Danny Dorling

Born in Oxford, Dorling attended local state schools, including Cheney School, a coeducational comprehensive and was employed as a play-worker in children's summer play-schemes.{{cite web|url=http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=31|title=Bio|date=1 March 2014}} Dorling graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Geography, Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Newcastle in 1989 and completed a PhD in the [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=2980 Visualization of Spatial Social Structure] under the supervision of Stan Openshaw in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.dannydorling.org/wp-content/files/THESBio2014.pdf|title=Biography published in Times Higher Education}}

From 1991 to 1993, Dorling was a Joseph Rowntree Foundation Fellow and from 1993 to 1996 he was British Academy Fellow at the University of Newcastle. From 1996 to 2000, he was on the faculty of the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol. From 2000 to 2003 he was Professor of Quantitative Human Geography at the University of Leeds. From 2003 to 2013 he was Professor of Human Geography and also in 2013 he was Professor for the Public Understanding of Social Science at the University of Sheffield.

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In Dorling's inaugural lecture as Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography in September 2013 he spoke about the increasing disparity between Britain's richest 1% and the rest. He said: "Income inequality has now reached a new maximum and, for the first time in a century, even those just below the richest 1% are beginning to suffer, to see their disposable income drop."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/04/education-system-polarises-people-economic-inequality|title=Is the British education system designed to polarise people?|first=Danny|last=Dorling|newspaper=The Guardian |date=4 February 2014|via=www.theguardian.com}}

He has mapped (mainly using cartograms), analysed and commented upon UK demographic statistics. In 2005 he co-founded the Internet-based [https://worldmapper.org/ Worldmapper] project, which now has about 700 world maps and spreadsheets of international statistics. He has been on radio, television and in newspaper articles.{{cite web|url=http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=2921|title=Videos|date=1 October 2014}}

Dorling was very supportive of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader during his leadership from September 2015 until April 2020. In May 2016, Dorling said: "Jeremy Corbyn can take on the zealots and bigots who use migration to stir up fear and hatred. His popular appeal is not based on stoking up current prejudices. It is based on conviction, love and compassion. Just how cynical do you have to be not to see the hope and possibility in that?" {{cite news |last=Dorling|first=Danny|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/05/danny-dorling-why-corbyns-moral-clarity-could-propel-him-to-number-10/|title=The long read: Why Corbyn's moral clarity could propel him to Number 10|publisher=Labour List|date=28 May 2016|accessdate=27 April 2019}} In May 2017 he appeared in a Labour Party political broadcast – "Labour Stands With You" – filmed by Ken Loach and published a week before the 2017 United Kingdom general election.

In February 2006, Dorling's work in human geography was described as "rummaging around" in numbers, crunching his way through reams of raw data, building up an extraordinary picture of poverty and wealth in contemporary Britain.The Guardian 8 February 2006 [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/feb/08/socialexclusion.guardiansocietysupplement2 Interview: Danny Dorling]

In April 2010, an editorial in The Guardian was entitled "In Praise of Danny Dorling".The Guardian 30 April 2010 [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/30/in-praise-of-danny-dorling?INTCMP=SRCH In Praise of Danny Dorling]

Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/transformations/gis/papers/|title=Papers - Geovisualization, Inequality and Space - Transformations: Economy, Society and Place - Research - School of Geography and the Environment - University of Oxford|website=www.geog.ox.ac.uk}}

• Dorling, D. (1995). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/newsocialatlasofbritain/ A New Social Atlas of Britain], London: John Wiley and Sons.
• Champion, T., Wong, C., Rooke, A., Dorling, D., Coombes, M. and Brunsdon, B. (1996). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1465 The Population of Britain in the 1990s: a social and economic atlas], Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Dorling, D. and Thomas, B. (2004). [http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/publications/peopleandplaces.htm People and Places: A 2001 census atlas of the UK], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781861345554&sf1=keyword&st1=people+and+places&m=2&dc=49 Policy Press].
• Dorling, D. (2005). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/hguk/ Human Geography of the UK]. 2nd revised edition, cartography by Hennig, B. (2012) [http://ukpopulation.dannydorling.org/ The Population of the UK], London: [http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book238949 Sage].
• Thomas, B. and Dorling, D. (2007). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/identity/ Identity in Britain: A cradle‐to‐grave atlas], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781861348203&sf1=keyword&st1=identity+in+Britain&m=2&dc=25 Policy Press].
• Dorling, D., Newman, M. and Barford, A. (2008, 2010). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=891 The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the way we live], London: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110704123548/http://www.thamesandhudson.com/9780500288535.html Thames and Hudson]. Also translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean.
• Shaw, M., Davey Smith, G., Thomas, B., and Dorling, D. (2008). [http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/publications/reaper.html The Grim Reaper’s road map: an atlas of mortality in Britain], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781861348234&sf1=keyword&st1=Grim+reaper%27s+road+map&m=2&dc=4 Policy Press].
• Dorling, D. and Thomas, B. (2011). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/bankruptbritain/ Bankrupt Britain: An atlas of social change], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781847427472&sf1=keyword&st1=Bankrupt+Britain&m=2&dc=2 Policy Press].
• Ballas, D., Dorling, D. and Hennig, B. (2014). [https://policypress.co.uk/the-social-atlas-of-europe The social atlas of Europe], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?ISB=9781447313533& Policy Press].
• Dorling, D. and Thomas, B. (2016). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/britains-human-landscape-oxford-university-s-professor-danny-dorling-has-created-an-atlas-of-the-uk-a6935101.html People and Places: A 21st-century atlas of the UK], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447311379 Policy Press].
• [https://www.cfse.cam.ac.uk/directory/dimitris_ballas Ballas, D.], Dorling, D. and [http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/ Hennig, B.] (2017). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316475390_The_Human_Atlas_of_Europe The Human Atlas of Europe: A continent united in diversity], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?ISB=9781447313533& Policy Press].

• Dorling, D. (1996). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1448 Area cartograms: their use and creation], Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography series no. 59, University of East Anglia: Environmental Publications.
• Dorling, D. (1997). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=3206 Death in Britain: How local mortality rates have changed: 1950s–1990s], York: [http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/changing-mortality-ratios-local-areas-britain-1950s-1990s Joseph Rowntree Foundation].
• Dorling, D. (2010). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/injustice2010/ Injustice: Why social inequality persists], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781847427205&sf1=keyword&st1=Injustice&m=1&dc=23 Policy Press]. Extensively revised edition (2015).
• Dorling, D. (2011). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/britain/ So you think you know about Britain? The surprising truth about modern Britain], London: [http://www.constablerobinson.com/?section=books&book=so_you_think_you_know_about_britain_9781849013918_paperback Constable and Robinson].
• Dorling, D. (2011). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/fairplay/Homepage.html Fair Play: A reader on social justice], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781847428790&sf1=keyword&st1=Fair+Play&m=2&dc=2 Policy Press].
• Dorling, D. (2011). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/equality/ The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality], Oxford: [http://newint.org/books/no-nonsense-guides/equality/ New Internationalist].
• Dorling, D. (2012). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/visualisation/Homepage.html The Visualization of Social Spatial Structure], Chichester: [http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119962935.html Wiley].
• Dorling, D. (2013). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/unequalhealth/ Unequal Health: The scandal of our times], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447305132&sf1=keyword&st1=Unequal+Health&m=2&dc=16 Policy Press].
• Dorling, D. (2013). [http://dannydorling.org/books/centralline/ The 32 Stops: lives on London’s Central Line], London: [http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781846145605,00.html?strSrchSql=32+stops%2A/The_32_Stops_Danny_Dorling Penguin].
• Dorling, D. (2013). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/10billion/ Population 10 Billion: The coming demographic crisis and how to survive it], London: [http://www.constablerobinson.com/?section=books&book=population_10_billion_9781780334912_paperback Constable and Robinson].
• Dorling, D. (2014). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/allthatissolid/ All that is Solid: The great housing disaster], London: [http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781846147159,00.html?strSrchSql=%22All+that+is+solid%22/All_That_Is_Solid_Danny_Dorling Allen Lane].
• Dorling, D. (2014). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/onepercent/ Inequality and the 1%], London: [http://www.versobooks.com/books/1714-inequality-and-the-1 Verso].
• Dorling, D. (2015). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/injustice/ Injustice: Why social inequality still persists], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447320753 Policy Press].
• Dorling, D. (2016). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/betterpolitics/ A Better Politics : How government can make us happier], London: [http://londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/a-better-politics/ London Publishing Partnership].[http://www.dannydorling.org/books/betterpolitics/dorling-betterpolitics.pdf A Better Politics] Free (low resolution) version
• Dorling, D. (2017). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/equalityeffect/ The Equality Effect: Improving life for everyone], Oxford: [https://newint.org/books/politics/the-equality-effect/ New Internationalist].
• Dorling, D. (2017). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/economicinequality/ Do We Need Economic Equality], Cambridge: [http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509516544 Polity Press].
• Dorling, D. (2018). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/peakinequality/ Peak Inequality], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/peak-inequality Policy Press].
• Dorling, D. (2020). [https://www.dannydorling.org/books/SLOWDOWN/ Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration – and Why It's Good for the Planet, the Economy, and our Lives], New Haven & London: [https://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300243406 Yale University Press].
• Dorling, D. (2023). [https://www.dannydorling.org/books/shatterednation/ Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of a Failing State], [https://www.versobooks.com/ Verso Books].
• Dorling, D. (2024). [https://www.dannydorling.org/books/sevenchildren/ Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation], [https://www.hurstpublishers.com/ Hurst Publishers].
• Dorling, D. (2024). [https://www.dannydorling.org/books/peakinjustice/ Peak Injustice: Solving Britain's Inequality Crisis], [https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ Policy Press].
• Dorling, D. (2025) The next crisis: what we think about the future, https://dannydorling.org/books/thenextcrisis/

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• Dorling, D. and Atkins, D. (1995). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1449 Population density, change and concentration in Great Britain 1971,1981 and 1991], London: HMSO/Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
• Atkins, D., Champion, T., Coombes, M., Dorling, D. and Woodward, R. (1996). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1464 Urban Trends In England: Latest Evidence from the 1991 Census], London: HMSO/Department of the Environment.
• Dorling, D. and Woodward, R. (1996). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1450 Social polarisation 1971–1991: a micro-geographical analysis of Britain], Progress in Planning Volume 45, Issue 2. Oxford: Elsevier.
• Dorling, D. and Fairbairn, D. (1997). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1168 Mapping: Ways of Representing the World], London: Longman.
• Bartley, M., Blane, D., Brunner, E., Dorling, D., Ferrie, J., Jarvis, M., Marmot, M., McCarthy, M., Shaw, M., Sheiham, A., Stansfeld, S., Wadsworth, M. and Wilkinson, R. (1998, 2003) [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=977 Social determinants of health: the solid facts], Copenhagen: World Health Organization.
• Gordon, D., Davey Smith, G., Dorling, D. and Shaw, M. (1999) [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1331 Inequalities in Health: the evidence, edited collection of twenty chapters], Bristol: Policy Press.
• Shaw, M., Dorling, D., Gordon, D. and Davey Smith, G. (1999, 2000). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1459 The Widening Gap: Health inequalities and policy in Britain], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781861341426&sf1=keyword&st1=the+widening+gap&m=1&dc=4 Policy Press].
• Dorling, D. and Simpson, S. (1999, 2000). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1332 Statistics in Society: the arithmetic of politics], edited collection of over forty chapters, London: Arnold.
• Mitchell, R., Dorling, D. and Shaw, M. (2000). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=3005 Inequalities in Life and Death: What If Britain Were More Equal?], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140302232027/http://www.jrf.org.uk/media-centre/overcoming-family-poverty-and-unemployment-would-prevent-thousands-early-deaths Joseph Rowntree Foundation], Bristol: Policy Press.
• Johnston, R., Pattie, C., Rossiter, D. and Dorling, D. (2001). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1322 From votes to seats: The operation of the UK electoral system since 1945], [http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9780719058523 Manchester University Press].
• Davey Smith, G., Dorling, D. and Shaw, M. (eds) (2001). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1473 Poverty, inequality and health: 1800–2000 – a reader.], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781861342119&sf1=keyword&st1=Poverty%2C+inequality+and+health%3A+1800-2000+-+a+reader&m=2&dc=2 Policy Press].
• Shaw, M., Dorling, D. and Mitchell, R. (2002). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=984 Health, Place and Society], Harlow: [http://catalogue.pearsoned.co.uk/educator/product/Health-Place-and-Society/9780130164551.page Pearson Education].
• Ballas, D., Rossiter, D, Thomas, B, Clarke, G.P. and Dorling, D. (2004). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1233 Geography matters: simulating the local impacts of national social policies],[http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/geography-matters-simulating-local-impacts-national-social-policies Joseph Rowntree Foundation], York: York Publishing Services.
• Dorling, D., Ford, J., Holmans, A., Sharp, C., Thomas, B. and Wilcox, S. (2005). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=460 The great divide: an analysis of housing inequality], London: Shelter.
• Wheeler, B., Shaw, M., Mitchell, R. and Dorling, D. (2005). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1114 Life in Britain: Using Millennial Census data to understand poverty, inequality and place], Bristol: [http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781861347732&sf1=keyword&st1=%22life+in+Britain%22&m=1&dc=8 Policy Press].
• Hillyard, P., Pantazis C., Tombs, S., Gordon, D., and Dorling, D. (2005). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=1047 Criminal Obsessions: Why Harm Matters More Than Crime], London: [http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/criminalobsessions2.html Crime and Society Foundation].
• Dorling, D., Rigby, J., Wheeler, B., Ballas, D., Thomas, B., Fahmy, E., Gordon, D., and Lupton, R. (2007). [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=595 Poverty, wealth and place in Britain, 1968 to 2005], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140303003935/http://www.jrf.org.uk/media-centre/new-poverty-and-wealth-maps-britain-reveal-inequality-be-40-year-high Joseph Rowntree Foundation], Bristol: Policy Press.
• Pickett, K., Melhuish, E., Dorling, D., Bambra, C., McKenzie, K., Chandola, T., Jenkins, A., Nazroo, J., Kendig, H., Phillipson, C., Maynard, A. (2014). [https://www.britac.ac.uk/policy/Health_Inequalities.cfm ″If you could do one thing...″ Nine local actions to reduce health inequalities] [http://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=3924(20mph Speed Limits for Cars in Residential Areas, by Shops and Schools)], London: British Academy.
• Dorling, D. and [http://everythingisconnected.io/about-carl-lee/ Lee, C.] (2016). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/geography/ Geography: Ideas in Profile], London: [https://profilebooks.com/geography-ideas-in-profile-pb.html Profile Books].
• Dorling, D. and [http://sosc.ust.hk/cgi-bin/people/people_index.php?action=view&type=F&profile_id=449 Gietel-Baston, S.] (2017). [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/demography/ Why Demography Matters], Cambridge: [http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9780745698403 Polity Press].
• Dorling, D. and [http://www.stomlinson.net/ Tomlinson, S.] (2019) [http://www.dannydorling.org/books/rulebritannia/ Rule Brittania: Brexit and the end of Empire], London: [https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/rule-britannia Biteback Publishing].
• Dorling, D. and Koljonen, A. (2020). Finntopia: What We Can Learn from the World’s Happiest Country, Newcastle & New York: [https://www.agendapub.com/books/105/finntopia Agenda publishing] / [http://cup.columbia.edu/book/finntopia/9781788212168 Columbia University Press].

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