Education
PhD Population & Health Geography, School of Geography, University of Leeds, 2002
MA Geographical Information Systems (Distinction), School of Geography, University of Leeds, 1999
BSc Environmental Science & Geography (First Class Honours), Environmental Science, University of Bradford, 1998
Diploma of Professional Studies in Environmental Science (Distinction), University of Bradford, 1998
Academic posts
Associate Professor: Population & Health Geography, School of Geography, University of Leeds since 2006
Research Fellow, Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), University of Manchester. 2002-2006
Esteem & responsibilities
External
ONS accredited researcher 30745
ESRC UK Data Service Advisory Committee member
Census Academic Advisory Group to Office for National Statistics member
Population Theme Group of Office for National Statistics member
Applied Spatial Analysis & Policy previously co-Editor-in-Chief
Health & Place International Advisory Board
Ashgate series on International Population Studies Advisory Board
Population Space & Place International Advisory Board
British Society for Population Studies previously council member
Local Area Research & Intelligence Association (Laria) associate member
Reviewer for Applied Spatial Analysis & Policy, British Medical Journal, ESRC, Health & Place, International Journal Health Geography, Journal Epidemiology & Community Health, Journal Public Health, Journal Population Research, Population Studies, Population Space & Place, Social Science & Medicine and others
Internal
Programme Leader MSc GIS, School of Geography, University of Leeds (2007 to date)
Director of Masters Education, School of Geography, University of Leeds (2015-2017)
Teaching includes:
Postgraduate: Quantitative & Spatial Methods; Spatial Analysis; Applied Population & Demographic Analysis; Census Analysis & Geodemographics
Training courses: Demographic Methods; Population Estimating and Forecasting; Measuring Socioeconomic Deprivation & Area Type using K-means Classification; Statistics for Geographers & Social Scientists; Introduction to ArcGIS
Funded research
Nuffield. Trajectories of deprivation in the UK WEL/FR-000023253 . PI: Chris Lloyd; CIs: Gemma Catney (Queens Belfast), Michael Noble, David McLennan (Deprivation.org), Paul Norman £318,247
The Health Foundation. ‘Health of Older People in Places (HOPE)’ PI Emily Murray (UCL), Co-Is Jenny Head & Nicola Shelton (UCL), Paul Norman GBP 300k until March 2022
John Muir Trust Mapping pre-clearance settlement patterns in relation to contemporary wild land areas in Scotland: 11 Nov 2019 to Dec 2019 GBP 4,653.70 PI Steve Carver Co-I Paul Norman
Trajectories to Poor Health: Exploring Socio-Spatial Sorting Across the Lifecourse in Scotland and Northern Ireland. PI Fran Darlington-Pollock, Co-Is Mark Green, Paul Norman. Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study £2,160
True Colours Trust. Estimating Current and Future Prevalence of Life-Limiting Conditions in Children and Young People in the UK utilising multiple data sources GBP 80k Lorna Fraser (PI), Paul Norman, Roger Parslow, Stuart Jarvis (Co-Is) April 2018 for 18 months
ESRC IAA - Brexit / Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund 'UK variant sub-population projections & population projections by ethnic group' meeting. RG.GEOG.102413 GBP 4.5k March 2017 Nik Lomax, Paul Norman, Phil Rees
Regional Patterns in Anti-immigrant Parties Electorates ORA. Submitted to Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR France), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG Germany), ESRC (UK) and the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO Netherlands). The UK researchers are funded by ESRC International Open Call for ‘Sub-national patterns of radical right support in Europe’ ES/N018745/1 GBP 364,370, April 2016 for 36 months Jocelyn Evans, (PI), Paul Norman, Myles Gould (CIs)
Leverhulme Trust. ‘A life course approach to neighbourhood effects’ RPG-2015-317 GBP 141,323 Steven Jivraj (PI), Paul Norman, Emily Murray (CIs)
HEIF UoL ‘Helping governments and businesses understand the ethnic transition and use information on future ethnic populations’ GBP 15k May 2015 Philip Rees (PI), Paul Norman, Pia Wohland, Nik Lomax (CIs)
Chinese Government Scholarship. ‘Research on educational equality based on accessibility to community education facilities’. 2015 PhD Studentship for Lili Xiang
ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (Phase 2) 'Evaluation, Revision and Extension of Ethnic Population Projections – NewETHPOP', January 2015, ES/L013878/1 GBP 200k Philip Rees (PI), Paul Norman, Pia Wohland, Nik Lomax (CIs)
ESRC White Rose DTC 'Alcohol and mental health: a temporal and spatial analysis'. Advanced Quantitative Methods PhD Studentship for Steve Post, October 2014
Candlelighters Trust. ‘The Yorkshire Specialist Register of Cancer in Children and Young People: Epidemiological and Applied Health Research’. 2014-17 GBP 284k Richard Feltbower (PI), Paul Norman (collaborator)
Foresight. Future of Cities Urban Social Disparities. Phil Rees, Paul Norman & Helen Durham, GBP 18k 2014
ESRC White Rose DTC ‘Geographical, social and area type mobility: trajectories of selective sorting over time by health status and ethnic group’ in 'Demographic Change and Future Challenges' theme. ES/J500215/1 PhD Studentship for Fran Darlington, October 2012
NHS Leeds Feasibility study for measuring geographical variations in the prevalence of comorbidity and its social determinants. Darren Shickle (PI) , Paul Norman (CI), Myles Gould (CI) GBP 53k June 2012 for 12 months
BCRT The epidemiology of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma in children and young adults aged 0-49 years: further investigations of aetiology and survival. Richard McNally (PI) Feltbower RG, Parslow RC, Norman P (Collaborators) GBP 30k September 2011 for 15 months
ESRC Projection and estimation of disability for UK districts Post Doctoral Fellowship with Alan Marshall. ES/H030328/1 GBP 82,386 March 2011 for 18 months
ESRC-ONS ‘Using Administrative Sources to Improve International and Internal Subnational Migration Estimates in the UK’. PhD CASE award for Nik Lomax. October 2010
ESRC Ethnic group population trends and projections for UK local areas. Innovative dissemination of data inputs, model outputs, documentation and skills. Follow-on funding RES-189-25-0162 GBP 109,169 Paul Norman (PI), Phil Rees (CI), Pia Wohland, Peter Boden, Helen Durham. October 2010 for 12 months
ESRC What happens when international migrants settle? Ethnic group population trends and projections for UK local areas. Understanding Population Trends and Processes RES-163-25-0032, CI large grant GBP 252,156. October 2007 for 24 months
Candlelighters Trust. Yorkshire Specialist Register of Cancer in Children and Young People: Epidemiological and Health Services Research. April 2008-March 2011. McKinney PA (Joint PI), Feltbower RG (Joint PI), Parslow RC (CI), Norman P (Collaborator). GBP 180k
ESRC-Scottish Government Joint estimation of small area population and household characteristics PhD CASE award for John McCarthy ES/F03282X/1. October 2008
ESRC ‘Sikhs in England: Segregation & Integration’ PhD Quota award for Rajinder Thind. October 2007
ESRC Micro-geography of UK demographic change 1991-2001. Understanding Population Trends and Processes. RES-163-25-0012, PI small grant GBP 43k. October 2005 for 24 months
ESRC Estimating small area populations for use in medical studies: accounting for population migration PhD CASE Award S00429937028. 1999-2002