About
Jason is a social statistician and demographer, whose current research focuses on methods for the probabilistic forecasting of the components components of demographic change: mortality, fertility and migration. He works in the areas of population forecasting, applied Bayesian statistics and simulation. He has been involved in consultancy work for the Greater London Authority, the European Asylum Support Office, and the Office of National Statistics, amongst others.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Demographic Forecasting
- Bayesian Statistics
- Human Mortality
- Agent-based Modelling
- Modelling of Kinship
Current research
Jason's current research focuses on the probabilistic forecasting of demographic components, and on the modelling of kinship relationships.
Research projects
Active projects
Researchers:
Sponsor: ESRC
Completed projects
Researchers:
Researchers:
Sponsor: European Asylum Support Office
Sponsor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Publications
19 publications
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Joe W.B. Butterick, Peter W.F. Smith, Jakub Bijak & Jason Hilton,
2025, Theoretical Population Biology, 163, 1-12
Type: article
Jane Falkingham, Jason Hilton, Bernice Kuang & David McCollum,
2024
Type: report
Joe Barrass Butterick, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham & Jason Hilton,
2024
Type: report
Pia Wilsdorf, Anja Wolpers, Jason Hilton, Fiete Haack & Adelinde M. Uhrmacher,
2022, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation
DOI: 10.1145/3564928
Type: article
Jakub Bijak, Philip Higham, Jason Hilton, Martin Hinsch, Sarah Nurse, Toby Prike, Oliver Reinhardt, Peter W.F. Smith, Adelinde M. Uhrmacher & Tom Warnke,
2021
Type: book
Toby Prike, Jakub Bijak, Philip Higham & Jason Hilton,
2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000415
Type: article
Joanna Napierała, Jason Hilton, Jonathan J. Forster, Marcello Carammia & Jakub Bijak,
2021, International Migration Review, 56(1), 33-62
Type: article
Jason Hilton, Erengul Dodd, Jonathan Forster & Peter W.F. Smith,
2021, Journal of Official Statistics, 37(3), 569-589
Type: article
Jakub Bijak, André Grow, Philip Higham, Jason Hilton, Martin Hinsch, Kim Lipscombe, Sarah Nurse, Toby Prike, Oliver Reinhardt, Peter W.F. Smith & Adelinde Uhrmacher,
2021
Type: conference
Jakub Bijak, Philip Higham, Jason Hilton, Martin Hinsch, Sarah Nurse, Toby Prike, Oliver Reinhardt, Peter W.F. Smith & Adelinde M. Uhrmacher,
2021
Type: conference
Teaching
Jason's teaches modules primarily in the areas of demographic methods and data science.