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@justinmadders.bsky.social MP, mentioned the government is working with groups such as @carers-uk.bsky.social and the Centre for Care. We look forward to engaging with developments for unpaid carers.
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We often collaborate with our partners, @carers-uk.bsky.social and their counterparts in the other UK nations when producing research on unpaid carers. David Chadwick cites more of our work on the value of unpaid care in Wales @carerswales.bsky.social
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Yesterday at a Parliamentary debate on Carer’s Leave, @wendychambld.bsky.social shared our research findings, including the Centre for Care’s recent work estimating the value of unpaid care to the UK economy- £162 billion a year.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
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Welcome to @maartenvanham.bsky.social ! Urban geog prof at TU Delft. With @gwilympryce.bsky.social we got to work w AMAZING Dutch microdata to analyse movement in Rotterdam. I recently used migration metrics from that & applied to business births/deaths for SYMCA: danolner.github.io/FirmAnalysis...
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by Gwilym Pryce

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Findings:

Participants were more likely to recognise our SF estimates as local community borders than a selection of random alternatives.

Data & code here: github.com/life-at-the-fr…
https://github.com/life-at-the-fr…
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by Gwilym Pryce

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RCT = a randomised discrete choice experiment to test whether boundary detection algorithms produce social boundaries that are recognisable to local residents.

We then run the double-blind experiment with participants drawn from residents and experts in Rotherham, England.

by Gwilym Pryce

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Our latest paper: a social frontiers RCT

journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

A growing number of studies estimate "social frontiers" -- abrupt social boundaries between neighbourhoods.

But are these these statistical estimates meangful?

We propse a simple RCT to test this.
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by Gwilym Pryce

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The most remarkable graphs I've seen in a long time.

“at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English

So why do Americans live shorther lives than the English?

Check out excellent thread by @jburnmurdoch here:

x.com/jburnmurdoch...
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You may think "bookworm" is just a made-up term.

It's not.
Title page and other pages of a 1723 French book mauled and eaten away by bookworms
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by Gwilym Pryce

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Good article by Jenny Phillimore and Olivia Petie on what life is like for the asylum seekers in the hotels being attacked by far right groups, and the way forward for policy makers.

theconversation.com/what-life-is...
What life is like for the asylum seekers in hotels being attacked by far right groups
Doctors have found high levels of gastrointestinal problems and suicidal thoughts among asylum seekers living in hotels and former army barracks.
theconversation.com

by Gwilym Pryce

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theconversation.com/asylum-seeke...
Asylum seekers aren’t ‘taking your jobs’ – but it would be better for all of us if they could work
The inability to work hinders social integration, preventing asylum seekers from interacting with locals, learning the language and understanding local customs.
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