Alison Park
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 British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the Social Sciences.[4]
Early life and education
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]
Research and career
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]
Awards and honours
Park was appointed a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the Social Sciences.[4][15]
References
- ^ a b Alison Park publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Alison Park publications from Europe PubMed Central
- ^ a b c iris
.ucl .ac .uk /iris /browse /profile?upi=APARK85 - ^ a b Anon (2018). "Alison PARK: Order of the British Empire". thegazette.co.uk. The London Gazette. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ Anon (2012-06-13). "My career: Alison Park". the-sra.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ Park, Alison Macdonald (1991). Women working in higher education. ox.ac.uk (MPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 863340857.
- ^ "Park, Alison". sagepub.com. 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Past Contributors | BSA 34 | NatCen". bsa.natcen.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ Anon (2022). "CLOSER: the home of longitudinal research". closer.ac.uk.
- ^ Anon (2018-06-13). "Spotlight on Professor Alison Park". ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Professor Alison Park". ukri.org. UK Research and Innovation. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Our People". adruk.org. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Professor Alison Park appointed interim Executive Chair of ESRC". ukri.org. UK Research and Innovation. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "ESRC names interim executive chair | News". research-live.com. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Alison Park – ARMA". arma.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
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- Living people
- British social scientists
- British women social scientists
- 20th-century social scientists
- 21st-century social scientists
- Alumni of Nuffield College, Oxford
- Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol
- Academics of the UCL Institute of Education
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire