Sir Roger Mark Jowell, CBE was a British social statistician and academic.
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14 Facts About Roger Jowell
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Roger Jowell founded Social and Community Planning Research, now known as the National Centre for Social Research, and the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys at City University.
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Roger Jowell played a leading role in the establishment of several of the UK's leading social surveys, most famously the British Social Attitudes and the British Election Study.
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Roger Jowell made a major contribution to the development of robust comparative research through the International Social Survey Programme and the European Social Survey.
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Roger Mark Jowell was born on 26 March 1942 in South Africa, the second son of Emily Katzenellenbogen and Jack Jowell.
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In Britain, Jowell was active in anti-apartheid activities and in the Labour Party, becoming Alderman in Camden.
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Roger Jowell began his research career at Research Services Limited, mentored by Mark Abrams.
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At Social and Community Planning Research, Roger Jowell established the long-running survey series British Social Attitudes and was closely involved as author and editor in its first nineteen annual reports.
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Roger Jowell co-directed the British Election Study from 1983 to 2000 and was the founding chair of the International Social Survey Programme from 1984 to 1989.
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In 2003, Roger Jowell became Research Professor and Founder Director of the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys at City University, London from where he continued to lead the Central Coordinating Team of the European Social Survey until his death.
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Roger Jowell made significant contributions to the social science community.
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Roger Jowell was appointed a CBE in 2001 and was knighted in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to social science.
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Roger Jowell served for two years as Vice-President of the Royal Statistical Society and was awarded the Market Research Society Gold Medal.
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Roger Jowell went on to become a member of parliament and minister in Tony Blair's and Gordon Brown's cabinets.
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