Dr. Emmanouil Tranos

Biography

Emmanouil Tranos is a Professor of Quantitative Human Geography at the University of Bristol. His research primarily focuses on the spatial dimensions of digital technologies and the digital economy. He has published extensively on the geographies of digital technologies, analyzing the internet's backbone networks and the global scale usage of mobile phones, as well as internet speeds at a granular level and spatial temporal resolution. Tranos' work reveals how technology uptake influences economic productivity and business creation at a fine geographical scale. He has also explored online behaviors and their relation to cities’ spatial structure, particularly concerning issues like remote work and internet access usage. His research emphasizes the importance of developing frameworks and workflows that utilize digital traces left by economic activities to understand city structure and economies. Tranos employs a wide range of methodological tools from data science, computational linguistics, and network science, in conjunction with traditional geographical methods. Additionally, he serves as a co-editor for the journal Spatial Economic Analysis.

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