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Grant McKenzie

Title: 
Associate Professor
Grant McKenzie
Contact Information
Address: 

Burnside Hall Room 613A

Email address: 
grant.mckenzie [at] mcgill.ca
Research areas: 
Spatial Data Science
Geographic Information Science
Biography: 

Grant McKenzie is an associate professor of spatial data science in the Department of Geography at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. At McGill, Grant leads the , an interdisciplinary research group that works at the intersection of information science and behavioral geography. Much of Grant's work examines how human activity patterns vary within and between local regions and global communities. This has driven his applied interests in financial accessibility, geoprivacy, and micro-mobility services as well as the broader role that geographic information science plays at the intersection of information technologies and society. Grant is a founding member of the Seattle-based start-up consultancy Spatial Development International (now Locana) and has worked as a data scientist and software developer for a range of NGOs and leading technology companies.

Current research: 
  • Location privacy and trust
  • Assessing the urban impacts of shared micromobility services
  • Temporal dynamics in urban environments
Degree(s): 
  • PhD in Geography, UC Santa Barbara (2015)
  • M. App. Sci., University of Melbourne (2008)
  • BA Geography, University of British Columbia (2002)
Selected publications: 
  • Qiang, D., McKenzie, G.Ìý.ÌýComputers, Environment and Urban Systems. Elsevier.
  • Verma, P., McKenzie, G.Ìý.ÌýEnvironment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (Special issue on Spatial Inequalities and Cities). Sage
  • McKenzie, G., Zhang, H.Ìý.ÌýProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science. Schloss Dagstuhl-Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. (September 13-15; Leeds, UK)
  • McKenzie, G., Romm, D., Zhang, H., Brunila, M. (2022) .ÌýTransactions in GIS. 26(4). pp.Ìý1703-1717. Wiley Press.
Group: 
Faculty
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