MFSA Objectives

The main objectives of the MFSA Foundation are:

To enhance the geographic dimension of the information produced and analysed in diverse scientific fields in order to produce new knowledge;
To make use of expert knowledge and promote the dialogue between multiple thematic disciplines and Geographical Information Science, in particular Spatial Analysis;
To offer an international platform to constitute an important starting point for the transfer of knowledge between different scientific disciplines with the aid of geographic information, to be in an ideal position to achieve outstanding collective results;
To enrich the available collection of GIScience theories, methods and tools with the contribution of the different thematic disciplines, in basic as well as in applied research;
To encourage and promote thematic and interdisciplinary research appealing to Spatial Analysis through the medium of Master and PhD Awards;
To teach advanced students or researchers in the field of Spatial Analysis.

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