University of Manchester - Archive (social-statistics)
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2025
10
June
2025
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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 …
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23
May
2025
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14:36
Europe/London
Our colleagues, Eduardo F茅 & Mario Pezzino, have published a study in Decisions in Economics and Finance. Read the paper: 鈥淭he long term implications of co-creation in economics education鈥.Co-creation - where students help design teaching …
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21
May
2025
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15:38
Europe/London
Ongoing research at The University of Manchester into the long-term poverty faced by many older people has contributed to the Government announcing changes to the Winter Fuel Payment today.
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15
May
2025
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16:02
Europe/London
The paper 鈥淕oodbye human annotators? Content analysis of social policy debates using ChatGPT鈥 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 …
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14
May
2025
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15:00
Europe/London
The paper 鈥淲hen does discursive change happen? Detecting phase transitions in discourse networks of sustainability transitions鈥 can be found on ScienceDirect.Sustainability Transitions Research (STR) confronts complex societal challenges by …
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12
May
2025
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17:01
Europe/London
You can read the paper, 鈥淢ultiregional Population Forecasting: A Unifying Probabilistic Approach for Modelling the Components of Change鈥, on Springer.Regional population forecasts are important for planning and understanding how populations are …
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01
April
2025
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12:03
Europe/London
Professor Jackie Carter from The University of Manchester has been recognised with a prestigious Culture Shift Award for her exceptional leadership and commitment to advancing disability inclusion within higher education.
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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 鈥淎 Sociodemographic 91直播 of Only-children and Only-child Fertility鈥 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
鈥淕round-truthing political elites in the public sphere: Measuring the arena effects of elite opinion鈥 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 The University of Manchester, 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, 鈥淟earnings from a decade of data fellows: Co-creation of a data skills framework for non-stem students鈥, 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, 鈥淭he Space of Coordination: Accounting for Multiple Expert Knowledges in Environmental Communication鈥, 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 鈥淏uilding computational capacity among global data service staff鈥 was funded for the UKRI's call on 鈥淒igital 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鈥檚 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 Manchester 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鈥檛 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 鈥淓xploring the Intersection of Technology and Democracy鈥. 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 91直播. 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 Manchester 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 Manchester 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 91直播 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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