Organisation profile
Organisation profile
This group focuses on innovative techniques for the analysis of spatial data and their application to social and economic research problems. Substantively, the group concentrates on: spatial modelling of voting behaviour and electoral systems; measuring residential segregation, analytical political economy and the modelling tools to support it (regional growth dynamics, spatial pricing); spatial modelling of central/local governmental financial allocations and grants; the analysis of social-spatial inequalities in health, spatial diffusion of communicable diseases; and analysis of spatial inequalities in higher education provision and uptake. Technically, the group has expertise in multi-level modelling, spatial econometrics, spatial time-series analysis, ecological inference and non-linear systems.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Professor Richard J Harris
- Bristol Poverty Institute
- School of Geographical Sciences - Professor of Quantitative Social Geography
- Cabot Institute for the Environment
- Centre for Market and Public Organisation
- Quantitative Spatial Science
Person: Academic , Member
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Emeritus Professor Kelvyn Jones
- School of Geographical Sciences - Emeritus Professor
- Cabot Institute for the Environment
- Quantitative Spatial Science
Person: Member, Group lead, Honorary and Visiting Academic
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Professor David J Manley
- Science and Engineering - Dean of Science and Engineering
- Bristol Poverty Institute
- Cabot Institute for the Environment
- Quantitative Spatial Science
Person: Academic , Member
Research output
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Desegregating spaces: The interplay between ecological intergroup contact and GPS-traced spatial segregation among youth in two UK cities
Marinucci, M., Schaefer, C., Dupont, P., Manley, D. J., Taylor, L. K. & McKeown, S., 5 Jan 2026, In: British Journal of Social Psychology. 65, 1, 22 p., e70043.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Did COVID-19 Reshape Inter-city Mobility Patterns in China? Evidence from Spring Festival Travel Rush Mobility Networks
Zhao, Y., Harris , R. J. & Gao, Y., 14 Mar 2026, In: Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. 19, 1, 29 p., 68.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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How well do street view images predict crime rates in London? A comparison with social and macro-level environmental features
Guo, S., Harris , R. J. & Zhu, R., 1 Apr 2026, In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 125, 16 p., 102390.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
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From PGR students to researchers: A case study of Chinese PGR students and researchers in the UK
Wang, Z. (Principal Investigator), Singleton, A. (Principal Investigator) & Wang, W. W. (Principal Investigator)
8/03/22 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Shared Spaces: The how, when and why of adolescent intergroup interactions
McKeown Jones, S. (Principal Investigator), Manley, D. J. (Co-Investigator), Taylor, L. K. (Co-Investigator), Ali, S. (Researcher) & Dupont, P.-L. (Researcher)
1/03/21 → 29/02/24
Project: Research
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Everyday Integration
Fox, J. E. (Principal Investigator), O'Toole, T. (Co-Investigator), Anderson, B. (Co-Investigator), Manley, D. J. (Co-Investigator), Hyacinth, N. M. (Researcher), Wang, Y. (Researcher) & Carter, L. R. (Researcher)
2/10/19 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
Student theses
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Essays on the geography of contentious collective action in Africa
Dorward, N. M. (Author), Fox, S. (Supervisor) & Wolf, L. (Supervisor), 27 Sept 2022Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Financial Development and Access to Funding: The Case of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Vietnam
McVeagh-Holness, J. (Author), Fox, S. (Supervisor) & Manley, D. (Supervisor), 23 Jan 2019Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
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Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms
Kwong, A. S. F. (Author), Manley, D. (Supervisor), Timpson, N. J. (Supervisor) & Leckie, G. (Supervisor), 23 Jan 2020Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Prizes
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Academician of the Academy of the Social Sciences
Jones, K. (Recipient), 16 Sept 2008
Prize: National/international honour
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Fellowship of the Learned Society of Wales
Jones, K. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: National/international honour
Datasets
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Replication data for: Ecological Inference and Entropy-Maximizing: An Alternative Estimation Procedure for Split-Ticket Voting
Johnston, R. (Creator) & Pattie, C. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 4 Mar 2010
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/p9s62i, https://dataverse.harvard.edu/citation?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/P9S62I
Dataset
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EcologicalInference.pdf
Johnston, R. (Creator) & Pattie, C. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 2010
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/p9s62i/ro6jce, https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/P9S62I/RO6JCE
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Activities
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European Network of Housing Researchers (ENHR)
Manley, D. J. (Member of programme committee)
1 Jul 2014 → 4 Jul 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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ZiF-Workshop: Defining neighbourhoods to measure contextual effects on inequalities: large or small? Pre-defined or self-defined?"
Manley, D. J. (Invited speaker)
2 Jun 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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NUI Maynooth Seminar
Manley, D. J. (Invited speaker)
14 May 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course