Benjamin Phillips Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I am Chief Survey Methodologist at the Social Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia, where I work to develop and implement survey research methods to reduce survey error, reduce cost or improve timeliness in data collection. I work across the SRC's survey projects, but particularly with respect to Life in Australia™, Australia's only probability-based online panel, and the Quality Indicators in Learning and Teaching suite of surveys for the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I worked across the SRC's research projects, including the Mapping Social Cohesion survey for the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute and Monash University, the Lowy Institute Poll, QILT surveys for the Australian Government Department of Education and Training and Life in Australia™, the SRC's probability online panel.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

I was worked in the Data Science, Surveys and Enabling Technologies division of Abt Associates after Abt SRBI was integrated into its parent firm. My work at Abt Associates included the National Youth Outcomes Initiative for Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Air Force Needs Survey for the RAND Corporation and the 2017 survey of Muslim Americans for the Pew Research Center.

Cambridge, Ma

I worked in the Social Policy and Polling group of Abt SRBI. Highlights of my time at Abt SRBI included leading the firm's efforts on the Harvard Business School Survey of U.S. Competitiveness program, the Pew Research Center's 2013 survey of American Jews and a survey of Muslims in Africa, Asia and Europe for a multi-university consortium led by the University of Arizona.

Managed Harvard Business School U.S. Competitiveness Survey and The Hartford Insurance Group Small Business Owner Survey among other projects.

Taught Statistics for Jewish Professional Leaders.

Director of survey research and analysis, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and Steinhardt Social Research Institute.

Methodological analysis of surveys of American Jews, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and Steinhardt Social Research Institute.

Project manager, 2005 Boston Jewish Community Study, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and Steinhardt Social Research Institute.

North American Jewish Data Bank, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies.

Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies.

Ph.D., Near Eastern And Judaic Studies, Sociology

Disseration: "Numbering the Jews: Evaluating and Improving Surveys of American Jews".

M.A., Near Eastern And Judaic Studies, Sociology

B.A. (Hons.), Government And Public Administration, Jewish Civilisation, Thought And Culture

First class honours in Government and Judaic Studies. Thesis: "Who is a Jew? American Jewish Lobbying of Israel, 1996-8."