K. Purdam

Research Fellow

Tel: 0161 275 4719
kingsley.purdam@manchester.ac.uk
CCSR, University of Manchester. M13 9PL

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 Research 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
• Data Environment Analysis Service, August 2008 - August 2009

• Help In Context: A Multilevel Analysis of the European Social Survey, 2007 - 2009

• Changing Peoples Behaviour – Practitioner Work Sessions, 2010-2011
• 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 for ITN and IRN (General Elections 1997, 2001 and 2005).

Teaching

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

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)

Social Networks and Civic Engagement  (ESRC and NEM)

Political campaigning and participation (ESRC)

Privacy and Personal Data (ESRC and Information Commission)

Confidentiality and Small Area Data (ESRC and ONS)

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)