Team Receives NSF-POSE Grant to Enhance PySAL into Open Source Ecosystem
POSE: Phase II: An Open Source Ecosystem for Spatial Data Science
This project is funded by Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Program which seeks to harness the power of open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions to problems of national and societal importance.
POSE: Phase II: An Open Source Ecosystem for Spatial Data Science
COGS Director Sergio Rey Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

COGS is ecstatic to announce that Director Sergio Rey has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Rey is recognized for work as a leading pioneer of the Python Spatial Analysis Library (PySAL), downloaded two million times.

Apr 23, 2024 1 min read
COGS Director Sergio Rey Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Associate Director Knaap elected to the North American Regional Science Council

The mission of the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) is to promote the scholarly exchange of ideas and knowledge that apply to urban and regional phenomena in North America and across the globe.
Oct 23, 2023 1 min read
Associate Director Knaap elected to the North American Regional Science Council