Jianghao Wang

Professor of Geographic Information Science

I develop geospatial big data and AI methods to understand human behaviour and build geographic intelligence for a sustainable planet — from air pollution and wildfires to climate, health, and cities.

Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science and Technology (LREIS), CAS

Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

Research Scientist & Visiting Scholar, MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab

Portrait of Jianghao Wang

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Research

Turning spatial data into understanding of people & planet

My work sits at the intersection of geographic information science, computational social science, and Earth & environmental research.

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Illustration of layered geospatial map data

Geospatial big data & spatial statistics

Turning mobile-phone signalling, social-media, remote-sensing and human-mobility data into reliable, analysis-ready evidence — including principled methods for scaling and downscaling Earth-science and population data.

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Illustration of human mobility and sentiment networks across a landscape

Human behaviour, environment & health

Quantifying at global scale how the environment — air pollution, extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and even urban night light — shapes human sentiment, mobility, health and well-being, and revealing who bears the greatest burden.

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Geographic intelligence & AI

Deep learning, foundation models and “intelligent geography” for prediction, mapping and decision support across climate, public health, wildfire risk and urban sustainability.

Selected projects

Representative projects

Three research programmes at the heart of my recent work. See all projects on the projects page.

Selected work

Representative publications

Twelve representative papers — most as first or corresponding author — in Nature Human Behaviour, Nature Health, Nature Cities, Science Advances, One Earth, Nature Communications and PNAS. See the full list of 100+ publications.