Teresa McGowan is Research Manager of the ESRC funded Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations, in Social Statistics & Demography.
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 intergenerational exchange and ageing, fertility and family change, migration and mobility, and population estimation and forecasting.
Teresa is Editor of the Centre for Population Change Working Paper and Briefing Paper Series. She is 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 holds a degree in Demography and a Masters in Social Statistics.