Dr Jonathan Burton Associate Director; Surveys, University of Essex
- jburton@essex.ac.uk
- Office
- 2N2.5A.02
Position
Jonathan Burton is the Understanding Society Associate Director for Surveys and is responsible for the management of the survey and is involved in all aspects of data collection and fieldwork design for the main study, the Innovation Panel, and other enhancements to the study.
Groups
Chair: Progress Team; Survey Implementation Group; Methods Review Group.
Member: Executive Team; Methods Research Group; Data & Ethics Group; Data Improvements Group; Emergency Response Team; ISMS Management Review; Support Steering Group; AI Question testing Group; AI Working Group.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Deputy Chair of University Ethics Sub-Committee 1, ISER Ethics Officer
- Member, Research Ethics Board, ESS-ERIC
- National Survey for Wales: Member of Science and Technical Advisory Group
- English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA): Advisory Group member
- Swiss Household Panel Study: Scientific Commission member
- Associate Editor for Survey Research Methods
Research Interests
- Survey methods, particularly survey participation, understanding the process of consenting to data linkage, use of technology and mobile devices in surveys, mixed-mode studies, and the use of AI in question testing.
Projects
- Collecting activity, sleep and geolocation data
- Event-triggered Data Collection
- Understanding and improving data linkage consent in surveys
- Understanding household finance through better measurement
Follow me on BlueSky on @jonburton.bsky.social
Recent publications:
How do survey respondents decide whether to consent to data linkage?