Curriculum vitae

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Emeritus Professor of Research Methodology, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Essex.

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Appointments

2005 PhD, Social Psychology London School of Economics and Political Science Thesis — Risk, Social Trust and Knowledge: Public Perceptions of Gene Technology in Britain
1998 MSc, Social Research Methods (with Distinction) London School of Economics and Political Science
1997 BA, Political Economy (First Class Honours) University of East London

2019–2023 Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity (SOPs4RI) Principal Investigator (Essex) €1.4m
2014–2018 University of Essex Impact Acceleration Account ESRC · Principal Investigator £1.1m
2010–2011 Developing a novel segmentation of adults and young people in relation to biomedical science Wellcome Trust · Principal Investigator £30,000
2009–2012 Survey Resources Network ESRC · Co-Investigator (consortium with ISER, UKDA, LSE, NatCen, Southampton, IOE) £1,200,000
2008–2010 Sensitive Technologies and European Public Ethics European Union FP7 · Co-Investigator (with Gaskell, Jackson, Kuha, LSE and European consortium) €865,729
2006–2008 Social and Political Trust: A Longitudinal and Comparative Perspective ESRC (RES-163-25-0021) · with Sturgis, Surrey £205,020

2023–present Committee on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
2019–present Associate Editor, Survey Research Methods
2016 Committee on Science Literacy and Public Perception of Science US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
2011–2017 General Secretary European Survey Research Association (ESRA)

Director of Education, Department of Sociology (2023–24)
Director, Essex Q-Step Centre (2015–24)
Founder and convener, MSc Survey Methods for Social Research, University of Essex
Quantitative Data Analysis and Research Design — various PG and UG modules (statistical inference, generalised linear models, structural equation modelling, survey design and weighting)