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Dr Laia Becares

Post:Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Science (Data Intensive Science Centre at the University of Sussex)

Biography

I joined Sussex in August 2018 having previously worked at the University of Manchester (2010-2018), where I retain an Honorary position. At Manchester I was an ESRC/MRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Joint Hallsworth/ESRC Future Research Fellow, and Lecturer in Social Statistics. Prior to that I held research posts at Northeastern University (Boston, US), and at UCL. I obtained my PhD in Social Epidemiology from UCL, and my Masters in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health.

Role

Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Sciences and Deputy Director of the Centre for Innovation and Research in Wellbeing