Dr. Richard LEMOINE-RODRÍGUEZ

I approach cities as complex socio-ecological systems. My research integrates concepts and state-of-the-art methods from urban ecology, geoinformatics and digital humanities to generate evidence-based knowledge to contribute to making more livable cities. I focus on the spatiotemporal characterization of the physical and social urban dimensions, aiming to unveil complex interconnections and counterintuitive relationships between humans and their main habitat: Cities. My goal is to represent the inherent complexity of urban ecosystems to detect global regularities, as well as the fundamental differences between cities, aiming to find the underlying properties driving their evolution. Cities are as much of a challenge as an opportunity towards sustainability.

Topics:

• Urbanization
• Urban heat islands
• Urban morphology
• Urban green infrastructure
• Social discourses
• Ecosystem services
• Land cover change
• Social inequality

Methods:

• Multimodal data analysis
• Remote sensing
• Geoinformatics
• Digital humanities
• Natural Language Processing
• Social media analytics
• Artificial intelligence

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Since 2022      Postdoctoral researcher of the Geolingual Studies[RL1]  project.

2017-2022      PhD (Dr. rer. nat) at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.Thesis: Urban form, urban warming and time. From global regularities to local heterogeneities.

2015-2017      Scientific staff member at the Environmental Geography Research Center (CIGA) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

2013-2015      M.Sc. in Geography, Environmental Geography Research Center (CIGA) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Thesis: Conurbations of the city of Morelia, Michoacán, in the period of 1970–2010 and its influence on the sense of belonging of its inhabitants.

2012-2013      Scientific staff member, Institute of Ecology (INECOL).

2008-2012      B.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Veracruz (UV; Mexico). Thesis: Changes in the vegetation cover of the city of Xalapa-Enríquez, Veracruz and surrounding areas in the period of 1950–2010.