Rowland Seymour
Assistant Professor in Statistics
University of Birmingham
Assistant Professor in Statistics
University of Birmingham
News
March 2025: New paper in the Annals of Applied Statistics on Comparative judgement modelling to map forced marriage at local levels.
December 2024: New paper in the Journal of Applied Statistics on Scalable Bayesian inference for Bradley–Terry models with ties: an application to honour based abuse.
November 2024: New R package speedyBBT, which provides a suite of functions that allow a full, fast, and efficient Bayesian treatment of the Bradley–Terry model.
October 2024: New paper in the Journal of Public Health on Cognitive impairment and exploitation: connecting fragments of a bigger picture through data.
July 2024: New preprint on A partially pooled NSUM model: Detailed estimation of CSEM trafficking prevalence in Philippine municipalities.
July 2024: I have become a Visiting Fellow in Modern Slavery Statistics at the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab.
April 2024: I appeared in front of the House of Lords Committee on the Modern Slavery Act 2015. A recording and transcript is available here.