Biography

David is a Senior Research Fellow at JPR, an Honorary Associate at the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney, and an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Cape Town. 

A geographer by training and expert in the sociodemographic study of Jews in the UK, Australia and South Africa, his skills encompass statistical analysis, survey and questionnaire design, census data analysis and geographic information system mapping. Since joining the JPR team in 2009, he has been involved in numerous studies of Jewish life and has undertaken work for several organisations including the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Kaplan Centre at the University of Cape Town, Jewish Care, the Jewish Chronicle, UJIA, Pears Foundation and the Union of Jewish Students. 

He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, has published widely for academic and general interest audiences and is a Board member of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry.