Publications

Research Areas¶

• Data Ethics

• GIScience

• GeoAI

Work in Progress¶

• Zhang, H., Brady, D. Under review. “Contesting Algorithmic Imaginaries at the Interface: ‘Crying Poor’ and User Resistance to Big Data-Enabled Price Discrimination in China’s Platform Economy.” Global Media and China.

• Zhang, H., Lee, A. Under review. “Spatial Inequality in Young Adult Indebtedness in the United States.” Finance and Space.

• Zhang, J., Zhang, H. Under review. “Beyond Boundaries: Integrating Mixed Methods for Cognitive Region and Place Representation.” Spatial Cognition and Computation.

• Lin, Y., Zhang, H. Under review. “Privacy, Ethics, and Governance in Generative AI for Geography.” Generative AI in Geography.

Refereed Journal Articles¶

• Lin, Y., Yeap, Q. F., Zhang, H. (2026). “Citizen Science and Geoprivacy: Empirical Analysis of Location Masking in Crowdsensing Networks.” The Professional Geographer. Lin et al. (2026)

• Zhang, H., McKenzie, G. (2026). “Polarized Geoprivacy Attitudes on Chinese Social Media: A Case Study of Weibo.” Digital Geography and Society. Zhang et al. (2026)

• Zhang, H., McKenzie, G. (2024). “Geoprivacy Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in Contemporary China.” Geographical Review. Zhang & McKenzie (2024)

• Zhang, H., McKenzie, G. (2023). “Rehumanize Geoprivacy: From Disclosure Control to Human Perception.” GeoJournal. Zhang & McKenzie (2022)

• McKenzie, G., Romm, D., Zhang, H., Brunila, M. (2022). “PrivyTo: A Privacy-Preserving Location-Sharing Platform.” Transactions in GIS. McKenzie et al. (2022)

• Zhang, H., Malczewski, J. (2018). “Accuracy Evaluation of the Canadian OpenStreetMap Road Networks.” International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research. https://ijger-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/ijger/article/view/69

Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings¶

• McKenzie, G., Zhang, H. (2023). “Platial k-Anonymity: Improving Location Anonymity Through Temporal Popularity Signatures.” International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience). Best Full Paper Award. McKenzie & Zhang (2023)

Book Chapters¶

• Zhang, H., McKenzie, G., Kim, J. (2026). “Generative AI and the Future of GIScience Education.” Geography According to Foundation Models. Zhang et al. (2026)

• McKenzie, G., Zhang, H., Gambs, S. (2023). “Privacy and Ethics in GeoAI.” Handbook of Geospatial Artificial Intelligence. CRC Press. Gao et al. (2023)

• Zhang, H., Malczewski, J. (2017). “Quality Evaluation of Volunteered Geographic Information.” Volunteered Geographic Information and the Future of Geospatial Data. IGI Global. Zhang & Malczewski (2017)

Refereed Short Papers¶

• Zhang, H. (2025). “Vector-Based Super-Resolution Mapping with the Population Dynamics Foundation Model.” Abstracts of the International Cartographic Conference. Zhang (2025)

• Zhang, H., McKenzie, G. (2025). “Evaluating Spatial Dependency in Regional Similarities of the Population Dynamics Foundation Model.” Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe Conference (AGILE). Zhang & McKenzie (2025)

• Zhang, H. (2023). “Place-Based Privacy: A Humanistic Reflection on Solitude and Anonymity.” Conference on Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada. https://osf.io/adfxv

• Zhang, H., McKenzie, G. (2023). “Towards Place-Based Privacy: Challenges and Opportunities in the Smart World.” IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS). Zhang & McKenzie (2022)

• Romm, D., Zhang, H., Verma, P., McKenzie, G., Chen, E. (2021). “Data Horror: Mapping (Spatial) Data Privacy Violations onto a Cognitive Account of Horror.” Spatial Data Science Symposium (SDSS). Romm et al. (2021)

Non-refereed Publications¶

Letters to the Editor¶

• Zhang, H. (2023). “Reimagining GIScience Education for Enhanced Employability.” Journal of Spatial Information Science. Zhang (2023)

Reports¶

• Zhang, H., McKenzie, G., Tomko, M., Egorova, E., Kim, J. (2022). “Report From the First Workshop on Cyber Ethics in Platial Research.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Platial Information Science (PLATIAL). Zhang et al. (2022)

News Articles¶

• Zhang, H. (2020). “With Coronavirus Containment Efforts, What Are the Privacy Rights of Patients?” The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/with-coronavirus-containment-effortswhat-are-the-privacy-rights-of-patients-131752

Book Reviews¶

• Zhang, H. (2019). “Using Geodata & Geolocation in the Social Sciences: Mapping Our Connected World by David Abernathy, Sage Publishing, London, 2017, 327 pp., paper US$50.00 (ISBN 978-1473908185).” The Canadian Geographer. Zhang (2019)