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Mapping the Future: How WorldPop Global 2 is Revolutionizing Health Data in DHIS2 

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next During today’s WorldPop Global 2 – Yearly High-Resolution Population Data in DHIS2 webinar, experts from DHIS2 and WorldPop unveiled how they are collaborating to assist researchers, NGOs and governments understand where people live and how to reach them with essential services. The incorporation of the new WorldPop Global 2 open dataset within the DHIS2 platform aims to aid the planning of education provision, vaccination programmes, disaster relief efforts, and […]

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From Insight to Impact: WorldPop and JRC Explore Closer Collaboration

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next Last week, members of the WorldPop team visited the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, meeting with the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL), Demography, and Urban and Territorial Analysis teams. The GHSL is a strategic knowledge infrastructure built by the JRC to make human

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WorldPop establishes new Advisory Board to drive global health and development impact

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next WorldPop has appointed a strategic Advisory Board to further enhance the use of high-resolution spatial demographic data in supporting global health and sustainable development. This new body provides highly distinguished expert oversight to ensure the group’s research continues to deliver measurable real-world impact across low- and

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High-Resolution Mapping Sheds Light on Rapid Urban Growth

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next Rapid urban growth is reshaping cities across Africa, Latin America and Asia, but in many places, reliable and up-to-date data about how cities are expanding simply doesn’t exist. New research from WorldPop, led by Dr Rhorom Priyatikanto, aims to change that.  The team has developed a new dataset that tracks how

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Researchers reveal global patterns of ‘urban exodus’ 

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next A new study by an international team led WorldPop postgraduate researcher Qianwen Duan has revealed a significant “urban exodus” across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic. By analysing high-resolution data from 35 countries, the research team found that while many people fled dense city centres for

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WorldPop/IDAC Webinar: Demographic Gaps for Children on the Move

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WorldPop is partnering with the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC) to host a webinar on February 19 exploring how AI can bridge critical demographic gaps for children on the move. This session highlights the necessity of accurate and contemporary data to ensure vulnerable populations are visible in humanitarian decision-making. Professor Andy

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Global Population Data Experts Refute Claims of Systematic Rural Underrepresentation

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An international team of researchers, including experts from the WorldPop group at the University of Southampton, has challenged recent claims that gridded global population maps systematically undercount rural communities. In a comprehensive response to a study published in Nature Communications, the team argues that allegations of a 50% undercount are based on a flawed research design that

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Transforming Social Media Signals into Accurate Population Maps for Crisis Response

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An international research team led by Dr Paolo Andrich, a visiting researcher at WorldPop based at the University of Oxford, has developed a novel statistical framework to turn anonymised, biased social media data into reliable population estimates. This approach provides a timely and contemporary alternative to traditional censuses, which are often static and struggle to

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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.

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