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UPTAP participants by grant type

Coordinator

John Stillwell,
Professor of Migration and Regional Development
School of Geography
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 3315

UPTAP Programme Coordination

Email: j.c.h.stillwell@leeds.ac.uk

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Dan Vickers,
Geography, University of Sheffield
Topic: The changing residential patterns of the UK 1991-2001

Roona Simpson,
Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh
Topic: Delayed childbearing and childlessness in Britain : the 1958 and 1970 cohorts compared

Albert Sabater
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester
Topic: Estimating segregation and diversity of ethnic groups over time in England and Wales, 1991-2001

Shu-Li Cheng,
Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, University of Manchester
Topic: The impact of educational qualifications on trends in leisure activities

Alison Smith,
Social Policy, University of Edinburgh
Topic: Intergenerational contributions to childcare across Europe

Mid-Career Fellowships

Ernestina Coast,
Social Policy, London School of Economics
Topic: Currently cohabiting: relationship attitudes, intentions and behaviour

Dimitris Ballas,
Geography, University of Sheffield
Topic: Exploring geographies of happiness and well-being in Britain

Claudia Thomas,
Centre for Pediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University College London
Topic: How does employment affect cardiovascular risk? A life-course approach in the 1958 cohort

Michelle Jackson,
Sociology, University of Oxford
Topic: Investigating inequalities in educational attainment

Paula Surridge,
Sociology, University of Bristol
Topic: The making of social values: social attitudes and social change

Gopalakrishnan Netuveli,
Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London
Topic: Treating longitudinal data as longitudinal: comparing models to describe employment status and health trajectories in British Household Panel Survey

User Fellowships

Domenica Rasulo, Office of National Statistics and Ben Rickayzen, City University
Topic: Decomposition of changes in disability-free life expectancy by cause: England, 1991-2001

Orian Brook, Audiences London; Paul Boyle & Robin Flowerdew, University of St Andrews
Topic: Demographic Indicators of Cultural Consumption

Dr Sarah Salway, Sheffield Hallam University & Joanne Coy, Sheffield PCT
Topic: Patterns, predictors and implications of multi-morbidity: exploring the coincidence of depression and other types of chronic ill-health.

Dr Ruth Lupton, Institute of Education, University of London and Michelle von Ahn
Topic: Population, language, ethnicity and socio-economic aspects of education

Daniel Guinea-Martin,
Longitudinal Study Development Team, ONS
Topic: Trends in gender and ethnic occupational segregation in England and Wales: longitudinal evidence

Mark Woolley, Family Fund & Seraphim Alvanides, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Topic: Understanding the unmet needs of families with severely disabled children

Karen Glaser, Kings College London and Malcolm Nicholls, Pensions Analysis and Incomes Division
Topic: Understanding the importance of work histories in determining poverty in old age: national insurance contributions and later life income

Gillian Harper, Mayhew Associates Ltd. and Richard Verrall, City University, London
Topic: Using Administrative Data to Estimate the Population and Measure Deprivation

Dr Jason Dykes, Geographic Information, City University and Robert Radburn, Leicestershire County Council
Topic: vizLib: Developing Capacity for Exploratory Analysis in Local Government - Visualization of Library Usage

Small Research Projects

Eric Kaufmann,
Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College
Topic: A dying creed? The demographic contradictions of liberal capitalism [complete]

Lavinia Mitton & Peter Aspinall, School of Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research, University of Kent
Topic: Black Africans in Britain: Integration or segregation?

Sylvie Dubuc & David Coleman
Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford
Topic: Demographic characteristics and projections of ethnic minority and religious groups

Paul Boyle, Elspeth Graham and Peteke Feijten, Geography and Geosciences, St Andrews and Vernon Gayle, University of Stirling
Topic: Does stepparenting influence mental health?

Vanessa Higgins & Angela Dale, Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester
Topic: Ethnic differences in diet, physical activity and obesity

Dr. Paula M. Kautt
Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Topic: Ethnic Variation in Criminological Experiences:  A Single and Multilevel Statistical Analysis of British Crime Survey Data, 2001-2006

Liz Twigg & Joanna Taylor, Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth
John Mohan, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton
Topic: Exploring the Goodhart Thesis at the Local Scale: Neighbourhood Social Heterogeneity and Perceptions of Quality of Life in the British Crime Survey

Antonia Simon, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education
Topic: Exploring the movement of people from different ethnic groups into or out of wards with high or low density of their own ethnic group

Serena Hussain & John Stillwell , School of Geography, University of Leeds
Topic: Internal migration of Britain's ethnic populations

Oliver Duke-Williams,
Geography, University of Leeds
Topics: Links between internal migration, commuting and inter-household relationships

Harriet Young and Emily Grundy, Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Topic: Living arrangements, health and well-being: a European perspective [complete]

Paul Norman,
School of Geography, University of Leeds
Topic: The micro-geography of demographic change 1991-2001

Zhiqiang Feng, Paul Boyle & Maarten van Ham, School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews & Gillian Raab, Longitudinal Studies Centre - Scotland, University of St Andrews
Topic: Neighbourhoods and the creation, stability and success of mixed-ethnic unions

Yaojun Li, Sociology,
University of Manchester and Anthony Heath, Sociology, University of Oxford
Topic: Socio-economic position and political support of the BMEs in Britain 1971-2004 [complete]

Sarah Smith, Mike Brewer and Anita Ratcliffe, Economics, University of Bristol
Topic: Understanding the effect of public policy on fertility; secondary data analysis [complete]

Marina Shapira
Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh
Topic: Understanding the labour market impact of immigration in Britain

Large Projects (with Linked Studentships)

Saffron Karlsen and James Nazroo, Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London
Topic: Being a Muslim in Europe: attitudes and experiences

Kirstine Hansen, Heather Joshi and Denise Hawkes, Centre for Longitudinal Studies Institute of Education
Topic: Motherhood and child outcomes: the consequences of the timing of motherhood and mothers' employment on child outcomes

Mai Stafford & Laia Becares, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL & James Nazroo, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester
Topic: Racial discrimination and health: exploring the possible protective effects of ethnic density

Patrick Sturgis and Nick Allum, Sociology, University of Surrey
Topic: Social and political trust: a longitudinal and comparative perspective

Phil Rees, Paul Norman & Pete Boden, School of Geography, University of Leeds
Topic: What happens when international migrants settle? Ethnic group population trends and projections for UK local areas

Research Fellowships

Nissa Finney
CCSR, University of Manchester
Topic: Ethnic group population change and integration