Dr Lee Williamson is the Co-Director of the Scottish Longitudinal Study Development & Support Unit (SLS-DSU) at the Longitudinal Studies Centre – Scotland, and part of the Research Institute of Geography and The Lived Environment in the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh. Alongside Chris Dibben, she is co-lead on the Scottish Historic Population Platform (SHiPP), and is part of the Health, Mental Health and Social Care and Children and Young People research programmes. 

Lee has a background in demography and statistics. Her methodological interests include demographic methods and longitudinal techniques. Lee’s research interests include historical demography, fertility behaviour and birth parity; inequality, health and mortality; early life and lifecourse outcomes.