Barcelona Summer School of Demography | Module 4: Digital Cartography and Spatial Analysis with R

Course description

The Barcelona Summer School of Demography (BSSD) program is a comprehensive four-week course focusing exclusively on the R statistical language. It is structured into four distinct modules, with each module spanning a week (20hs), designed to provide an in-depth understanding of different aspects of the R language: statistical and demographic analysis, data visualization and spatial analysis. Applicants are invited to enrol in either the full four-week BSSD course or select individual modules that align with their specific learning needs and interests.

Module 4 focuses on handling spatial objects in R, geocoding data, performing spatial analysis s and the production of digital cartography and web-based maps.

In the application form, candidates are required to specify the mode of attendance for the course, either in-person or online. Participants will be selected on a competitive basis based on motivation and research interests. Priority will be given to early-career researchers (Master and PhD students), but applicants from more advanced stages are also welcome. Applicants will be informed about the results of the selection process by 25 March 2025. Students registered in two or more other Bcn4Seasons School courses will be automatically considered for the Barcelona Summer School of Demography, without going through any selection process.

For further information, please contact bssd@ced.uab.cat

Content

Day 1: Read shapefiles into R, general manipulation of spatial objects, Univariate Class Intervals, colour palettes, thematic maps I: Bubble and choropleth maps.
Day 2: Conversion between coordinate reference systems (CRS), the ggmap package, thematic maps II: Lines maps.
Day 3: Geocoding processes in R, accessing Open Street Maps, thematic maps III: Bivariate maps.
Day 4: Spatial Statistics: Neighbourhood Matrixes, Spatial autocorrelation, Global and Local Indicators of Spatial Autocorrelation (LISA), thematic maps (IV)
Day 5: Plot Raster Data; Web-mapping: Leaflet and ggiraph; animated maps: the gganimate library, review of module.

Learning Highlights

Participants will learn how to produce different types of digital cartography with R, to produce web-based maps and to perform basic spatial analysis.

Target audience

Master and PhD Students, Researchers, Data Journalists and people how work with population data in general.

Required training or equipment

Participants are expected to bring their own laptop, with R and RStudio installed. Also, a general knowledge the R environment is required.

Lecturer

Juan Galeano

Juan is a post-doctoral researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and affiliated to the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED). His research focuses on changes in living arrangements and household composition and the production of new data infrastructures.

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