Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Olle holds a joint PhD in human geography and regional planning (2013) from the University of Tartu and Ghent University. As a human geographer, his broad interdisciplinary research interests focus on human mobilities in spatial, temporal and social contexts from the individual to the aggregate level. He is particularly interested in how big data such as mobile phone and social media data can be used to examine individual spatial mobilities and behaviour, and how this can be interpreted and implemented in spatial planning and policy. In recent years, he has examined ways to use big data in studying cross-border interactions, transnationalism, segregation, socio-spatial inequality and urban accessibility. Olle is currently working on a new project funded by Academy of Finland “BORDERSPACE - Tracing interactions and mobilities beyond state borders: Towards new transnational spaces”.
Education information
Doctor of Philosophy in Human Geography and Regional Planning from University of Tartu, Estonia (a joint PhD between Ghent University) (2013)
Doctor of Science: in Geography from Ghent University, Belgium (a joint PhD between University of Tartu) (2013)
Bachelor of Science in Human Geography from University of Tartu, Estonia (2006)
Fields of Science
- 519 Social and economic geography
- Urban geography
- Human mobility
- Urban planning
- Accessibility
- Transnationalism, refugee studies, return, ethnic relations, identity and belonging
- Regional studies
- Multi-local living
- Cross-border interaction
- Segregation
- 1171 Geosciences
- GIS
- Mobile phone data
- Social Media
- Big Data
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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The impact of COVID-19 on daily lives of transnational people based on smartphone data: Estonians in Finland
Järv, O., Tominga, A., Müürisepp, K. & Silm, S., 21 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Location Based Services. 15, 3, p. 169-197 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Escaping from Cities during the COVID-19 Crisis: Using Mobile Phone Data to Trace Mobility in Finland
Willberg, E., Järv, O., Väisänen, T. L. A. & Toivonen, T., 23 Feb 2021, In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 10, 2, 17 p., 103.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Ethnic differences in activity spaces as a characteristic of segregation: A study based on mobile phone usage in Tallinn, Estonia
Järv, O., Müürisepp, K., Ahas, R., Derudder, B. & Witlox, F., Nov 2015, In: Urban Studies. 52, 14, p. 2680-2698 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The link between ethnic segregation and socio-economic status: An activity space approach
Järv, O., Masso, A., Silm, S. & Ahas, R., Jul 2021, In: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 112, 3, p. 319-335 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Dynamic cities: Location-based accessibility modelling as a function of time
Järv, O., Tenkanen, H. T. O., Salonen, M. P., Ahas, R. & Toivonen, T. K., Jun 2018, In: Applied Geography. 95, p. 101-110 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Crossing Social and Spatial Borders as an Everyday Life: Big Data to Reveal Transnational People, Their Mobilities and Spaces
Järv, O., Müürisepp, K. & Aagesen, H. W.
Kone Foundation, University of Helsinki
01/02/2017 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research project
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The rythms, places and customer groups of multi-local dwelling (MOPA)
Hyyryläinen, T., Rantanen, M., Raun, J., Okkonen, P. O., Laaksonen, I. P. A. & Järv, O.
01/03/2021 → 31/10/2022
Project: Research project
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BORDERSPACE: Tracing Interactions and Mobilities Beyond State Borders: Towards New Transnational Spaces (BORDERSPACE)
Järv, O., Toivonen, T., Aagesen, H. W., Hiippala, T., Väisänen, T. L. A., Müürisepp, K. & Karasov, O.
Academy of Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2025
Project: Research project
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MAPHEL: Mapping the linguistic landscape of the Helsinki metropolitan area: from linguistic groups to discourse communities
Hiippala, T., Väisänen, T. L. A., Pienimäki, H., Toivonen, T., Järv, O., Tenkanen, H., Müürisepp, K. & Heikinheimo, V.
02/03/2020 → 01/03/2023
Project: Research project
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Science workshops on novel and open data sources and approaches to study urban accessibility and mobility / NECTAR 2019 conference
Toivonen, T., Willberg, E., Tenkanen, H., Salonen, M., Järv, O. & Müürisepp, K.
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Best Paper Award 2021, Journal of Locaton Based Services
Järv, Olle (Recipient), Tominga, A. (Recipient), Müürisepp, Kerli (Recipient) & Silm, S. (Recipient), May 2022
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Activities
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PhD supervision of Håvard Wallin Aagesen
Olle Järv (Supervisor) & Tuuli Toivonen (Co-supervisor)
2021 → …Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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MSc thesis supervision of Emily Dovydaitis — Examining the integration of transnational people through the lens of spatial mobility: A case study of Estonians living in Finland
Olle Järv (Supervisor), Kerli Müürisepp (Co-supervisor) & Pia Bäcklund (Co-supervisor)
2021Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
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MSc thesis supervision of Håvard Wallin Aagesen - Understanding Functional Cross-border Regions from Twitter Data in the Nordics
Olle Järv (Supervisor), Tuuli Toivonen (Co-supervisor) & Tomas Hanell (Member of thesis committee / follow-up group)
2021Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
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Using electricity data for second home research: prospects and challenges
Janika Raun (Speaker), Pasi Oskari Okkonen (Speaker), Olle Järv (Speaker), Manu Rantanen (Speaker) & Torsti Hyyryläinen (Speaker)
5 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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MSc thesis supervision of Emil Ehnström
Olle Järv (Supervisor) & Tuuli Toivonen (Co-supervisor)
2021 → …Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Press / Media
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A total of 30,000 users and 38 million posts helped investigate Finnish Twitter users’ language choices and geographical location
Olle Järv, Tuuli Toivonen & Tuomo Hiippala
16/12/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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New project revealing multi-local living from electricity data has taken off
20/10/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Nordic migration trends: A great deal of uncertainty
02/10/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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COVID-19 is spatial: Ensuring that mobile Big Data is used for social good
Age Poom, Olle Järv, Matthew Zook & Tuuli Toivonen
02/09/2020 → 15/09/2020
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Press / Media