The Gilbert Scott Building, University of Glasgow. Photo: Diliff, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

We are delighted to host the 8th AGILE PhD School at the University of Glasgow on 8–10 September 2026, organised by the Urban Big Data Centre under the theme"Urban Analytics in the AI Era: From Smart Data to Participatory Action.”

The school offers keynotes, hands-on workshops (GeoAI and street view analysis, reproducible spatial analysis in R/Python, mobile phone data, participatory urban analytics), and plenty of networking and group work for around 20–25 PhD students from AGILE member institutions. There is no registration fee, and partial travel and accommodation grants are available.

Applications close Friday 14 August 2026, 5pm UK time. 

Full details and how to apply: https://urbanbigdatacentre.github.io/agilephdschool2026/

Please share with any PhD students who may be interested!