David Coleman (academic)

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Professor David Coleman has been the Professor [[1]] in Demography at Oxford University since October 2002, and a lecturer since 1980. Between 1985 and 1987 he worked for the British Government, as the Special Adviser to the Home Secretary, and then to the Ministers of Housing and of the Environment. He is a fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He has published over 90 papers and eight books and was the joint editor of the European Journal of Population from 1992 to 2000 and in 1997 was elected to the Council of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. He is also an advisor to Migration Watch UK which he helped to found, and is a member of the Galton Institute [[2]]

[edit] Controversy

In response to comments made by David Coleman in the media Oxford Student Action for Refugees launched a petition which urged Dr John Hood, the Oxford vice-chancellor, to "consider the suitability of Coleman's continued tenure as a professor of the university", and urging David Coleman to stop using his appearing in the media as his views and his association with Migrationwatch bring disrepute to Oxford University.[[3]] Kieran Hutchinson Dean, one of the organisers of the petition said Star did not expect the university to agree to their demands but they would continue their fight. “Main point of the petition is to raise awareness of his views and affiliations among the students,” said Hutchinson Dean.