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Luc Anselin

Pronouns: He/Him

Senior Fellow
The Bridge at NORC
Luc specializes in spatial data analysis (exploration, visualization, modeling) for economics, criminology, public health, electoral studies, and international relations.

Luc is a senior fellow at NORC and director of the Center for Spatial Data Science at the University of Chicago. He is currently the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Spatial Data Science at the University of Chicago. He was the founding director of the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University and previously held appointments at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; the University of Texas at Dallas; West Virginia University; the University of California, Santa Barbara; and the Ohio State University.

Luc is the developer of the SpaceStat and GeoDa software packages for spatial data analysis. He was elected Fellow of the Regional Science Association International in 2004 and was awarded their Walter Isard Prize in 2005 and William Alonso Memorial Prize in 2006. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2008 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. His publications include many hundreds of articles and several edited books.

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Education

PhD

Cornell University

MA

Cornell University

BS

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Appointments & Affiliations

Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and the College

University of Chicago

Research Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

Arizona State University

Fellow

American Academy of Arts and Sciences; U.S. National Academy of Sciences; University Consortium for Geographic Information Science; Spatial Econometric Society; Regional Science Association International

Honors & Awards

UCGIS Research Award | 2013

University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

William Alonso Memorial Prize | 2006

Regional Science Association International

Publications

Research Library & Findings