Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite An international research team led by WorldPop Deputy Director (Research), Dr Jessica Espey, argues that better global decision-making needs stronger local evidence from low- and middle-income countries. The study, published this week in Evidence & Policy, looks at how evidence shapes policy in […]
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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite A team of international researchers, including experts from WorldPop, has released a groundbreaking dataset documenting over one million official early warning records across mainland China. The Chinese Multi-Hazard Early Warning Dataset provides a standardized archive of over one million warning records issued between
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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite Researchers have developed a powerful new way to track malaria with pinpoint accuracy, providing a vital tool for health officials to save lives in low- and middle-income countries. An international team, including WorldPop’s Dr Chris Nnanatu, has created high-resolution maps that reveal the
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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite An international team of experts including WorldPop Director, Professor Andy Tatem advise that while Artificial Intelligence (AI) can revolutionise how we predict hunger, it requires strict human oversight to prevent life-threatening errors. In a commentary, published in Nature Food, they warn that replacing
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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite WorldPop Director Professor Andy Tatem argues that national averages can hide big differences between communities, making detailed local population data essential for ensuring schools, healthcare, housing, and other services are delivered where people need them most. Many news stories on global population trends
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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite WorldPop researchers have recently launched a high-resolution data system that harmonises fragmented displacement records to improve humanitarian aid in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This contemporary dataset allows decision-makers to track the movement of millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees with unprecedented
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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite WorldPop recently convened a specialised international team to transform how the world tracks and responds to forced displacement. Experts from UNHCR, IOM, UNICEF, IDMC, FCDO, the IDMC and leading global universities including University fo Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool and Bristol gathered at the University
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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite WorldPop’s Dr Sarchil Qader joined international experts to develop a roadmap for the 2027 Palestine Population and Housing Census in early July. During the consultative workshop in Amman, Jordan organised by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the mission focused on delivering accurate and contemporary data vital
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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite Strong intercity connections are a key factor in helping urban areas recover faster from devastating floods. A new study published in Nature Climate Change reveals that cities with robust ties to major economic hubs bounce back more quickly when extreme rainfall strikes. This research, led by WorldPop Research Fellow Dr Haiyan Liu,
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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite Dr Qianwen Duan, Research Assistant at WorldPop, recently joined international experts at the DEBIAS Workshop and Symposium to develop rigorous new standards for correcting bias in digital mobility data. This partnership works to ensure that the digital trace data used for global policy and humanitarian interventions is both representative and
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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.
