Prof Peter Lynn

In June, I'm co-presenting a free workshop on targeted survey design. It's in London, in person. Spread the word. And register now: surveyfutures.net/events/2025/04…

I'm at Tilburg University today. They seem to have adopted a new strapline since I was last here. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...

Coming up on Thursday. #gsc.tab=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nimlas.isr.umich.edu/workshops/#gsc…

@SurveyFutures Despite what you may see if you follow the link, this post is still open! But the link has changed; it is now: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Job opportunity! Survey methodologists: a chance to join our superb @SurveyFutures team. Based at UCL, the job includes working on projects evaluating best methods for complex measurement in self-completion surveys. Closing date 10 March. Details: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Looking forward to being on a panel tomorrow discussing UN guidance for the conduct of surveys of individuals and households. Come and join us! Register here: @0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/145521e0…

"Surveys are really critical for the fabric of society." Sarah Henry of @ONS speaking to early career researchers at our @SurveyFutures conference at @iseressex today.

Just attended a WISM seminar in which Melike Sarac and Brady West reported on this research on showcards: academic.oup.com/ijpor/article/…. This nicely highlighted the wealth of data available from the @ESS_Survey for methodological research.

By the way, in case I am soon no longer here on X, you can find me over here: bsky.app/profile/profpe…

For the past year, I've been part of a steering committee producing the "United Nations Handbook of Surveys on Individuals and Households: Foundations and Emerging Approaches." We now have a draft: lnkd.in/eadGArzE. We'd love your feedback: lnkd.in/eCZrtjkk.

@pathwithanr @RyanSwift93 Also, I understand you are comparing BES self-reports. Good data, but self-reported turnout is susceptible to social desirability bias and the nature of social desirability (and hence measurement bias) may have shifted substantially over time. (2/2)

@pathwithanr @RyanSwift93 Some great recommendations here! However, be careful with the evidence. Both housing tenure and education level, for example, have changed greatly in meaning since 60s. So it may just be that the groups compared (renters, less educated) are more extreme than before. (1/2)

Where did all the voters go? Report by me and @RyanSwift93 out today with ideas to increase turnout at UK elections On front page of today's Guardian

@SurveyPractice @ESS_Survey Great interview: so much to celebrate! 20 years is rather an understatement, though! I attended my first meeting of the blueprint committee in 1995; ESS was formally established in 2001 and the first meeting of the ESS Sampling Expert Panel was 17 December 2001!

Justi published in Survey Practice! 20 Years of the European Social Survey: An Interview with Rory Fitzgerald. @ESS_Survey buff.ly/4foPEU7

@EdConwaySky Serious question? Really? Language use changes. terms become suddenly fashionable.

Serious question to any social scientists out there: what happened...?

@MelSimmonsFCDO And not just the language. I was amazed yesterday to see 3 whole shelves of books on Ukraine in @Waterstones_Edi. History, traditions, art, testimony, .... all being preserved thanks to Russia provoking the world's interest.

When I learned Ukrainian you were lucky to find one textbook on a shelf. Now there are loads, reflecting the increased interest. So, far from erasing the 🇺🇦 language via invasion and repression, 🇷🇺 seems to be succeeding in making Ukrainian even more popular. Globally. Genius.

I don't usually even open these irritating emails, but it's actually quite reassuring (if true) to think that research we produce doesn't just disappear into a void.

@createstreets Not only ugly but also scary and unsafe-looking. Imagine entering that narrow enclosed stairway from where no-one can see you (and that includes a 90-degree bend, so you cannot see who is round the corner). Is that supposed to encourage people to use public transport?

This is a recently completed British train station. It is, not to put too fine a point on it, pathetic. Value engineered to a level of comatose ugliness that dispirits & dulls the mind, dissuading passengers & degrading the trains that run through it. It is not civic or sociable architecture….

Hope to see lots of you in Edinburgh soon:

I'm looking forward to delivering this workshop for the NIMLAS network next month. See some of you there! nimlas.isr.umich.edu/workshops/

Our Associate Director for Survey Methods @ProfPeterLynn gave one of the keynote presentations at @SLLShome annual conference. If you missed the conference, you can watch here - How will we carry out longitudinal surveys in the future? youtu.be/IQtC6Gm6EbY?si… via @YouTube