
Phil James
Affiliated Faculty
I am a Senior Lecturer in GIS and Chartered Geographer, and my main interest is in using data to solve problems. I currently lead Newcastle’s Urban Observatory programme, monitoring the city at many scales using IoT sensors. I work widely with researchers from Engineering, Earth Sciences, Computer Science, Biology and Health.

Data:In Place: Making open data work for communities




Sense my Street: A toolkit for data-driven change


