Dr Paul Williamson
Reader Geography and Planning
- +44 (0)151 794 2842 Ext. 42842
- Work email P.Williamson@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal Websitehttp://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~william/
Research
Research Interest 1
My research interests lie in the broad area of population analysis, with a particular focus on small-area (sub-regional) estimation, classification (geodemographics) and population projection. Previously funded work of relevance includes the analysis of the dimensions of social segregation at various spatial scales (ESRC); a critique of the limitations of geodemographic classifications (ESRC); projections of long-term school enrolments (Liverpool LEA); geodemographic analysis of the social composition of GP patient lists (NHS); the assessment of alternative methods of sub-national estimation (Australian Research Council); and the creation of small-area population microdatasets via the synthesis of extant macro- and micro-datasets (ESRC).
Research Group Membership
Research Grants
A Spatial Microsimulation Model of Co-morbidity
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2013 - January 2015
Safepod network
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2019 - September 2021
Business and Local Government Data Research Centres (Big Data)
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 2014 - March 2025
Innovations in Small Area Estimation Methodologies
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2016 - December 2018
Population change and geographic inequalities in the UK, 1971-2011
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 2015 - July 2016
The creation of a national set of validated small area population microdata.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 1998 - December 2001
Creating a unified practice superlist: stage 1
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
January 2007 - March 2007
Income imputation for small areas.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 2000 - October 2001
Microsimulation modelling in the UK: bridging the gaps
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2008 - September 2009
Research Collaborations
NATSEM
External: University of Canberra
Visiting Research Associate - Small area estimation, forecasting and statistics
Prof Ann Harding
External: University of Canberra
Australian Research Council funded research into small-area population estimation, with Williamson named as co-application. Collaboration involved two three-week collaborative research visits to NATSEM.