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Working at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Research Careers in Different Contexts 2014 ESRC Research Methods Conference. Aleks Collingwood. Before JRF (1) . Undergraduate – Anthropology and Statistics (OBU) Research Assistant (Anthropology/Nutrition Departments, OBU)
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Working at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Research Careers in Different Contexts 2014 ESRC Research Methods Conference Aleks Collingwood
Before JRF(1) Undergraduate – Anthropology and Statistics (OBU) Research Assistant (Anthropology/Nutrition Departments, OBU) Wan Smolbag (Community Educational Theatre, Vanuatu) Vanuatu National Population and Housing Census 1999 Research careers in different contexts
Before JRF(2) Office for National Statistics (ONS) • Child Health and Medical Research • Social Trends • ONS Longitudinal Study • Health • Ethnicity, Identity, Language and Religion MSc. Demography and Health (LSHTM) National Centre for Social Research (Natcen) • Longitudinal Study of Young People in England • Millenium Cohort Study Research careers in different contexts
About JRF JRF: background and aims Structure My role How we work Research careers in different contexts
Project Management Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion (NPI) Living Standards in Later Life (IFS) Social Policy in a Cold Climate (LSE) The dynamics of diversity (CoDE) JRF DATA www.jrf.org.uk/data Research careers in different contexts
Advisory and User Groups ONS Ethnicity, Identity Language and Religion, 2011 Census Analysis Advisory Group ONS Census 2011 Analysis and Dissemination Advisory Group Family Resources Survey Users Group (NI) Index of Multiple Deprivation Advisory Group English Household Survey – Technical design Research careers in different contexts
Conferences/Talks Royal Statistical Society Annual Conference - How we ensure the media interprets our statistics correctly Social Research Association Annual Conference – Social Research in a Digital Age Housing Statistics Network Seminar – Housing in an Ageing Society House of Commons – Constituency data. Panel member. Chair Mark Easton Making research useful via visualisation – Alliance for Useful Evidence/Reuters Research careers in different contexts
Consultation responses ONS Census (Select Committee) Regional Household Statistics FRS Questionnaire Consultation Research careers in different contexts
Additional ongoing tasks Manage interns Keeping our internal data library up to date Tweeting/Blogging • Axing health statistics is penny wise, pound foolish, New Scientist • Fixing the Jobs Market a Must if We're to Overcome the Scourge of In-work Poverty, Huffington Post • The cycle between work and the dole is trapping millions in poverty, New Statesman • It's time for a new model of specialist housing for older people, The Guardian Help/advise other organisations – eg Macmillan Cancer Support Research careers in different contexts
Research Careers in Different Contexts 2014 ESRC Research Methods Conference aleks.collingwood@jrf.org.uk Follow me on twitter @jrfAleks