Geographer at @geogsouthampton. Into #AutomatedZoneDesign, #spatiotemporal #population modelling, #GIS, #health. Sports, animals, outdoors. Views own, RT=FYI.
Joined March 2017
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
2 Sep 2025
🚀 Exciting news! In partnership with the UK’s ONS & funded by FCDO, we're introducing automated mapping tech to Malawi’s National Statistics Office. Streamlining the 2028 #census for fast, cost-efficient, and accurate enumeration.
#DataForGood #Malawi
worldpop.org/blog/worldpop-b…
ALT Photo of a Malawi village by leliebloem, 2018 CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/29rg4KQ
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
3 Jun 2025
Listen to Professor Andy Tatem on #BBC Tech Life talk about how WorldPop use Google Open Building Data worldpop.org/blog/how-worldp…
#PopulationModelling #HealthInterventions #DisasterManagement #CensusPlanning worldpop.org/blog/how-worldp…
ALT Screen capture from Google Open Buildings
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
15 Apr 2025
🚀 In preparation for #SomaliCensus we ran an 8-day Training the Trainers workshop 🌍 Boosting geospatial skills of @NBS_Somalia & @UNFPA_SOMALIA - playing a key role in enhancing the accuracy & efficiency of the census 💡#preEA #CapacityBuilding
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🔗tinyurl.com/zj7r2mn2
ALT Dr Sarchil Qader leading a training the trainers workshop for Somali statisticians in Nairobi, Kenya
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
🚀 Exciting event alert! Join us for "Mapping Success: Women in Geospatial!" 🎉
📍 University of Southampton, Highfield Campus
📅 11 March 2025
⏰ 11:00 – 17:00
Keynotes, networking & the inauguration of the Geospatial Computing Facility! 🌍✨
BOOK: eventbrite.com/e/mapping-suc…
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
20 Jan 2025
We are excited to announce the release of our new World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, which presents a practical and cost-effective approach for creating a digital national sampling frame in #Armenia: bit.ly/4jlwOQN
#DigitizedSamplingFrame #PreEA #householdSurvey
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
29 Oct 2024
Our researchers, in collaboration with @SouthamptonCC, @tranquilcityapp and @gojauntly, have mapped Southampton’s most tranquil areas to offer calmer, greener, and quieter routes for pedestrians and cyclists 🌳🗺️
See more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_most_tranqu…
ALT Map of Southampton’s Tranquil City Index, colour-coded from light to dark green to indicate tranquillity levels. Darker green areas score the highest. Major roads, natural features, and the city boundary are outlined.
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
9 Oct 2024
Congratulations @WorldPopProject on 10 years of groundbreaking research mapping the world’s population! 🎉
Here’s to many more years of making a difference! 🌍 #WorldPop10
9 Oct 2024
This afternoon we’re celebrating WorldPop’s 10 year anniversary. 🥳 To start today’s event, we’re delighted to welcome Professor @FalkinghamJane who is speaking on a Vision for Global Population Research.
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
23 Sep 2024
Dev-Afrique Development Advisors have published a new report that documents and assesses the impact that WorldPop's work has had over recent years.
The impact assessment report can be downloaded here: worldpop.org/impact/dev-a/
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
13 Aug 2024
We’ve teamed up with @SouthamptonCC to map the city's access to healthy food – highlighting where it’s harder to buy good food due to distance.
The project’s recommendations will lead to better access to healthy food for all in our city.
See more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_MappingSout…
ALT A map of Southampton from May 2023, showing the travel distance in minutes to "healthy" food outlets. Areas are colour-coded, with blue indicating shorter walking times and red indicating longer walking times. Ward boundaries are outlined in black. The map notes that the data only includes food outlets within Southampton and that food pantries/membership clubs are included, which may have limited hours.
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Engaging communities through #CitizenScience : the Seaweed School and Community Network #SSCN👇 Thank you @UoS_smmi for giving us the opportunity to work with Gloria, who has done an amazing job here!
@UoSGeogEnv
southampton.ac.uk/smmi/news/…
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
24 Jul 2024
15 contributors so far and six weeks to go until the firat Geospatial Summer School!only 20 places in total, make your registration soon to secure your place!
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
Congratulations to all our graduands!
We can’t wait to see you all next week in your gowns - the highlight of our year!
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17 Jul 2024
Congratulations to the Class of 2024! 🎓🎉
Today marks the beginning of graduation and we're kicking things off with some special messages from our community 👇
We are bursting with pride as we celebrate your remarkable achievements.
#WeAreUoS #Graduation2024
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
Congratulations to AGI Award Winner for Excellence with Impact Professor Andrew Tatem Founder and Director of @WorldPopProject
Award presented by Liz Fox-Tucker, Professional and Policy Manager @RGS_IBG
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
7 Jun 2024
We are proud to have been chosen as the 2024 @GeoCommunity award winners in the 'Excellence with Impact' category!
The award was for our work on co-developing population estimates with govts and the UN across the World - find out more here: worldpop.org/global-engageme…
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
6 Jun 2024
Join us as we follow our #UoSResearchFellows.
Meet Dr Sien Van Der Plank, researching the challenges small, coastal communities face due to climate change and advocating for their inclusion in planning and democratic processes.
Hear more 👉 youtu.be/2lsP3_l7vJU
#JoinUoS
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
17 May 2024
Discover why Professor @EmmaLTompkins chose Southampton as her academic home 🏫
From a vibrant community to exceptional support like seed funds, explore what sets us apart and start writing your Southampton story.
👉 brnw.ch/21wJS8C
#JoinUoS #AcademicJobs
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
26 Apr 2024
Our academics are working with colleagues in Bhubaneswar, India, to determine prime locations for ‘cooling’ green parks, to help alleviate unprecedented summer heat.
This comes as parts of India face temperatures in the 40s as summer begins.
Learn more: brnw.ch/21wJcvR
ALT Satellite image (1995) of Bhubaneswar: Red depicts vegetation, grey indicates urban areas.
ALT Satellite image of Bhubaneswar in 2024. Red depicts vegetation, grey indicates urban areas.
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
23 Apr 2024
Kristine and Winfred from @WorldPopProject demonstrating to the #CAM2024 participants how to use maps, an excellent tool for showing geographical context.
@aphrc @theGFF @WorldBank @JHUGlobalHealth @RwandaHealth @CKyobutungi @CwKabiru @dibabay @Sidze_APHRC @RatemoJuliet
23 Apr 2024
#CAM2024 topics includes how to calculate facility data numerators and denominators for facility data, national and subnational coverage, maternal and perinatal mortality rates, outpatient and inpatient service utilization, and other health systems performance measures.
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
19 Mar 2024
Welcoming Dev-Afrique Development Advisors who are reporting on the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) project they have undertaken, and working with us to develop new MEL activities and indicators.
ALT The Dev-Afrique team (Ridwan Sorunke, Barakat Tiamiyu and Christine Puri) with WorldPop members (https://devafrique.com/)
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Samantha Cockings retweeted
18 Mar 2024
Sand mining is fuelling Cambodia's construction boom, but at what cost to the environment?
@DrJulianLeyland from @UoSGeogEnv features in this BBC Sounds documentary, that also aired on @bbcworldservice.
Listen below 🔊bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct6p…
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