Welcome to GISCA

GISCA is the National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems, and is located within the Australian Institute of Social Research at the University of Adelaide.

Its Director is Professor Graeme Hugo. Professor Hugo has a national and international reputation and is listed in a study of the world's most quoted geographers, one of only five Australians. He serves on a number of international and national bodies and committees in population geography and demography and is on the editorial boards of several of major international journals in his area.

GISCA's establishment in July 1995 was funded by the Australian Research Council as a joint Key Centre venture between six core partners - the three South Australian universities (Flinders University, University of Adelaide and University of South Australia), the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and the South Australian Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Environment and Natural Resources.

When the ARC Key centre funding ended in 2001, the joint venture ended, and GISCA continued as an independent unit within the University of Adelaide. It became part of the Australian Institute of Social Research in 2004.