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Mr Peter Rankin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Social Science Research
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Researchers Biography

Peter is an applied statistician with a broad range of research interests. In 2011 he completed a bachelor of applied science majoring in marine conservation. He graduated with a second class honours in marine biology in 2012. He then spent a year acquainting himself with the enlightened world, and in 2014 he graduated with a first class honours in statistics and marine biology.

In 2015, Peter joined ISSR and the Life course Centre to pursue a PhD applying hierarchical Bayesian models to help evaluate the effects of social disadvantage on people throughout their life course.

PhD topic

Using Bayesian models to understand how social disadvantage impacts people throughout their life course

Advisors

  • Prof Mark Western (Principal)
  • Prof Michele Haynes (Associate)

Research interests

  • Effects of social disadvantage on human development
  • Human development
  • Bayesian statistics
  • Applied statistics
  • Conservation and marine science
  • Life and all things funny

Publications

Rankin, P.S., & Lemos, R.T. (In Press). An alternative surplus production model. Ecological Modelling.

Rankin, P.S., & Lemos, R.T. 2015. An alternative surplus production model. Ecological Modelling 323:109–126.

Rankin, P.S. & Ngwenya, E. (2011). Linking Awareness and Likely Achievement of Global Millennium Development Goals: Evidence and Implications for Advocacy from 46 countries. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, 7, 1: 275-286. 

Publications

Journal Articles (3)
Conference Papers (2)

Journal Articles

Staton, Sally, Rankin, Peter S., Harding, Mollie, Smith, Simon S., Westwood, Emily, LeBourgeois, Monique K. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2020) Many naps, one nap, none: a systematic review and meta-analysis of napping patterns in children 0-12 years. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 50 . doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2019.101247
McClanahan, T. R. and Rankin, P. S. (2016) Geography of conservation spending, biodiversity, and culture. Conservation Biology, 30 5: 1089-1101. doi:10.1111/cobi.12720
Rankin, Peter Sheldon and Lemos, Ricardo T. (2015) An alternative surplus production model. Ecological Modelling, 313 109-126. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.06.024

Conference Papers

Staton, S., Rankin, P., Thorpe, K., Oakes, C., Houen, S., Cooke, E. and Smith, S. (2019). Improving sleep health in early childhood: pilot rct of an educator professional development program to improve sleep practices in childcare services. In: World Sleep 2019, Vancouver, Canada, (S363). 20-25 September, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1013
Staton, S., Smith, S., Rankin, P. and Thorpe, K. (2018). Regularity of infant and toddler sleep practices between home and childcare settings. In: 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, (). 17-20 October 2018. doi:10.1111/jsr.106_12766