Rhiannon Williams
Sheffield Methods Institute
Doctoral Researcher


Full contact details
Sheffield Methods Institute
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Qualifications
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English Literature BA at University of York (2017)
Librarianship MA at University of Sheffield (2019)
- Research interests
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Thesis title: 'Tackling Homelessness in the UK: A Data Analytics Approach'.
Rhiannon's PhD project is part of the ESRC-funded Data Analytics and Society CDT, partnered with UK housing charity Shelter. The research explores housing insecurity in the UK in relation to changes in welfare policy, with a particular focus on the association between Universal Credit and housing insecurity. The project uses quantitative methods, including logistic regression and multilevel modelling.
Research interests:
- housing insecurity
- welfare policy
- quantitative methods.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Research group
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PhD Supervisors:
Professor Gwilym Pryce
Dr Andrew Bell
Dr Elisabeth Garratt
- Teaching activities
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Rhiannon has supported teaching on Introduction to Quantitative Research (SMI606), Advanced Quantitative Methods (SMI601), and Social Analytics & Visualisation (SMI610).