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Dr Charlotte van der Lijn

Associate Lecturer in Spatial Data Science

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2819

Email

charlotte.vanderlijn@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Teaching

I am both a mentor and reviewer for staff on the STARS (58³Ô¹Ï Recognition Scheme) accredited scheme.

I am currently teaching on the following modules:

• GG1001: Climate, Capital, Community: Fundamentals of Global Geography
• SD2100: Sustainable Scotland
• GG4255: Geographies of Urban Housing
• and am a dissertation supervisor for honours students.

The module GG4255 won the Inclusive Teaching Award 2026 for its excellence in inclusive pedagogy. You can find out about the Inclusive Teaching Award here (link ).

I have also taught on the following team-taught modules:

• GG4201- Advanced Debates in Geography
• GG3209- Spatial Analysis with GIS
• GG2011- Geographies of Global Change
• GG1002- A World in Crisis

Research areas

I am an Associate Lecturer in Spatial Data Science. 

My main research interests span:

• understanding urban housing markets using online housing searches
• spatial accessibility 
• interpreting mental maps
• urban inequalities and developing deprivation indices
• data visualisation and storytelling
• exploring urban design and planning using virtual reality.

I am currently a co-researcher in the : HEIF Higher Education innovation funding Community Engagement with Virtual & Augmented Reality: Shirebrook market redevelopment project to engage in participatory design of community spaces with immersive visualisation. 

I am a member of the . 

I am an Associate Editor for the . 

I am a co-opted Board Member for the .

Prior to joining the SGSD, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Geosciences and Geography at the University of Helsinki, Finland, in the . I obtained my PhD in Urban Studies and Planning in the at the University of Sheffield. 

PhD supervision

• Alistair McConnell

Selected publications

• Open access
  van der Lijn, C., Ehnström, E., Koivisto, S. & Muukkonen, P., 5 May 2023, In: Frontiers in Sociology. 8, 13 p., 1125343.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  van der Lijn, C. & Muukkonen, P., 19 Apr 2023. 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Open access
  van der Lijn, C., Nurmi, M., Hasanen, E., Pyykönen, J., Salmi, L., Salmikangas, A.-K., Vehkakoski, K., Virmasalo, I., Toivonen, T. & Muukkonen, P., 23 Dec 2022, In: Fennia - International Journal of Geography. 200, 1, p. 6-23 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Liu, P., Koivisto, S., Hiippala, T., van der Lijn, C., Väisänen, T., Nurmi, M., Toivonen, T., Vehkakoski, K., Pyykönen, J., Virmasalo, I., Simula, M., Hasanen, E., Salmikangas, A. K. & Muukkonen, P., 20 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Spatial Information Science. 24, p. 31-61 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review