Note: Further information available via Google Scholar.

12. The Rise of Machine Learning in the Academic Social Sciences

Recommended citation: ‘Rahal, C., Verhagen, M., and Kirk, D., (2021), ‘The Rise of Machine Learning in the Academic Social Sciences’, AI & Society, 75, pp. 1-3, DOI: 10.1007/s00146-022-01540-w

Code available here. Open Access version available here.



11. Population Studies at 75 Years: An Empirical Review

Recommended citation: ‘Mills, M.C. and Rahal, C. (2021). ‘Population Studies at 75 Years: An Empirical Review’, Population Studies, 75, pp. 7-25, DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2021.1996624

Code available here. Open Access version available here.



10. Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries

Recommended citation: ‘Aburto, JM, Schöley, J., Kashnitsky, I., Zhang, L., Rahal, C., Missov, T., Mills, M.C., Dowd, JB., and Ridhi Kashyap1, (2021). ‘Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries’, International Journal of Epidemiology, 26 Sept.

Interactive dashboard available here. Code available here. Media summarized by Altmetric here.

Open Access version available here.



9. Social network-based distancing strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve in a post-lockdown world

Recommended citation: ‘Block, P., Hoffman, M., Raabe, I., Dowd, J., Rahal, C., Kashyap, R., Mills., M.C., (2020). ‘Social network-based distancing strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve in a post-lockdown world’, Nature Human Behaviour, 52.

Code available here.

Media summarized by Altmetric here. Open Access version available here.


8. The GWAS Diversity Monitor tracks diversity by disease in real time

Recommended citation: ‘Mills, M.C. and Rahal, C., (2020). ‘The GWAS Diversity Monitor tracks diversity by disease in real time’, Nature Genetetics, 52.

Code library available here. GWAS Diversity Monitor available here. Open Access version available here



7. Tools for Transparency in Central Government Spending

Recommended citation: ‘Rahal, C., (2019). ‘Tools for Transparency in Central Government Spending’, International Journal of Population Data Science, 4(4).

Code library available here.



6. A Scientometric Review of Genome-Wide Association Studies

Recommended citation: ‘Mills, M., and Rahal, C., (2019). ‘A Scientometric Review of Genome-Wide Association Studies’, Communications Biology, 2(9).

Code library available here. Media summarized by Altmetric here. Frontpage of The Pathologist here!



5. The Keys to Unlocking Public Payments Data

Recommended citation: ‘Rahal, C., (2018). ‘The Keys to Unlocking Public Payments Data’, Kyklos, 71(2).

Code library available here. Open Access version available here




4. The Decline and Persistence of the Old Boy: Private Schools and Elite Recruitment 1897 to 2016

Recommended citation: ‘Reeves, A., Friedman, S., Rahal, C. and Flemmen, M. (2017). ‘The Decline and Persistence of the Old Boy: Private Schools and Elite Recruitment 1897 to 2016’, American Sociological Review, 82 (6).

Winner of the European Academy of Sociology ‘Distinguished Publication’ prize.

Media coverage summarized by Altmetric here. Open Access version available here.



3. Hidden heritability due to heterogeneity across seven populations

Recommended citation: Tropf, F., Lee, S., Verweij, R., Stulp, G., van der Most P., de Vlaming, R,, Bakshi, A., Briley, D., Rahal, C., Hellpap, R., Iliadou, A., Esko, T., Metspalu, A., Medland, S., Martin, N., Barban, N., Snieder, H., Robinson, M., Mills, M., (2017), ‘Hidden heritability due to heterogeneity across seven populations’, Nature Human Behaviour, 1 (10).



2. Housing markets and unconventional monetary policy

Recommended citation: Rahal, C., (2017) ‘Housing markets and unconventional monetary policy’, Journal of Housing Economics, 32, pp.67-80.

Code library available here.



1. A Guide to the StatFact EViews Add-in

Recommended citation: Rahal, C., (2015) ‘A Guide to the StatFact EViews Add-in’, Computational Economics, 48 (1), pp.183-188.

Code library available here. Winner of EViews ‘Add-in of the quarter’ award.

Open Access version available here.