{"id":7,"date":"2024-04-04T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T05:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/mobiletartu2024\/avaleht\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:53:22","slug":"avaleht","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/mobiletartu2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Tartu 2026 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mobilitylab.ut.ee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mobility Lab<\/a>\u00a0of the University of Tartu welcomes you to the 10th Mobile Tartu Conference!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><strong>The <span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Mobile Tartu Conference focuses on human mobility studies <span style=\"font-size: 16px\">for resilient, just, and sustainable societies<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px\">using digital traces from mobile big data.<\/span><\/strong> At the Jubilee Conference, we reflect on the evolution of mobility studies over the past two decades and how this has influenced the need to consider mobility data justice in research and governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Mobile Tartu 2026 includes two closely integrated in-person events:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Mobile Tartu Conference<\/strong> on <\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">8\u201310<\/span><\/mark><\/span><\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">June 202<\/span>6<\/mark> at <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/NoDAe7pNFddayzc97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tartu University Oecologicum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mobile Tartu <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>PhD School <\/strong>on <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">7\u201310<\/span><\/mark><\/span> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">June 202<\/span>6<\/mark> <br>7 June \u2013 Out-of-Town Day at the <a href=\"https:\/\/jaaaeg.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J\u00e4\u00e4aja Keskus<\/a><br>(Participation in<span style=\"font-size: 16px\"> the PhD School also includes\u00a0participation in the Mobile Tartu Conference<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4b00767b69dc436b113f69a04330d389\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><strong>Abstract submission<\/strong> is now closed!<strong><br>Registration deadline: 25 May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/Networking_MT24-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271\" style=\"width:427px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/Networking_MT24-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/Networking_MT24-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/Networking_MT24-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/Networking_MT24.jpg 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Networking at Mobile Tartu 2024. Photo by Rene Riisalu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the conference about?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The events feature <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">keynote speeches, paper and poster sessions,<\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">panel discussions, <\/mark>and a rich <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">social programme <\/mark><\/strong>with vibrant discussions on the conceptual, methodological, and empirical dimensions of understanding human mobility and its interactions with society and the environment, using mobile big data and other digital traces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference series, in conjunction with the adjacent PhD School, brings together a strong community of human mobility researchers, including both early-career researchers and leading scholars, as well as professionals from the public and private sectors, to discuss the latest research and applications in human mobility and mobile big data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><strong>What is the PhD school about?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/IMG_8197-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-311\" style=\"width:378px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/IMG_8197-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/IMG_8197-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/IMG_8197-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/IMG_8197-1-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/IMG_8197-1-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/IMG_8197-1-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PhD School 2024. Photo by Martin Haamer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">The Mobile Tartu PhD School comprises lectures and hands-on workshops on mobile big data analytics for understanding human mobility, complementing the main conference programme.<br>The first day of workshops and lectures (7 June) will take place in an out-of-town location (transport will be provided for all registered participants from Tallinn and Tartu). The remaining days (8\u201310 June) will be held in Tartu and are fully integrated into the main conference programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The special themes of the Jubilee Mobile Tartu 2026:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Activity space studies informing just and sustainable societies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multilocal living and cross-border interactions in digital transition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mobility data justice in research and governance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A special session, \u201cTracking Mobility Transitions Across the Activity Space Using ICT Data,\u201d organised by <strong>NECTAR<\/strong> Cluster 8 (ICT) and Cluster 5 (Leisure, Recreation and Tourism), is now confirmed. Read more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/mobiletartu2026\/special-nectar-session\/\">session page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beyond the special themes, we invite a broad range of contributions on human mobility\u2013based digital data sources<\/strong>\u2014such as mobile phone data, smartphone applications, GPS, social media, smart cards, bike-share systems, and e-scooters\u2014and their integration with qualitative insights, to address (but not be limited to) the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Travel behaviour and accessibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Socio-spatial and environmental inequalities and human wellbeing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social networks in space and their transformation with digitalisation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disruption management and spatial (im)mobility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Domestic and international tourism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connectivity and interactions from local to global scales<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Land use and transport planning with the incorporation of new mobility solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban transformations and the quality of the living environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Population studies and official statistics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data privacy, surveillance, ethics, and open research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Methodological advances in human mobility research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GeoAI approaches for analysing human mobility and enhancing location-based services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For any inquiries, please contact: <a href=\"mailto:mobiletartu@ut.ee\">mobiletartu@ut.ee<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"935\" data-id=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/Ratas_postril_MT24.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273\" 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