Graham Burvill

During my PhD I aimed to develop a new understanding of how those on low incomes manage debt and financial decision making across the life course using mixed methods. The study responds to ongoing levels of poverty and debt in the UK and the limited provisions and support those from low-income backgrounds experience in their everyday lives. My PhD was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council through the North West Doctoral Training Centre.

Graham joined the University of Manchester in September 2018 as a PhD student in Social Statistics funded by an ESRC NWDTC Studentship. He holds a Master of Science in Applied Quantitative Methods from Manchester Metropolitan University, with funding awarded by the MMU Q-Step Centre in 2016. During his master's, he was involved in multidisciplinary social science research and training, web communications support for the department and faculty, and applied research within Manchester. As part of a small research team, he assisted Manchester Action on Street Health (MASH) in assessing the support needs of hard-to-reach online workers. This research aimed to inform the provision of a netreach service to be run by MASH, to meet the highlighted needs around safety, wellbeing and advice. His master’s dissertation was titled Social Capital and Civic Action, which involved using multivariate statistical modelling to understand the relationship between structural and attitudinal factors of social networks and trust and people’s involvement in civic actions. Using a government dataset, the study built on an existing body of research with proposed recommendations for policy.

2018 ESRC CASE NWDTC +3 Studentship - University of Manchester

2016 Q-Step MSc Studentship Bursary - Manchester Metropolitan University

Applied Data Analysis | Quantitative Methods and Modeling | Methodology | Mixed Methods | Inequality | Social Capital 

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society