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This chapter describes a strategy for the national dissemination of spatial analytic methods for research and teaching in the social sciences in the United States developed by the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS). The strategy was based around a set of key programmes: residential workshops that trained hundreds of scholars in geographical information systems (GIS), cartographic visualisation and spatial statistics; the development of exploratory spatial data analysis tools for spatial econometric studies; symposia for advancing new initiatives for advancing spatial methodologies and applications in the social sciences; and publications that highlighted best practices for spatial thinking. Through the work of CSISS and other organisations, by 2008 there was a significant growth in interest among the social sciences in spatial reasoning. The lessons learned from the experiences of CSISS offer guidance on broad-based dissemination efforts across disciplines and for future initiatives on the basic concepts of spatial thinking. A suggested set of concepts is proposed as a basis for augmenting knowledge in diverse fields through applications of spatial thinking and methodologies.
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CSISS was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF BCS 9978058), hosted by the University of California Santa Barbara and directed by Michael Goodchild (see www.csiss.org). Its week-long workshops were offered through UCSB (2000–2004) and Ohio State University (2001–2003), the University of California Los Angeles (2000), the University of Washington (2000) and Pennsylvania State University (2003).
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See http://www.csiss.org/events/meetings/specialist.htm for information on CSISS specialist meetings.
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See http://www.csiss.org/events/workshops for information on CSISS workshops.
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The GIS Training Program for Population Scientists, was directed by Stephen Matthews and funded through Pennsylvania State University’s Population Research Institute by an award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD, R25 HD047744-01). In cooperation with CSISS, this programme offered two-week long workshops at UC Santa Barbara and at Pennsylvania State University. See www.csiss.org/GISPopSci.
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SPACE (Spatial Perspectives for Analysis for Curriculum Enhancement; http://www.csiss.org/SPACE) was funded by NSF through the Curriculum, Course, and Laboratory Improvement – National Dissemination programme of the Division of Undergraduate Education (NSF DUE 0231263). It was hosted at the University of California, Santa Barbara and directed by Donald Janelle. Workshops were held at UCSB, Ohio State University, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University and the University of Oklahoma.
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Resources on general spatial analysis tools are available at http://www.csiss.org/clearinghouse/; the specific resources in support of GeoDa are at http://geodacenter.asu.edu.
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Information on Australia’s Research Network in Spatially Integrated Social Science is provided at www.siss.edu.au; the SPLINT programme in the United Kingdom is described at http://www.le.ac.uk/cetl/splint.html and at http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/projects/projectDetail.asp?ID=66.
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See www.spatial.ucsb.edu.
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Janelle, D.G., Goodchild, M.F. (2009). Location across Disciplines: Reflections on the CSISS Experience. In: Scholten, H.J., van de Velde, R., van Manen, N. (eds) Geospatial Technology and the Role of Location in Science. GeoJournal Library, vol 96. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2620-0_2
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