Tim O’Riordan
@tjorphd.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow at Southampton Education School raifatesafrica.wordpress.com
Communications Coordinator at WorldPop worldpop.org.uk PhD on critical thinking in MOOCs: http://tinyurl.com/tjorphd. #EdRes Also: https://pixelfed.social/zemedia
Communications Coordinator at WorldPop worldpop.org.uk PhD on critical thinking in MOOCs: http://tinyurl.com/tjorphd. #EdRes Also: https://pixelfed.social/zemedia
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🚨 New project: #MachineLearning for blue line tracing & #wastewater #surveillance
🚀We're creating smarter, scalable ways to track infectious diseases in low and middle-income countries using #EnvironmentalData #SatelliteData
#Dhaka #Bangladesh
www.worldpop.org/current-proj...
🚀We're creating smarter, scalable ways to track infectious diseases in low and middle-income countries using #EnvironmentalData #SatelliteData
#Dhaka #Bangladesh
www.worldpop.org/current-proj...
April 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 New project: #MachineLearning for blue line tracing & #wastewater #surveillance
🚀We're creating smarter, scalable ways to track infectious diseases in low and middle-income countries using #EnvironmentalData #SatelliteData
#Dhaka #Bangladesh
www.worldpop.org/current-proj...
🚀We're creating smarter, scalable ways to track infectious diseases in low and middle-income countries using #EnvironmentalData #SatelliteData
#Dhaka #Bangladesh
www.worldpop.org/current-proj...
Reposted by Tim O’Riordan
Andy Tatem & Jessica Espey @worldpop-uos.bsky.social report on the growing global crisis in #population data in @theconversation.com. Please share across your networks 📨
"When people vanish from data, they vanish from policy... causing political underrepresentation & inadequate resource allocation"
"When people vanish from data, they vanish from policy... causing political underrepresentation & inadequate resource allocation"
Global population data is in crisis – here’s why that matters
When certain groups of people are systematically undercounted, they become invisible to policymakers.
theconversation.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Andy Tatem & Jessica Espey @worldpop-uos.bsky.social report on the growing global crisis in #population data in @theconversation.com. Please share across your networks 📨
"When people vanish from data, they vanish from policy... causing political underrepresentation & inadequate resource allocation"
"When people vanish from data, they vanish from policy... causing political underrepresentation & inadequate resource allocation"
Reposted by Tim O’Riordan
New research on caesarean services in Dakar. While most women are <5 min from services 44% bypassed them. Improving quality & capacity is essential to reduce bypassing.
Paper led by Dr El Hadji Malick Sylla @aphrc.bsky.social c.bsky.social with WorldPop's @dgwinfred.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ypz8t9cx
Paper led by Dr El Hadji Malick Sylla @aphrc.bsky.social c.bsky.social with WorldPop's @dgwinfred.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ypz8t9cx
April 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New research on caesarean services in Dakar. While most women are <5 min from services 44% bypassed them. Improving quality & capacity is essential to reduce bypassing.
Paper led by Dr El Hadji Malick Sylla @aphrc.bsky.social c.bsky.social with WorldPop's @dgwinfred.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ypz8t9cx
Paper led by Dr El Hadji Malick Sylla @aphrc.bsky.social c.bsky.social with WorldPop's @dgwinfred.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ypz8t9cx
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🚀 In preparation for #SomaliCensus we recently ran an 8-day Train the Trainers workshop 🌍 Boosting geospatial skills of the Somali Bureau of Statistics & #UNFPA Somalia & playing a key role in enhancing the accuracy & efficiency of the census 💡 #preEA #SNBS #CapacityBuilding
tinyurl.com/zj7r2mn2
tinyurl.com/zj7r2mn2
Building Census Readiness: Geospatial Training Boosts Capacity for Somali Statisticians
In preparation for the Somali census, we hosted an 8-day "Training the Trainers" workshop aimed at boosting the geospatial skills of the Somalia National Bureau of Statistics and UNFPA Somalia office.
www.worldpop.org
April 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🚀 In preparation for #SomaliCensus we recently ran an 8-day Train the Trainers workshop 🌍 Boosting geospatial skills of the Somali Bureau of Statistics & #UNFPA Somalia & playing a key role in enhancing the accuracy & efficiency of the census 💡 #preEA #SNBS #CapacityBuilding
tinyurl.com/zj7r2mn2
tinyurl.com/zj7r2mn2
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WorldPop is now on BlueSky to share our latest demographic data and methods.
February 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
WorldPop is now on BlueSky to share our latest demographic data and methods.
Reposted by Tim O’Riordan
Could future maps give us a glimpse of what the world's population will look like in 2100?
Our experts are drawing up maps which can be used to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of Earth’s population.
More here 👉 brnw.ch/21wQFw2
@worldpop-uos.bsky.social
Our experts are drawing up maps which can be used to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of Earth’s population.
More here 👉 brnw.ch/21wQFw2
@worldpop-uos.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Could future maps give us a glimpse of what the world's population will look like in 2100?
Our experts are drawing up maps which can be used to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of Earth’s population.
More here 👉 brnw.ch/21wQFw2
@worldpop-uos.bsky.social
Our experts are drawing up maps which can be used to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of Earth’s population.
More here 👉 brnw.ch/21wQFw2
@worldpop-uos.bsky.social
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Using satellite imagery and advanced spatial modelling we are collaborating with #UNHCR to innovate mapping of displaced populations and unlocking the power of registration data.
By WorldPop's Dr Sarchil Qader and Edith Darin, and others.
#refugees #geodata #mapping
medium.com/unhcr-innova...
By WorldPop's Dr Sarchil Qader and Edith Darin, and others.
#refugees #geodata #mapping
medium.com/unhcr-innova...
Smarter refugee surveys for a more effective humanitarian response
UNHCR and WorldPop are innovating the mapping of displaced populations and unlocking the power of registration data
medium.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Using satellite imagery and advanced spatial modelling we are collaborating with #UNHCR to innovate mapping of displaced populations and unlocking the power of registration data.
By WorldPop's Dr Sarchil Qader and Edith Darin, and others.
#refugees #geodata #mapping
medium.com/unhcr-innova...
By WorldPop's Dr Sarchil Qader and Edith Darin, and others.
#refugees #geodata #mapping
medium.com/unhcr-innova...
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My open letter marking the Web’s 35th birthday addresses the erosion of the web’s core values and resulting power imbalances that are influencing transformative technologies, reshaping geopolitics and driving economic shifts. The time to act is now.
👉 medium.com/@timberners_...
👉 medium.com/@timberners_...
Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter
Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s open letter to mark the occasion of the Web’s 35th Birthday.
medium.com
March 12, 2024 at 7:00 AM
My open letter marking the Web’s 35th birthday addresses the erosion of the web’s core values and resulting power imbalances that are influencing transformative technologies, reshaping geopolitics and driving economic shifts. The time to act is now.
👉 medium.com/@timberners_...
👉 medium.com/@timberners_...