UoS Social Statistics and Demography

✅Gain applied skills in R, Stata, and more
✅Explore global health, population change and beyond
✅Receive personalised academic support
✅Join a world-leading team in one of the UK’s only demography departments

Discover our courses and research: bit.ly/4rDPn6X

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YouTube video by Social Sciences - University of Southampton An Introduction to Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton

📽️ Thinking about studying Social Statistics, Demography, or Global Health?

Hear from our Head of Department, Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, on what makes us unique at @unisouthampton.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKI0...

We welcome prospective researchers with a passion for population change, social statistics, and advancing methods and data for impactful research.

#PhDOpportunity #ESRC #SocialStatistics #Demography #PopulationHealth #PopulationStudies #SurveyMethods #ResearchFunding

🗓️ Deadline for 2026/27 entry: 16 January 2026, 16:00 GMT

🔗SCDTP details: southcoastdtp.ac.uk
🔗 Explore research in our department: southampton.ac.uk/research/are...
🔗 Find a potential supervisor: southampton.ac.uk/study/postgr...

📩 General enquiries: L.Andriano@soton.ac.uk

🎓Funding routes available:
• 1+3.5 MSc + PhD (includes Research-in-Practice placement)
• +3.5 PhD only (with placement)
• +4.5 Interdisciplinary route (with placement)

Note: distance learning PhDs are not eligible for this funding. For queries about this, contact Dr Andriano L.Andriano@soton.ac.uk

🔬 We supervise research across a wide range of areas, including:
• Family and social demography
• Population and global health
• Migration and demographic modelling
• Statistical methodology for the social sciences
• Official statistics and survey methods

Graphic advertising fully funded PhD studentships in Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton, funded through the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP). Background image shows the Highfield campus at night. The text highlights: Application deadline: 16 January 2026, 16:00 GMT Research supervision areas: family and social demography, population and global health, migration and demographic modelling, statistical methodology, official statistics and survey methods Funding routes: 1+3.5 MSc + PhD (with Research-in-Practice placement) +3.5 PhD only (with placement) +4.5 interdisciplinary route (with placement) For details and how to apply: bit.ly/48u1cEa Contact: Dr Liliana Andriano – L.Andriano@soton.ac.uk Logos: University of Southampton and South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SC.DTP).

The Department of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton is seeking candidates to apply for fully funded PhD positions through the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP; @scdtp.bsky.social).

🗓️ Deadline for 2026/27 entry: 16 January 2026, 16:00 GMT

More info ⬇️

📩 Interested in applying or want to find out more?

Contact:
👩‍🏫 Dr Melike Oguz Alper: m.oguz-alper@soton.ac.uk
👩‍🏫 Dr Angela Luna Hernandez: a.luna.hernandez@soton.ac.uk
📋 Applications: Helen Davies: helen.davies@soton.ac.uk

We’d love to hear from you!
#CPD #DataScience #OfficialStatistics

Statistics in Government
📅 11–15 May 2026
👨‍🏫 Dr Jeff Ralph
Explore the scope, organisation, and standards of official statistics in practice.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Evaluation and Monitoring
📅 4–8 May 2026
👨‍🏫 Dr Yves Berger
Design and analyse intervention evaluations using advanced statistical techniques.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Small Area Estimation
📅 16–20 March 2026
👨‍🏫 Prof Nikos Tzavidis & Dr Angela Luna Hernandez
SAE methods for modelling at low levels of aggregation. Delivered in R.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Machine Learning
📅 2–6 March 2026
👨‍🏫 Prof Li-Chun Zhang
Explore statistical learning methods including SVM, PCA, and ensemble methods. In R.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Data Mining
📅 23–27 February 2026
👨‍🏫 Dr Jason Hilton
Techniques for collecting, cleaning, and analysing structured/unstructured data in Python.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Analysis of Complex Survey Data
📅 2–6 February 2026
👨‍🏫 Prof Danny Pfeffermann
Modelling survey data with weighting, clustering, and stratification using STATA or R.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Multilevel Modelling
📅 26–30 January 2026
👩‍🏫 Dr Angela Luna Hernandez
Analyse hierarchical data structures using MLwiN, R, and Stata.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Data Visualisation
📅 1–5 December 2025
👨‍🏫 Dr Jason Hilton
Design effective static, dynamic, and interactive visualisations. Delivered in Python.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Survey Fundamentals
📅 24–28 November 2025
👩‍🏫 Dr Melike Oguz Alper
Covers basic sampling and estimation: SRS, stratified, cluster, and multistage methods.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Data Science Foundations
📅 10–14 November 2025
👨‍🏫 Dr Jason Hilton & Dr Francesco Pantalone
Intro to big data sources, messy data, web scraping, and data analysis in R.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...

📢 Our 2025–26 CPD courses in Social & Official Statistics are now open!

🗓️Nov 2025–May 2026
📍University of Southampton (Highfield campus)
💷£1000 per course
🎓With or without assessment (credits may count towards the MSc in Data Analytics for Government)

🧵 More info👇

A collage of diverse human faces.

NCRM has supported #ResearchMethods innovation and helped to advance training practices through a range of initiatives.

These include national networks, which enabled members to share knowledge, collaborate and identify priorities.

Read about our impact: buff.ly/RisFFv4

Screenshot from the Chevening Scholarships website showing the University of Southampton's Department of Social Statistics and Demography listed as offering eligible master's programmes for Chevening applicants. Visible programmes include MSc Applied Statistics, MSc Data Analytics for Government, MSc Demography, MSc Global Health, and MSc Social Research Methods with Applied Statistics.

📢 Thinking of studying at the University of Southampton?

Apply for a Chevening Scholarship to join one of the postgraduate taught programmes in our department.

🌍 Open to international students
🗓 Deadline: 7 Oct 2025
🔗 chevening.org/scholarships/
📚 Our programmes: bit.ly/4gN6nCJ

Scholarship fund Scholarship fund

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📧 Contact: Dr Olga Maslovskaya (om206@soton.ac.uk)
📅 Deadline: Friday 6 June 2025

📢 The Population Investigation Committee (PIC) Scholarship 2025 is now open!

UK students can apply for funding to study MSc Social Research Methods with Demography or MSc Social Research Methods with Applied Statistics at the University of Southampton.

More info ⬇️

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Hey #population #postgraduate students - submit your abstracts on all things #demography, #migration, #health, #data and #spatial issues for #PopFest2025.

🏃🏃 Head to the info page for more about the research strands and submission:
www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/p...

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