Gabriele Durrant

Professor Gabriele Durrant is a Professor of Social Statistics & Survey Methodology at the University of Southampton, part of the Faculty of Social Sciences. She specializes in survey methodology, statistical modelling, and data collection strategies. Her research focuses on improving survey quality through innovations in paradata utilization, mixed-mode methodologies, and longitudinal study designs. She has led major projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), including the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) and the UK Survey Data Collection Methods Collaboration. Her work addresses challenges in non-response bias, interviewer effects, and adaptive survey designs. Currently supervising PhD student Atika Nashirah Hasyyati, she collaborates with institutions like the Administrative Data Research Centre for England and contributes to policy through methodological advancements. Key projects include evaluating smartphone survey impacts and optimizing data collection during the pandemic.

Research projects span topics such as digital skills development, attrition in longitudinal surveys, and the efficacy of propensity score matching. She is affiliated with the Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI) and the Methodological Innovation: Survey Methods and Official Statistics group. Her publications emphasize practical applications of statistical techniques to enhance survey methodologies and policy relevance.