Core Team

Centre Director, Co-leader Programme 4:

Sociogenomics

Melinda Mills, MBE, FBA

Centre Director, Nuffield Professor of Sociology (Oxford). Research spans 

genetics, computational demography, diversity, statistics, environmental measures, fertility, assortative mating

melinda.mills[at]nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Per

Block

Departmental Research Lecturer. Research spans the sociology of networks, social influence, statistical modeling, evolution of interpersonal relations, social mobility and segregation.

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per.block[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

Deputy Director, LCDS

Jennifer Beam Dowd

Deputy Director LCDS; Associate Professor Demography and Population Health (Oxford). Research spans bio-social science, mortality trends, social epidemiology, microbiome, infections & immune function

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jennifer.dowd[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

Per

Engzell

Postdoctoral researcher. Research spans intergenerational mobility, origins of institutions, technological change.

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per.engzell[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

Liliana

Andriano

Postdoctoral researcher. Research spans mortality, gender, education, spatial demography. 

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liliana.andriano[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

David

Brazel

Senior research associate. Research interests include behavioral genetics, scalable digital phenotyping methods, and the integration of geospatial data.

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david.brazel[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

Charles

Rahal

Departmental Research Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Social Data Science. Research spans demography, sociology, civic technology, applied econometric methods and inequality, typically with 'big' and\or unstructured data.

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charles.rahal[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

Valentina

Rotondi

Postdoctoral researcher. Dr. Rotondi is a social scientist with training in applied economics and econometrics and a focus of research on development, and the interactions between population, development, and technological change. Over the next years, she plans to study the neuroeconomic implications of transitioning into parenthood

Xuejie

Ding

Postdoctoral researcher. Research adopts a biosocial approach integrating life course perspective and fundamental causes theory, to bridge the disjointed knowledge on contextual, social and biological influences on health.

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xuejie.ding[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

Mark

Verhagen

PRS in Sociology. 

Yan

Liu

DPhil student in Sociology. Research focuses on the impact of social and environmental factors on cognitive function and how the impact might vary by genetic susceptibility. She is also interested in sex differences in health, health-care quality, health-care reform in China.

Kayla

Schulte

PRS in Sociology. Research focuses on the collection and communication of local air pollution data. She is also interested in the implementation of participatory research methods for local air quality management. 

Programme Co-Leads

Co-Leader Programme 2: 

Environmental Context,

Demography & Climate Change

David Hendry, Kt, FBA

Professor of Economics, Co-director Climate Econometrics (Oxford). Research spans econometric methods, theory, and modelling, computing, applications, forecasting

david.hendry[at]nuffield.ox.ac.uk

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Co-Leader Programme 3: Inequality & Diversity

Jan O. Jonsson

Professor Sociology (Oxford). Research spans intergenerational processes, children’s wellbeing, educational inequality, migration and ethnic integration

janne.jonsson[at]nuffield.ox.ac.uk

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Co-Leader Programme 4: Sociogenomics

Cecilia Lindgren

Professor Molecular Genetics, Big Data Institute (Oxford). Research spans large-scale genetic datasets, sex differences, obesity

celi[at]wel.ox.ac.uk

Robin Evans

Associate Professor Statistics (Oxford). Research spans data linkage, graphical models, causal inference, latent variable models, algebraic statistics

evans[at]stats.ox.ac.uk

Co-Leader Programme 6:

Society & Sustainability

Madeline Sumption, MBE

Director Migration Observatory (Oxford), member UK government Migration Advisory Committee. Research spans migration statistics, drivers international migration

madeline.sumption[at]compas.ox.ac.uk

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Co-Leader Programme 7:

Ethics, Truth & Trust

Luciano Floridi

Professor Philosophy of Ethics of Information, Director Digital Ethics Lab (Oxford). Research spans information and computer ethics, philosophy of technology

luciano.floridi[at]oii.ox.ac.uk

Co-Leader Programme 2: 

Environmental Context,

Demography & Climate Change

Christiaan Monden

Professor, Head of Department of Sociology (Oxford). Research spans

family size, inequality, wellbeing, mortality, marriage patterns.

christiaan.monden[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

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Co-Leader Programme 3: Inequality & Diversity

Nan Dirk de Graaf

Professor Sociology (Oxford). Research spans social stratification, educational attainment, social mobility, political sociology, religion

nan.degraaf[at]nuffield.ox.ac.uk

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Co-Leader Programme 4: Sociogenomics

Simon Myers

Professor Mathematical Genomics & Bioinformatics (Oxford). Research spans population and evolutionary genetics, bioinformatics, stochastic methods, reproductive biology

myers[at]stats.ox.ac.uk

Bent Nielsen

Professor of Econometrics (Oxford) Research spans time series, outlier detection, forecasting with age-period-cohort model

bent.nielsen[at]nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Co-Leader Programme 7:

Ethics, Truth & Trust

David Kirk

Professor Sociology (Oxford). Research spans demography of crime, experimental research, quantitative methods, urban sociology

david.kirk[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

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Co-Leader Programme 1:

Digital & Computational Science

Alice

Reid

University Lecturer (Cambridge). Research spans geography, historical demographer, infant, early child and maternal mortality and fertility in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

alice.reid[at]geog.cam.ac.uk

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Co-Leader Programme 3: Inequality & Diversity

John Ermisch, FBA

Professor Family Sociology (Oxford). Editor Population Studies. Research spans family economics, intergenerational transfers and transmission

john.ermisch[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk

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Co-Leader Programme 4: Sociogenomics

Augustine Kong

Professor Statistical Genetics (Oxford). Research spans statistics, molecular genetics, parent-child genetic data, methodology, statistical development

augustine.kong[at]bdi.ox.ac.uk

Co-Leader Programme 5: Causality

Richard

Breen, FBA

Professor Sociology (Oxford). Research spans causality, statistical methods, education, inequality and mobility

richard.breen[at]nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Max Roser

Senior Research Fellow (Oxford), Our World in Data. Research spans economic inequality, data visualization, Sustainable Development Goals

max.roser[at]oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk

Co-Leader Programme 7:

Ethics, Truth & Trust

Andrew Stephen

L’Oréal Professor of Marketing (Oxford). Marketing expert, research spans technology, digital and social media, consumer behaviour

andrew.stephen[at]sbs.ox.ac.uk

Co-Leader Programme 1:

Digital & Computational Science

Ridhi

Kashyap

Associate Professor Social Demography (Oxford). Research spans migration, gender, mortality, ethnicity, digital demography, micro-simulation, agent-based models, big data

ridhi.kashyap[at]sociology.ox.ac.uk