Elizabeth Howell
Senior Director, Schools Planning, Enrolment & Planning Branch, ACT Education Directorate, 2023
“Raymer and Gray’s deep understanding of demographic trends and the ability to interpret raw data has been invaluable to our team when formulating school planning policy. On-the-ground examples of what this has contributed to include planning for new primary schools in developing greenfield areas, such as Strathnairn and Whitlam, assessing the feasibility of investing in a second college in Gungahlin, and identifying the optimal timing for delivery of these schools—all informed by the predictive model developed by Raymer and Gray.”
Robert Gotts
Former Director of School Planning, ACT Education Directorate
“There is a reputational cost for government for any kind of mismatched school investments in addition to the financial cost. I can say that the new modelling and projection tools developed by James and Edith made these investment decisions more precise.”
Professor Georgina Chambers
Director, National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU), USNW
“Professor James Raymer and Professor Edith Gray are internationally recognised demographers whose collaborative research, including work undertaken with me, has demonstrated exceptional methodological innovation and significant policy relevance in the fields of fertility modelling, infertility treatment demand, and the population-level impacts of assisted reproductive technologies in Australia.”
Dr Patrick Gerland
Chief, Population Estimates and Projection Section, Population Division, Population Trends and Analysis Branch, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
“Working with Professor James Raymer was instrumental in helping the UN Population Division develop innovative methods to model the complex age and sex profiles of international migration for countries lacking direct data. His profound demographic expertise allowed us to overcome critical data limitations—particularly regarding temporary labour migration and bi-directional flows—which provided an invaluable methodological contribution to the 2024 revision of the World Population Prospects, and will help the modelling and projection of migration age patterns for future revisions both at the national and subnational level. This collaboration has significantly enhanced the United Nations’ capacity to produce robust, internationally comparable population estimates and projections.”
