Sarah King-Hele

Sarah King-Hele is a Research Fellow at the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, part of the University of Manchester. Since 2011, she has worked with the UK Data Service, focusing on user support, training, and developing educational materials for survey data analysis. Her expertise spans Social Sciences, Survey Analysis, and Data Science, with contributions to frameworks integrating AI and machine learning in social research.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology (2011): The Dynamics of Religious Change: A comparative study of five western countries, supervised by David Voas and Matthew Elliot.

Research Interests:

• Large-scale survey data methodologies.
• Census and macro-level aggregate data analysis.
• Applications of AI in social science research.
• Longitudinal and cross-sectional data analysis techniques.

Projects:

• Principal Investigator for the Data Skills and Training Research Group (2019–2022), focusing on data synthesis, research training, and social science methodologies.

Labs/Teams: Active contributor to the Cathie Marsh Institute's Digital Futures initiative, advancing data-driven social research.