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Celebrating the fifth centenary of Vespucci's discoveries, the Vespucci Initiative recaptures his spirit of multi-disciplinary intellectual inquiry to explore new frontiers of knowledge and new territories. To that end since 2003 it has organized a range of research and teaching activities, bringing together senior scientists and promising young researchers from various fields and from around the world. This unique interdisciplinary mix creates what has been called the Medici Effect and perhaps it is no coincidence that most Vespucci institutes to date have been held in Florence, Italy! All participants share a special interest in the locational aspects of societal challenges. These aspects are being studied and exploited in the emerging field of Geographic Information Science and are being implemented within the GIS, Location Based Systems, Applied Geography and related industries (see www.giscience.org, www.agile-online.org, www.ucgis.org). The institutes and other events sponsored by the Vespucci Initiative are open to post-graduate researchers at all stages of their careers in the academic, public, not-for-profit, and private sectors, selected on a competitive basis through an open call for expression of interest. The 2013 Vespucci Institute on Synthesizing Population, Health, and Place marks a new beginning given both its location and timing. This will be the first Vespucci Institute to be held outside Europe and the first to be scheduled in the northern hemisphere spring season. It provides an inspiring and productive opportunity for peer-to-peer interaction with leading international experts in the field. Participants will:
The Vespucci format is multi-faceted and will include:
This Institute is a not-for-profit activity of the Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California (this year’s local host). Who should apply?
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