Dr Tom Wilson

Dr Tom Wilson

Position

Senior Research Fellow

Contact

Room: 35- 534
Phone: 336- 56515
Email:tom.wilson@uq.edu.au
Web-page: QCPR

Qualifications

• 2001, PhD in Geography, Leeds University
• 1998, MA in Human Geography, Sussex University
• 1996, BA (Hons) in Geography, Leeds University

Research Interests

• Population projection modelling, especially multistate and probabilistic methods
• Migration analysis
• Demographic estimation techniques
• State and local demographic analyses

Research Projects

• Investigating MAUP in internal migration measurement
• Extending the model migration schedule to account for student migration
• POPART - a simple demographic projection model for regions and local areas
• POPSTAR 2.0 - an updated version of the multiregional projection model
• Forecast accuracy of Queensland local government area population projections

Publications

Wilson T (forthcoming) 'Modelling with NEWDSS: producing State, regional and local area population projections for New South Wales'. In Stillwell J and Clarke M (eds) Population Dynamics and Projection Methods: Essays in Honour of Philip Rees. Springer

Wilson T, Rees P and Poot J (forthcoming) 'Migration and the labour force'. In Bell M, Hugo G and McDonald P (eds) Mobility in the New Millennium: Australians on the Move. Ashgate.

Wilson T (2010) 'Model migration schedules incorporating student migration peaks'. Demographic Research 23.8: 191-222.

Bell M, Charles-Edwards E, Wilson T and Cooper J (2010) 'Demographic futures for South East Queensland'. Australian Planner 47.3: 126-134.

Wilson T (2009) 'The new Intergenerational Report’s population forecast and the uncertainty of Australia’s demographic future'. People and Place 17.4: 40-46.

Wilson T (2009) 'A multistate model for projecting regional populations by Indigenous status: an application to the Northern Territory, Australia', Environment and Planning A, 41.1: 230-249.

Wilson T (2008) 'New state and regional population projections for New South Wales', People and Place 16.4: 52-62.

Wilson T (2007) 'The forecast accuracy of Australian Bureau of Statistics national population projections', Journal of Population Research 24.1: 1-27.

Wilson T and Barnes T (2007) 'Continuing challenges in attempting to measure the size, and changing size, of Australia’s Indigenous population'. People and Place 15.3: 12-21.

Wilson T and Bell M (2007) 'Probabilistic Regional Population Forecasts: The Example of Queensland, Australia' Geographical Analysis 39.1: 1-25.

Wilson T, Condon J and Barnes T (2007) 'Improvements in Northern Territory Indigenous life expectancy, 1967-2004'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 31.2: 184-188.

Wilson T and Condon J (2006) 'Indigenous population change in the Northern Territory, 1966-2031.' People and Place 14.4: 65-78.

Wilson T (2005) 'New United Nations World population projections'. People and Place 13.1: 14-22.

Wilson T (2005) 'The application of a probabilistic framework to New Zealand’s official national population projections'. New Zealand Population Review 31.1: 51-75.

Wilson T and Rees, P (2005) 'Recent developments in population projection methodology: a review'. Population, Space and Place 11.5: 337-360.

Wilson T, Beneforti M and Barnes T (2005) 'Population statistics and the number of House of Representatives seats for the Northern Territory'. People and Place 13.4: 23-33.

Wilson T and Bell M (2004) 'Australia’s uncertain demographic future'. Demographic Research 11-8. http://www.demographic-research.org

Wilson T and Bell M (2004) 'Comparative empirical evaluations of internal migration models in subnational population projections'. Journal of Population Research 21.2: 127-160.

Wilson T, Bell M, Heyen G and Taylor A (2004) 'New population projections for Queensland and statistical divisions'. People and Place 12.1: 1-14.

Wilson T and Rees P (2003) 'Why Scotland needs more than just a new migration policy'. Scottish Geographical Journal 119.3: 191-208.

Harris J, Dorling D, Owen D, Coombes M and Wilson T (2002) 'Lookup tables and new area statistics for the 1971, 1981 and 1991 Censuses'. Chapter 5 in Rees, P., Martin, D. and Williamson, P. (eds) The Census Data System. Chichester: John Wiley; 67-82.

Ní Bhrolcháin M, Wilson T and Sigle-Rushton W (2002) 'Local marriage markets in Great Britain: how diverse?' Population Trends 109: 27-35.

Wilson T, Hollis J and Rees P (2002) 'Providing a population projection framework'. Appendix 8 in Universities of Newcastle and Leeds and the Greater London Authority (2002) Development of a Migration Model. London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; 239-249.

Rees P, Kupiszewski M, Eyre H Wilson T and Durham H (1999) 'The evaluation of regional population projections for the European Union'. Eurostat Working Paper 3/2001/E/no.9.

Wilson T and Rees P (1999) 'Linking 1991 population statistics to the 1998 local government geography of Great Britain'. Population Trends 97: 37-45.

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