Andrea Ballatore

Cultural Geo-Analytics: leverages geographic information systems (GIS) to investigate the socio-spatial aspects of cultural production and consumption, analysing how cultural objects—such as museum collections, books, maps, films, and songs—are geographically distributed and how they flow across different regions. It examines the dynamics of museums, cultural institutions, heritage, and creative industries, investigating their impact on cultural production, audience engagement, and regional economies. Digital Geographies: explores how digital platforms, including web maps, apps, search engines, and social media, influence perceptions and interactions with places. His work employs data analytics to study online communication patterns and location-based behaviours, using datasets like social media posts, Google searches, and online advertisements. Spatial Digital Humanities: develops GIS-based visualisation techniques and interactive tools to investigate spatial and temporal processes in disciplines such as history, heritage studies, film studies, and museology, providing new ways to understand and represent cultural and historical phenomena.

Ballatore, Andrea, and Fiona Candlin. ‘A Geography of UK Museums’. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 48, no. 1 (2023): 213–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12578. Ballatore, Andrea, Scott Rodgers, Liam McLoughlin, and Susan Moore. ‘Facebook City: Place-Named Groups as Urban Communication Infrastructure in Greater London’. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 2 January 2024, 23998083231224136. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231224136. Ballatore, Andrea, Valeri Katerinchuk, Alexandra Poulovassilis, and Peter T. Wood. ‘Tracking Museums’ Online Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study in Museum Analytics’. ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 17, no. 1 (2024): 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1145/362716. Ballatore, Andrea, Stefano Cavazzi, and