Hello, I'm Phil. Welcome to my website!
I'm a Data Scientist at the Alan Turing Institute. In my job, I work on applied research projects on or adjacent to deep learning. Prior to this, I obtained a PhD Government from the University of Essex where I worked on public opinion, elections, and political methodology.
I'm passionate about politics, statistics, data science, programming, and reading. I use this site to collect in a single space my research, writing, and other projects.
CV
Academic CVs are different to regular CVs and are essentially glorified lists. For this reason, I maintain two CVs for applying to different kinds of position. Feel free to read one or both:
Latest Blog Posts
Some Facts About My Cat, Russell
27 Mar 2026 in Miscellaneous
22 Feb 2026 in Miscellaneous
21 Feb 2026 in Literature
Contact
If you'd like to get in touch, you can:
- Bloop (?) me at @philswatton.bsky.social
- Read my substack posts at Dysfunctional Programming
- Email me at pswatton@turing.ac.uk (preferably work-related stuff only please)
- Find me on LinkedIn as Phil Swatton
- Browse my publications on my Google Scholar profile
- Browse my code on GitHub at https://github.com/philswatton