We are delighted to announce the recipients of the GIScRG Dissertation Award 2025, following a careful review of the submitted dissertations.
Winner
Miaoyi Li
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London
“Digital Planning Support in a Data-Scarce Context by Estimating Urban Activities: A Case Study in Jaipur City, India”
Runner-up
Nicholas Kinsella
School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ulster University
“Monitoring Methane Emissions at Hassi Messaoud from 2021 to 2024 Using Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-5P: Assessing Algeria’s Progress Towards Its 2030 GHG Reduction Target”
The winner will receive £100 and a one-year RGS-IBG Postgraduate Fellowship, while the runner-up will receive £50 and a one-year RGS-IBG Postgraduate Fellowship.
The recipients should contact Nick Bearman at nick@nickbearman.com to arrange delivery of their awards.
We would like to thank the members of the award selection committee for their time and valuable contributions:
- Professor Gary Higgs, University of South Wales
- Dr Ye Tian, University College Dublin
- Dr Yuchen Li, University of Leeds
- Dr Meiliu Wu, University of Glasgow
Special thanks also go to Dr Xiao Li of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for coordinating and organising the award selection process.
Congratulations to both recipients, and thank you to everyone who submitted their work. We greatly appreciate your contributions to GIScience research.