Articles tagged with 'social-statistics' | University of Ƶ

University of Ƶ - Archive (social-statistics)

2025
24
September
2025
| 10:49 Europe/London
You can read the paper, “Up and Down With… Polarisation? Intrinsic and Instrumental Polarisation Dynamics in US Climate Policy Debates”, online.Political elites in the US are ideologically divided over climate change. We identify two
Read more
08
September
2025
| 10:39 Europe/London
Work led by Professor Vanessa Higgins (Professor of Data Literacy in the Social Sciences and Service Director of Training and User Support, UK Data Service) and Professor Debora Price (Professor of Social Gerontology and Deputy Director, UK Data
Read more
29
August
2025
| 13:12 Europe/London
Held in Seoul, the seminar brought together 30 international scholars for a week of intensive workshops. The training was methodologically rigorous and highly relevant to Rahul's PhD research on migration dynamics in the Global South. Practical
Read more
08
August
2025
| 12:00 Europe/London
A new study from experts at The University of Ƶ has uncovered how people have moved between South America and Europe over the past 35 years, and how those patterns might change in the future.
Read more
31
July
2025
| 15:54 Europe/London
Read the paper, “Single and partnered mothers’ labour market consequences of long family leave”.This study examines the heterogeneous labour market effects of family leave policies for single and partnered mothers. Longer family leave has been
Read more
23
July
2025
| 11:26 Europe/London
Natalie Shlomo, Professor of Social Statistics in the Social Statistics Department, School of Social Sciences, was awarded the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) 2025 Outstanding Service Award at the recent ESRA Conference held in
Read more
10
June
2025
| 11:30 Europe/London
Policy subsystems are comprised of competing advocacy coalitions, in which public and private political actors with shared belief systems learn from each other and coordinate their strategies in the pursuit of influencing policy making in their
Read more
23
May
2025
| 14:36 Europe/London
Our colleagues, Eduardo Fé & Mario Pezzino, have published a study in Decisions in Economics and Finance. Read the paper: “The long term implications of co-creation in economics education”.Co-creation - where students help design teaching
Read more
21
May
2025
| 15:38 Europe/London
Ongoing research at The University of Ƶ into the long-term poverty faced by many older people has contributed to the Government announcing changes to the Winter Fuel Payment today.
Read more
15
May
2025
| 16:02 Europe/London
The paper “Goodbye human annotators? Content analysis of social policy debates using ChatGPT” can be read online.Content analysis is a valuable tool for analysing policy discourse, but annotation by humans is costly and time consuming. ChatGPT is a
Read more
14
May
2025
| 15:00 Europe/London
The paper “When does discursive change happen? Detecting phase transitions in discourse networks of sustainability transitions” can be found on ScienceDirect.Sustainability Transitions Research (STR) confronts complex societal challenges by
Read more
12
May
2025
| 17:01 Europe/London
You can read the paper, “Multiregional Population Forecasting: A Unifying Probabilistic Approach for Modelling the Components of Change”, on Springer.Regional population forecasts are important for planning and understanding how populations are
Read more
01
April
2025
| 12:03 Europe/London
Professor Jackie Carter from The University of Ƶ has been recognised with a prestigious Culture Shift Award for her exceptional leadership and commitment to advancing disability inclusion within higher education.
Read more
03
March
2025
| 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
Read more
03
March
2025
| 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
Read more
24
February
2025
| 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.
Read more
24
February
2025
| 10:41 Europe/London
I am a Professor of Social Statistics in the Department of Social Statistics at The University of Ƶ, 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
Read more
24
February
2025
| 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
Read more
24
February
2025
| 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
Read more
2024
28
November
2024
| 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
Read more
09
October
2024
| 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
Read more
09
October
2024
| 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
Read more
04
October
2024
| 16:01 Europe/London
During the month of September, University of Ƶ 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
Read more
16
September
2024
| 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
Read more
18
July
2024
| 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
Read more
03
June
2024
| 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
Read more
29
May
2024
| 08:20 Europe/London
On Thursday 16 May, the department of Social Statistics held its away day at HOME, in central Ƶ. The event was a resounding success, fostering a collegial environment where important discussions flourished. Key themes included research
Read more
29
May
2024
| 08:15 Europe/London
During the month of April, University of Ƶ 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
Read more
29
May
2024
| 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
Read more
25
April
2024
| 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
Read more