demographer
Demographers study a variety of parameters related with population. They develop, based on their observations, statistical analyses on the evolutions and changes of births, elderly, marriage and divorce, employment, mortality, immigration and related matters.
Also called: demography science researcher, demography scientist, demography research scientist, field demographer, demography studies scholar, demography scholar, demography studies research analyst, demography researcher
- 44
- essential skills
- 20
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
44- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demography
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- digital data processing
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- empirical analysis
- evaluate research activities
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- forecast human population trends
- geography
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- research design
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- statistics
- study human population
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- use data processing techniques
- write scientific publications
Optional skills
20- advise legislators
- apply blended learning
- apply digital mapping
- conduct public surveys
- develop scientific theories
- find trends in geographic data
- interview focus groups
- manage database
- monitor sociological trends
- multidisciplinary research
- perform market research
- quantitative analysis
- scientific modelling
- sociology
- spatial planning
- teach geography
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- urban planning
- use spreadsheets software
- write research proposals
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