WorldPop recently completed its first workshop on automated census mapping in Malawi, a milestone for the joint FCDO-funded project with the Malawi National Statistics Office (NSO) ahead of their 2028 national census. Led by Dr Sarchil Qader and Dr Aubrey Steingrabber over two intensive weeks, 22 NSO colleagues and 4 students from the University of […]
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A major breakthrough in data collection and analysis is underway in Somalia, thanks in large part to the technical leadership of WorldPop in a transformative new project aimed at strengthening evidence-based planning in one of the world’s most data-scarce countries. The initiative, “Generation of Socio-Demographic Data for Evidence-Based Programming in South-Central Somalia,” marks the first
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A new international partnership launched today between WorldPop at the University of Southampton and the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) is set to support the National Statistics Office (NSO) of Malawi in planning its 2028 national census, by introducing innovative, automated mapping methods that significantly reduce cost and effort. At the heart of the
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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
Preparing a National Sampling Frame: capacity strengthening in Cameroon Read More »
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.
