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British Society for Population Studies (BSPS)
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We study human populations. BSPS is supported by the Population Investigation Committee, who run Population Studies - a journal of demography http://popstudies.net
Find out about BSPS Conference, Awards, Grants & more at http://www.bsps.org.uk/bsps
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British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) @bspsuk.bsky.social · 20d
📢 Now open: BSPS 2026 Call for sessions and strands. Come and join us in Canterbury. 8-10 September 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:

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All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏

#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
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November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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cpc-cg.bsky.social
CPC-CG's @ann-berrington.bsky.social will discuss #partnership & #fertility trajectories, drawing on #BCS70 data, as part of @ucl.ac.uk #Quantitative #SocialScience & @clscohorts.bsky.social seminar series.

Weds 26 Nov
13:00-14:00
Hybrid

Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... @bspsuk.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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cpc-cg.bsky.social
THIS WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov

🧑‍🏫 @ayseguveli.bsky.social of @sociowarwick.bsky.social
will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.

Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
We are seeing multiple university course closures across a range of arts, humanities & social sciences. I'll be in the East Midlands at De Montfort University on Thurs 27 Nov talking about why these disciplines are essential to the future of the UK. All welcome
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Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
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November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Are you interested in studying social science at university next year but are unsure where a career might lead? Explore our careers hub to find out more about where a career in social science could take you➡️
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Are you fascinated by people, communities and society? Do you want to help solve some of the greatest challenges facing our world today? Then studying the social sciences may well be for you.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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I’m recruiting a postdoctoral associate at NYU Abu Dhabi. Position is for 3 years with excellent salary, housing and benefits. Please share widely. For more information and application, link ⬇️

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November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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🕛 Join us TODAY at midday (UK time) - register to join us online, all welcome: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social
cpc-cg.bsky.social ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 9d
🧑‍🏫 THIS WEEK's CPC-CG/CRA webinar ⤵️

Spela Mocnik @cra-soton.bsky.social will discuss how factors like #financial mindsets, access to knowledge and social context interact to influence financial resilience in later life.

Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @bspsuk.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Reproductive Ageing
Interview with D. Susie Lee 이수지 Leader of the Group:
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/RGRA
Job:
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/postdoc_research_scientist_in_the_reproductive_ageing_research_group_14844/
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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popres-uk.bsky.social
📣 Last chance!

Applications to become our next PRUK Forum chair close tomorrow – 20 November. Help lead engagement and shape the future of longitudinal research.

🔗 Apply today: shorturl.at/fXByW
popres-uk.bsky.social Population Research UK (PRUK) @popres-uk.bsky.social · 14d
📢 We're recruiting a new PRUK Forum chair to represent the social research community.

Our previous chair @bradshawpaul.bsky.social (in the picture) is stepping down by the end of December, and he’s available to talk about the position if necessary.

✍️ Apply by 20 November: shorturl.at/fXByW
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November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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populationeu.bsky.social
Older migrants from low- and middle-income countries in Swedish care settings typically enjoy a mortality advantage over the native-born population.

During the first year of Covid-19, they faced a higher risk of death.

Why? Read our latest #PopDigest!

🔗 tinyurl.com/5d38df7a
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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psglshtm.bsky.social
Up next in the London Universities Population Seminar Series:

On 25 November at 12:45, Dr Isadora Cruxên (QMUL) will present “Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide.”

Join us in G08 (Keppel Street) or online: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide
How can technology support social justice struggles against gender-based violence and feminicide? This talk explores this question through the work of “Data Against Feminicide”, a collaborative
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November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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hggaddy.bsky.social
If you want to channel your frustration with bad excess mortality modelling into some productive science, come join our "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Sign-ups are welcome through January/February!

www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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acadsocsciences.bsky.social
Social scientists📣 The call for sessions & strands for the @bspsuk.bsky.social 2026 Annual Conference is now open! The conference will take place between 8-10 Sep 2026 at University of Kent.⏰The deadline for submissions is 16 January 2026. Find out more➡️
Annual Conference
The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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cpc-cg.bsky.social
🧑‍🏫 THIS WEEK's CPC-CG/CRA webinar ⤵️

Spela Mocnik @cra-soton.bsky.social will discuss how factors like #financial mindsets, access to knowledge and social context interact to influence financial resilience in later life.

Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @bspsuk.bsky.social
Promotional banner for the CPC-CG seminar series. The image shows a man working on a laptop at a desk with notebooks and papers. The text on the right reads: “CPC-CG seminar series. CPC Centre for Population Change. Connecting Generations. Spela Mocnik, University of Southampton. Lenses on later life: Exploring financial planning and resilience through participatory and design-led research. Online 20 November 12:00–13:00 GMT.” The background is mainly blue with white and green accents.
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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femquant.bsky.social
Join us in December for our last event in 2025, an informal online Meet & Mingle. There's a loose structure, but in brief: we hang out for about an hour and chat about feminist quantsy stuff we're working on/ thinking about. More info + link to sign up: femquant.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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cpc-cg.bsky.social
‼️Coming up next week - still time to register to attend: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e7fdca... @ncrm.ac.uk @bspsuk.bsky.social @elsa-study.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social @cra-soton.bsky.social
cpc-cg.bsky.social ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Sep 15
🗓️ Date for your diaries

CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni is a speaker at 2025's final @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar on 19 Nov:

'Exploring #digital life, #technology change & attitudes to #AI through national #datasets'

Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e7fdca...
Image shows event details with NCRM logo. Text reads: Exploring Digital Life, Technology Change and Attitudes to AI through National Datasets Details The Data Resources Training Network welcomes you to the final webinar in our 2025 series: Exploring Digital Life, Technology Change and Attitudes to AI through National Datasets. The webinar will focus on secondary, quantitative data. It will take place on Teams on the 19th of November from 14:00 – 15:30. The speakers will be: Athina Vlachantoni who will examine patterns of intergenerational digital contact before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Wave Nine and the first wave of the ELSA COVID-19 Sub-study, this talk overviews shifts in digital communication use among older people during the pandemic and reflects on the gender gap and family relationship closeness. Plus Roshni Modhvadia and Mark Elliot
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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cpc-cg.bsky.social
👋 Meet CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni, Professor of #Gerontology and #SocialPolicy.

In this interview, Athina reflects on her path in #academia, the value of taking chances, and the importance of balance and equality in shaping a meaningful career. @uosmedia.bsky.social
Professor Athina Vlachantoni
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November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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natcen.bsky.social
Looking for further training and development to support and grow your career in social research? NatCen Learning delivers a wide-ranging programme of courses, covering ethical considerations, qualitative data, deliberation and much more. Visit natcen.ac.uk/training-courses to find out more
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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cpc-cg.bsky.social
☹️ Missed our #CPCCGWebinar last week?

Krista Westrick-Payne @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social joined us to discuss how institutional, cultural, and policy contexts shape #marriage and #divorce in the #US.

The recording is now available so you can catch up 🥳
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The Context of Connection: Linking Partnership, Place and Population Data - Krista K. Westrick-Payne
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November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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dmorenoagostino.bsky.social
📢8 days to apply to this 2-year postdoc!📢

Join @jdasmunshi.bsky.social + @georgeploubidis.bsky.social + me to do research using data from @clscohorts.bsky.social and beyond, as well as linkages to health and administrative data, to examine population mental health inequalities over the life course!
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social Darío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · 21d
🚨Job alert!🚨

We are looking for a 🧮 quant postdoc researcher to join the AMAZING Jay Das-Munshi @jdasmunshi.bsky.social George Ploubidis @georgeploubidis.bsky.social & myself at @kingscsmh.bsky.social in collab with @clscohorts.bsky.social

All info: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

Closes 18 Nov!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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cpc-cg.bsky.social
‼️The @bspsuk.bsky.social conference 2026 call for sessions and strands is now open - deadline 16 January.

British Society for #Population Studies Conference
8-10 September 2026
@unikent.bsky.social, Canterbury

More info and submissions: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... @populationeu.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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acadsocsciences.bsky.social
In this month’s policy update we comment on the UK Government’s white paper for England on education and skills and what the proposals might mean for universities & research policy. Elsewhere, rumours continue amid the 3-month pause to REF. Read more➡️ acss.org.uk/policy-updat...
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
bspsuk.bsky.social
📢 Now open: BSPS 2026 Call for sessions and strands. Come and join us in Canterbury. 8-10 September 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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ericbschneider.bsky.social
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊

Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.

🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...

Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE. The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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cpc-cg.bsky.social
🕑Join us online TODAY at 2pm (UK time) - all welcome, simply register to get the link: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @bspsuk.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social
cpc-cg.bsky.social ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 23d
🧑‍🏫 THIS WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 6 Nov

Krista Westrick-Payne @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social will discuss how institutional, cultural, & policy contexts shape #marriage & #divorce in the #US, drawing on the Theory of Conjunctural Action.

Register to join: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @populationeu.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM