Dr Jess Hepburn
- Affiliate Research Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)
email:
Jessica.Hepburn@glasgow.ac.uk
Level 4, Clarice Pears, University of Glasgow, G12 8TB
Biography
At Glasgow, I am part od Places and Health Programme in the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (SPHSU) and I am currently working on the BECCA project, which aims to produce an online interactive atlas of environmental conditions and change in conditions for the whole of Great Britain.
Prior to joining Glasgow, I was a PhD Student in Geospatial Engineering at Newcastle University. My PhD was completed through the DREAM (data, risk and environmental modelling) Centre of Doctoral Training.
Research interests
- Geospatial Analysis
- Usability
- Geovisualisation
- Cartography
Publications
2026
Li, Luning 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-1902, Hepburn, Jess, Caryl, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6329-6767, Olsen, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-8615, Mitchell, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Sinclair, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8666-2528
(2026)
Building Scalable Nature-Use Indicators for Thriving Cities:
Modelling Demand for Park Quality Using Mobile Phone App Data.
In: 34th Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK 2026), Birmingham, UK, 14-17 April 2026,
(doi: 10.5281/zenodo.19387359)
2025
Hepburn, Jess, Olsen, Jonathan R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-8615, Mitchell, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155, Astell-Burt, Thomas, Feng, Xiaoqi and Caryl, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6329-6767
(2025)
Park types and equity: who has access to what? A national assessment of multidimensional park qualities and socioeconomic disparities across Local Authorities in Great Britain.
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 112,
128930.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128930)
2023
Fairbairn, David and Hepburn, Jessica (2023) Eye-tracking in map use, map user and map usability research: what are we looking for? International Journal of Cartography, 9(2), pp. 231-254. (doi: 10.1080/23729333.2023.2189064)
Franks, Jeremy R., Hepburn, Jessica and Peden, Rachel S.E. (2023) A spatial analysis of the robustness of the private kill abattoir network in the UK: proof-of-concept study. British Food Journal, 125(8), pp. 2721-2736. (doi: 10.1108/BFJ-01-2022-0081)
Articles
Hepburn, Jess, Olsen, Jonathan R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-8615, Mitchell, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155, Astell-Burt, Thomas, Feng, Xiaoqi and Caryl, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6329-6767
(2025)
Park types and equity: who has access to what? A national assessment of multidimensional park qualities and socioeconomic disparities across Local Authorities in Great Britain.
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 112,
128930.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128930)
Fairbairn, David and Hepburn, Jessica (2023) Eye-tracking in map use, map user and map usability research: what are we looking for? International Journal of Cartography, 9(2), pp. 231-254. (doi: 10.1080/23729333.2023.2189064)
Franks, Jeremy R., Hepburn, Jessica and Peden, Rachel S.E. (2023) A spatial analysis of the robustness of the private kill abattoir network in the UK: proof-of-concept study. British Food Journal, 125(8), pp. 2721-2736. (doi: 10.1108/BFJ-01-2022-0081)
Conference Proceedings
Li, Luning ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-1902, Hepburn, Jess, Caryl, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6329-6767, Olsen, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-8615, Mitchell, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Sinclair, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8666-2528
(2026)
Building Scalable Nature-Use Indicators for Thriving Cities:
Modelling Demand for Park Quality Using Mobile Phone App Data.
In: 34th Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK 2026), Birmingham, UK, 14-17 April 2026,
(doi: 10.5281/zenodo.19387359)
