Sponsored Research

The CGA leads and co-leads sponsored research projects that blend spatial thinking, data infrastructure, and domain-focused inquiry, to address challenges across the various domains of climate, migration, health, ecosystems, and historical mapping.

Current and recent work creation of development of, and participation in, a virtual center for spatiotemporal research (Spatiotemporal Innovation Center), predictive analytics for climate-induced migration (CLIMB), large-scale environmental mapping (e.g. mangroves), COVID-19 mortality impact modeling, real-time pandemic response platforms, GPU-enabled geospatial analysis, ecosystem composition via imaging spectrometry, and digital humanities efforts such as the Temporal Gazetteer and China Historical GIS.

These projects illustrate CGA’s capacity to design and build platforms, apply spatial methods to topical domains, and support collaborative scholarship.

China Historical GIS

The CHGIS project has produced a comprehensive series of datasets related to the administrative geography of Chinese History. The data layers include nationwide coverages (for the years 1820 and 1911), and time series (for the Dynastic period from 221 BCE...