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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · 22d

Proud (and a little sad to see him go): Jianji Chen defended last week his PhD in Demography at UAB—on family dynamics & older adults’ well-being. Congrats, Dr. Chen, and all the best ahead!
Also, big thanks to the committee: Karsten Hank, @elirenteria.bsky.social @marcoalbertini.bsky.social

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · 29d

Double participation of @lifelongmove.bsky.social members in a session of the @sllshome.bsky.social conference 2025.

Talks dealt with residential trajectories since early life and socio-economic and health outcomes in adulthood. Thank you to participants for useful tips to improve our research.

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Carla Rowold @crowold.bsky.social · Sep 8

💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Full-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gaps

Abstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re

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LIFELONGMOVE Project @lifelongmove.bsky.social · Nov 2

The LIFELONGMOVE Project joined Bluesky ☀️

We aim at studying how life-long experiences of spatial mobility contribute to the diversity of mobile life paths and to variation in socio-economic, family, and health outcomes.

Follow us for updates on our research and activities!

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LIFELONGMOVE Project @lifelongmove.bsky.social · Nov 10

How does age at migration affect occupational outcomes in adulthood?

Yesterday @svidal.bsky.social presented his working paper on South-to-North migration in Italy (w/ Andrea Succi & Nazareno Panichella) at the LIVES conference in Lausanne.

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LIFELONGMOVE Project @lifelongmove.bsky.social · Nov 15

📣Save the date!

The projects LIFELONGMOVE, FAMILYTIES and MYMOVE are sponsoring an Early-Career Researchers Workshop on Migration Over the Life Course as a pre-event of EPC 2024 ☀️

🗓️12 June 2024
🗺️Edinburgh

CfP coming in January!
More info: rb.gy/sl1k45

A screenshot of the page linked in the post, describing the aim and confirmed participants of the workshop

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Alon Pertzikovitz @pertzikovitz.bsky.social · Oct 29

📄🍾 happy to share that the 3rd paper of my thesis, a great collaboration with Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social and Helga de Valk is now out in the ENJP

🏘️📦 We ask whether moving in childhood has lasting effects on individuals’ life courses.
Short answer: yes
Longer answer:
doi.org/10.1007/s106...

Residential Mobility in Childhood and Union Dissolution Later in Life - European Journal of Population

The limited existing literature studying the effects of childhood residential mobility suggests that it influences a range of life outcomes, at least in young adulthood. Little is known about how the ...

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LIFELONGMOVE Project @lifelongmove.bsky.social · Apr 16

Fresh from #PAA2025! Our PI Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social & co-authors presented new findings on the impact of lifelong neighborhood disadvantage and residential trajectories on socioeconomic outcomes.

📍📈 Stay tuned for more

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Claudia Brunori @claudiabrunori.bsky.social · Apr 29

Another piece of my PhD thesis is now published in International Migration Review!

How many immigrants get transnationally separated from their children in the migration process, and how does this affect their mental health in the short- and medium- term?

Check it out 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0197...

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Jul 25

Excellent conference and powerful session on housing precarity organized by @lifecoursecentre.bsky.social. Homelessness, gender inequalities, and homeownership dynamics. I am grateful for the insights and discussion!

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Jul 22

@lifelongmove.bsky.social @cedemografia.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Jul 22

📢New Publication with A Bernard & @pmcmullin.bsky.social
Individuals who moved during childhood are more likely to feel often lonely—especially with repeated moves. Siblings help. Duration matters. The impact is stronger in individualist societies.🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood: The Moderating Role of Family Structure and Cultural Individualism - European Journal of Population

The negative impact of childhood internal migration on diverse life outcomes is well documented. The main hypothesis to explain this association is the severance of social ties. However, empirical evi...

link.springer.com

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Jul 16

Great presentations by A Colasurdo, N Panichella and J Wu at Session 96, "Internal Migration as a Life Course Trajectory", organized by the IUSSP Panel on Lifetime Migration at #IPC2025.

Papers from this session—and others—will appear in a Special Issue of Comparative Population Studies in 2026.

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LIFELONGMOVE Project @lifelongmove.bsky.social · Jul 15

Great energy at the Workshop on Mining Migration Trajectories, hosted by the IUSSP Panel on Lifetime Migration at #IPC2025 !
@iussp.bsky.social

Led by our own @svidal.bsky.social & Juste Lekstyte, it brought hands-on exploration of lifetime migration data using ML techniques #sequenceanalysis

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Jun 22

Last Friday, Min Zhu successfully defended her PhD in Demography at UAB- @cedemografia.bsky.social with a dissertation on couple migration in China. Congratulations, Min, on this achievement - and best wishes for your career ahead!

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LIFELONGMOVE Project @lifelongmove.bsky.social · Jun 20

Just wrapped up an inspiring workshop on “Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life Course”!

Great presentations and discussions on geographic mobility in childhood and adulthood across Europe.

Thanks to everyone who made it such a success! See you next time!

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Jun 16

Congratulations to @pertzikovitz.bsky.social team member of @lifelongmove.bsky.social for the successful defense of his doctoral thesis at Groningen University. Well done Dr. Pertzikovitz @popresgroningen.bsky.social

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Jun 16

• Workshop: Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility over the Life Course (18 June 2025)

Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life CourseTuesday, June 18 | 10:00–13:00 | CED (Sala Àngels Torrents) & Zoom Organizers: Claudia Brunori, Juste Lekstyte, and Alon Pertzikovitz We are…

• Workshop: Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility over the Life Course (18 June 2025)

Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life CourseTuesday, June 18 | 10:00–13:00 | CED (Sala Àngels Torrents) & Zoom Organizers: Claudia Brunori, Juste Lekstyte, and Alon Pertzikovitz We are delighted to invite you to the upcoming workshop Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life Course, organized by the LIFELONGMOVE team. Research increasingly shows that to fully understand patterns of spatial mobility, we need a life course perspective—one that draws on longitudinal data and methods.

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Jun 15

Yo tb fuí a verla ayer y me encantó

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · May 30

📢 Publication alert!

In our new study (w/ Belinda Hewitt), we track individuals over time and find that cohabiting with marriage intentions is linked to similar—or even better—health & well-being than being married.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Redirecting

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Apr 29

Get updates on other research published by members of the lifelongmove project team here: @lifelongmove.bsky.social

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Apr 29

Have a read to this new publication on the role of transnational separation from a child for the mental health of migrant populations.

Claudia Brunori @claudiabrunori.bsky.social · Apr 29

Another piece of my PhD thesis is now published in International Migration Review!

How many immigrants get transnationally separated from their children in the migration process, and how does this affect their mental health in the short- and medium- term?

Check it out 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0197...

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Apr 16

If interested in migration and mobility trajectories: Follow @lifelongmove.bsky.social for updates on the lifrlongmove ERC project and activities of the IUSSP panel on lifetime migration.

LIFELONGMOVE Project @lifelongmove.bsky.social · Apr 16

Fresh from #PAA2025! Our PI Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social & co-authors presented new findings on the impact of lifelong neighborhood disadvantage and residential trajectories on socioeconomic outcomes.

📍📈 Stay tuned for more

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Apr 16

📢 Reminder: Submit your paper or extended abstract for the Comparative Population Studies special issue on “Migration Trajectories Over the Life Course”! 🧳
🗓️ Deadline: May 15
📄 Call for papers: www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
#Migration #Lifecourse

www.comparativepopulationstudies.de

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Feb 27

• CALL FOR PAPERS – 2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”

Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard…

• CALL FOR PAPERS – 2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”

Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard (University of Queensland), and Riccardo Valente (Autonomous University of Barcelona). The proposed special issue aims to leverage a trajectory-based approach that fully accounts for the multi-dimensional nature of migration across time and space, providing deeper insights into diverse migration trajectory patterns and their long-term individual and societal implications.

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Feb 26

📢 Call for Papers
We welcome submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course. It aims to provide deeper insights into diverse migration trajectory patterns and their long-term individual and societal implications www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...

Call for Papers for the 2026 Special Issue | Comparative Population Studies

www.comparativepopulationstudies.de

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Jan 9

The European Association for Population Studies is now on bluesky.
Follow @eaps.bsky.social for updates on activities and the next European Population Conference in Bologna!

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Giammarco Alderotti @alderotti.bsky.social · Jan 9

Guess who’s on BlueSky?

🙌 @eaps.bsky.social 🙌

A must-follow!

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Dec 12

Today we had Naza Panichella visiting at @cedemografia.bsky.social UAB, and gave us a great lecture on couple's internal migration and gender inequality in six European country

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Philipp Lersch @pmlersch.bsky.social · Nov 29

We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...

DECIPHE Research Project

deciphe.eu

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