Robert Weibel — Biosketch

I obtained an MSc (1985) and a PhD degree (1989, with distinction) in Geography from the University of Zurich, both degrees with a specialization in GIScience. In 1988 I was a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Geography, SUNY at Buffalo. After two years (1989-1991) as a senior software engineer working for Computervision GIS, Inc. on SYSTEM 9 (the first commercial GIS with object-oriented behavior) I returned to the academic world, first as a Research Associate, then Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich. Since 10/2000, I am a Full Professor of Geographical Information Science. I've been a Visiting Scientist at Institut Géographique National (IGN) in Paris (1994), the GIScience Center at UC Berkeley (2000), the Centre de Recherche en Géomatique at Université Laval, Québec, Canada (2000), the Finnish Geodetic Institute (FGI, 2007), and the Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh (2007). I'm a Co-Director and PI of the UZH Research Priority Program URPP Language and Space (PI 2013-2024; co-chair 2019-2024); a PI of the URPP Dynamics of Healthy Aging (2021-2024); and a PI of the NCCR Evolving Language (2020-2024).


My Research projects

My publications in Google Scholar

Research Interests


Selected Functions

Management Editor Positions Editorial Boards Guest Editorships Organization of Conferences and Workshops Committees (selected)

Advising of MSc and PhD Students


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