Religion
Politics, religion, death and taxes
An investigation into British moral attitudes, and whether religious or political affiliations hold the key to understanding them.
Jack Russell
I'm a data scientist, analyst, trainer & consultant. I enjoy seeking out data to interrogate and listening to what they say back. In a friendly way of course.
Elections
The road to Stormont 2027: voter attitudes and election battlegrounds
With a double-header election to Stormont and local councils less than 9 months away, and polls suggesting shifting allegiances in the wake of Jeffrey Donaldson’s conviction, this article investigates key social attitudes across the party divide.
Census
The secret code of Irish names
An investigation into Irish names, inspired by Anna Burns' novel Milkman and using historical census returns to reveal their hidden encodings.
News
Negative attitudes to minorities and immigrants in Northern Ireland: a very British problem
Northern Ireland has seen an increase in the number of violent protests over the last few years, many of which have been organised online with explicitly anti-immigrant or racist motivation. This article examines how widely held negative attitudes to minorities and immigrants are.
News
The inflectorate: UK religious identity at a tipping point
This article analyses the demographics of UK religious identity through the lens of electoral dynamics, examining each parliamentary constituency by profiling the predominant religious identities of their local electorates and projecting how these will change.
Technical notes
Projecting belief – my model explained
My launch article made a projection that the share of the UK population identifying as Christian would fall to one third by 2031, mainly driven by an increase in the number of people with no religion. This article explains the model behind that projection, which is based on population forecasts
Religion
Projecting belief – UK religion in 2031
Every ten years, the constituent countries of the UK hold a census, providing a comprehensive snapshot of the population that informs key policy-making and planning decisions over the next decade. In 2021, this snapshot revealed that the share of the UK population identifying as Christian had declined significantly since