Professor Andy Tatem recently spoke at a virtual event on Geospatial for sustainable agriculture and urban development in Africa organised by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In this recording of his presentation, Professor Tatem gives an overview of our work and shares examples of the impact of our collaborations with UN […]
As Brazil prepares for its biggest ever census, WorldPop Research Fellow Edith Darin presented on bottom-up population modelling last month as part of a two-week workshop at the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, the Brazilian Statistics Office) in Rio de Janeiro. Edith’s contribution came at an important milestone for the IBGE. In August
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.
