Dr Scott Orford
Job Title: WISERD Data Integration Co-ordinator
Institution: WISERD Hub, Cardiff University
Email: Orfords@cf.ac.uk
Telephone: 029 208 75272
Role: Manages the data integration team in collaboration with WISERD Co-Director, Professor Gary Higgs, University of Glamorgan.
Research Interests
Scott’s research interests are GIS and quantitative human geography, particularly modelling socio-economic processes using techniques that are sensitive to spatial context. He has particular expertise in multi-level modelling, multivariate statistics, and visualization and has worked on projects in a variety of social science areas such as health, population studies and electoral studies, all within a GIS and spatial modelling framework. Scott has a special interest in housing and housing markets and is very familiar with the principal socio-economic and environmental data sets for Wales and the UK. He is currently researching innovation in data integration and data construction, and the mapping and spatial analysis of qualitative data.
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Recent Publications
Journals
Orford S, Borisyuk G, Rallings C, Thrasher M, 2011, ‘Changes in the probability of voter turnout when re-siting polling stations: a case study in Brent, UK’ Environment and Planning C, Government and Policy 29 pp 149-169 (Available here)
Berry R, Fry R, Higgs G, Orford S, 2010, ‘Building a Geo-portal for Enhancing Collaborative Socio-Economic Research in Wales Using Open Source Technology’ The Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 2(1) pp 77-92 (Available here)
Orford S, Jones S, 2010, ‘Mapping Welsh neighbourhood types classified using attitudinal data in the national Living in Wales survey’ Journal of Maps 2010 pp 346-353 (Available here)
Orford S, 2010, ‘Toward a data rich infrastructure for housing market research: deriving floor area estimates for individual properties from secondary data sources’ Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 37(2) pp 248-264 (Available here)
Orford S, Rallings C, Thrasher M, Borisyuk G, 2009, ‘Electoral Salience and the Costs of Voting at National, Sub-National and Supra-National Elections in the UK: a case study of Brent UK’ Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 34(2) pp 195-214 (Available here)
Orford S, Rallings C, Thrasher M, Borisyuk G, 2008, ‘Investigating differences in electoral turnout: the influence of ward level context on participation in local and parliamentary elections in Britain’ Environment and Planning A 40(5) pp 1250-1268 (Available here)
Orford S, Radcliffe J, 2007, ‘Modelling UK residential dwelling types using OS Mastermap data: A comparison to the 2001 census’ Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 31(2) pp 206-227 (Available here)
Reports
Drinkwater S, Davies R, Orford S, Jones S, 2010, ‘Evaluation of the 2006-2011 Census Programme: Final Report for the Economic and Social Research Council’ Report to the Economic and Social Research Council
Clapham D, Buckley K, Mackie P, Orford S, Thomas I, 2010, ‘Young people and housing in 2020: identifying key drivers for change’ Report to JRF programme paper: Young people and housing
Davies R, Orford S, Jones S, 2009, ‘Heads of the Valleys (HOV) brief statistical summary’ WISERD Working Paper Series
Orford S, 2009, ‘WISERD Data Protocols & Policies’ WISERD Working Paper Series
