Researcher biography
Martin Bell retired as Professor of Human Geography in December 2015. He joined the University in 2001 following previous appointments at the University of Adelaide and in the Australian Government sector. During his time at UQ, he was Head of School from January 2003 until June 2009, and the Director, Queensland Centre of Population Research. He is also a panel member, IUSSP Scientific Panel on Migration and Urbanization.
Professor Bell is a demographer and population geographer with interests in population mobility and internal migration, demographic projections and forecasts, regional and local population change and population models and methods of analysis.
Publications
Book Chapters
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude and Zhu, Yu (2020). IMAGE-Asia: an introduction. Internal migration in the countries of Asia. (pp. 3-13) edited by Martin Bell, Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards and Yu Zhu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44010-7_1
Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Ke, Wenqian (2020). Comparative measures of internal migration. Internal migration in the countries of Asia. (pp. 31-48) edited by Martin Bell, Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards and Yu Zhu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44010-7_3
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Zhu, Yu (2020). Understanding internal migration: a conceptual framework. Internal migration in the countries of Asia: a cross-national comparison. (pp. 15-30) edited by Martin Bell, Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards and Yu Zhu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44010-7_2
Bell, Martin, Wilson, Tom, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Ueffing, Philipp (2018). Australia: the long-run decline in internal migration intensities. Internal migration in the developed world: are we becoming less mobile?. (pp. 147-172) edited by Tony Champion, Thomas Cooke and Ian Shuttleworth. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315589282-7
Stillwell, John, Bell, Martin and Shuttleworth, Ian (2018). Studying internal migration in a cross-national context. Internal migration in the developed world: are we becoming less mobile?. (pp. 56-75) edited by Tony Champion, Thomas Cooke and Ian Shuttleworth. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315589282-3
Bell, Martin, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bernard, Aude and Ueffing, Philipp (2018). Global trends in internal migration. Internal migration in the developed world: are we becoming less mobile?. (pp. 76-97) edited by Tony Champion, Thomas Cooke and Ian Shuttleworth. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315589282-4
Belll, Martin and Cooper, Jim (2016). Measuring spatial variations in wellness among Australia’s rural aged. Demography for planning and policy: Australian case studies. (pp. 155-174) edited by Tom Wilson, Elin Charles-Edwards and Martin Bell. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-22135-9_9
Wilson, Tom, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Bell, Martin (2016). Demography for Planning and Policy: Australian Case Studies Introduction. Demography for Planning and Policy: Australian Case Studies. (pp. 1-6) edited by Wilson, T., CharlesEdwards, E. and Bell, M.. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-22135-9_1
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Muhidin, Salut, Bell, Martin and Zhu, Yu (2016). Migration in Asia. International handbook of migration and population distribution. (pp. 269-284) edited by Michael J. White. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-7282-2_13
Pullar, David, Bell, Martin, Cooper, Jim, Stimson, Robert and Corcoran, Jonathan (2016). Forecasting patterns of metropolitan growth using an optimised allocation procedure. Demography for planning and policy: Australian case studies. (pp. 109-129) edited by Tom Wilson, Elin Charles-Edwards and Martin Bell. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-22135-9_7
Bell, Martin and Brown, Dominic (2014). Analysing spatial interactions: inter-regional migration flows. Handbook of research methods and applications in spatially integrated social science. (pp. 403-435) edited by Robert Stimson. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9780857932976.00028
Bell, Martin (2013). Australia: Internal migration. The Encyclopaedia of Global Human Migration. (pp. 1-5) edited by Immanuel Ness. New York: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm052
Bell, Martin and Muhidin, Salut (2011). Comparing internal migration between countries using Courgeau’s K. Population dynamics and projection methods. (pp. 141-164) edited by John Stillwell and Martin Clarke. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-8930-4_7
Holmes, J., Bell, M. and Charles-Edwards, E. (2006). Growth, stability or decline? The variable population dynamics of Queensland's communities: 1971-2001. Queensland Geographical Perspectives. (pp. 5-29) edited by Iraphne R. W. Childs and Brian J. Hudson. Milton, Brisbane: The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, Inc..
Taylor, John and Bell, Martin (2004). Continuity and change in indigenous Australian population mobility. Population mobility and indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America. (pp. 13-43) edited by J. Taylor and M. Bell. London, England: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group.
Bell, M. J. and Taylor, J. (2004). Conclusion: Emerging Research Themes. Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North America. (pp. 262-268) edited by Taylor, J., Bell and M.. London: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group.
Taylor, J. and Bell, M. J. (2004). Introduction: New World Demography. Population mobility and indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America. (pp. 1-10) edited by J. Taylor and M. J. Bell. London, England: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group.
Bell, Martin and Taylor, John (2003). Conclusion: Emerging research themes. Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North America. (pp. 262-267) Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203464786
Taylor, John and Bell, Martin (2003). Continuity and change in indigenous Australian population mobility. Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North America. (pp. 13-37) Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203464786
Journal Articles
Charles-Edwards, Elias, Bell, Martin, Panczak, Radoslaw and Corcoran, Jonathan (2020). A framework for official temporary population statistics. Journal of Official Statistics, 36 (1), 1-24. doi: 10.2478/JOS-2020-0001
Rowe, Francisco, Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Ueffing, Philipp (2019). Impact of internal migration on population redistribution in Europe: urbanisation, counterurbanisation or spatial equilibrium?. Comparative Population Studies, 44, 201-234. doi: 10.12765/CPoS-2019-18en
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude and Zhu, Yu (2019). Internal migration in the countries of Asia: levels, ages and spatial impacts. Asian Population Studies, 15 (2), 150-171. doi: 10.1080/17441730.2019.1619256
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin and Zhu, Yu (2019). Migration in China: A cohort approach to understanding past and future trends. Population, Space and Place, 25 (6) e2234. doi: 10.1002/psp.2234
Bernard, Aude and Bell, Martin (2018). Educational selectivity of internal migrants: A global assessment. Demographic Research, 39 (29), 835-854. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.29
Stillwell, John, Daras, Konstantinos and Bell, Martin (2018). Spatial aggregation methods for investigating the MAUP effects in migration analysis. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 11 (4), 693-711. doi: 10.1007/s12061-018-9274-6
Rowe, Francisco, Corcoran, Jonathan and Bell, Martin (2017). The returns to migration and human capital accumulation pathways: non-metropolitan youth in the school-to-work transition. Annals of Regional Science, 59 (3), 1-27. doi: 10.1007/s00168-016-0771-8
Safra de Campos, Ricardo, Bell, Martin and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2017). Collecting and analysing data on climate-related local mobility: the MISTIC toolkit. Population, Space and Place, 23 (6) e2037. doi: 10.1002/psp.2037
Bernard, Aude, Rowe, Francisco, Bell, Martin, Ueffing, Philipp and Charles-Edwards, Elim (2017). Comparing internal migration across the countries of Latin America: a multidimensional approach. PLoS One, 12 (3) e0173895, 1-24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173895
Rees, Philip, Bell, Martin, Kupiszewski, Marek, Kupiszewska, Dorota, Ueffing, Philipp, Bernard, Aude, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Stillwell, John (2016). The impact of internal migration on population redistribution: an international comparison. Population Space and Place, 23 (6) e2036, e2036. doi: 10.1002/psp.2036
Stillwell, J., Bell, M., Ueffing, P., Daras, K., Charles-Edwards, E., Kupiszewski, M. and Kupiszewska, D. (2016). Internal migration around the world: comparing distance travelled and its frictional effect. Environment and Planning A, 48 (8), 1657-1675. doi: 10.1177/0308518X16643963
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2016). Internal migration age patterns and the transition to adulthood: Australia and Great Britain compared. Journal of Population Research, 33 (2), 123-146. doi: 10.1007/s12546-016-9157-0
Wilson, Tom, Ueffing, Philipp and Bell, Martin (2015). Spatially consistent local area population estimates for Australia, 1986–2011. Journal of Population Research, 32 (3), 285-296. doi: 10.1007/s12546-015-9154-8
Bell, Martin (2015). Demography, time and space. Journal of Population Research, 32 (3-4), 173-186. doi: 10.1007/s12546-015-9148-6
Bell, Martin (2015). W(h)ither the Census?. Australian Geographer, 46 (3), 299-304. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1058320
Bernard, Aude and Bell, Martin (2015). Smoothing internal migration age profiles for comparative research. Demographic Research, 32 (1), 915-948. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.33
Sander, Nikola and Bell, Martin (2015). Age, period, and cohort effects on migration of the baby boomers in Australia. Population, Space and Place, 22 (6), 1-14. doi: 10.1002/psp.1948
Bell, Martin, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Ueffing, Philipp, Stillwell, John, Kupiszewski, Marek and Kupiszewska, Dorota (2015). Internal migration and development: comparing migration intensities around the world. Population and Development Review, 41 (1), 33-58. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2015.00025.x
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin and Corcoran, Jonathan (2014). Greening the commute: assessing the impact of the Eleanor Schonell ‘Green’ Bridge on travel to the University of Queensland, Australia. Urban Policy and Research, 33 (1), 61-78. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2014.924921
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2014). Life-course transitions and the age profile of internal migration. Population and Development Review, 40 (2), 213-239. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2014.00671.x
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2014). Improved measures for the cross-national comparison of age profiles of internal migration. Population Studies, 68 (2), 179-195. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2014.890243
Bell, Martin, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Kupiszewska, Dorota, Kupiszewski, Marek, Stillwell, John and Zhu, Yu (2014). Internal migration data around the world: assessing contemporary practice. Population, Space and Place, 21 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1002/psp.1848
Stillwell, John, Daras, Konstantinos, Bell, Martin and Lomax, Nik (2014). The IMAGE studio: a tool for internal migration analysis and modelling. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 7 (1), 5-23. doi: 10.1007/s12061-014-9104-4
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin and Corcoran, Jonathan (2014). Integrating undergraduate fieldwork into the study of human mobility. Australian Geographer, 45 (4), 505-519. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2014.953734
Sander, Nikola and Bell, Martin (2013). Migration and retirement in the life course: an event history approach. Journal of Population Research, 31 (1), 1-27. doi: 10.1007/s12546-013-9121-1
Charles-Edwards, Elin and Bell, Martin (2013). Seasonal flux in Australia's population geography: linking space and time. Population, Space and Place, 21 (2), 103-123. doi: 10.1002/psp.1814
Charles-Edwards, Elin and Bell, Martin (2013). Estimating the service population of a large metropolitan university campus. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 6 (3), 209-228. doi: 10.1007/s12061-012-9079-y
Zhu, Yu, Bell, Martin, Henry, Sabine and White, Michael (2013). Rural-urban linkages and the impact of internal migration in Asian developing countries: an introduction. Asian Population Studies, 9 (2), 119-123. doi: 10.1080/17441730.2013.797296
Stimson, Robert, Bell, Martin, Corcoran, Jonathan and Pullar, David (2012). Using a large scale urban model to test planning scenarios in the Brisbane-South East Queensland region. Regional Science Policy and Practice, 4 (4), 373-392. doi: 10.1111/j.1757-7802.2012.01082.x
Morrison, T. H., Wilson, C. and Bell, M. (2012). The role of private corporations in regional planning and development: opportunities and challenges for the governance of housing and land use. Journal of Rural Studies, 28 (4), 478-489. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.09.001
Taylor, John and Bell, Martin (2012). Towards comparative measures of circulation: Insights from indigenous Australia. Population, Space and Place, 18 (5), 567-578. doi: 10.1002/psp.695
Courgeau, Daniel, Muhidin, Salut and Bell, Martin (2012). Estimating changes of residence for cross-national comparison. Population-E, 67 (4), 631-651. doi: 10.3917/pope.1204.0631
Courgeau, Daniel, Muhidin, Salut and Bell, Martin (2012). Estimer les changements de résidence pour permettre les comparaisons internationales. Population, 67 (4), 747-770. doi: 10.3917/popu.1204.0747
Wilson, Tom and Bell, Martin (2011). Editorial: Advances in local and small-area demographic modelling. Journal of Population Research, 28 (2-3), 103-107. doi: 10.1007/s12546-011-9066-1
Bell, Martin, Wilson, Tom and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2011). Australia’s population future: Probabilistic forecasts incorporating expert judgement. Geographical Research, 49 (3), 261-275. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00702.x
Bell, Martin, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Wilson, Tom and Cooper, Jim (2010). Demographic futures for South East Queensland. Australian Planner, 47 (3), 126-134. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2010.509028
Bell, Martin (2010). Dimensions of Migration, Review of Bogue, D., Liegle, G. and Kozloski, M, Immigration, Internal Migration and Local Mobility in the United States and Poot, J., Waldorf, B. & van Wissen, L. (eds.), Migration and Human Capital. Journal of Population Research, 27 (1), 59-61. doi: 10.1007/s12546-010-9032-3
Brown, Dominic, Taylor, John and Bell, Martin (2008). The demography of desert Australia. The Rangeland Journal, 30 (1), 29-43. doi: 10.1071/RJ07043
Jones, Andrew, Tilse, Cheryl, Earl, George and Bell, Martin (2008). Rental housing provision for lower-income older Australians. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Research and Policy Bulletin (96), 1-4.
Elin Charles-Edwards, Bell, Martin J. and Brown, Dominic S. (2008). Where People Move and When: Temporary Population Mobility in Australia. People and Place, 16 (1), 21-30.
Chhetri, Prem, Stimson, Robert, Cooper, Jim, Corcoran, Jonathan, Bell, Martin and Pullar, David (2007). Subjectivity weighted development scenarios for urban allocation: A case study of South East Queensland. Transactions in GIS, 11 (4), 597-619. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2007.01062.x
Jones, Andrew, Bell, Martin, Tilse, Cheryl and Earl, George (2007). Rental housing provision for lower-income older Australians. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, 1-99.
Wilson, Thomas G. and Bell, Martin (2007). Probabilistic regional population forecasts: The example of Queensland, Australia. Geographical Analysis, 39 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2006.00693.x
Hanson, Jayde R. and Bell, Martin J. (2007). Harvest trails in Australia: Patterns of seasonal migration in the fruit and vegetable industry. Journal of Rural Studies, 23 (1), 101-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2006.05.001
Bell, Martin and Rees, Phil (2006). Comparing migration in Britain and Australia: Harmonisation through use of age-time plans. Environment and Planning A, 38 (5), 959-988. doi: 10.1068/a35245
Bell, Martin and Brown, Dominic (2006). Who are the visitors? Characteristics of temporary movers in Australia. Population, Space and Place, 12 (2), 77-92. doi: 10.1002/psp.390
Wilson, Tom and Bell, Martin (2004). Comparative empirical evaluations of internal migration models in subnational population projections. Journal of Population Research, 21 (2), 127-160. doi: 10.1007/BF03031895
Bell, Martin (2004). Book review of Sea Change: Movement from Metropolitan to Arcadian Australia / Ian Burnley and Peter Murphy; Developing Australia’s Regions: Theory and Practice / Andrew Beer, Alaric Maude and Bill Pritchard. Journal of Population Research, 21 (2), 223-225.
Larson, Ann, Bell, Martin and Young, Anne Frances (2004). Clarifying the relationships between health and residential mobility. Social Science and Medicine, 59 (10), 2149-2160. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.015
Wilson, Tom and Bell, Martin (2004). Australia's uncertain demographic future. Demographic Research, 11 (8) 8, 195-234. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2004.11.8
Wilson, Tom, Bell, Martin, Heyen, Glen and Taylor, Alison (2004). New Population Projections for Queensland and Statistical Divisions. People and Place, 12 (1), 1-14.
Taylor, John and Bell, Martin (2003). Introduction: New World demography. Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North America, 1-10. doi: 10.4324/9780203464786
Bell, M (2003). Book Review of "The census data system" by P. Rees, D. Martin & P. Williamson (Eds.). in Population Studies:a Journal of Demography, 57 2: 233-234. Population Studies-a Journal of Demography, 57 (2), 233-234. doi: 10.1080/0032472032000097128
Holmes, John, Hartig, Kate and Bell, Martin (2002). Locational Disadvantage and Household Locational Decisions: Changing Contexts and Responses in the Cessnock District of New South Wales, Australia, 1964-1999. Australian Geographical Studies, 40 (3), 300-322. doi: 10.1111/1467-8470.00182
Bell, M., Blake, M., Boyle, P., Duke-Williams, O., Rees, P., Stillwell, J. and Hugo, G. (2002). Cross-national comparison of internal migration: issues and measures. Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series A-statistics In Society, 165 (3), 435-464. doi: 10.1111/1467-985X.00247
Bell, Martin (2002). Comparing Population Mobility in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Population Research (Special Issue), 169-193.
Newbold, K. Bruce and Bell, Martin (2001). Return and Onwards Migration in Canada and Australia: Evidence from Fixed Interval Data. International Migration Review, 35 (4), 1157-1184. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2001.tb00056.x
Stillwell, John, Bell, Martin, Blake, Marcus, Duke-Williams, Oliver and Rees, Phil (2001). Net Migration and Migration Effectiveness: A Comparison Between Australia and the United Kingdom, 1976-96 - Part 2: Age-Related Migration Patterns. Journal of Population Research, 18 (1), 19-39.
Stillwell, J., Bell, M. J., Blake, M. S., Duke-Williams, O. and Rees, P. (2001). Presidential Address: Understanding circulation in Australia. Journal of Population Research, 18 (1), 1-18.
Bell, Martin (2001). Presidential Address - Understanding Circulation in Australia. Journal of Population Research, 18 (1), 1-18.
Rees, Philip, Bell, Martin, Duke-Williams, Oliver and Blake, Marcus (2000). Problems and Solutions in the Measurement of Migration Intensities: Australia and Britain Compared. Population Studies, 54 (2), 207-222. doi: 10.1080/713779082
Blake, Marcus, Bell, Martin and Rees, Phil (2000). Creating a Temporally Consistent Spatial Framework for the Analysis of Interregional Migration in Australia. International Journal of Population Geography, 6 (2), 155-174. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1220(200003/04)6:2<155::AID-IJPG180>3.0.CO;2-A
Bell, Martin and Ward, Gary (2000). Comparing Permanent Migration with Temporary Mobility. Tourism Geographies, 2 (1), 97-107. doi: 10.1080/146166800363466
Stillwell, John, Bell, Martin, Blake, Marcus, Duke-Williams, Oliver and Rees, Phil (2000). Net Migration and Migration Effectiveness: A Comparison Between Australia and the United Kingdom, 1976-96 - Part 1: Total Migration Patterns. Journal of Population Research, 17 (1), 17-38.
Bell, Martin, Dean, Christopher and Blake, Marcus (2000). A Model for Forecasting the Location of Fringe Urbanisation with GIS and 3D Visualisation. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 24 (6), 559-581. doi: 10.1016/S0198-9715(00)00017-X
Bell, Martin and Stratton, Mike (1998). Understanding the 1996 Census Migration Data. Journal of the Australian Population Association, 15 (2), 155-170.
Bell, Martin and Ward, Gary (1998). Patterns of Temporary Mobility in Australia: Evidence from the 1991 Census. Australian Geographical Studies, 36 (1), 58-81. doi: 10.1111/1467-8470.00039
Bell, Martin and Ward, Gary (1998). Which Population?. Australian Planner, 35 (1), 32-38.
Bell, Martin (1996). How Often Do Australians Move? Alternative Measures of Population Mobility. Journal of the Australian Population Association, 13 (2), 101-124.
Bell M. and Skinner J. (1992). Forecast accuracy of australian subnational population projections. Journal of the Australian Population Association, 9 (2), 207-235. doi: 10.1007/BF03029370
Conference Papers
Stillwell, John, Daras, Konstantinos, Lomax, Nik, Bell, Martin and Wilson, Tom (2013). The IMAGE studio: a tool for comparative internal migration analysis and modelling. 13th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUMPUM 2013, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2-5 July 2013. CUPUM.
Taylor, John and Bell, Martin (2012). Mobile people, mobile measures: limitations and opportunities for mobility analysis. Social Science Perspectives on the 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Social Survey, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 11-12 April 2011. The Australian National University: ANU E Press.
Bell, M. and Muhidin, S. (2009). Internal Migration Around the World: Some Empirical Comparisons. Symposium in Honour of Professor Phil Rees, Weetwood Hall, Leeds, UK, 1 July 2009. Leeds, UK: School of Geography, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds.
Parr, A. and Bell, Martin J. (2009). The doubly selected: return migration in Australia. 26th International Population Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009. Princeton, NJ: The Office of Population Research at Princeton University.
Elin Charles-Edwards and Bell, Martin J. (2009). A Simulation Approach to Modelling Temporary Population. 26th International Population Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009. Princeton, NJ: The Office of Population Research at Princeton University.
Bell, M. J. and Muhidin, S. (2009). Cross-National Comparisons of Internal Migration using Courgeau’s “k” Index. 5th International Conference on Population Geographies (ICPG), Dartmouth College,n Hannover-New Hampshire USA, 5-9 Aug 2009. not available: not available.
Muhidin, Salut and Bell, Martin J. (2009). Cross National Comparisons of Internal Migration in Asia-Pacific Region. 2009 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Detroit, Michigan, USA, 30 Apr- 2 May 2009. Princeton, N.J., USA: Office of Population Research (OPR) at Princeton University.
Sander, N. and Bell, Martin J. (2009). Retirement migration among the baby boomers: cohort dynamics and spatial structure in Australia. 26th International Population Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009. Princeton, NJ: The Office of Population Research at Princeton University.
Muhidin, Salahudin, Bell, Martin and Brown, Dominic (2008). Australian internal migration (AIM) database. European Population Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 9-13 July 2008. The Netherlands: European Association for Population Studies.
Sander, Nikola and Bell, Martin (2008). Migration and the life course: Does retirement trigger interregional moves?. European Population Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 9-12 July 2008.
Muhidin, Salut and Bell, Martin John (2008). Age patterns and model schedules of Australian internal migration 1976-2006. 14th Biennial Conference, Australian Population Association (APA), Alice Springs, NT, Australia, 30 June - 3rd July, 2008.
Muhidin, Salahudin, Brown, Dominic S. and Bell, Martin J. (2007). Life history analysis and the relationship between migration and health status: Study of adult population of Indonesia. 4th International Conference on Population Geographies, Hong Kong, 10-13 July, 2007.
Sander, Nikola, Bell, Martin and Brown, Dominic S. (2007). Who are the Australian retirement migrants: A regression analysis of domestic migrants socio-economic characteristics. 4th International Conference on Population Geographies, Hong Kong, 10-13 July, 2007.
Stimson, Robert J., Bell, Martin J., Corcoran, Jonathan, Chhetri, Prem, Pullar, David V., Cooper, James A. and Tiebei Li (2007). A Large Scale Urban Model to simulate and visualize growth in the Brisbane-South East Queensland region. Place and Purpose, The Capital, Bendigo, Victoria, 30-31 May 2007. Victoria:
Parr, A. C., Brown, Dominic S., Bell, Martin J. and Wilson, Tom (2007). Temporal continuity in return migration in Australia: 1976-2001. International Conference on Population Geographies, Hong Kong, 10-13 July, 2007.
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Brown, Dominic S. and Bell, Martin J. (2007). The determinants of temporary population mobility in Australia: A Poisson regression analysis. 4th International Conference on Population Geographies, Hong Kong, 10-13 July, 2007.
Stimson, Robert J., Bell, Martin J., Corcoran, Jonathan, Chhetri, Prem, Pullar, David V., Cooper, James A. and Tiebei Li (2007). Developing a Large Scale Model to simulate growth in the Brisbane-South East Queensland region. 20th Conference for the pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) 2007, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 6-9 May 2007.
Bell, M. J. (2006). Dimensions of Mobility in Australia. Third International Population Geographies Conference, Liverpool, England, 18-20 June, 2006.
Sander, N, Brown, D S and Bell, M J (2006). Creating a typology of retirement migration flows in Australia. 13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Assoc., Adelaide, Australia, 5-8 December, 2006.
Charles-Edwards, E., Bell, M. J. and Brown, D. S. (2006). Spatial aspects of visitor seasonality: The case of Australia. International Geographical Union Congress, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 3-7 July, 2006.
Chhetri, P., Corcoran, J., Stimson, R. J., Bell, M. J., Pullar, D. V. and Cooper, J. A. (2006). The application of subjectively weighted attractiveness scenarios for urban allocation modelling. International Geographical Union Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 3-7 July 2006.
Charles-Edwards, E, Brown, D S and Bell, M J (2006). Factors affecting the timing and magnitude of temporary moves in Australia: A poisson-regression analysis. 13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Ass., Adelaide, Australia, 5-8 December, 2006.
Brown, D. S., Taylor, J. L. and Bell, M. J. (2006). Understanding the demography of desert Australia: Issues, results and opportunities. International Geographical Union Congress, Brisbane, 3-7 July 2006.
Parr, Angelique, Bell, Martin and Wilson, Tom (2006). Return migration in Australia: A preliminary analysis from the 2001 census. European Population Conference 2006, Liverpool, England, 21-24 June 2006.
Charles-Edwards, E and Bell, M J (2006). Have work, will travel: Work-related temporary mobility in Australia. Third International Population Geographies Conference, Liverpool, England, 18-20 June 2006.
Taylor, J. M. and Bell, M. J. (2006). Measuring circular mobility among indigenous Australians. Third International Population Geographies Conference, Liverpool, England, 18-20 June 2006.
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin and Brown, Dominic (2006). Capturing temporal fluctuations in small area populations: Towards a methodology for the estimation of service populations. European Population Conference 2006, Liverpool, England, 21-24 June, 2006.
Brown, D S, Muhidin, S, Bell, M J and Wilson, T. G. (2006). The structure of internal migration in Australia. European Association for Population Studies, LIverpool, England, 21-24 June, 2006. Brisbane: Queensland Centre for Population Research.
Parr, Angelique, Brown, Dominic, Bell, Martin and Wilson, Tom (2006). Temporal continuity in return migration in Australia: 1976-2001. 13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Association, Adelaide, Australia, 5-8 December 2006.
Brown, D S, Muhidin, S, Bell, M J and Wilson, T. G. (2006). The changing structure of Australian internal migration: Regional and cohort dimensions. 13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Ass., Adelaide, Australia, 5-8 December 2006.
Bell, M. J. and Brown, D. S. (2005). Measuring indigenous mobility in Australia and New Zealand: Methodological and conceptual issues. IAOS Satellite Mgt, Te Papa Tongaerwa, New Zealand, Te Papa Tongaerwa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, 14-15 April 2005. Brisbane: Qld Centre for Population Research.
Bell, M. (2005). Towards rigorous cross-national comparison of internal migration: who collects what?. 25th Conference of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Tours, France, July 18-23 2005.
Bell, M. J. (2005). Towards rigorous cross national comparison of internal migration: Who collects what?. 25th International Union for the Scientific Study of Pop., Tours, France, 18-23 July 2005. Brisbane: Qld Centre for Population Research.
Brown, D. S. and Bell, M. J. (2005). Measuring temporary mobility: Dimensions and issues. 25th Conference of the International Union for Scientific Study of Population, Tours, France, 18-23 July, 2005. Brisbane: Queensland Centre for Population Research.
Taylor, J. and Bell, M. (2005). Measuring circular mobility among indigenous Australians. Satellite Meeting of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS), on ‘Measuring Small and Indigenous Populations', Wellington, N.Z., 14-15 April 2005. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Centre for Population Research.
Bell, M. J. (2004). Measuring temporary mobility: Dimensions and issues. Cauthe- 13th International Research Conference, Brisbane, 10-13 February, 2004. Brisbane: Queensland Centre for Population Research.
Bell, Martin and Brown, Dominic (2004). Who are the Visitors? The Selective Nature of Temporary Mobility within Australia. Institute of Australian Geographers Conference 2004, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 13-16 April 2004.
Bell, M. J. (2004). Regional population and reality. 8th Conference of Segra, Alice Springs, 6-8 September, 2004.
Bell, Martin, Wilson, Tom and Kubler, Matthias (2004). Continuity and change in the spatial structure of Australian internal migration. 12th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Association, Canberra, A.C.T., 15-17 September 2004.
Bell, M. J. (2004). Continuity and change in the spatial structure of Australian internal migration. Australian Property Institute Queensland Property Conference, The Hyatt Regency, Coolum, Qld, 5-6 November 2004.
Bell, M. J., Stimson, R. J., Shyy, T., Belward, J. A. and Kastanis, L. E. (2003). A GIS model to predict urban population and housing in the southeast Queensland region with visualization. 18th Pacific Regional Science Conference Organisation, Acapulco, Mexico, 1-4 July 2003.
Bell, M. J., Stimson, R. J., Shyy, T., Belward, J. A., Kastanis, L. E. and Yorkston, E. K. (2002). Modelling and visualising urban growth in Southeast Queensland. Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, 29 September - 2 October 2002.
Thesis
Bell, Martin (1994). Australians on the move : internal migration in Australia, 1981-1986. PhD Thesis, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.819
Research Reports
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin, Cooper, Jim and Bernard, Aude (2018). Population shift: Understanding internal migration in Australia. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Rowe, Francisco, Corcoran, Jonathan and Bell, Martin (2015). Changing post-school pathways and outcomes: Melbourne and regional students. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Centre for Population Research (QCPR), School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland.
Rowe Gonzalez, Francisco Javier, Corcoran, Jonathan and Bell, Martin J. (2014). Determinants of post-school choices of young people: the workforce, university or vocational studies?. Brisbane, Australia: School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland.
Rowe Gonzalez, Francisco Javier, Corcoran, Jonathan and Bell, Martin J. (2014). Labour market outcomes and educational and occupational pathways of young movers starting off in regional Victoria. Brisbane, Australia: School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland.
Rowe Gonzalez, Francisco Javier, Corcoran, Jonathan and Bell, Martin J. (2014). Labour market outcomes and main educational and occupational pathways of young Victorians. Brisbane, Australia: School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland.
Rowe Gonzalez, Francisco Javier, Bell, Martin J. and Corcoran, Jonathan (2014). Patterns and sequences of mobility. Brisbane, Australia: School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland.
Rowe, Francisco, Corcoran, Jonathan and Bell, Martin (2013). Analytical approach and data issues: report prepared for State Victoria government. Technical Report 1 St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: Queensland Centre for Population Research (QCPR), School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland.
Bell, Martin and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2013). Cross-national comparisons of internal migration: an update of global patterns and trends. Population Division Technical Paper 2013/1 New York, NY, United States: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Bell, Martin and Muhidin, Salut (2009). Cross-national comparisons of internal migration. Human Development Research Paper 2009/30 New York, NY, U.S.A.: United Nations Development Programme.
Holmes, John, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Bell, Martin (2005). Population Dynamics in Rural and Remote Queensland. Brisbane, Qld: Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Memmott, Paul, Long, Stephen, Bell, Martin, Taylor, John and Brown, Dominic (2004). Between places: Indigenous mobility in remote and rural Australia. AHURI Positioning Papers Queensland Research Centre, St. Lucia: The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Jones, Andrew, Bell, Martin, Tilse, Cheryl and Earl, William (2004). Rental housing provision for lower income older Australians. Positioning Papers Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Working Papers
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude and Yu, Zhu (2017). Internal migration in the countries of Asia: Levels, ages, and spatial impacts. ADRI Working Paper. ADRI-WP-2017/001. Asian Demographic Research Institute, Shanghai University.
Bell, Martin and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2014). Measuring internal migration around the globe: a comparative analysis. KNOMAD Working Paper. 3. The Queensland Centre for Population Research, The University of Queensland, The World Bank.
Department Technical Reports
Bell, M. J. (2004). Measuring Temporary Mobility: Dimensions And Issues. Discussion Paper no. 2004/01. Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Bell, Martin, Rees, Philip and Wilson, Tom (2003). Comparing Internal Migration between Countries: Who Collects What?. Discussion Paper no. 2003/05. Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Bell, Martin (2003). Comparing Internal Migration between Countries: Measures, Data Sources and Results. Discussion Paper no. 2003/02. Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Hanson, Jayde and Bell, Martin (2003). Queensland's Fruit and Vegetable Industry: The Seasonal Labour Force - Characteristics, Spatial Behaviour and Recruitment. Discussion Paper no. 2003/08. Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Wilson, Tom and Bell, Martin (2003). Subnational Probabilistic Population Forecasts: the Example of Australia. Discussion Paper no. 2003/06. Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Brown, Dominic and Bell, Martin (2003). Investigating Temporary Mobility in Australia: Contemporary Measures Using Data from the 2001 Census. Discussion Paper no. 2003/03. Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Taylor, John and Bell, Martin (2002). Benchmarking ABS Population Estimates for Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. Discussion Paper no. 2002/01. Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Taylor, John and Bell, Martin (2001). Towards a Composite Estimate of Cape York's Indigenous Population. Discussion Paper no. 2001/01. Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Bell, Martin, Rees, Phil and Duke-Williams, Oliver (2000). Harmonising Databases for the Cross National Study of Internal Migration: Lessons From Australia and Britain. Working Paper 00/05. School of Geography, The University of Leeds.