Tim O'Riordan

Disappearing People: The Future of Public Policy Depends on Co-Development in Demographic Data 

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In an article published today in Science1, world-leading geospatial data experts at WorldPop (University of Southampton, UK) and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN, Columbia University, USA) declare a global crisis in demographic data collection is quietly undermining public policy, service delivery, and equitable governance. At the heart of this predicament lies […]

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The We Society: Population, Data & Destiny

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In a fascinating conversation with journalist and Academy of Social Sciences President Will Hutton, Professor Andy Tatem explains how satellite imagery and mobile phone data are transforming population mapping across the Global South. Used by governments for critical resource allocation, these data is reshaping how policies are made. Professor Tatem shares real-world examples from Papua

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Beta Test Our New Global Population Data – 2015 to 2030

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Our new global population datasets covering 15 years from 2015 to 2030 are now freely available to download on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) website. Following two years of development funded by the Gates Foundation and in collaboration with Jade University of Applied Sciences and the University of Milan, we are pleased to release these

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Building Census Readiness: Geospatial Training Boosts Capacity for Somali Statisticians

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Senior Research Fellow Dr Sarchil Qader and GIS Technician Amy Bonnie recently ran an intensive 8-day Training the Trainers workshop in Nairobi, Kenya to help enhance the geospatial capacity of the Somalia National Bureau of Statistics (SNBS) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Somalia country office. Run as a key part of our “Generation of

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Professor Tatem at the UN World Data Forum, Dubai, UAE, 2018

WorldPop to advise UK government on big data, machine learning and AI

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Our director, Professor Andy Tatem has been appointed ‘Big data, machine learning and AI’ expert on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Research Advisory Group – a significant new role at the heart of an important government ministry. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Research Advisory Group (RAG) provides strategic guidance, rapid

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WorldPop Directors Discuss Data Empowerment at UN Statistical Commission

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In February, our Director, Andy Tatem, and Deputy Director for Engagement, Ian Coady, participated in the UN Statistical Commission meeting in New York. Their focus was to address critical issues relevant to WorldPop, including population and housing censuses, health statistics, and the integration of statistics and geospatial data. The overarching theme of the week-long event

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Geospatial Capacity Strengthening in Nigeria

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To strengthen in-country capacity, WorldPop, supported by Gavi, recently conducted two capacity-strengthening workshops in Nigeria. Our geospatial experts Dr Edson Utazi and Iyanuloluwa Olowe led sessions focused on methodologies for producing gridded estimates of vaccination coverage and identifying zero-dose children. 38 participants from 11 organisations including the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, MOMENTUM Routine

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Research Fellow Dr Aubrey Steingraber guides workshop participants practice with geospatial tools to validate preEA boundaries and collect GPS household locations

Preparing a National Sampling Frame: capacity strengthening in Cameroon

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Senior Researcher Dr Sarchil Qader and Specialist GIS Technician Dr Aubrey Steingraber have recently returned from Cameroon where they conducted an 8-day workshop and high-level engagement to support the development of a national sampling frame for the country. The lack of an up-to-date national sampling frame that accurately lists the businesses and household addresses needed

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Conflict Exposure Calculator: a new tool to measure the impact of conflict

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New research by WorldPop and ACLED, the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, indicates that more than 1 billion people – 14% of the world population – were living within five kilometres of conflict or civil protest in 2023. This important finding has been uncovered by a new conflict exposure metric that combines WorldPop’s

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About Us

The WorldPop research programme, based in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Southampton, is a multi-sectoral team of researchers, technicians and project specialists that produces data on population distributions and characteristics at high spatial resolution.

Initiated in October 2013 to combine The AfriPop Project, AsiaPop and AmeriPop projects, we have a diverse portfolio of projects, including large multi-million-pound collaborative projects with partner organisations, commercial data providers and international development organisations.

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