British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
| The University of Edinburgh | Jan 2020 – June 2023 | In my postdoctoral research, I studied the history of science popularisation in the UK in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I have published several peer-reviewed articles based on this research. I’m currently working on two new research articles and a book. |
Research in the history of statistics and data visualisation
| The University of Edinburgh | July 2018 – Dec 2019 | I have studied extensively the history of statistics and quantification. I have published two encyclopaedia articles on the statistical work of Karl Pearson and Ronald A. Fisher, two of the founders of modern statistics. I have also studied the history of data visualisation from the eighteenth century to the present day and used this research in my teaching. |
| Masters and Doctoral Research | The University of Edinburgh | Sep 2014 – Jan 2019 | My doctoral research focussed on the historical relationship between British sociology and statistics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It offered clear evidence that from its very beginnings as an academic subject, British sociology has harboured a deep distrust of the statistical methodology and mindset, resulting in a mix of quiet indifference and active hostility still on-going today. This research resulted in the publication of two peer-reviewed articles, two articles in an edited collection and two books. |
