Postgraduate research students

Dominick Sutton

Email:  d.sutton.2@research.gla.systa-s.com

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380

Research title: Using Spatial Data to Understand Missing Data Mechanisms

Research summary

I am currently researching missing data, including its mathematics and spatial characteristics. Missing data is a significant issue for all users of data and the ability to accurately manage this phenomenon is of great value to all sectors of the economy. This is particularly the case given the increased focus on data in "data-driven" organisations and the advent of accessible AI systems, such as large language models (LLM). A critical issue is the ability to combine dataset from different sources, with different temporal characteristics and/or different geographic scales.

I am also interested in how missing data impact surveys. Missing data in this context are termed "nonresponse" and are an issue for this valuable tool used to understand society, the economy, and so much more. Nonresponse rates have been rising over the past decades; understanding and addressing this is important to maintain trust in this valuable tool.

Publications

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Number of items: 8.

2026

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380, Basiri, Anahid ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797, Li, Ziqi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-4347 and Brunsdon, Christopher (2026) Missing data can be a geographic phenomenon. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, (doi: 10.1080/24694452.2026.2640220) (Early Online Publication)

Sutton, Dominick, Polat Kayali, Merve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6949-4284 and Basiri, Anahid ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2026) Age matters: demographic-based perceptions of included location information. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLVIII(4/W18), pp. 315-321. (doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W18-2025-315-2026)

Polat Kayali, Merve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6949-4284, Ackland, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4722-6301, Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380 and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2026) Representing Missing Spatial Data. In: 34th Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK 2026), Birmingham, UK, 14-17 April 2026, (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.19438093)

2025

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380, Basiri, Anahid ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 and Li, Ziqi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-4347 (2025) Exploring a diagnostic test for missingness at random. Mathematics, 13(11), 1728. (doi: 10.3390/math13111728)

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380 and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2025) Analysing Survey Nonresponse: How Objectivity and Geography Affect Response Rate. In: 33rd Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK 2025), Bristol, UK, 23-25 April 2025, (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15228660)

2024

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380 and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2024) Is There a Spatial Element to ‘Don’t know’ and ‘Prefer not to say’ Survey Item Nonresponses? Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2024, Brighton UK, 2 - 5 September 2024. (Unpublished)

Solomon, Guy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-1498, Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380, Polat Kayali, Merve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6949-4284, Yuan, Xinyi, Gardner, Zoe and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2024) Evaluating Geotemporal Behaviours in OpenStreetMap Contributors. In: AGILE 2024, Glasgow, 4-7 June 2024, (doi: 10.5194/agile-giss-5-14-2024)

2023

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380, Solomon, Guy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-1498, Yuan, Xinyi, Polat Kayali, Merve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6949-4284, Gardner, Zoe and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2023) Assessing the Relationship Between Socio-Demographic Characteristics and OpenStreetMap Contributor Behaviours. In: 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Geocomputational Analysis of Socio-Economic Data (GeoSocial 2023), Hamburg, Germany, 13-16 Nov 2023, pp. 5-11. ISBN 9798400703546 (doi: 10.1145/3615892.3628477)

This list was generated on Thu May 21 03:30:16 2026 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Conference or Workshop Item | Conference Proceedings
Number of items: 8.

Articles

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380, Basiri, Anahid ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797, Li, Ziqi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-4347 and Brunsdon, Christopher (2026) Missing data can be a geographic phenomenon. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, (doi: 10.1080/24694452.2026.2640220) (Early Online Publication)

Sutton, Dominick, Polat Kayali, Merve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6949-4284 and Basiri, Anahid ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2026) Age matters: demographic-based perceptions of included location information. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLVIII(4/W18), pp. 315-321. (doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W18-2025-315-2026)

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380, Basiri, Anahid ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 and Li, Ziqi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-4347 (2025) Exploring a diagnostic test for missingness at random. Mathematics, 13(11), 1728. (doi: 10.3390/math13111728)

Conference or Workshop Item

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380 and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2024) Is There a Spatial Element to ‘Don’t know’ and ‘Prefer not to say’ Survey Item Nonresponses? Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2024, Brighton UK, 2 - 5 September 2024. (Unpublished)

Conference Proceedings

Polat Kayali, Merve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6949-4284, Ackland, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4722-6301, Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380 and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2026) Representing Missing Spatial Data. In: 34th Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK 2026), Birmingham, UK, 14-17 April 2026, (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.19438093)

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380 and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2025) Analysing Survey Nonresponse: How Objectivity and Geography Affect Response Rate. In: 33rd Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK 2025), Bristol, UK, 23-25 April 2025, (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15228660)

Solomon, Guy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-1498, Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380, Polat Kayali, Merve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6949-4284, Yuan, Xinyi, Gardner, Zoe and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2024) Evaluating Geotemporal Behaviours in OpenStreetMap Contributors. In: AGILE 2024, Glasgow, 4-7 June 2024, (doi: 10.5194/agile-giss-5-14-2024)

Sutton, Dominick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-4380, Solomon, Guy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-1498, Yuan, Xinyi, Polat Kayali, Merve ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6949-4284, Gardner, Zoe and Basiri, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1797 (2023) Assessing the Relationship Between Socio-Demographic Characteristics and OpenStreetMap Contributor Behaviours. In: 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Geocomputational Analysis of Socio-Economic Data (GeoSocial 2023), Hamburg, Germany, 13-16 Nov 2023, pp. 5-11. ISBN 9798400703546 (doi: 10.1145/3615892.3628477)

This list was generated on Thu May 21 03:30:16 2026 BST.

Supervisors

Conferences

GISRUK 2023, University of Glasgow, April 2023, Glasgow.

Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2023, September 2023, Harrogate.

ACM Sig-Spatial 2023, November 2023, Hamburg, Germany.

AGILE 2024, June 20024, Glasgow.

Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2024, September 2024, Brighton

GISRUK 2025, April 2025, Bristol.

ISPRS GeoVisions 2025, October 2025, Canakkale, Turkey.

GISRUK 2026, April 2026, Birmingham.

 

Additional information

Education

  • BSc (Biochemistry & Microbiology), National University of Ireland, 1980
  • Graduate Diploma (Industrial Chemistry), University of Limerick, 1981
  • BCom (Economics & Business Economics) (cum laude), UNISA, 1990
  • Hons BCom (Economics) (cum laude), UNISA, 1992
  • MCom (Economics) (by research) (cum laude), UNISA, 1994
    • Dissertation title: The Forward Exchange Policy of the South African Reserve Bank
  • MBA, Open, 1998
  • BSc (Hons) (Mathematics & Statistics), 2013
  • MSc (Data Analytics) (Distinction), University of Glasgow, 2021
    • Dissertation title: A Network Analysis of FTSE 100 Directors

Awards

  • EU Scholarship, 1980
  • University Merit Awards 1986/1987/1988/1989
  • University Honours Exhibition 1989
  • Senate Medal, UNISA, 1992
  • AVBOB Masters Exhibition 1992

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow and Graduate Statisitician of the Royal Statistical Society
  • Fellow of the South African Institute of Financial Markets
  • Associate Member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
  • Past Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute
  • Past Member of the Institute of Directors

Professional Experience

  • Chief Data Officer, Boardex, London, 2003 - 2021
  • Chief Economist, Investec Ireland, 1994 - 2002
  • International Economist, ABSA, South Africa, 1992 - 1993
  • Assistant Director, Water Pollution Control Directorate, South Africa, 1983 - 1991