Alison Park | |
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![]() Park as executive chair of the ESRC in 2021 | |
Born | Alison Macdonald Park |
Alma mater |
Bristol Polytechnic University of Oxford |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Attitudes Longitudinal studies Cohort studies [1] |
Institutions |
University College London Economic and Social Research Council |
Thesis | Women working in higher education (1991) |
Website |
iris |
Alison Macdonald Park CBE FAcSS is a British social scientist and professor who served as executive chair of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) from 2021 to 2023. [1] [2] Her research has focused on longitudinal data collection and social attitudes. [3] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the Social Sciences. [4]
Park grew up in a literary family, with an academic as a father and a mother who worked in publishing. [5] She studied social science at Bristol Polytechnic [3] before moving to Nuffield College, Oxford as a graduate student, where she completed a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in sociology. [6] For her dissertation she explored data from a survey of academic careers overseen by A. H. Halsey[ citation needed] and the career progression of women academics. [3]
Park joined Social and Community Planning Research, now known as the National Centre for Social Research, [7] in the early nineties and later went on to set up its Scottish office, ScotCen Social Research. She worked for a number of years on the British Social Attitudes survey and the British Election Study as well as overseeing, designing and analysing other major UK surveys. [8]
Park joined the UCL Institute of Education as Director of Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER) project in 2015 as Professor of Social Research. [9] [10] CLOSER brings together the British Library and UK Data Service to coordinate longitudinal surveys and maximise understanding of social and biomedical issues. [11]
Park became director of research of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 2019. [12] She was appointed interim Executive Chair in 2021. [13] [14]
Park was appointed a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the Social Sciences. [4] [15]
Alison Park | |
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![]() Park as executive chair of the ESRC in 2021 | |
Born | Alison Macdonald Park |
Alma mater |
Bristol Polytechnic University of Oxford |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Attitudes Longitudinal studies Cohort studies [1] |
Institutions |
University College London Economic and Social Research Council |
Thesis | Women working in higher education (1991) |
Website |
iris |
Alison Macdonald Park CBE FAcSS is a British social scientist and professor who served as executive chair of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) from 2021 to 2023. [1] [2] Her research has focused on longitudinal data collection and social attitudes. [3] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the Social Sciences. [4]
Park grew up in a literary family, with an academic as a father and a mother who worked in publishing. [5] She studied social science at Bristol Polytechnic [3] before moving to Nuffield College, Oxford as a graduate student, where she completed a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in sociology. [6] For her dissertation she explored data from a survey of academic careers overseen by A. H. Halsey[ citation needed] and the career progression of women academics. [3]
Park joined Social and Community Planning Research, now known as the National Centre for Social Research, [7] in the early nineties and later went on to set up its Scottish office, ScotCen Social Research. She worked for a number of years on the British Social Attitudes survey and the British Election Study as well as overseeing, designing and analysing other major UK surveys. [8]
Park joined the UCL Institute of Education as Director of Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER) project in 2015 as Professor of Social Research. [9] [10] CLOSER brings together the British Library and UK Data Service to coordinate longitudinal surveys and maximise understanding of social and biomedical issues. [11]
Park became director of research of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 2019. [12] She was appointed interim Executive Chair in 2021. [13] [14]
Park was appointed a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the Social Sciences. [4] [15]