New Conversation article out, "Election 2024: these are the races to watch" focused on 55 bellwether seats 1997-2024. Part of our collaboration with Oliver Heath & Chris Prosser on voting behaviours over time #GE2024 #GeneralElection #ElectionStats #VotingHistory theconversation.com/election-2024-…

Excited this morning to find in my pigeonhole the newly released #UrbanOnto 'Modelling the City' book from the #HOUSe project. This includes our chapter on naming key #GB1900 urban features routledge.com/9781032695846

Our collaborators on voting patterns were hard at work as the general election results rolled in last night #GE2024 #GeneralElection #ElectionStats #VotingHistory

The election results are in - and achieved in a matter of hours. In the 18th century days, weeks and even months might pass before the final result was known. thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2024/07/04/dec… #HistParl #GeorgianElectionsProject

New map viewer! Historic parks in England 1890s-1900s We've recently shared our mapping with the Forestry Commission & Zulu Ecosystems to extract a digital layer showing historic parks from O.S. 6-inch 2nd edition maps. More info (volunteers wanted): maps.nls.uk/projects/histo…

Spotted that our redistricted voting data was used to help draw some graphs in a newspaper article on election day last week: theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Are you interested in learning more about your family or local history? Discover how maps can help provide a window into the past with our free online workshop: Maps for Family and Local History, 10am to 11am BST Wed 31st July. Book now at eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-for-fam…

Hottest week of the year and we're in the middle of relocating to another building! We're a bit distracted with packing and unpacking mountains of boxes at the moment, hopefully it won't take too long to get straightened out in the new offices.

Many thanks to Callum who has completed his stint with us as a Research Assistant on the DDME Project. We'll say more about what he's been working on soon, but for now we wish him well in his future endeavours as he moves on to pastures new. #ProjectTeam #Changes #DDMEProject

The anniversary of the #Peterloo Massacre is this week. It is in this spirit that this #ConstituencyTuesday we thought we would focus on the fight for enfranchisement in Manchester during the 18th and 19th century. (1/7) 🗺️1801

Successfully completed our first milestone in the #DDMEProject - Callum conducted a literature review of articles submitted for specific social science subjects in REF2021. More detail here: visionofbritainblog.wordpress.com/2024/08/16/ddm…

🗺️TITHE MAPS OF WALES🗺️ Did you know that our Tithe Maps of #Wales website allows you to search and browse Welsh tithe #maps and related documents for FREE? A very valuable resource for local and family historians. What will you discover? 🔗places.library.wales

After 24 years in Buckingham Building our office move is now complete. We (and many still packed boxes) are now officially based in Burnaby Building as part of the newly formed "School of the Environment and Life Sciences". #ProjectTeam #Changes

Come hear project director, Humphrey Southall, present 'Anglo-American Thematic Mapping in the 19th Century: A Critique Of Arthur Robinson' today @ 9am. 'Reimagining Early Thematic Mapping (1)' session organised by the Historical Geography Research Group at #RGSIBG24

This afternoon Xan our #DDMEProject research software engineer was invited to participate in ‘The Methods Showcase’ hosted by the National Centre for Research Methods. This event looked at the newest developments funded by ESRC, including awards within our FDS Programme.

Today Xan our #DDMEProject research software engineer is presenting at the MethodsCon: Futures 2024 conference in Manchester. His paper will be part of the 2pm 'Future Data Services 1' session exploring the use of Large Language Models in social science research.

Little post about our first #DDMEProject presentation at a conference is now up on the blog: visionofbritainblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/25/ddm…

Pleased to announce that the "Modelling the City. Formal Ontology and Spatial Humanities" book that came out of the #HOUSe #UrbanOnto project is now open access. Read our GB1900 chapter & other chapters on approaches to historical urban spaces here: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/…