Kimon Krenz is Research Associate at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He is part of the Space Syntax Laboratory as well as the Urban Dynamics Lab, a five-year EPSRC-funded research project, which addresses questions at the intersection of city and regional development with spatial analytics, data science and computing. Kimon’s research is specifically interested in how recent advances in data science can aid us in understanding the complexity of cities and regions, and how we can use this knowledge in the planning process. More broadly, Kimon is interested in spatial networks, urban systems and the modelling of human movement behaviour with a particular concern of space syntax, spatial data mining and machine learning. His previous EPSRC funded research focused on the spatial organisation of polycentric urban regions and the relationship between spatial network centralities and socio-economic factors within these regions. Kimon is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has – besides numerous teaching activities – also experience in delivering international seminars and workshops. In addition to his academic work, Kimon has a background in architecture and urban design as well as experience working as an architect and a consultant for medium to large-scale urban development projects in Germany, which have been awarded several architecture prizes.