Dr Joana Barros
MSc GISc Programme Director
Direct line: 020 7079 0644
Email address: j.barros@bbk.ac.uk
Joana joined Birkbeck in 2005 after completing her PhD at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA). In January of 2007, she acquired the post of joint Birkbeck - CASA Lecturer in GIS with the responsibility of developing a new evening taught MSc programme in GISc for 2007. Starting from August 2008 Joana is also the director of the GISc Distance Learning, coordinating both GISc MSc Programmes.
Joana's background is Architecture and Urban Planning. She holds an MSc in Urban and Regional Planning (UFRGS, Brazil) and a PhD in Planning Studies from University College London. Her area of expertise is Geocomputation, more specifically agent-based and cellular automata models applied to urban systems. She is also interested in complexity theory, representation of dynamics in GIS, and urban development in developing countries. Most of her research applies dynamic models to urban development of cities in Latin America.
Joana is responsible for the pedagogic coordination of the distance learning and evening taught MSc GISc programmes. She also teaches the undergraduate module of Principles of GIS and supervises MSc and PhD students.
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