Biography
Will Allen was a Researcher at COMPAS, working with the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity. His research areas are political communication and public opinion, particularly how media relates to immigration attitudes and policymaking. Currently, he focuses on data visualisations about migration and mobility as brokered outputs about public perceptions and political behaviour. He is also developing theories of knowledge exchange among migration researchers and the broader public to inform more effective practice.
From 2012 to 2018, he was a research officer at the Migration Observatory. There, he developed and led research on British media coverage of migration issues and specific migrant groups. He continues to be interested in how technologies and large-scale data collection relate to human mobility and policymaking.
Recent publications have appeared in journals such as The International Journal of Press/Politics, International Migration Review, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, and Public Understanding of Science. His research investigating how British civil society groups use data and evidence was recently published in the journal Evidence & Policy and won the inaugural 2016 Carol Weiss Prize for the best early-career paper.
He holds degrees in Social Policy and Economics from Alma College (USA), Development Studies (Oxford), and Politics (Oxford).
Will welcomes expressions of interest from students whose proposed projects involve quantitative or qualitative techniques, such as media, public attitudes, evidence and policymaking, borders, data, or data visualisation.
Personal Website: http://www.wlallen.com/
