USC

Blog

Finland, Sweden, and NATO: What Putin Didn’t Want

Dr. Steven L. Lamy, professor emeritus of political science and international relations and spatial sciences, explains in his article in The Conversation why no one should be surprised that Finland and Sweden, historically neutral countries, have applied for full NATO membership. Dr. Lamy opines that both Finland and Sweden see the priority of protecting their…
Read more

Introducing our Fall 2022 PHP PhD cohort

The Spatial Sciences Institute is pleased to announce the incoming 2022 cohort to the Population, Health and Place Ph.D. program. Please join us in welcoming these five outstanding students to the Trojan Family! Jacob Gizamba BS Wildlife Health, Makerere University, Uganda (2019) MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Cape Town, South Africa (2022) Jacob has…
Read more

Apply now for SCAG GIS internships

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is now accepting applications from USC students for its Summer 2022 internships. This summer students will work on SCAG's Connect SoCal project. Read the scope of work for this internship. Past USC Spatial Sciences Institute interns have made important contributions to SCAG projects. They also have gained valuable…
Read more

Dr. Li Yi and SSI team publishes in “Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology”

Li Yi, Ph.D., a 2022 graduate from the USC Population, Health and Place Ph.D. program, is the lead author of “Time-activity and daily mobility patterns during pregnancy and early postpartum – evidence from the MADRES cohort”, published in Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. This article, now available online, is in the journal’s Volume 41, June 2022…
Read more