Research outputs
2026
Conflict, mobility and fragmentation in the African interurban network
One country, multiple portraits: representativeness in GPS-based mobility data is source-specific and spatially dependent
Extreme heat reduces and reshapes urban mobility
Renninger, A., & Cabrera, C. (2026). Extreme heat reduces and reshapes urban mobility. PNAS NEXUS, 5(4), 10 pages. doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag078
SITUATION REPORT: IRAN CONFLICT DIGITAL TRACE DATA ANALYSIS - EXPERIMENTAL
2025
Widely used but barely trusted: understanding student perceptions on the use of generative AI in higher education
Cabrera, C., & Neville, R. (2025). Widely used but barely trusted: understanding student perceptions on the use of generative AI in higher education. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 1-14. doi:10.1080/13603108.2025.2595453
Towards safer and more equitable pedestrian crossing siting: a GIS-multi criteria decision analysis approach
A systematic machine learning approach to measure and assess biases in mobile phone population data
Widely used, barely trusted? Understanding student perceptions on the use of Generative AI tools in Higher Education
Sustained changes to urban mobility after COVID-19 amplified socio-economic inequalities in Latin America
Modeling Urban Population Dynamics and City-to-City Migration
Rethinking GIScience Education in an Age of Disruptions
Frazier, A. E., Nelson, T., Kedron, P., Shook, E., Dodge, S., Murray, A., . . . Xu, W. (2025). Rethinking GIScience Education in an Age of Disruptions. TRANSACTIONS IN GIS, 29(2), 10 pages. doi:10.1111/tgis.70048
Extreme heat reduces and reshapes urban mobility
Spatial network analysis
Cabrera, C. (2025). Spatial network analysis. Region, 12(1), 73-101. doi:10.18335/region.v12i1.562
Beyond the Immediate Impacts of COVID-19 on Internal Population Movements in Mexico: Facebook Data Reveal Urban Decay and Slow Recovery-A Research Note
Gonzalez-Leonardo, M., Cabrera, C., Neville, R., Nasuto, A., & Rowe, F. (2025). Beyond the Immediate Impacts of COVID-19 on Internal Population Movements in Mexico: Facebook Data Reveal Urban Decay and Slow Recovery-A Research Note. DEMOGRAPHY, 62(4), 1171-1184. doi:10.1215/00703370-12183205
Modeling Urban Population Dynamics and City-to-City Migration
Prieto-Curiel, R., & Cabrera, C. (2025). Modeling Urban Population Dynamics and City-to-City Migration. In COMPENDIUM OF URBAN COMPLEXITY (pp. 99-117). doi:10.1007/978-3-031-82666-5_5
2024
Detecting the sensitive spots of the African interurban transport network
A research agenda for GIScience in a time of disruptions
Nelson, T., Frazier, A. E., Kedron, P., Dodge, S., Zhao, B., Goodchild, M., . . . Wilson, J. (2024). A research agenda for GIScience in a time of disruptions. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 1-24. doi:10.1080/13658816.2024.2405191
Understanding student perceptions on the use of generative AI tools in UK Higher Education
A Long Short-Term Memory Forecast of sub-National Population Change Across Europe
“Urban Exodus” During COVID-19 in Mexico? Using Digital Data to Analyze Medium-Term Pandemic Impacts on Internal Population Movements
COVID-19 and internal population movements across the urban hierarchy in Mexico. An analysis using digital data
Gonzalez-Leonardo, M., Cabrera-arnau, C., Neville, R., Nasuto, A., & Rowe, F. (2024). COVID-19 and internal population movements across the urban hierarchy in Mexico. An analysis using digital data. ESTUDIOS DEMOGRAFICOS Y URBANOS, 39(3), 23 pages. doi:10.24201/edu.v39i3.2239
2023
Reduced mobility? Urban exodus? Medium-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on internal population movements in Latin American countries
Inferring urban polycentricity from the variability in human mobility patterns
Cabrera-Arnau, C., Zhong, C., Batty, M., Silva, R., & Kang, S. M. (2023). Inferring urban polycentricity from the variability in human mobility patterns. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 13(1), 14 pages. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-33003-7
2022
Understanding internal migration in the UK before and during the COVID-19 pandemic using twitter data
Wang, Y., Zhong, C., Gao, Q., & Cabrera-Arnau, C. (2022). Understanding internal migration in the UK before and during the COVID-19 pandemic using twitter data. Urban Informatics, 1(1). doi:10.1007/s44212-022-00018-w
Scaling Beyond Cities
Prieto Curiel, R., Cabrera-Arnau, C., & Bishop, S. R. (2022). Scaling Beyond Cities. FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS, 10, 10 pages. doi:10.3389/fphy.2022.858307
2021
Urban population size and road traffic collisions in Europe
Cabrera-Arnau, C., & Bishop, S. R. (2021). Urban population size and road traffic collisions in Europe. PLOS ONE, 16(8), 13 pages. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256485
2020
The effect of dragon-kings on the estimation of scaling law parameters
Cabrera-Arnau, C., & Bishop, S. R. (2020). The effect of dragon-kings on the estimation of scaling law parameters. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1), 7 pages. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-77232-6
Uncovering the behaviour of road accidents in urban areas
Cabrera-Arnau, C., Curiel, R., & Bishop, S. R. (2020). Uncovering the behaviour of road accidents in urban areas. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, 7(4), 12 pages. doi:10.1098/rsos.191739
A continuous binning for discrete, sparse and concentrated observations
Curiel, R. P., Arnau, C. C., Pinedo, M. T., Ramirez, H. G., & Bishop, S. R. (2020). A continuous binning for discrete, sparse and concentrated observations. METHODSX, 7. doi:10.1016/j.mex.2019.10.020
2019
Temporal and spatial analysis of the media spotlight
Curiel, R. P., Arnau, C. C., Pinedo, M. T., Ramirez, H. G., & Bishop, S. R. (2019). Temporal and spatial analysis of the media spotlight. COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS, 75, 254-263. doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2019.02.004