Oliver Duke-Williams
Professor of Population Information; UCL Dept of Information Studies
Census Service Director @ UK Data Service
MA/MSc Digital Humanities programme
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- Congratulations to the @celsiusnews.bsky.social team, winners of the Secure Data Creation award at ONS Research Capability 2025
- Reposted by Oliver Duke-WilliamsI've written up the findings from our work with people and organisations who have used AI notetakers in meetings, identified 9 risks and a bunch of mitigation strategies. www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
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- London - England & Wales second most populous region, according to Google's AI overview
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- Reposted by Oliver Duke-WilliamsYesterday the Royal Society held a series of panels & keynotes in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test. The unanimous critical takes on AGI, big tech's power concentration & the call for urgent action left me w hope things might be turning Watch here m.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK...
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- The Government have now "commissioned the Office for National Statistics to conduct a mandatory, questionnaire-based, whole-population census of England and Wales in 2031" Yay for fans of censuses! A good time to repost my blog following the recommendation a few weeks ago
- News about 'the next UK Census' - a blog by me on today's announcements by ONS, NRS and NISRA recommending a full #census in 2031 blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-of-20... @ukdataservice.bsky.social @celsiusnews.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @bspsuk.bsky.social
- Pleased to have the opportunity to talk about user needs at the joint @bspsuk.bsky.social @ukdataservice.bsky.social @celsiusnews.bsky.social ONS meeting on the future of UK Demographic data This slide from Jason Zawadski on the (recommended) 2031 Census as a vital national asset
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- News about 'the next UK Census' - a blog by me on today's announcements by ONS, NRS and NISRA recommending a full #census in 2031 blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-of-20... @ukdataservice.bsky.social @celsiusnews.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @bspsuk.bsky.social
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- Delighted to introduce @jenitennison.com of @connectedbydata.org as our keynote speaker at the 2025 UK Census User Conference Looking forward to two days of news and latest research using census data
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- Reposted by Oliver Duke-WilliamsHey IL folks! If you thought censorship was just impacting school librarians, take a look at my new article in @timeshighered.bsky.social exploring what challenges to intellectual freedom mean for HE teaching librarians, too. How do we shift our work from overload to absence?
- “The substantial challenges that authoritarian ideology poses to knowledge exchange mean that researchers must be prepared to safeguard their commitment to empirical insight.” 🖊️ @alisonhicks0.bsky.social via @timeshighered.bsky.social #US #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #EduSky #Censorship
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- Reposted by Oliver Duke-WilliamsBig piece on how the UK is not getting the data it needs and how this is affecting policymaking. A key issue seems to be that the shift from surveys to admin data has not worked well as govt departments have not allowed the ONS access to the data it needs on.ft.com/3WSCN6h
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- Reposted by Oliver Duke-Williams🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone. infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
- Reposted by Oliver Duke-Williams📢 Announcement! Save the Date! 📢 We are pleased to announce that in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social and @crick.ac.uk library we are launching the first collaborative Open Science & Scholarship Festival in London! Watch this space for more information! blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...
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- Review of issues currently facing the Office for National Statistics * Poor response rates for the LFS * Big change programme under way * Staff morale etc
- The Office for National Statistics must change to fix its data problems High-profile problems with some of its surveys are not the only challenge the ONS must resolve, says @philipnye.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/offi...
- Looking forward to watching the Michael Sheen doc about buying up and cancelling debt. Will it be as good as when Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell did it (with an exploding van) in 2021? blogs.ucl.ac.uk/dh/2021/05/2...
- I'm a johnny-come-lately, and only have the 39 years of listening to this #SistersOfMercy
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- Reposted by Oliver Duke-WilliamsApplications are open for our William Guy Lectureships! The theme is Statistics and AI - its role in daily life, ethical issues, & environmental impact. If you're a data professional with a passion for inspiring the next generation about stats submit a talk proposal! rss.org.uk/news-publica...
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- Non-zero chance that they inadvertently delete any file containing the names 'Deirdre' or 'Tobias'? Not, I'll admit, the hottest take to be had #OhDear #Scunthorpe
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- Reposted by Oliver Duke-WilliamsPAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
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- New report published by ONS, outlining criteria for acceptance of moving from #census to admin based population estimates www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
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- Reposted by Oliver Duke-WilliamsSuper excited to announce the launch of the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab, a new data initiative at the University of Edinburgh exploring how data is reshaping the fight for LGBTQ equalities in the UK and around the world. 📊 gensexdatalab.com
