Prof Peter Lynn Professor, University of Essex

Peter Lynn
Email
plynn@essex.ac.uk
Telephone
4809
Office
2N2.5A.13
Curriculum vitae

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-5686

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=7nJPKZYAAAAJ

Twitter: @ProfPeterLynn

Research Interests

Peter is Director of Survey Futures, Chair of the European Social Survey Sampling and Weighting Panel, and Understanding Society Associate Director for Methodology. His research interests encompass all aspects of survey methodology, with a particular focus on methods for longitudinal surveys. Research-active topics include:

  • Sampling, weighting and estimation methods
  • Non-response and response maximisation techniques
  • Targeted and adaptive survey design
  • Mixed-mode survey design
  • Measurement errors in surveys

Latest Blog Posts

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Latest Publications

Text messages to facilitate the transition to web-first sequential mixed-mode designs in longitudinal surveys

  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Psychology
  4. Information And Communication Technologies
  5. Social Behaviour
  6. Social Psychology

COVID-19 pandemic and panel attrition in Understanding Society

  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
  1. Life Course Analysis
  2. Surveys
  3. Survey Methodology
  4. Health
  5. Covid-19
  6. Demography

Weighting and population estimation using Understanding Society: some frequently asked questions

  1. Olena Kaminska
  2. Peter Lynn
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Demography

Trends in panel attrition in Understanding Society: waves 1 to 13

  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Demography
  4. Migration
  5. Ethnic Groups

Sample composition and representativeness on Understanding Society

  1. Peter Lynn
  2. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  3. Paul S. Clarke
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Demography

Text messages to incentivise response in a web-first sequential mixed-mode survey

  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Psychology
  4. Information And Communication Technologies

Item response theory‑based psychometric analysis of the Short Warwick‑Edinburgh Mental Well‑Being Scale (SWEMWBS) among adolescents in the UK

  1. Radka Hanzlová
  2. Peter Lynn
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Psychology
  4. Health
  5. Well Being
  6. Young People

Increasing the value of an early bird incentive in a mixed-mode longitudinal survey

  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology

The impact of day of mailing on web survey response rate and response speed

  1. Peter Lynn
  2. Annamaria Bianchi
  3. Alessandra Gaia
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology

Short-term impact of increasing the value of unconditional and conditional incentives in Understanding Society

  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology

Latest Media

When belief doesn’t translate to action: our twisted relationship with climate change

  1. Peter Lynn

How green are we?

  1. Simonetta Longhi
  2. Peter Lynn
  3. Ben Anderson

What makes us act green? London event for policy makers and academics

  1. Simonetta Longhi
  2. Peter Lynn
  3. Ben Anderson

Sharing patient data will improve all our health

  1. Peter Lynn

The friends and family test is unfit for purpose

  1. Peter Lynn

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