James Brown

Professor James Brown serves as the ABS Professor of Official Statistics and Head of Discipline for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics with Actuarial Studies (1993), M.Sc. in Social Statistics (1996), and Ph.D. in Census Coverage Assessment (2000) from the University of Southampton. His research focuses on census methodology, survey design, policy evaluation, and multilevel statistical modeling. He has led major projects including the 2012 Rwanda Census Quality Report and contributed to UK census coverage strategies.

Professional roles include Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Chair of Scotland’s 2022 Census Steering Group, and member of the ABS Methodology Advisory Committee. He has editorial experience with journals like the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A and International Statistical Review. Key funded projects include studies on HIV legal frameworks, food security during the pandemic, and healthcare safety regulation.

• Awards: Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Member of British Society for Population Studies
• Grants: Includes $3M for legal-environment assessments in HIV policy and census quality advisory roles in New Zealand and Australia.

His advisory work spans national statistical agencies, including collaborations with the Office for National Statistics (UK) and Statistics New Zealand. Current research emphasizes administrative data integration and future population statistics frameworks.