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Josh joined UCL in 2025 as a Lecturer in Digital History. Prior to UCL, he was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Durham University from 2022 to 2025, a Senior Research Associate at the Alan Turing Institute from 2020 to 2022, and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge from 2019 to 2020. He is an economic and social historian focusing on Britain from approximately 1600 to 1900, utilizing digital history methods to address fundamental questions about land, labor, capitalism, and industrialization. His research primarily investigates the long-run development of agrarian capitalism in England between 1550 and 1850 and examines the impact of industrialization on economic development and working lives in Britain from 1851 to 1911. His significant publications include 'Geo-coding addresses historic British census data: open methodology' in Historical Methods and 'Women's Strategies Managing Land in Rural England, 1700-1800' in the Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies. Josh has also contributed to various datasets and has received grants for his research projects.
UCL • London
Lecturer in Digital History focusing on economic and social history, utilizing digital methods.
Durham University • Durham
Postdoctoral fellow researching agrarian capitalism and related economic histories.
Alan Turing Institute • London
Worked on projects related to digital history and data analysis.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Conducted research in economic history using digital methods.