Senior Research Fellow @policyatkings. Research Associate @ESCoEorg. Research & evaluation, e.g. on employment, education, public understanding of economy.
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Joined August 2013
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Very excited that my @NIESRorg @ESCoEorg research (w @nhudson_sharp) on "Public Understanding of Economics and Economic Statistics" is finally out today. Based on survey & focus groups in UK. Great coverage by @ChrisGiles_ @ftukpolitics ft.com/content/93821297-96ea…. THREAD:
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"If people don’t know where their information comes from, they can’t judge its reliability."
@JohnnyRunge in @signmagazine on trusting stats - from baby names to house moves - and how official stats should respond: doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmaf0…
ESCoE work: tinyurl.com/a4zr89un
🚨Official stats are not just for stats geeks! My piece in @signmagazine shows people often use stats for personal decisions without realising. I argue we must make the hidden use visible, and prioritise public users. Based on our @policyatkings research for @StatsRegulation.
🚨Official stats are not just for stats geeks! My piece in @signmagazine shows people often use stats for personal decisions without realising. I argue we must make the hidden use visible, and prioritise public users. Based on our @policyatkings research for @StatsRegulation.
Come & work with me @policyatkings @KingsCollegeLon. It is a really nice place to work, amazing colleagues & exciting projects! The role is Research Assistant, £38-£43k, for someone with training and/or experience in econometrics/quant data analysis.
kcl.ac.uk/jobs/096865-resear…
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Stats offices around the world face declining response rates. Big problem if, like me, you think data on, say, the labour force is critical national infrastructure. What to do? IMO an underexplored option is national ad campaigns explaining importance of responding to surveys...
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Today @homelessimpact published our research evaluating the impact of @educationgovuk’s Staying Put policy on homelessness. We find that increasing take up by 13% would prevent 300+ young people experiencing homelessness.
homelessnessimpact.org/publi…
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So pleased and proud that @policyatkings had two projects funded through this round, with wonderful partners @BrilliantClub and @SimonCommScot .
We are investing £9.7m to tackle regional disparities across the UK.
The funding will go to 17 projects aimed at ensuring everyone in the UK has a path to economic success and personal wellbeing, regardless of where they live.
See more: orlo.uk/jsrBf
And… with my @policyatkings evaluation hat on: it is important to embed evaluation of programme of public participation, to ensure that it, indeed, does what it says on the tin, ie improve trust etc. Else, it may backfire! @SusSumHum. Great report @MiriamLevin1 @Demos.
Excited to publish @Demos Citizens' White Paper today, with @involveUK. It sets out why, when and how the govt should embed public participation in national policy making if it wants to win back trust and make policies that work for people. demos.co.uk/research/citizen…
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Excited to publish @Demos Citizens' White Paper today, with @involveUK. It sets out why, when and how the govt should embed public participation in national policy making if it wants to win back trust and make policies that work for people. demos.co.uk/research/citizen…
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It was a pleasure to be on @StatsRegulation panel at @ESCoEorg conference. Each of panelists, incl me, contributed to blog below, w their reflections on communicating statistical uncertainty. Important topic, in context of recent GDP revisions & issues w labour market data.
After criticism of GDP revisions in 2023, an ESCoE Conference session explored communicating statistical uncertainty.
Read reflections from panellists.➡️tinyurl.com/5d2ttdme
@ONSfocus @StatsRegulation @ChrisGiles_ @JohnnyRunge
and while @ONS have not got everything right (see comments in blog by @ChrisGiles_ ), they should be applauded for taking a lead on exploring ways to communicate uncertainty through @ESCoEorg research, incl on GDP (@AnaGalvao24816) and productivity (@JoshMartin_econ)
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🚨 STARTING NOW 🚨
Watch along online as we kick off our evening of general election analysis and discussion with @UKandEU, @hscwru, @GIWLkings, @kcl_isfg & @thestrandgroup
Watch the livestream ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=amMnnhbi…
And follow here for updates ⬇️🧵
#KingsElectionNight
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Election night @policyatkings has kicked off! Most importantly @BobbyDuffyKings reveals the trophy that our election expert will win - the most coveted and prestigious qualification
from @KingsCollegeLon going 🏆
Enjoyed @AndrewDGarrett’s address last night, especially his challenge for statisticians to be engaging, proactive and transparent with the public, and for bodies such as @RoyalStatSoc to become trusted sources that champion public understanding of data and statistics. 👏
We were delighted to host @AndrewDGarrett's President's Address on 'The devil, the detail and the data' at RSS HQ last night
📖Read the pre-print here: rss.org.uk/training-events/e…
It will be published in our Series A journal in October, with a recording of the event to follow
When we have done workshops with economists/statiscians and members of the public, statisticians often come away and say: actually people do understand this, and they can engage with it, but only if we do a good job of presenting it.
So, don’t underestimate the public, and “treat them like adults”, was one of the arguments by @AndrewDGarrett.
Great to listen to @RoyalStatSoc presidential address by Andrew Garrett. And to be cited several times! 🙏 for our @ESCoEorg research on public understanding & communication of statistics. See more here in my @signmagazine piece (£): academic.oup.com/jrssig/arti…
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We're looking for a Research Assistant to help @domenicaavilal and I with a survey experiment looking at young men's support of women's rights. Interested? directtemping.com/jobs/show/… Closes 24 May, start 3 June - 31 July!