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Dr Roberto Murcio

Positions held:
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences
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  • Overview

    Overview

    Highlights

    • Machine learning, Urban analytics and complex networks

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    Administrative responsibilities

    • Admissions Deputy - School of Social Sciences
    • Admission Tutor - Geography Cluster
  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • Urban Analytics and Complex Systems
    • Machine learning and transport networks
    • Mobile data
    • Inequality in cities
    • Geographical Information Systems

    Research overview

    My research focuses on the development and application of geospatial models in the context of urban analytics. I study innovative methods to explore how current聽Deep Learning techniques and Graph Neural Networks can help us understand the underlying process behind different urban aspects, like commuting patterns and transport inequality

  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Supervision

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    I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students who are interested in undertaking research in any areas related with Geospatial studies, Machine Learning and Urban Analytics

    Teaching

    For the MSc Geographic Data Science, I teach the following modules:


    Introduction to Geographic Data Science

    Geospatial Programming and Spatial Machine Learning

    GeoAI for Social and Urban Applications

    In these modules I review different subjects, from how to collect, wrangled and analyse spatial data, to how to build Machine Learning Models with an spatial twist.

    I use different technological tools in my courses, including Python, R, DuckDB and QGIS.


    At UG (level 4) I teach the Mapping our World module, where students learn cartographic concepts and basic GIS techniques. 

     


    Teaching modules

    • Introduction to Geographic Data Science
    • Geospatial Programming and Spatial Machine Learning
    • Mapping our World
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Whearty, Matthew and Murcio Villanueva, Roberto and Barros, Joana (2026) . Urban, Planning and Transport Research 14 (1), ISSN 2165-0020.
    • Whearty, Matthew and Murcio Villanueva, Roberto and Barros, Joana (2026) . Urban, Planning and Transport Research 14 (1), pp. 2612861. ISSN 2165-0020.
    • Bei, H. and Yu, M. and Yang, T. and Murcio Villanueva, Roberto (2025) . Research in Transportation Business & Management 59, pp. 101261. ISSN 2210-5395.
    • Murcio, Roberto and Wang, Yujue (2025) . International journal of Geo-Information 14 (2), ISSN 2220-9964.
    • Sari Aslam, Nilufer and Barros, Joana and Lin, H. and Murcio Villanueva, Roberto and Bei, H. (2024) . Transportation Planning and Technology pp. 1-16. ISSN 0308-1060.
    • Chen, H. and Gao, X. and Chen, K. and Bei, H. and Murcio Villanueva, Roberto (2024) . International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 130, pp. 103881. ISSN 1872-826X.
    • Bei, H. and Wang, Q. and Wang, Y. and Wang, W. and Murcio Villanueva, Roberto (2023) . Axioms ISSN 2075-1680.
    • Bei, H. and Li, P. and Ca, Z. and Murcio Villanueva, Roberto (2023) . Heliyon 9 (8), pp. e18769. ISSN 2405-8440.

    Monograph

    • Murcio Villanueva, Roberto and Soundararaj, B. (2025) . arXiv e-prints pp. arXiv-2501. arXiv.
    • Han, B. and Fang, H. and Murcio Villanueva, Roberto and Wang, M. (2024) . ResearchSquare Research Square.

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