Josef Strobl#
| Membership Number: | 7044 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Affiliated section(s): | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Josef-Strobl |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-6234-9812 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/josefstrobl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 President, Eurasia-Pacific Uninet
- 2023 ao.Univ.Prof, Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS, University of Salzburg
- 2012 - 2023 Full Professor (ret.), Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS, University of Salzburg
- 2019 Affiliate Professor, School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University
- 2012 - 2021 Head, (Interfaculty) Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS, University of Salzburg
- 2012 - 2023 Chair, Commission for GIScience, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2006 - 2012 Founding Director, Institute for Geographic Information Sciences, ÖAW
- 2003 - 2023 Chair and Member, various Curriculum Committees, University of Salzburg
- 2002 - 2006 Founding Director, Studio “iSPACE” – Research Studios Austria
- 1999 - 2002 Chair, Department of Geography and Geoinformatics, Salzburg University
Fields of Scholarship
- Spatial analysis
- Online and mobile apps incl. storymapping
- Geographical information science and systems
- Active learning in online environments and design of interactive learning materials
- Open systems architectures, interfaces, metadata and SDI > Geoportals
- Digital terrain models
- Citizen science and participation
- Learning with geoinformation - from spatial awareness to thinking to citizenship
- Online distance and blended education
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Merentibus Medal, Jagiellonian University Krakow
- 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Esri
- 2022 Austrian Erasmus+ Ambassador for Higher Education
- 2018 Ehrenzeichen des Landes Salzburg
- 2012 Dr h.c., University of West Hungary
- 2003 Prof h.c., Kyrgyz State Technical University
- 1989 Christian-Doppler Award
