Dr Andrew Bell

School of Education

Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Social Sciences

Dr Andrew Bell
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andrew.j.d.bell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6065

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Dr Andrew Bell
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
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Using statistics to understand what impacts our health - Meet Dr Andrew Bell

Before moving to Sheffield, Andy was a lecturer at the University of Bristol, where he also completed his undergraduate degree (in Geography) and PhD (in Advanced Quantitative Methods). His current substantive research focuses on mental health from a life course perspective, but also spans a diverse range of other subject areas, including geography, political science, social epidemiology and economics. Methodologically, Andy’s interests are in the development and application of multilevel models, with work focusing on age-period-cohort analysis and fixed and random effects models.

Research interests

Multilevel modelling, longitudinal modelling, mental health and wellbeing, life course research, political science, social epidemiology

Publications

Books

Edited books

  • Bell A (Ed.) (2021) Age, Period and Cohort Effects: Statistical Analysis and the Identification Problem. Abingdon: Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

Chapters

  • Bell A, Diehl Y, Hochman O & Schmidt P (2024) Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Attitudes towards Foreigners in Germany, 1980–2016, Blickpunkt Gesellschaft (pp. 141-178). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bell A (2021) Introducing age, period and cohort effects In Bell A (Ed.), Age, Period and Cohort Effects: Statistical Analysis and the Identification Problem Abingdon: Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bell A & Jones K (2020) Multilevel models for age–period–cohort analysis In Bell A (Ed.), Age, Period and Cohort Effects: Statistical Analysis and the Identification Problem (pp. 23-40). Abingdon: Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bell AJ (2020) Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies. In Morin J-F, Olsson C & Atikcan EÖ (Ed.), Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A A-Z of Key Concepts (pp. 72-75). Oxford University Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bell A & Jones K (2015) Age, period and cohort processes in longitudinal and life course analysis: a multilevel perspective In Burton-Jeangros C, Cullati S, Sacker A & Blane D (Ed.), A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions (pp. 197-213). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download

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Preprints

PhD Supervision
  • Christie Butcher:  The characteristics and experiences of carers in the UK trends and variations 2001-2021 (with Prof Matt Bennett and Professor Sue Yeandle)  ESRC-funded Data Analytics and Society CDT, in partnership with CarersUK
  • Harriet Ann Patrick: The financial costs of unpaid care in a geographical context (with Prof Matt Bennett and Professor Sue Yeandle) ESRC-funded Data Analytics and Society CDT, in partnership with Office for National Statistics
  • Rhiannon Williams: Tackling homelessness in the UK: a data analytics approach (with Prof Gwilym Price and Dr Beth Garratt). ESRC-funded Data Analytics and Society CDT, in partnership with Shelter