Sergio J. Rey

Professor of Geography | Spatial Data Scientist

I am a Professor of Geography and Founding Director of the Center for Open Geographical Science at San Diego State University. My research interests are in spatial data science, with a focus on spatial inequality, regional science, and open-source geospatial computing. I am the lead developer of PySAL.

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Latest Articles

  1. 2026 Rey, S.J. “On the distribution of spatial polarization indices”, Geographical Analysis, 59(1), e70064.
    doi: 10.1111/gean.70064.
  2. 2026 Ursavaş, U., Y. Chen, S.J. Rey, “Spatial inequality and income dynamics across Turkish provinces”, The Annals of Regional Science, 75(3), 105.
    doi: 10.1007/s00168-026-01538-y.
  3. 2026 Rey, S.J. “Simultaneous spatial systems with incommensurate partitions”, Letters in Spatial Resource Sciences,
    doi: 10.1007/s12076-026-00447-0.

Latest Books

  • 2023 Rey, S.J., D. Arribas-Bel, and L.J. Wolf, Geographical Data Science with Python. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
  • 2022 Rey, S.J. and R.S. Franklin (eds.) Handbook of Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

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