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Social Statistics and Demography Department of the University of Southampton. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/about/faculties-schools-departments/economic-social-and-political-sciences/department-of-social-statistics-and-demography
Want to keep up with what’s happening in the Department of Social Statistics and Demography?
We regularly share research highlights, student stories, and opportunities on our LinkedIn page.
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Thinking about postgraduate study in Applied Statistics, Social Research Methods, Demography or Global Health?
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🎥 What’s it like to study an MSc with us?
Hear directly from Olivia (MSc Global Health) and Amelia (MSc Social Research Methods with Demography) about their experience in our department, from supportive teaching to community and growing confidence as researchers.
▶️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfde...
🕐 Come along at 13:00 (UK time) to today's #CPCCGWebinar with Marie Konge Nielsen from @sdu.dk - all welcome to join online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @populationeu.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social @eapsphd.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social
Tired of standard ethics training?
Our Radical Research Ethics course shows you how to conduct #research that is truly ethical, with opportunities to discuss your own ethical dilemmas.
Join @drhelenkara.bsky.social on 3-4 February 2026.
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Thinking about postgraduate study in research, data or population health? Explore our MSc programmes:
📚 Social Research Methods with Demography
📚 Social Research Methods with Applied Statistics
📚 Applied Statistics
📚 Global Health
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📊 We’re proud to share Emily’s story - a recent graduate of our MSc Social Research Methods with Demography, who is now working as a Research Officer at the Office for National Statistics!
📖 Emily credits her course with building her skills and confidence.
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Catch CPC-CG member Jakub Bijak in the final episode of the #FutuRes podcast Certain Futures where, with the help of #demographers, the host reconsiders the meaning of resilience, finding a hopeful theme for looking at today and into our future
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Inspired by our graduates and thinking of joining our community?
Explore our courses in Social Statistics, Demography, Global Health, and more 👇
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Inspired by our graduates and thinking of joining our community?
Explore our courses in Social Statistics, Demography, Global Health, and more 👇
🔗 www.southampton.ac.uk/about/facult...
#SocialStatistics #Demography #GlobalHealth #WeAreUoS @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Many congratulations to all our Social Statistics and Demography MSc and PhD alumni who graduated yesterday - both those who joined the ceremony and those who graduated in absentia. We’re incredibly proud of all you’ve achieved, and we wish you the very best in your next steps! 🎓
✅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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📽️ 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
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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
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👇