Extra-curricular professional activities

Quantitative Sociology Newsletter (Editor)

Founder member of the BSA Maths and Computing Applications Group which eventually became Quantitative Sociology Group and published the newsletter.  When the group was wound up the residual funds were used to endow the Mark Abrams Prize (see below)

Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis

Founder member and Secretary.  SGCSA was the predecessor of the Association for Survey Computing and was the vehicle for collecting data for the the first UK directory of Survey Analysis Software.

UK SPSS Users Group (UKSUG)

Founder, Chair and Newsletter Editor.  UKSUG was the predecessor of ASSESS (European SPSS users)

BSA Survey Research Group

Founder and organiser

BSA Research Committee

Instigator of (and survey organiser for) directory of research methods courses in UK sociology depts.  Instigator and joint author of guidelines on commissioning fieldwork agencies for survey research.

Alderman, London Borough of Haringey

Chair, Research Panel, which produced "Haringey Trends" modelled on "Social Trends"

Mark Abrams Prize

Founder and Chair of panel of judges for this prize, marking the 80th birthday of Dr Mark Abrams.  The prize is awarded via the Social research Association for the best piece of work (in any one year) on survey research, social theory and/or social policy