Lecture History

Since the inaugural lecture in 2013, it became WRSA’s tradition to have the annual Getis-Ord Lecture Series in Spatial Analysis.

Professor and Sebes Fellow, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Spatial Statistics: From Bristol to Santa Barbara
discussed by Prof. Sergio Rey

Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
Big Data, Spatial Analysis, and CyberGIScience
discussed by Prof. Henk Folmer

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland
Issues Relating to Spatial Models
discussed by Prof. Raymond Florax and Prof. Henk Folmer

Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Urbanization and Economic Development

Professor, Urban & Regional Economics, Texas State University – San Marcos
Mixing Spatial and Other Types of Cross-Sectional Dependence
discussed by Prof. Sergio Rey

Professor, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Extending Spatial Systems to Embrace Hierarchies of Interaction
discussed by Prof. Peter Batey

Professor, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Extending Spatial Systems to Embrace Hierarchies of Interaction
discussed by Prof. Peter Batey

Professor, School of Geography & Geographic Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Extreme Digital Transformation in Spatial Analysis and Modeling
discussed by Prof. Alan Murray

Professor, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
Understanding Spatial Models in Context
discussed by Prof. Peter Rogerson

Professor, School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University
The Getis-Ord Statistics: Extensions & Lessons
discussed by Prof. Alan Murray

Professor, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
In honor of Arthur Getis: Spatial Thinking Applied to Urban Goods Movement
discussed by Prof. Richard Church

Professor, Center for Open Geographical Sciences & Dept. of Geography, San Diego State University
Mind the Gap and the Map: Measuring Distributional & Spatial Income Polarization
discussed by Prof. Geoffrey J.D. Hewings

Professor, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
Significance and Interpretation in Geographic Shape Compactness
discussed by Prof. Geoff Boeing