Kelvyn Jones | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | BSc, PhD, University of Southampton |
Known for | Contributions to Multilevel Modelling; Health Geography |
Awards | Murchison Award, 2013 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Quantitative social science, Human Geography |
Institutions | University of Newcastle,University College Swansea,University of Reading,Portsmouth Polytechnic,University of Portsmouth,Bristol University,University of Leuven |
Thesis | Geographical Variations in Mortality (1980) |
Doctoral advisors | Neil Wrigley, David Pinder |
Kelvyn Jones, FBA, FAcSS, FLSW (born 31 October 1953)[1][2] is a British professor (Emeritus) of human quantitative geography at the University of Bristol.[3] He focuses on the quantitative modelling of social science data with complex structure through the application of multilevel models; especially in relation to change and health outcomes. Uniquely he is an elected Fellow of the British Academy, the Academy of the Social Sciences and the Learned Society of Wales.[4]