Mrs Teresa McGowan
Research Manager
Teresa McGowan is Research Manager of the ESRC funded Centre for Population Change based in Social Statistics & Demography at the University of Southampton.
Teresa has been working at the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC) since its creation in January 2009. In her role as Research Manager Teresa leads a team of knowledge exchange and communication professionals and research administrators. She is responsible for managing a scientific portfolio of research on demographic change, primarily focused on the United Kingdom with some cross-country comparative projects. Topics in her portfolio include fertility and family change, migration and mobility, intergenerational exchange and ageing, demographic estimation and forecasting and constitutional change.
Teresa is Editor in Chief of the CPC Working Paper and Briefing Paper Series and liaison person to Population Europe, a network of over 40 European demographic institutes who aim to disseminate population research.
Teresa has a special interest in knowledge mobilisation and improvement of demographic literacy. She has been involved in several projects to expand engagement with public and policy audiences, including an international demographic exhibition.
Teresa previously worked as a Researcher on two ESRC funded projects aimed at enhancing the use of quantitative methods among undergraduates. She holds a degree in Demography and a Masters in Social Statistics. Teresa is currently studying for a Diploma in the Leadership of Research Management.