Computational methods in urban studies

credits : Gorden Cullen

Computational Methods in Urban Studies

CMUS will focus on acquiring insights into, engaging with, and modeling the processes that underpin the transformation of contemporary urban and rural societies. The course will integrate statistical techniques and critical urban theory in order to develop both socially and environmentally fair policies within the context of the climate crisis.

Please find below a description of the assessment during the semester and the schedule.

• Critical Urban Studies
• Interdisciplinary and "social engineering"
• Reflexive Quantification
• Program of the Semester
• Evaluation Assessment
• Introduction to R

This lecture will further introduce students to social and environmental inequalities through the example of the system of automobility. 

The following topics will be covered :

• Social classes and social inequalities (Bourdieu)
• Topological urban sociology (Wacquant)
• Social inequalities within the system of automobility
• (Un)sustainable car practices
  
• Geometric data analysis (R session)