Rate My Professor John Bryant

John Bryant serves as a Research Associate in Demography at the University of Waikato, where he is affiliated with the Te Ngira Institute for Population Research. He earned a BA and BA(Hons) from the University of Canterbury and a PhD in Demography from the Australian National University in 1996. Throughout his career, Bryant has held positions at Statistics New Zealand, the New Zealand Treasury, and universities in New Zealand and Thailand. He currently directs Bayesian Demography Limited, focusing on statistical demography.

Bryant specializes in demographic estimation, forecasting, and official statistics, applying Bayesian methods to population research. His work includes contributions to studies on population dynamics and the application of Bayesian techniques in demography, such as co-authoring publications examining the history of Bayesian demography since the time of Bayes. As a research associate, he collaborates on projects related to population projections and demographic analysis at the University of Waikato.