I am an applied statistician based at the Asian Demographic Research Institute and IIASA. I am also a Professor in the School of Sociology and Political Science at Shanghai University.
Previously I worked at the Vienna Institute of Demography, the ESRC Centre for Population Change and S3RI at the University of Southampton.
My day-to-day research covers estimating migration and applying statistical methods to better forecast components of population change. This website contains posts mainly related to my research, including some information on my publications and use of R. It is a successor to my WordPress site which I had trouble accessing when in China.
PhD, 2009
Division of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton
MSc Social Statistics - Statistics Pathway (with Distinction), 2005
Division of Division of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton
MSc Statistics (with Distinction), 2003
School of Mathematics, Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Kent
Exploring international migration patterns for the Globe, Asia and Shanghai.
Combining traditional and emerging big data sources to model population. Funded by Der Jubiläumsfonds der Stadt Wien für die Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
The Prediction of Future Migration Patterns for Improved Global Population Projections. Funded by National Science Foundation of China Research Fund for International Young Scientists.
Currently Teaching at Shanghai University: