K. Purdam

Research Fellow, PGT Director and Short Course Training Director

   Tel: 0161 275 4719
   kingsley.purdam@manchester.ac.uk

   K. Purdam is an expert in public consultation including public policy making and consultation methods. He is a member of the Changing Peoples

   Behaviour research group, the Confidentiality and Privacy Research Group and the democracy research group - DCERN.

Current and Recent Projects

• Public Attitudes to Environmental Change — Evidence Review, 2009.
• Community Contracts Pilots Programme – An Evaluation, November 2008 - March 2009
• The Geography of Unpaid Caring in England & Wales 2009 -2010
• Data Environment Analysis Service, August 2008 - August 2011
• Help In Context: A Multilevel Analysis of the European Social Survey, 2007 - 2009
• Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality in England and Wales 2000-2010: Theory, Policy and Practice

Recent Research

• Citizen Engagement Across the EU (ESRC)
• Campaigning and Engagement at the 2005 General Election (MU)
• Measuring the Impact of Citizen Engagement (NEM)
• Citizen Engagement (NPN)
• Democracy and Council Size (Electoral Commission)
• Local Political Mobilisations and Representation (ESRC)
• Democracy and Voter Engagement (Electoral Commission)
• Representation (Electoral Commission)
• The Impact of the Human Rights Act 2000 (Home Office)
• New Political Structures and the Local Government Act (Dacorum Council)
• New Deal for Young People Evaluation (Oldham Borough Council)
• New Deal for Communities Community Consultation (Rochdale MBC and Sandwell MBC)
• E-Social Science and Confidentiality (ESRC)
• Medical Records and Confidentiality (Wellcome)
• Data Environment Assessment (ONS)
• A Review of Equality Statistics (Commission for Equality and Human Rights)
• Labour Market Circumstances and the 1991-2001 Census (DWP)
• Women Returning to the Labour Market After Childcare (DTI)

     He has also completed political research and commentary for ITN and IRN.

Teaching

   MSc Graduate Programme in Social Research Methods and Statistics at the University of Manchester - Data Analysis and Research Methods.

    BA Politics - Department of Politics and Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University - Governance, Elections and Democracy.

    One-day courses - Statistics, Data Analysis, Research Design and Commissioning Social Research for Practitioners.

PhD Supervision

• Citizen Engagement (ESRC and New Politics Network) - Completed
• Confidentiality and Small Area Data (ESRC and ONS) - Completed
• Privacy and Personal Data (ESRC and Information Commission)
• Political Campaigning Online and Participation (ESRC)

Research Interests

• Behaviour change evaluation
• Public consultation and governance
• Equality and human rights
• Elections and political mobilisations
• Privacy and identity
• Research methods

Recent Projects at CCSR

• Data Environment Analysis (ONS)
• Civic Engagement (ESRC)
• Democracy and Council Size (Electoral Commission)
• Clinical E Science Framework (CLEF)
• Representation (Electoral Commission)
• Equality and Human Rights Statistics Review (CEHR)
• Women Retuners to Employment (DTI)
• Labour Market Circumstances 1991-2001 Census (DWP)
• Citizenship (ESRC\New Politics Network)
• Privacy (ESRC\Information Commission)
• Modelling Voter Preferences: A Multilevel, Longitudinal Approach (ESRC)
• Turnout at the 2001 General Election (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
• Voter Engagement Amongst Young People (Electoral Commission)
• Voter Engagement Amongst Ethnic Minorities (Electoral Commission)
• Disclosure Control and the GRID (ESRC)
• The 2001 Sample of Anonymised Records (ESRC\JISC)
• Statistical Disclosure Control (EU)
• Implementing Equal Opportunities in Recruitment (JRF)