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Mark Fransham is a quantitative social scientist with extensive expertise in administrative data, longitudinal analysis, causal inference, and data visualization. He has worked for 13 years in public policy and intervention research, particularly within local government. Mark became an academic researcher in 2018. He is currently involved in a £1.2 million ESRC-funded program focused on comparative research of spatial income inequality between North America and Europe, under the project "Linking National Regional Inequality". His contributions in the field have garnered prestigious recognitions, including the 2022 SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence in Sociology for his mixed methods project that examined the political and social polarization faced by local communities. Mark serves as an advisor to the Office for National Statistics, has been part of the UK Population Theme Advisory Board, and is recognized for his role in advising migration statistics. He holds several fellowships, including Research Fellow at Wolfson College and Visiting Fellow at the LSE’s International Inequalities Institute. His current research interests include geographic economic inequalities, social economic policy aimed at reducing spatial inequality, and quantitative methods for social science research.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.