Dr Mark Brown

 

Senior Lecturer

Tel: 0161 275 4780
Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 4722
Email: Mark.Brown@manchester.ac.uk

 	Room  G24
	CCSR
	School of Social Sciences
	Kantorovich Building
	Humanities Bridgeford Street
	University of Manchester
	MANCHESTER
	M13 9PL
	

I joined CCSR in 1996 with a background in geography and demography. I initially worked as a research fellow on a number of census and survey related projects, but have increasingly focussed on the development of teaching and learning. I teach quantitative methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the School of Social Sciences, and have held teaching director posts at discipline and School level (I am currently director of Undergraduate Studies for Social Statistics). I have keen research interests in making quantitative methods more accessible to students with non-quantitative backgrounds, (most recently via a project aimed at increasing the use of survey data in undergraduate dissertations). My substantive research interests include the demography of minority ethnic populations in the UK and fertility transition in developing countries

Current and recently completed projects

‘E-learning enhancements to the 3rd year module SOCY30472 Theory and Method in Demography’University of Manchester (Teaching Enhancement and Student Success (TESS) initiative). (2010 to 2011)

‘Increasing the use of large scale social surveys in undergraduate dissertations in the Social Sciences: a pilot project’ 

Funded by ESRC (Advanced Quantitative Methods Initiative) 2007-2008)

Expanding and Increasing Access to a Programme of Quantitative Methods Training
Funded by ESRC Methods Programme (2002 to 2006)

Using the SARS for Teaching and Learning
Funded by JISC (2000 to 2003)

Small Area Microdata
Funded by ESRC (completed December 2000)

Ethnicity, Religion and Group Identities: Issues of Statistical Representation
Funded by ESRC (completed June 1999)

Recent Publications

Brown, M S. Measuring ethnic differences: are surveys up to the job?, Survey Research Methods.
Brown, M S. "When ancient meets modern: the relationship between postpartum non-susceptibility and contraception in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Biosocial Science(2007) .
Simpson, L., Brown, M S. "Census fieldwork - the bedrock for a decade of social analysis." Environment and Planning A(2006) .
Tranmer, M., Pickles, A R., Fieldhouse, E A., Elliot, M J., Dale, A., Brown, M S., Martin, D, Steel, D.G, Gardiner, C. "Proposals for Small Area Microdata." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A 168(1)(2005) : 29-49. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2004.00334.x
Brown, M S. "Religion and Economic Activity in the South Asian Population." Ethnic and Racial Studies 23,6(2000) : 1035-1061.
Brown, M S. "Coitus, the proximate determinant of conception: inter-country variance in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Biosocial Science 32(2000) : 145-59.
Brown, M S. "Quantifying the Muslim Population in Europe: Conceptual and Data Issues." International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice 3,2(2000) : 87-101.
Brown, M S. "Estimating the size and distribution of South Asian religious minorities in Britain: is there an alternative to a religion question in the census?" International Journal of Population Geography 6(2000) : 87-109.
Brown, M S. Minority Ethnic Housing Needs in Manchester, First Report: Views from the Black and Minority Ethnic Registered Social Landlords (RSLs). 1999. Housing Corporation.
Brown, M S. "Contraceptive prevalence and fertility: a different relationship in Sub-Saharan Africa?." In Population Dynamics, ed. Powell, R. Mwageni, A. Ankomah, A., 44-52. Exeter: Institute of Population Studies, University of Exeter, 1996.
Brown, M S. "Research Review 2: Fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa?" International Journal of Population Geography 2:1(1996) : 1-22.