@vikkimaps

Lecturer in Urban Data Science @SoGLeeds + Prog Lead @UDS_Leeds | PI @GreenAWARE_ | Inequality. Greenspace. Wellbeing | She/Her

 ISDS, Geography, Leeds
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Joined February 2015
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Thrilled to share that @Barker1Anna and I have been awarded @ESRC funding for our @GreenAWARE_ project to study inequalities in access to greenspace across Leeds and Bradford. Starting 01/06/24! This New Investigator grant is my first as PI! 1/
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Vikki Houlden retweeted
GreenAWARE@GreenAWARE_14 Apr 2025
QUIZ TIME! What’s your park vibe? Cast your vote and then share your thoughts in the Leeds and Bradford Access to Parks and Green Spaces Survey – we want to hear from you! bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE Working with @LeedsParks and @bradfordmdc
Image of Park. Quiz time! What kind of park visitor are you? A. The Explorer. Loves adverntures and trails B. The Social Butterlfy. Picnic and hangout lover C. The Escape Artist. Needs quiet nature time D. The Occasional Visitor. Parks don’t quite work for me. Tell us more! Take the Leeds and Bradford Access to Parks and Green Spaces Survey for a chance to win £100

ALT Image of Park. Quiz time! What kind of park visitor are you? A. The Explorer. Loves adverntures and trails B. The Social Butterlfy. Picnic and hangout lover C. The Escape Artist. Needs quiet nature time D. The Occasional Visitor. Parks don’t quite work for me. Tell us more! Take the Leeds and Bradford Access to Parks and Green Spaces Survey for a chance to win £100

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Vikki Houlden retweeted
GreenAWARE@GreenAWARE_26 Mar 2025
Wish you were here? Tell us what you like about your local parks, and what you'd like to see to make them better! Complete the Bradford and Leeds Access to Parks and Green Spaces Survey for a chance to win a £100 voucher! bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE
Image of a Park in Bradford with text "whether you use parks or not, we want to hear from you! Complete our Bradford and Leeds Access to Parks Survey for a chace to win a £100 shopping voucher! Visit bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE or Google Future of Parks"

ALT Image of a Park in Bradford with text "whether you use parks or not, we want to hear from you! Complete our Bradford and Leeds Access to Parks Survey for a chace to win a £100 shopping voucher! Visit bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE or Google Future of Parks"

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Vikki Houlden retweeted
GreenAWARE@GreenAWARE_20 Mar 2025
Not sure parks are for you? Let’s change that! Tell us what’s keeping you away, and win a £100 voucher. Take the Leeds/Bradford Access to Parks and Green Spaces Survey today! bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE
Image of Park. Feel like parks aren’t for you? Tell us why and win a £100 voucher. Visit bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE

ALT Image of Park. Feel like parks aren’t for you? Tell us why and win a £100 voucher. Visit bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE

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If you live in Leeds or Bradford, please complete our survey, whether you use parks or not! Help make your parks work for everyone.
GreenAWARE@GreenAWARE_17 Mar 2025
OUR SURVEY IS LIVE!! Have your say on local parks and win a £100 voucher! Take the Leeds Access to Parks and Green Spaces Survey. bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE
Image of a park. Your voice matters! Whether you use parks or not, we want to hear from you. Fill out our survey about parks in Leeds for a chance to win a £100 voucher. Your feedback will help us make parks and green spaces more. welcoming, safe, and suitable for everyone. Help us improve your parks and green spaces. Visit bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE or Google Future of Parks

ALT Image of a park. Your voice matters! Whether you use parks or not, we want to hear from you. Fill out our survey about parks in Leeds for a chance to win a £100 voucher. Your feedback will help us make parks and green spaces more. welcoming, safe, and suitable for everyone. Help us improve your parks and green spaces. Visit bit.ly/m/GreenAWARE or Google Future of Parks

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We recently ran an @ESRC Festival of Social Science drop-in event in @TheBroadwayBrad for women and girls to share their views on safety in the city centre and local parks. Read our blog by about this event and wider work on safety in Bradford: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk…
Group shot of researchers stood in front of poster boards in the Broadway Shopping Centre, Bradford.

ALT Group shot of researchers stood in front of poster boards in the Broadway Shopping Centre, Bradford.

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We're all about inclusion and equality, so I've decided to migrate over to BlueSky, along with my Green AWARE project. Please come with me! bsky.app/profile/vikkimaps.b…
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Come join us in Bradford on 29/10 and share your experiences and ideas about the parks and green spaces in your local area! 🌱 Myself, @Barker1Anna , @DrJenGray, and @FrancescaPontin will have some fun, tree-based activities for you to get involved in! 🗳️
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📢📢JOB ALERT📢📢 What's that- ANOTHER Spatial Inequality RF post exploring green space?! If you're interested in park safety, gender, and mapping- please get in touch/see below for details!
Fran Pontin@FrancescaPontin25 Sep 2024
Come work with myself, @vikkimaps and @Barker1Anna as a research fellow on our project: ‘Utilizing Open Data to Enhance Park Safety for Women and Girls in Bradford’ in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Bradford Metropolitan District Council. (1/5)
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GO 👏 OUT 👏 AND 👏 VOTE 👏 #Vote tactically, don't vote tactically, vote for a change either way. (But mostly just don't vote Tory)
Image of a polling station sign under a permanent sign reading 'please do not sit on the fence'

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Every year I'm blown away with the excellent work our students deliver- and the poster session is always a celebration of their achievements and a bittersweet final session!
MSc Urban Data Science and Analytics@UDS_Leeds27 Jun 2024
Really proud of our students showcasing their Urban Data Science Project progress at our poster session yesterday! A great selection of projects this year, and it was great to be all together to celebrate our last class together!
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Three days left to apply! Help us address key questions currently facing urban science and society!
GreenAWARE@GreenAWARE_27 Jun 2024
🚨🚨 JOB REMINDER 🚨🚨 If you're interested in making greenspace accessible + inclusive for everyone + have a background + PhD in a field related to spatial data analysis - please apply for our Research Fellow in Spatial Inequality role closing in 3 days! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…

Jobs at the University of Leeds

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Vikki Houlden retweeted
Law at Leeds@Law_Leeds20 Jun 2024
Great opportunity to join Dr @vikkimaps, Dr @Barker1Anna, @LeedsParks and @BradDistParks on the fantastic @GreenAWARE_ project as a Research Fellow in Spatial Inequality, starting in the Autumn! @SoGLeeds @EnvLeeds @CCJSLeeds @LSJ_Leeds Apply by 27 June 👇👇
GreenAWARE@GreenAWARE_17 Jun 2024
Are you interested in green space, health, and equality? We are looking for a Research Fellow to support data collection and analysis on our project, starting this Autumn! All details here, please share! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…
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Interested in novel methods to understand inequalities in access to greenspace? Want to propose ways in which greenspace can be designed to overcome social & cultural barriers to use & promote wellbeing. Apply for this job with a fantastic team at Leeds (Grade 7, 16 months)
GreenAWARE@GreenAWARE_17 Jun 2024
Are you interested in green space, health, and equality? We are looking for a Research Fellow to support data collection and analysis on our project, starting this Autumn! All details here, please share! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…
Image of a Univeristy of Leeds Job Advert titled 'Candidate Brief. Research Fellow in Spatial Inequality, Faculty of Environment'

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COME WORK WITH ME PLEASE! We're looking for an enthusiastic researcher with a(n almost) PhD in geography/urban science/computer science/GIS and bakcground in inequalities/accessibility/health geography. Please share and let me know if you want to chat about the role!
GreenAWARE@GreenAWARE_17 Jun 2024
Are you interested in green space, health, and equality? We are looking for a Research Fellow to support data collection and analysis on our project, starting this Autumn! All details here, please share! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…
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Amazing job oppotunity with our new healthy urban places consortium working with @BiBresearch and the FABULOUS @KimonKrenz. If you want to your work to help tackle spatial injustice and health inequalities using rich health and spatial datasets then this is the role for you.
Dr Kimon Krenz@KimonKrenz4 Jun 2024
Job Opportunity! I am looking for a 4-year Research Fellow in Urban Health Analytics. You will be based at the UCL Space Syntax Laboratory, and focus on better understanding Healthy Urban Places. For more information and full job description document: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
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Hive mind: does anyone have any good recs for organisational apps that integrate to-dos and calendars? Considering Monday/Notion, would love to hear any positive experiences or recommendations (esp from anyone with a highly distractable brain)! Feeling like this at the mo!
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If you're interested in applying for our Urban Data Science and Analytics MSc but unsure about the financial side- check out if you may be eligible to apply for one of our @LIDA_UK scholarships! You have until 10/06/24 to apply- all details linked below ⬇️⬇️
MSc Urban Data Science and Analytics@UDS_Leeds23 May 2024
There's still time to apply for one of our #scholarships for the upcoming academic year! Applicants are eligible if they are home students from under-represented backgrrounds. Apply before the 10th June 2024 here: lida.leeds.ac.uk/data-scienc…
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Vikki Houlden retweeted
GreenAWARE@GreenAWARE_22 May 2024
We're really excited to be launching this project led by @vikkimaps with @Barker1Anna as Co-I! Hosted within @SoGLeeds @EnvLeeds @UniversityLeeds in collaboration with @LeedsParks and @BradDistParks 🌱🍃🏙️ More info: environment.leeds.ac.uk/geog…

Green AWARE: Greenspace Access, Wellbeing, and Resident Equality

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Vikki Houlden@vikkimaps22 May 2024
Thrilled to share that @Barker1Anna and I have been awarded @ESRC funding for our @GreenAWARE_ project to study inequalities in access to greenspace across Leeds and Bradford. Starting 01/06/24! This New Investigator grant is my first as PI! 1/
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We're excited to be working directly with @LeedsParks and @BradDistParks to develop our methodology and feed into local management plans to improve, maintain, and increase #accessibility of #greenspaces for their many potential users 4/
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I'm not only immensely proud of securing my first PI funding, but that I submitted the application while 9 months pregnant, and responded to reviews while literally breastfeeding an 11-week old. Feels like a big win and an exciting time all round! 🤱🌱 5/5
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We hope to be recruiting for a Research Fellow very soon to support our data collection and analysis, so watch this space /5
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