Claus Rinner
Principal Investigator, GIS2 (Geographic Information Science and Systems) at Toronto Metropolitan University
Professor
Undergraduate Program Director, Geographic Analysis
Faculty of Arts
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Toronto, Ontario
crinner@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 552686
Expert In
Decision support capabilities of GIS technologies
Geographic visualization
Map-centred methods to evaluate environmental change
Map-centred methods to evaluate public health
Map-centred methods to evaluate urban quality of life
Modelling environmental noise in urban environments
Open data and open source geospatial software
Participatory geographic information systems (GIS)
Spatial decision support systems
Urban innovation
Urban, environmental and health geography
Bio/Research
Claus Rinner is a professor, undergraduate program director, and former graduate program director and chair in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). He holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Université Paul-Valé...
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Bio/Research
Claus Rinner is a professor, undergraduate program director, and former graduate program director and chair in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). He holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier, France; a master's degree in applied systems science from the University of Osnabrück, Germany; and a PhD in geography from the University of Bonn, Germany. His research and teaching expertise is in the areas of geographic information systems (GIS), cartography, and decision support systems, with applications in public health, social policy, and environmental planning. Dr. Rinner holds an NSERC Discovery Grant and has also participated in research funded by CIHR, SSHRC, and the Network of Centres of Excellence. His scholarly research is widely cited with an h-index of 27 and eight publications with over 100 citations as of June 2021.
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