David Buil-Gil

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  • Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology, Criminology
  • 4.44 Williamson Building, Oxford Road

    M13 9QQ Manchester

    United Kingdom

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Biography

David Buil-Gil is a quantitative criminologist whose research interests lie in the fields of communities and crime, comparative criminology, adolescent offending, and quantitative research methods. He has published on measurement error in crime data, model-based estimation of crime in small areas, spare time and crime, cybercrime, and international comparisons of crime data quality. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology and Open Research Lead at the Department of Criminology, University of Manchester, and Director at CrimRxiv.

David has collaborated with national statistical offices, government departments, law enforcement agencies, and research centres in the UK and internationally, including the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, and the Office for National Statistics.

David Buil-Gil is originally from Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). He received a BA in Criminology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a MA in Crime Analysis and Prevention from Miguel Hernández University of Elche. He obtained his PhD in Criminology at the University of Manchester in 2019 with a thesis focusing on the application of small area estimation techniques to measure crime under-reporting, fear of crime and disorder at small geographic levels. His doctoral work was funded by the UoM Presidential Doctoral Scholar Award and recognised with the 2021 Early Career Researcher Award of the Office for National Statistics.

He has previously held research and teaching roles at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC),  Miguel Hernández University, and the Schools of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Manchester. Between 2019 and 2021, he was a Research Fellow in Cybercrime in the Digital Trust and Security theme of the University of Manchester.

David’s research has been published in leading criminology journals, including the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, British Journal of Criminology, Journal of Experimental Criminology, Computers in Human Behavior, Crime Science, and International Review of Victimology. He has received research awards from the Office for National Statistics, Spanish Ministry of Education, the Spanish Society of Criminolo-gical Research, the Society of Chief Police Officers of Alicante (AJPLA), and Miguel Hernández University.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Small area estimation in criminological research. Theory, methods, and applications, The University of Manchester

Award Date: 16 Dec 2019

Master of Arts, Crime Analysis and Crime Prevention, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

Award Date: 1 Jul 2016

Bachelor of Arts, Criminology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Award Date: 1 Jun 2015

External positions

Associate researcher at CRÍMINA Research Center for the Study and Prevention of Crime, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

Areas of expertise

  • H Social Sciences (General)
  • Crime data
  • Victimisation surveys
  • Measurement error
  • Computational criminology

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Digital Futures
  • Cathie Marsh Institute

Keywords

  • Fear of crime
  • Small area estimation
  • Environmental criminology
  • Crime analysis
  • Emotions about crime

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