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2025
03
March
2025
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09:47
Europe/London
Prior to starting the position, Mariana was working on her PhD in Sociology at the University of Oxford. Her PhD was titled “A Sociodemographic Study of Only-children and Only-child Fertility” and explores only-child fertility from a …
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03
March
2025
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09:28
Europe/London
The award is presented annually to students who demonstrate exceptional contributions to artificial intelligence (AI) and data science research.Constanza's doctoral research employs advanced machine learning techniques to examine the causal impact …
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24
February
2025
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12:13
Europe/London
“Ground-truthing political elites in the public sphere: Measuring the arena effects of elite opinion” is available to read online.Political elites express their ideological positions on contentious issues across various arenas in the public sphere. …
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24
February
2025
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10:41
Europe/London
I am a Professor of Social Statistics in the Department of Social Statistics at Թϱ, which is part of the School of Social Sciences. I am also a member of the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis and the Cathie Marsh …
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24
February
2025
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10:10
Europe/London
The paper, “Learnings from a decade of data fellows: Co-creation of a data skills framework for non-stem students”, is available to read online. This workshop provided a reflection on an experiential learning model developed in the UK. The Data …
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24
February
2025
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09:20
Europe/London
Survey data drop-in (22 January, Alle Bloom, Pierre Walthery)SRMS Dissertation workshop: Using Secondary Data Sources: UK Data Service (27 January, Pierre Walthery, Vanessa Higgins)Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat - Panel member: The impact …
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2024
28
November
2024
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11:52
Europe/London
Our colleague, Dr Nikita Basov, has recently published a study, “The Space of Coordination: Accounting for Multiple Expert Knowledges in Environmental Communication”, in Environmental Communication. The authors propose an account of …
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09
October
2024
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15:29
Europe/London
The project “Building computational capacity among global data service staff” was funded for the UKRI's call on “Digital infrastructure: new approaches to skills or software."Digital research infrastructures connect researchers, policymakers and …
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09
October
2024
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15:13
Europe/London
Building on the success of Methods Con 2022, this iteration had a distinct focus on methods for creating, anticipating and understanding futures, examining themes which are likely to have significant impact on humanity’s development over the next …
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04
October
2024
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16:01
Europe/London
During the month of September, University of Թϱ colleagues at the UK Data Service (UKDS) delivered the following events: Computational social science drop-in (10 September, J. Kasmire, Louise Capener and Nadia Kennar) Data in the …
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16
September
2024
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15:15
Europe/London
After parliament voted to end the universal Winter Fuel Payment despite the Government not conducting an assessment of the impact of the changes, research has shown that older people often don’t claim means-tested welfare benefits for a variety of …
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18
July
2024
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09:34
Europe/London
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published a new report about the new methods that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are developing to produce population estimates for England and Wales, with the help of an expert from …
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03
June
2024
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18:54
Europe/London
The Department of Social Statistics celebrates the publication of the report “Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Democracy”. Led by Professor Mark Elliot, the 2023 Futures Summer Camp, funded by SPRITE+, was a collaborative effort …
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29
May
2024
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08:20
Europe/London
On Thursday 16 May, the department of Social Statistics held its away day at HOME, in central Թϱ. The event was a resounding success, fostering a collegial environment where important discussions flourished. Key themes included research …
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29
May
2024
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08:15
Europe/London
During the month of April, University of Թϱ colleagues at the UK Data Service (UKDS) delivered the following events:Computational Social Science Drop-in (9 April, J. Kasmire, Nadia Kennar and Louise Capener)How to become a computational …
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29
May
2024
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08:00
Europe/London
Professor Mark Elliot (Social Statistics) has been awarded an ESRC grant for the project Enhancing Data Accessibility and Security through Innovative Data Synthesis (EDASIDA).The EDASIDA project aims to transform both data accessibility and …
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25
April
2024
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11:51
Europe/London
On Wednesday 24 April, the Department of Social Statistics hosted the grand finale of the Data Science in Practice Series. Karolina Michalska from KANTAR's London office captivated an audience of eager students from the MSc Social Research …
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17
April
2024
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13:18
Europe/London
Professor Philip Leifeld (Department of Social Statistics) has published a new article in the prestigious journal Social Networks. In the paper, Leifeld and his colleagues present a Bayesian framework for testing scientific expectations in …
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17
April
2024
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13:13
Europe/London
Jen Murphy and Mark Elliot, from the department of Social Statistics have just published a study in the International Journal of Population Data Science.Using advanced modelling techniques applied to NHS administrative data, they investigated death …
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17
April
2024
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12:46
Europe/London
Our colleagues Ting Liu, Nick Shryane and Mark Elliot have published a new research article in the journal Sustainable Development. The paper investigates the effect of personal income on attitudes towards climate change risk, considering the …
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08
April
2024
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13:33
Europe/London
On March 22, Dr Nikita Basov received laudation as the recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for outstanding research achievements, as part of the Symposium for Research Award Winners in …
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08
April
2024
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13:23
Europe/London
During the month of March, University of Թϱ colleagues at the UK Data Service (UKDS) delivered the following events:Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data (11 March, Alle …
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19
March
2024
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14:04
Europe/London
Chris Shumba, Head of Data Operations (Football) at Թϱ United, visited the university on Wednesday, 13 March, to share insights with students enrolled in the "Data Analytics" pathways of the BASS/BAEcon programmes. In his talk, Shumba …
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13
March
2024
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17:18
Europe/London
Dr Nikita Basov (Department of Social Statistics) has been awarded a British Academy Small Grant. The grant will fund the project titled "Statistical Modelling of Meaning Creation in Interaction: A Test of Core Social Theories.".In this project, Dr. …
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07
March
2024
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12:49
Europe/London
Prof. Arek Wisniowski published in February a new article in the prestigious journal “Migration Studies”. This new article explains that undercounting is a critical issue in migration statistics, resulting in bias. It typically arises from …
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05
March
2024
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21:18
Europe/London
The UK Data Service (UKDS) ran several events in the month of February.During the month of February, University of Թϱ colleagues at the UK Data Service (UKDS) delivered several training courses in partnership with the Office for National …
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01
March
2024
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10:30
Europe/London
Aidan O’Brien and Zainab Kapasi (Data scientist at TalkTalk) came to the Department of Social Statistics to talk about their roles as Data Scientists at TalkTalk (a leading U.K. provider of mobile and internet services). They explained to our …
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01
March
2024
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10:22
Europe/London
A new article by Dr Nikita Basov (Social Statistics) has appeared in the leading international journal “Poetics”. The paper notes that in creative settings, people are often put together physically - to stimulate the exchange of ideas and …
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31
January
2024
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18:15
Europe/London
Are Children School Ready? Research by Dr. K. Purdam and colleagues from Social Statistics has highlighted the substantial differences in School Readiness at the individual, school and local area levels in England. The educational attainment …
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23
January
2024
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17:13
Europe/London
Research by Dr Alex Cernat, Dr Hafsteinn Einarsson and Professor Natalie Shlomo from Social Statistics has highlighted new methods to improve the accuracy of cross-national surveys. Cross-national surveys run the risk of differential survey …
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