About

Publications

You can see my publications on my ORCiD profile.

Specialisms

I specialise in quantitative and spatial data analysis.
I use R, Python, and QGIS to analyse various spatial and non-spatial data sets.
I’ve authored some packages, most notably rakeR for simulating spatial data.

Education

PhD

I have a PhD in human geography from the University of Sheffield (2018). My thesis is entitled, ‘A Spatial Microsimulation Analysis of Health Inequalities and Health Resilience’. I was supervised by Professors Dimitris Ballas and Liddy Goyder, with support from Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, especially Laurie Mott.

You can read the manuscript or view the source code.

PhD in human geography from the University of Sheffield (2017)
MA with distinction in social research from the University of York (2010)
BA (Hons) in Sociology from the University of York (2005)

Role

I’m a senior lecturer at the University of Derby in the Department of Criminology and Social Sciences, where I teach social science research methods.

Previously I was a postdoctoral researcher on the “Long-term impacts of ‘Thatcherism’: crime, politics and inequality” project.
Prior to my PhD I worked as a researcher in local government, as well as in the public and private sectors.

Teaching

I currently convene the following modules:

6CJ996 Dissertation (Professional Policing), University of Derby
5CJ578 Problem solving models and theories (Professional Policing), University of Derby

I have previously convened for:

2019-2022 5CJ578 Problem solving models and theories (Professional Policing), University of Derby
2020-2022 6CJ996 Dissertation (Professional Policing), University of Derby
2019-2020 5SL520 Statistics (Sociology), University of Derby

I have taught on the following modules and courses:

2018-19 LAW225/353 Analysing Crime Data, University of Sheffield
2016-17 ESRA Summer School, University of the Aegean, Lesvos
2016-17 GEO358 - European field class, Lesvos, University of Sheffield
2016-17 GEO358 - Website design, University of Sheffield
2016-17 Social Science joint faculty interdisciplinary module, University of Sheffield
2016-17 GEO6016 - Data, visualisation and GIS (Masters), University of Sheffield
2016-16 FCS650 - Quantitative methods (PhD), University of Sheffield
2015-16 GEO358 - European field class, Lesvos, University of Sheffield
2015-16 GEO358 - Website design, University of Sheffield
2015-16 GEO252 - European field class, Lesvos, University of Sheffield
2015-16 Social Science joint faculty interdisciplinary module, University of Sheffield
2015-16 FCS650 - Quantitative methods (PhD), University of Sheffield
2014-15 Social Science joint faculty interdisciplinary module, University of Sheffield
2014-15 FCS650 - Quantitative methods (PhD), University of Sheffield
2014-15 Spatial microsimulation in R, GeoTalisman, University of Leeds
2014-15 Introductory spatial microsimulation in R, GeoTalisman, University of Cambridge
2014-15 Introduction to spatial analysis in R, GeoTalisman, University of Leeds
2010-11 Statistics with SPSS, University of York