FOR STUDENTS & VISITORS

SUPERVISION

We welcome undergraduate and graduate students to study human mobility from multiple perspectives, using mobile big data and/or other data sources. Find out the BSc and MSc thesis topics that our members supervise from the website of the Department of Geography:

INTERNSHIP AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH

For eventual postgraduate and postdoctoral studies and internships, please contact us directly (mobilitylab [at] ut.ee).

COURSES

In spring 2022, we launched a public online lecture series ‘Mobility Analysis and Planning for Human-Scale Cities’ featuring mobility and transportation experts and leading scholars worldwide. In spring 2024, we run our third season of lectures.

Check out the recordings for all seasons. More information is available at https://transportplanning.ut.ee/.

The list of our current and previous courses at the University of Tartu, in which we participate (previous lectureship in italics):

CoursePeople InvolvedLink
Fundamentals of Human Geography (5 ECTS) Tiit Tammaru, Ago Tominga; Janika RaunLOOM.02.236
Research Methods in Human Geography (5 ECTS)Siiri Silm, Laura Altin, Bianka Plüschke-Altof, Kadri Leetmaa, Elina Maarja Suitso; Kadi Kalm, Karina Valdas, Veronika MoosesLOOM.02.073 
Geography of Information and Communication Technologies and Mobile  Positioning (3 ECTS)Anto AasaLOOM.02.119 
Geography, Communication and Spatial Mobility (6 ECTS)Anto Aasa, Matthew Alan Zook, Martin Haamer, Madli-Johanna Maidla; Anniki Puura,LTOM.02.050
Economic Geography of Urban Systems (2 ECTS)Frank Witlox, Madli-Johanna Maidla; Janika RaunLOOM.02.328
Tourism Geography (3 ECTS)Janika RaunLOOM.02.106
Planning project (15 ECTS)Siiri Silm, Ago Tominga, Ingmar Pastak, Kiira Mõisja, Pille Metspalu; Veronika Mooses, Daiga ParšovaLTOM.02.010
Mobility and Transportation Geography (3 ECTS)Age Poom, Siiri Silm, Martin HaamerLOOM.02.058
Mobility Analysis for Planning (3 ECTS)Siiri Silm, Age PoomLTOM.02.063
Research Project in Geography (6 ECTS)Merle Muru, Age Poom, Ago Tominga, Mait Sepp, Tõnu Oja, Valentina SagrisLTOM.02.064
Visual Geodata Mining (2 ECTS)Jukka Matthias Krisp, Madli-Johanna MaidlaLOOM.02.349

Previous involvement of our lab members in courses:

CoursePeople InvolvedLink
Key Directions and Methods in Geography (7 ECTS) Siiri Silm, Ago Tominga; Veronika MoosesLOOM.02.207
Graduate Research Seminar (5 ECTS)Jaan Pärn, Jüri Roosaare, Tiit Tammaru, Age PoomLTOM.02.238
Environmental Management Systems and Auditing (5 ECTS)Age PoomLOOM.02.162 
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (3 ECTS)Alar Noorvee, Age PoomLOOM.02.164
Geospatial Analysis with Python and R (6 ECTS) Alexander Kmoch, Holger Virro, Desalew Meseret Morges, Marta Jemeljanova, Anto AasaLTOM.02.041
Transport Planning (4 ECTS) (currently Mobility Analysis for Planning, 3 ECTS)Siiri Silm, Age PoomLOOM.02.343

Our teaching activities elsewhere include the following courses:

CourseUniversityPeople involvedLink
Exercises: Mobile & Location Based ServicesUniversity of AugsburgAnto AasaLink
Just Sustainable Cities: Perspective from Post-Socialist EurasiaUppsala UniversityAge PoomLink