Social Statistics

Aysha Basheer
- aysha.basheermanchester.acuk
- Social Statistics
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Nikita Basov
- nikita.basovmanchester.acuk
- Social Statistics - Senior Lecturer in Network Analysis
Person: Academic
Jessamy Brooke
- Social Statistics
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Linjuan Cai
- Social Statistics
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Jacqueline Carter
- Social Statistics - Emeritus Professor
Person: Academic

Ageing in Contemporary China: Urbanisation, Social Stratification and Later-Life Inequalities
Zhang, N., 25 Feb 2027, (Accepted/In press) Policy Press. 192 p. (Ageing in a Global Context)
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
A flexible model for reconstructing education-specific fertility rates: The case of sub-Saharan Africa
Yildiz, D., Wisniowski, A., Brzozowska, Z. & Durowaa-Boateng, A., 3 Mar 2026, In: Demographic Research. 54, p. 371-404
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Ageing in or out of place in Chinese diasporas
Zhang, N., 5 Jul 2026, Symposium for 23rd IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Ageing well in a globalised world 5-8 July 2026, RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Analysing geographical locality in research on gender and students’ socio-emotional relationships with school mathematics: a scoping review
Black, L., O'Brien, K., Harris, D., McCaldin, T., Pampaka, M. & Zhang, S., 3 Aug 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Educational Studies in Mathematics.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Applying a Panel Network Formation Model to Limited Partnership Matching in the Private Capital Market
Shang, Y. & Leifeld, P., 6 Jan 2026, In: Social Network Analysis and Mining. 16, 8, p. 1-22
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

3 Not started
8 Active
43 Finished

AInteraction: Social Construction of Knowledge by Humans and Machines
Basov, N. (PI), Batista-Navarro, R. T. (CoI), Lerner, J. (Affiliate), Hartman, T. (Affiliate), Lin, C. (CoI), Stewart, A. (Affiliate), Leifeld, P. (CoI), Bannard, C. (Affiliate) & Corps, R. (CoI)
1/02/25 → …
Project: Research
Modelling Societal Levels: An Integral Structural Framework of Nested Sets
Basov, N. (PI), Lerner, J. (Affiliate), Leifeld, P. (CoI), Pashazadeh, F. (Researcher) & Pallotti, F. (Researcher)
1/11/24 → …
Project: Research
Building computational capacity among global data service staff
Higgins, V. (PI), Buckley, J. (CoI) & Kasmire, J. (CoI)
1/11/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
UKDS: UK Data Service (UKDS) 2024 - 2030
Price, D. (PI) & Higgins, V. (CoI)
1/04/24 → 31/03/30
Project: Research
SALIENT: Building a secure and resilient world
Kirkham, R. (PI), Clarke, S. (CoI), Elliot, M. (CoI), Evans, J. (CoI), Shaw, D. (CoI), Smith, C. (CoI) & Zhang, H. (Support team)
1/02/24 → 31/01/29
Project: Research

Contribution to the ESRC Outstanding Public Policy Impact Prize 2020 awarded to the ESRC Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton
Wisniowski, A. (Participant)
Impact: Technological impacts
Ensuring more effective and safer data sharing practices through the Anonymisation Decision Making Framework
Elliot, M. (Participant) & Mackey, E. (Participant)
Impact: Economic impacts, Societal impacts
External professional advisory, business engagement and consultancy work
Elliot, M. (Participant)
Impact
Food insecurity research
Purdam, K. (Participant)
Impact: Political impacts
Impact of Demographic Projections on Sub-national Planning
Simpson, S. (Participant), Brand, C. (Participant), Lomax, S. (Participant) & Marshall, A. (Participant)
Impact: Technological impacts, Economic impacts, Legal impacts, Societal impacts

Willingness to Participate in Smartphone-Based Momentary Wellbeing Research
Ridwan, A.-R. (Speaker)
5 Mar 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
Examining migration trends and implications for policy
Wisniowski, A. (Speaker)
12 Feb 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Humanities Fellowship Academy Annual Conference
Raffard, M. (Co-Organiser), Bryant, L. (Co-Organiser), Lander, H. (Co-Organiser), O'Toole, T. (Chair), Dewoolkar, P. (Co-Organiser), Sweeney, N. (Co-Organiser), Aramburu Villavisencio, A. (Co-Organiser), Din, A. (Co-Organiser) & Lahham, F. (Co-Organiser)
2026
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
European Association for Population Studies PhD Network (External organisation)
Basheer, A. (Chair)
Oct 2025 → Sept 2027
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
Usage of traditional and social media data to assess migration and mobility patterns
Wisniowski, A. (Speaker)
17 Sept 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research

Data & code for: The estimation of age and sex profiles for international migration amongst countries in the Asia-Pacific region
Shen, T. (Creator), Raymer, J. (Creator), Guan, Q. (Creator) & Wisniowski, A. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 2023
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/GJ9FV, https://demo268.shinyapps.io/ASAP/
Dataset
Data and code for: Now-casting Romanian migration into the United Kingdom by using Google Search engine data
Wisniowski, A. (Creator) & Avramescu, A. (Contributor), Zenodo, 2 Dec 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5508213, https://github.com/a-wis/GT-migr-forecasts
Dataset
Evidence for Equality National Survey: a Survey of Ethnic Minorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021.
Byrne, B. (Creator), Finney, N. (Creator), Nazroo, J. (Creator), Shlomo, N. (Creator), Kapadia, D. (Creator) & Becares, L. (Creator), UK Data Service, 11 Sept 2023
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-9116-1
Dataset
Data and Code for Estimating International Migration Flows for the Asia-Pacific Region: Application of a Generation-Distribution Model
Shen, T. (Creator), Guan, Q. (Creator), Raymer, J. (Creator), Wisniowski, A. (Creator) & Pietsch, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 15 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6837140
Dataset
a-wis/multiregional_forecasting: Multiregional population forecasting: A unifying probabilistic approach for modelling the components of change (data & code)
Wisniowski, A. (Creator) & Raymer, J. (Data Collector), Zenodo, 17 Jan 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14680112
Dataset

2020 MSc Scholarship - University of Manchester. Awarded by the Chilean National Research and Development Agency.
Avalos Valdebenito, C. (Recipient), 1 Jul 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2020 PhD +3 Scholarship - University of Manchester. Awarded by the Chilean National Research and Development Agency.
Avalos Valdebenito, C. (Recipient), 1 Jul 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2025 European Survey Research Association (ESRA) Outstanding Service Award
Shlomo, N. (Recipient), 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Academy of Social Sciences
Chandola, T. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
Best Annual Applied Research in Quality of Life (ARQOL) Paper Award (ISQOLS)
Olsen, W. (Recipient), Bayliss, D. (Recipient) & Walthery, P. (Recipient), 30 Jun 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Sexual role identities among gay and bisexual men vary by age and region
Rampazzo, F.
11/08/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Netflix's Heartstopper sparked global book-buying boom, study finds
Rampazzo, F.
13/07/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
From Data4All to Civic Data Labs: building student-led pathways into reproducible and inclusive data practice
Kecojevic, T.
14/05/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
Gen Z women are more likely to identify as bisexual – but no, the lesbian label is not ‘dying out’
Rampazzo, F.
19/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Empowering Students through Reproducibility and Data E-Portfolios
Kecojevic, T.
27/08/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model to Estimate and Predict Child Labour in India
Kim, J. (Author), Olsen, W. K. (Main Supervisor) & Wiśniowski, A. (Co Supervisor), 22 Jun 2021
Student thesis: Phd

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An Agent-based model approach to understanding changes in ethnic relations: applications to neighbourhood ethnic composition and health.
Bras, F. (Author), Nazroo, J. (Main Supervisor), Becares, L. (Co Supervisor) & Shryane, N. (Co Supervisor), 18 Dec 2018
Student thesis: Phd

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An investigation of attitudes towards relationships in the 18 to 30 age group
Watt, L. (Author), Elliot, M. (Main Supervisor) & Crossley, N. (Co Supervisor), 29 Nov 2013
Student thesis: Phd

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A social network analysis approach to examining gendered character positions in popular film narratives
Jones, P. (Author), Everett, M. (Main Supervisor) & Quinn, E. (Co Supervisor), 19 Feb 2020
Student thesis: Phd

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ASPECTS OF STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE CONTROL
Smith, D. (Author), 15 Dec 2011
Student thesis: Phd

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