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From global environmental change to economic transformation, we're teaching, researching and understanding the major issues affecting our planet.
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · Sep 4
What will the world look like in a decade? We might have the answer 🌎📊

Our WorldPop experts are launching new global population data, offering insights into where people live, their demographics, and more.

Register to watch the launch👇https://eventbrite.pulse.ly/oowjsp4mty
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · Aug 27
A major shift in South Pacific climate conditions around 1,000 years ago may have drawn people east to settle on the region's more remote, wetter islands, away from the drier west.

New research from our geography researchers and
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WorldPop Project @worldpop-uos.bsky.social · Aug 19
🌍📊 WorldPop's cutting-edge research showcased at #JSM2025
#SatelliteData to improve #population estimates - esp. where data is scarce.
📡 >40% less bias.
📍 Smarter models.
🚀 Better decisions for health, aid & planning.
#Statistics #DataForGood
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WorldPop Showcases Population Modelling at Global Statistics Summit
WorldPop Senior Research Fellow Dr Chris Nnanatu recently took centre stage at the 2025 Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the world’s leading gatherings of statisticians,...
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WorldPop Project @worldpop-uos.bsky.social · Aug 13
🌍 Big data, big impact! Join us on 4 Sep for the launch of WorldPop Global 2015–2030 - a new open-access, high-res, age & sex-disaggregated population estimate dataset covering 242 countries

📅 4 Sep | 🕒 3 pm BST
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1374590861...
#PopulationData #OpenData
The Power of Population Data: Introducing WorldPop Global 2015–2030
Join us online to discover WorldPop's new Global 2015 - 2030 population data and find out how it can enhance your strategic decision-making.
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WorldPop Project @worldpop-uos.bsky.social · Aug 7
🌍 How can data save lives during disasters?

WorldPop co-produced high-resolution population data for a new UN study, helping map how vulnerable groups face risks from floods, earthquakes & more.

Smarter data = smarter planning. 💡📊
#UNFPA #UNDRR #DataForGood

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WorldPop Co-Produces Vital Population Data for UN Disaster Risk Study
A new study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is showing how smart use of population data can save lives in the face of na...
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WorldPop Project @worldpop-uos.bsky.social · Aug 6
📊 Discover The Power of Population Data! 🌍

Join WorldPop’s free webinar on Sept 4 to learn about our new high-res, open-access population datasets (2015–2030) for 242 countries.

Learn from experts + get your questions answered!

🔗 Register now: www.worldpop.org/blog/discove...

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Discover the Power of Population Data: Join Our Upcoming Webinar
WorldPop are thrilled to announce the launch of a ground-breaking open-access collection of high-resolution global demographic datasets, available from 4 September 2025.
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WorldPop Project @worldpop-uos.bsky.social · Aug 5
🚨 New preprint: 73 high-res, global, multi-temporal geospatial datasets! Covering 2015–2023 at ~100m resolution, these open data power better population modelling for health, policy & more.
#GeospatialData #OpenData #PopulationMapping #DataForGood #PublicHealth
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New Open Access Geospatial Datasets to Enhance Global Population Mapping
WorldPop release a groundbreaking collection of 73 global, high-resolution, multi-temporal geospatial datasets, poised to significantly enhance the accuracy and detail of human population distribution...
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · Jul 29
Our researchers are working with local councils and food aid services to improve food pantries across the South as the demand for them surges.

The project will ensure food is distributed to pantries more fairly and with less waste.

Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/b6in27yuaf
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WorldPop Project @worldpop-uos.bsky.social · Jul 23
🚀 A true honour to welcome Professor Dame Wendy Hall to WorldPop!
We had an inspiring & wide-ranging conversation on using AI to fill global demographic data gaps 🌍 - plus insights into UK data sharing initiatives & the power of interdisciplinary collaboration.
#AIforGood #Demographics #DataScience
Photo of Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Professor Andy Tatem and teams from WorldPop and Data Science Nigeria
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UoS Engagement @uosengagement.bsky.social · Jul 10
We are ready to go! 🎉

Join researchers and staff from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, and friends of the Public and Community Engagement Hubs at #SouthamptonMela Festival this Saturday 12th July (12-5PM)!

#UoSRoadshow #UoSPCEHubs #WeAreUoS
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White and yellow text, on a blue background with several round pictures of the UoS Roadshow taken at Southampton Mela 2024. The text says: University of Southampton, We are going to Southampton Mela Festival, Saturday 12th July 2025, 12-5PM, #UoSRoadshow. Accompanying logo: Southampton Mela Festival, artasia.org.uk.
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School of Geography and Environmental Science @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social · Jul 3
The 2025/26 Public Engagement Development Fund Call is now open!

Staff, PGRs and community partners can apply for funding to develop, explore and deliver projects that strengthen public engagement with our university’s research and its impact.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/44tkR57
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School of Geography and Environmental Science @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social · Jun 24
As part of our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series - celebrating the careers of some of our newly promoted Professors - Professor Dianna Smith gave an insightful lecture on Food Aid and Fish Fingers: Towards a Fairer Food System. @geodianna.bsky.social

Watch here 👇 youtu.be/VPnajLQf5L4
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School of Geography and Environmental Science @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social · Jun 23
Our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series celebrates the careers of some of our newest Professors. Prof. Jo Nield opened the series with a fascinating talk on TLS: Telling Landscape Stories (or playing with laser patterns in deserts).
Watch here 👇
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David Martin (still has an underlying condition) @geogdave.bsky.social · Jun 18
A joy to be listening to @geodianna.bsky.social's @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social inaugural lecture "Food aid and fish fingers: towards a fairer food system" Not just a fascinating life and academic journey, but telling it like it is: #FoodPoverty is poverty poverty
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WorldPop Project @worldpop-uos.bsky.social · Jun 11
➡️New research: Spatio-temporal patterns of #health service delivery and access to maternal, child, and outpatient healthcare in #Volta region, #Ghana

📊New approach monitoring service changes using #HealthData & #SpatialAnalysis

#DHIMS2 #GhanaHealthService @dhis2.org

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1654...
Map showing spatial distribution of health facility types and changes in services provided overlayed on 2022 population.
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School of Geography and Environmental Science @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social · Jun 11
Join us for the launch of Sacred Connections: Heritage Revival by Indian-origin Communities in the UK—a panel and exhibition exploring legacy and living heritage through sound, photos and sacred objects.
🗓️ 21 June, 1–4 PM | John Hansard Gallery
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Sacred Connections: Heritage Revival by Indian-origin Communities in the UK
Come explore the powerful legacy of indian-origin communities in the UK andtheir commitment to preserving living heritage
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · Jun 5
Our climate experts report that Planet Earth is getting thirstier, which is making droughts more extreme 🌍💧
 
They believe the atmosphere is demanding more water out of the soil, rivers, and plants due to climate change.
 
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/lALd7k
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WorldPop Project @worldpop-uos.bsky.social · Jun 4
📣Listen to Professor Andy Tatem to hear how WorldPop is changing lives and improving decision making in low- and middle-income countries in #TheWeSociety podcast from ‪@acadsocsciences.bsky.social‬ and #WillHutton

🔗 www.worldpop.org/blog/the-we-...

🌍 #LMIC #SocialScience #Data4Good
The We Society: Population, Data & Destiny
Professor Andy Tatem speaks with Will Hutton, President of the Academy of Social Sciences about the ethical considerations in data collection and his vision to supplement traditional surveys and censu...
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University of Southampton News @uosmedia.bsky.social · Jun 4
🎙️ New podcast alert 🎙️

Don't miss our Prof Andy Tatem on the latest episode of ‪‪@acadsocsciences.bsky.social‬'s popular We Society podcast.

He's been talking about the pioneering work of @worldpop-uos.bsky.social‬ 👇👇
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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · Jun 4
In the latest ep. of the We Society podcast🎙️ Prof Andy Tatem, Director of @worldpop-uos.bsky.social, joins Will Hutton to discuss how innovative approaches to population data can help governments in the Global South with resource allocation & policymaking. 
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University of Southampton Technicians @unisotontechs.bsky.social · May 16
Another fantastic Faculty Technicians Away Day hosted by Psychology and @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social thanks Pete Langdon and Agnes Michalik for organising.
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · May 13
Our researchers have uncovered the mystery on how ‘mini sand dunes’ form.

The findings could tell us not just how they form on beaches and in deserts, but also on other planets.

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Eli Lazarus @envidynxlab.bsky.social · May 9
Thinking of @drkingothebeach.bsky.social today: teaching Toomey et al. (2013: doi.org/10.1130/G341...) [one of my all-time favourite papers] and Ortiz & Ashton (2019: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...) as we near the end of this year's @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social Y2 coastal module.
Figure 1 from Toomey, M., Ashton, A. D., & Perron, J. T. (2013) Profiles of ocean island coral reefs controlled by sea-level history and carbonate accumulation rates. Geology, 41(7), 731-734. Figure shows examples of various carbonate reef systems arrayed as a function of an ecomorphodynamic feedback between relative sea-level forcing and reef growth rates.
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · May 9
Pint of Science is coming to Southampton (May 19 to 21) 🍻🔬

Where science and beer join forces for a series of wacky and insightful sessions led by our amazing researchers 🤖

Read more 👉 tr.ee/0J2MLN

@pintofscience.uk
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · May 2
In April 2021, India had the highest number of new and active cases of Covid in the world.

Our @worldpop-uos.bsky.social researchers have scoured data on India during the Covid-19 pandemic to provide insights for future pandemic management.

Read more 👉 brnw.ch/21wSmvK
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