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Human mobility, regularity and variability

London Seminar Series
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Andrew Renninger
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London
Sep 24, 2025
11:00 am
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Sep 24, 2025
11:00 am
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The Roux Institute
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Network Science Institute
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One Portsoken
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58 St Katharine's Way
London E1W 1LP, UK
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Research into human mobility has accelerated in recent years, but work tends to be constrained along 2 key dimensions: spatial extent and temporal length, with studies often limited to a few cities or a few months, or both. To understand the durability and generality of many of the patterns we see in mobility research, here we take a wide aperture, using data from 10 countries; we also look at some of the longest time series available, constructing panels with as much as 6 years of data. We focus on our propensity to interact with others like us in day-to-day activity—" experienced segregation"—as well as other aspects of urban life. Our results suggest that mobility patterns display variability, drifting over time and differing across space.
About the speaker
Andrew Renninger is a researcher in human mobility and urban science at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, joining Central European University this autumn. He has also worked at the Penn Institute for Urban Research and the Wharton Geospatial Initiative. He uses big data and network science to study how cities evolve under the pressures of mobility, inequality, and climate change.
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