The UK has a vibrant #Nigerian diaspora. I raised w the Minister concerns of Ndi-Igbo #NorthEast & EU observers on serious failures of tech, security & comms in last month's Presidential elections, esp given the UK funded projects to promote electoral fairness in #Nigeria.

Please kindly share with your networks: We encourage applications from underrepresented groups particularly women with Bayesian and spatial statistical backgrounds. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

🚨 Job alert 🚨 Just 7 days left to apply for our new Research Fellow in Spatiotemporal Statistical Modelling & Analysis post University of Southampton Working on a variety of exciting projects: worldpop.org/current-projec… jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Or paper is out! we worked with the Colombian National Statistics Office DANE Colombia to estimate population in hard to reach areas. #SDGs #LeaveNoOneBehind #population #rural #community #Colombia

🎉Congratulations Dr Edson Utazi! 🎉 "District-level estimation of #vaccination coverage: Discrete vs continuous spatial models" is the most downloaded article in #Statistics in Medicine #Immunization #Population #Geospatial #Research doi.org/10.1002/sim.88…

Tomorrow, 12:15 - 13:45 GMT Join CarlaPi speaking on Factors associated with attending secondary school in #Tanzania at #UNFPA #UNESCO #CPD56 Event: Application of Geospatial Approaches to Facilitate Universal #Education & Lifelong Learning Register: unf.pa/cpdgeospatial

Research Fellow Dr Assane Gadiaga is in Uganda running a week-long workshop on Digital Microplanning - #Geospatial #Population #Modelling for Ministry of Health statisticians as part of our GRID3 #UNICEF project worldpop.org/current-projec…

🚨The May edition of our newsletter is now available to download. #Population #Geospatial #Research #Codevelopment #Training worldpop.org/worldpop-newsl…

Principal Research Fellow Dr Attila Lazar kicks off our three-day #Building Footprints Workshop with guests from CIESIN #GRID3 #DataWorkflow #DataPreparation #Modelling hidden #Settlements

🚨 New blog post on recent training workshops in #Benin #Zambia #SouthAfrica #population #Census #Mapping #QGIS #digitalcensus #preEATool INStaD- Bénin worldpop.org/2023/05/24/str…

Professor Tatem welcomes Sada Saxton - our new Deputy Director, Operations. Sada will focus on the group’s organisational development, operational effectiveness and new initiatives worldpop.org/team/sada_saxt…

We’ve been shortlisted for the Resilience, resource equality, safety and protection of life category of Geovation’s International Geospatial Awards 2023. Congratulations to all our fellow nominees. Looking forward to the Grand Final on 15th June 2023!

🚨 New project: Technical assistance and #training on spatial #population modelling to support #census processes in #Thailand - Phase II #GIS #Rprogramming #workshop worldpop.org/current-projec…

We gave a big WorldPop welcome to Clionadh Raleigh and Katayoun Kishi from ACLED today. This follows a recently signed a MOU with #ACLED which currently involves collaborating on methods to more accurately measure populations exposed to conflict. worldpop.org/blog/worldpop-…

Fantastic collaboration between WorldPopProject and NPHCDA and their partners to facilitate the production of spatially detailed datasets for immunization programming in Nigeria.

🚨 We're hiring! 📢 Research Project Manager to join our innovative research programme and fabulous team in our 10th anniversary year. #projectmgmt #ProjectmanagementJobs #Jobsearch #Hiring jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i…

Andy Tatem Natalia Tejedor-Garavito University of Southampton Geography & Environmental Science at Southampton Ian Chibuzor Chris Nnanatu Chigozie Edson Utazi Amy Bonnie Attila Lazar Heather Chamberlain Closing date for applicants is February 13th

Andy Tatem Natalia Tejedor-Garavito University of Southampton Geography & Environmental Science at Southampton Ian Chibuzor Chris Nnanatu Chigozie Edson Utazi Amy Bonnie Attila Lazar Heather Chamberlain Link for external applicants: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Without Reliable Data, Planning Becomes Speculative, Increasing Risk Of Resource Misallocation – NPC Boss: ABUJA: The Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, has stated that without reliable data, national planning becomes… independent.ng/without-reliab…

Filling data gaps in resource-poor countries! A new Bayesian geostatistical model improves #population estimates by combining datasets & integrating spatial autocorrelation. Tested & validated in Cameroon. 🏠 Chibuzor Chris Nnanatu brnw.ch/21wPTV9