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Ian Timaeus

Emeritus Professor of Demography

Population Health

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  • Emeritus Professor of Demography
    Population Health
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Dept of Population Health, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom

BIO

I started my career writing software, but worked in the Population Studies Group (previously the Centre for Population Studies) at the School from 1980 to 2021. My first degree is in social anthropology and I view myself as a social scientist, although most of my work is in technical demography or quantitative data analysis. I did an MSc in Demography at LSE and completed a PhD at the School on the estimation of adult mortality from data on orphanhood.

I am now Emeritus Professor at the School and also an Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Emeritus Professor of Demography
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom1 Oct 2021 - present
  • Professor of Demography
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Jun 2005 - 30 Sep 2021

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Honorary Professor
    University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa1 Jul 2014 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 1987 - 31 Dec 1989
  • MSc, Demography
    London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 1978 - 30 Sep 1979
  • BA, Social Anthropology
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom1 Oct 1975 - 30 Jun 1978

RESEARCH CENTRES

  • Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health
  • Centre for Statistical Methodology
  • Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • South Africa
  • United Kingdom
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES