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Prof Mark Deakin's Outputs (6)

Undermining our data: implications for trust in the population census (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Killick, L., Duff, A. S., Deakin, M., & Hall, H. (2017, June). Undermining our data: implications for trust in the population census. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3)

This paper draws on empirical work conducted as part of a multi-method research study funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). It is concerned with public perceptions of an online population census and adds to prior work exploring... Read More about Undermining our data: implications for trust in the population census.

The census as an information source in public policy-making (2016)
Journal Article
Killick, L., Hall, H., Duff, A. S., & Deakin, M. (2016). The census as an information source in public policy-making. Journal of Information Science, 42(3), 386-395. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551516628471

This paper provides an assessment of the value of national population censuses as information sources with specific reference to
UK census data and its use in policy-making. Mixed methods were adopted to collect quantitative and qualitative data fro... Read More about The census as an information source in public policy-making.

Co-design in Smart Cities (2011)
Report
Cruickshank, P., & Deakin, M. (2011). Co-design in Smart Cities

This report brings together the different experiences and perspectives of Smart Cities partners who have used different forms of co-design. These are then linked to the findings from an evaluation of co-design in Smart Cities that was carried out by... Read More about Co-design in Smart Cities.

Power to the Population? the population census under review.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Killick, L., Duff, A., Hall, H., & Deakin, M. (2015, November). Power to the Population? the population census under review. Presented at Asian Conference on Technology, Information and Society (ACTIS), Kobe, Japan

Many regard the population census as the backbone of national statistics. It is also regarded as a national institution; a data source held in high regard by the academic, policymaker, historian and genealogist alike. However, technological advances,... Read More about Power to the Population? the population census under review..

The population census: an analysis of its role in a good society
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Killick, L., Duff, A., Deakin, M., & Hall, H. (2015, February). The population census: an analysis of its role in a good society. Paper presented at 11th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society

No abstract available.