Heini Väisänen
@heinivaisanen.bsky.social
Social demography, sexual & reproductive health (#abortion, #miscarriage) at INED, France.
PI of ERC Starting Grant "Social Inequalities in the Risk and Aftermath of Miscarriage (@soc-misc.bsky.social)".
@FemQuant.bsky.social co-ordinator.
She/elle
PI of ERC Starting Grant "Social Inequalities in the Risk and Aftermath of Miscarriage (@soc-misc.bsky.social)".
@FemQuant.bsky.social co-ordinator.
She/elle
Would you like to stay updated on the most recent #miscarriage research by the @soc-misc.bsky.social project? You are in luck: we'll launch a newsletter next month!
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✉️ The SOC-MISC project launches a newsletter!
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SOC-MISC Newsletter
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November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Would you like to stay updated on the most recent #miscarriage research by the @soc-misc.bsky.social project? You are in luck: we'll launch a newsletter next month!
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I don’t know what to say anymore other than to remind those in power that refugees are human beings with equal rights who, along with their children, deserve a safe, stable & integrated life in their communities and that what they’re breaking now with this performative cruelty can’t be fixed later.
The Labour government does not want to rule out deporting somebody once here as a refugee 16-19 years with a British-born 15 year old child
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I don’t know what to say anymore other than to remind those in power that refugees are human beings with equal rights who, along with their children, deserve a safe, stable & integrated life in their communities and that what they’re breaking now with this performative cruelty can’t be fixed later.
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
A new pre-print from @soc-misc.bsky.social project!
We compare the number of self-reported miscarriages to healthcare records in Finland to better understand the quality of #miscarriage data.
More info 👇
My co-authors: Hanna Remes, Lara Lehtoranta, @mccompans.bsky.social, Pekka Martikainen
We compare the number of self-reported miscarriages to healthcare records in Finland to better understand the quality of #miscarriage data.
More info 👇
My co-authors: Hanna Remes, Lara Lehtoranta, @mccompans.bsky.social, Pekka Martikainen
📣New pre-print from SOC-MISC: Measuring miscarriages: A comparison of self-reported and healthcare register data in Finland.
More info below 👇🧵
Read full paper here: osf.io/preprints/so...
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More info below 👇🧵
Read full paper here: osf.io/preprints/so...
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OSF
osf.io
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A new pre-print from @soc-misc.bsky.social project!
We compare the number of self-reported miscarriages to healthcare records in Finland to better understand the quality of #miscarriage data.
More info 👇
My co-authors: Hanna Remes, Lara Lehtoranta, @mccompans.bsky.social, Pekka Martikainen
We compare the number of self-reported miscarriages to healthcare records in Finland to better understand the quality of #miscarriage data.
More info 👇
My co-authors: Hanna Remes, Lara Lehtoranta, @mccompans.bsky.social, Pekka Martikainen
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✨ New look, same great resource ✨
Our World Abortion Laws map is the definitive record of the legal status of abortion in countries and territories across the globe, updated in real time. Check it out in English or Spanish here: https://bit.ly/47X2s26
Our World Abortion Laws map is the definitive record of the legal status of abortion in countries and territories across the globe, updated in real time. Check it out in English or Spanish here: https://bit.ly/47X2s26
World's Abortion Laws - Center for Reproductive Rights
Over the past 30 years, more than 60 countries and territories have liberalized their abortion laws.From Ireland to Nepal, abortion rights are becoming recognized as fundamental human rights for milli...
reproductiverights.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
✨ New look, same great resource ✨
Our World Abortion Laws map is the definitive record of the legal status of abortion in countries and territories across the globe, updated in real time. Check it out in English or Spanish here: https://bit.ly/47X2s26
Our World Abortion Laws map is the definitive record of the legal status of abortion in countries and territories across the globe, updated in real time. Check it out in English or Spanish here: https://bit.ly/47X2s26
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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...
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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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🚨Job🚨Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck–University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health, a joint initiative of @mpidr.bsky.social & @helsinki.fi with the vision to unearth pivotal social processes that generate health inequalities.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🚨Job🚨Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck–University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health, a joint initiative of @mpidr.bsky.social & @helsinki.fi with the vision to unearth pivotal social processes that generate health inequalities.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
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Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
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I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Associate Professorship in Sociology - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Sociology journal is looking for new Board members!
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Sociology journal is looking for new Board members!
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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📢 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
📢 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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When we dismiss years of careful research because it lacks a national headcount, we're not being rigorous, we're being reductive.
The question we should be asking isn't just 'How many?' but 'What counts as knowing’?
The question we should be asking isn't just 'How many?' but 'What counts as knowing’?
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
When we dismiss years of careful research because it lacks a national headcount, we're not being rigorous, we're being reductive.
The question we should be asking isn't just 'How many?' but 'What counts as knowing’?
The question we should be asking isn't just 'How many?' but 'What counts as knowing’?
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The paradox is demanding precise answers to questions we haven't sought to measure. We want to know 'how many' before we ask 'who they are', 'what they need', or 'how we can support them'; letting the absence of one type of data eclipse the presence of another, often more relevant form of knowledge
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The paradox is demanding precise answers to questions we haven't sought to measure. We want to know 'how many' before we ask 'who they are', 'what they need', or 'how we can support them'; letting the absence of one type of data eclipse the presence of another, often more relevant form of knowledge
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JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
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I think this constant push for immigrants to feel & act ‘grateful’ is so insidious. Let’s change the narrative. Migration is a normal part of human behaviour, not a charity case. If you’re doing your best to do your best, you don’t need to do even more to be accepted. It’s your right to be accepted.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I think this constant push for immigrants to feel & act ‘grateful’ is so insidious. Let’s change the narrative. Migration is a normal part of human behaviour, not a charity case. If you’re doing your best to do your best, you don’t need to do even more to be accepted. It’s your right to be accepted.
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November 2025
Events FemQuant—November Panel: Feminist Research and Data Activism in Political Turmoil: A Year in Review November 5th at 11:30am Eastern/4:30pm GMT/5:30pm CET: signup form here. Description: This virtual event will be a moderated panel discussion featuring a mix of researchers who…
Events FemQuant—November Panel: Feminist Research and Data Activism in Political Turmoil: A Year in Review November 5th at 11:30am Eastern/4:30pm GMT/5:30pm CET: signup form here. Description: This virtual event will be a moderated panel discussion featuring a mix of researchers who…
November 2025
Events FemQuant—November Panel: Feminist Research and Data Activism in Political Turmoil: A Year in Review November 5th at 11:30am Eastern/4:30pm GMT/5:30pm CET: signup form here. Description: This virtual event will be a moderated panel discussion featuring a mix of researchers who use feminist approaches to quantitative research within the social sciences. The discussion will cover more specific topics and questions about international data challenges and activism from the last year since Trump’s re-election.
femquant.wordpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
November 2025
Events FemQuant—November Panel: Feminist Research and Data Activism in Political Turmoil: A Year in Review November 5th at 11:30am Eastern/4:30pm GMT/5:30pm CET: signup form here. Description: This virtual event will be a moderated panel discussion featuring a mix of researchers who…
Events FemQuant—November Panel: Feminist Research and Data Activism in Political Turmoil: A Year in Review November 5th at 11:30am Eastern/4:30pm GMT/5:30pm CET: signup form here. Description: This virtual event will be a moderated panel discussion featuring a mix of researchers who…
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A new study shows that COVID19 during pregnancy was associated with a significant increase in the odds of neurodevelopmental conditions in offspring.
This supports literature suggesting that infections during pregnancy can increase the odds of ASD in offspring.
It also supports vaccination.
This supports literature suggesting that infections during pregnancy can increase the odds of ASD in offspring.
It also supports vaccination.
journals.lww.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A new study shows that COVID19 during pregnancy was associated with a significant increase in the odds of neurodevelopmental conditions in offspring.
This supports literature suggesting that infections during pregnancy can increase the odds of ASD in offspring.
It also supports vaccination.
This supports literature suggesting that infections during pregnancy can increase the odds of ASD in offspring.
It also supports vaccination.
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📢 Vienna Institute of Demography @demographyvienna.bsky.social is seeking a Postdoc Researcher in Population Data and Projections RG 📈 📊
I can't recommend enough working at VID, especially with Anne!
💯 friendly, supportive environment with world-class researchers.🤓
oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/km5kybrq
I can't recommend enough working at VID, especially with Anne!
💯 friendly, supportive environment with world-class researchers.🤓
oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/km5kybrq
Postdoc (m/f/x) – Population Data and Projections
OeAW - Discovering the futureAs a central non-university institution for science and research, the Austrian Academy of Sciences - OeAW has the task of "promoting science in every respect". F...
oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📢 Vienna Institute of Demography @demographyvienna.bsky.social is seeking a Postdoc Researcher in Population Data and Projections RG 📈 📊
I can't recommend enough working at VID, especially with Anne!
💯 friendly, supportive environment with world-class researchers.🤓
oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/km5kybrq
I can't recommend enough working at VID, especially with Anne!
💯 friendly, supportive environment with world-class researchers.🤓
oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/km5kybrq
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organised as part of the Reproduction Research Group in the Dept. of Global Health & Social Medicine @kings-sga.bsky.social, we're delighted to celebrate the work of Drs Vacarezza, @cordyf.bsky.social, Chaparro-Buitrago. Come join us in person or online! www.outsavvy.com/event/31065/...
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
organised as part of the Reproduction Research Group in the Dept. of Global Health & Social Medicine @kings-sga.bsky.social, we're delighted to celebrate the work of Drs Vacarezza, @cordyf.bsky.social, Chaparro-Buitrago. Come join us in person or online! www.outsavvy.com/event/31065/...
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Anti-abortion politics & changes in abortion, miscarriage & stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey
doi.org/10.55016/ojs...
Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social
doi.org/10.55016/ojs...
Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social
Anti-abortion politics and changes in abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey | Journal of Critical Public Health
Abortion has been legal without restriction in Turkey since 1983. However, the government’s anti-abortion campaign in 2012 has resulted in significant restrictions on abortion services, particularly…
doi.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Anti-abortion politics & changes in abortion, miscarriage & stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey
doi.org/10.55016/ojs...
Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social
doi.org/10.55016/ojs...
Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social
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Mifepristone has a well-documented safety record, demonstrated through real-world use and in over 100 peer-reviewed research publications.
The FDA’s inquiry into the safety of mifepristone is senseless and politically motivated. #AbortionAccurate
The FDA’s inquiry into the safety of mifepristone is senseless and politically motivated. #AbortionAccurate
Science, not politics, should lead abortion decisions at the FDA
Rather than placing more limits on medication abortion, the scientific evidence points in a completely different direction.
thehill.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Mifepristone has a well-documented safety record, demonstrated through real-world use and in over 100 peer-reviewed research publications.
The FDA’s inquiry into the safety of mifepristone is senseless and politically motivated. #AbortionAccurate
The FDA’s inquiry into the safety of mifepristone is senseless and politically motivated. #AbortionAccurate
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Want to learn more about harmonised fertility datasets in four British cohorts?
Read the latest CLS working paper to find out how these data can enhance cross-cohort research on fertility and family life and how they compare with ONS statistics on fertility. Read now 👉 buff.ly/u66v1Nt
Read the latest CLS working paper to find out how these data can enhance cross-cohort research on fertility and family life and how they compare with ONS statistics on fertility. Read now 👉 buff.ly/u66v1Nt
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Want to learn more about harmonised fertility datasets in four British cohorts?
Read the latest CLS working paper to find out how these data can enhance cross-cohort research on fertility and family life and how they compare with ONS statistics on fertility. Read now 👉 buff.ly/u66v1Nt
Read the latest CLS working paper to find out how these data can enhance cross-cohort research on fertility and family life and how they compare with ONS statistics on fertility. Read now 👉 buff.ly/u66v1Nt
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📣 Out now: a commentary by @heinivaisanen.bsky.social and Hanna Remes discussing an article using the eMKF method to estimate pregnancy loss trends in the US, and also examining more generally the challenges of estimating pregnancy loss trends.
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
📣 Out now: a commentary by @heinivaisanen.bsky.social and Hanna Remes discussing an article using the eMKF method to estimate pregnancy loss trends in the US, and also examining more generally the challenges of estimating pregnancy loss trends.
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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Disparities in stillbirth rates according to municipal deprivation levels: a nationwide study in Brazil
Ismina Papadhima, Lays Janaina Prazeres Marques, Elzo Pereira Pinto Jr, Hannah Blencowe, Marcia Furquim de Almeida, et al
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Ismina Papadhima, Lays Janaina Prazeres Marques, Elzo Pereira Pinto Jr, Hannah Blencowe, Marcia Furquim de Almeida, et al
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Disparities in stillbirth rates according to municipal deprivation levels: a nationwide study in Brazil - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Investigating the relationship between stillbirth and deprivation is essential to guide healthcare improvements, as evidence is scarce in LMIC contexts. This study estimated the stillbirth ...
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Disparities in stillbirth rates according to municipal deprivation levels: a nationwide study in Brazil
Ismina Papadhima, Lays Janaina Prazeres Marques, Elzo Pereira Pinto Jr, Hannah Blencowe, Marcia Furquim de Almeida, et al
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Ismina Papadhima, Lays Janaina Prazeres Marques, Elzo Pereira Pinto Jr, Hannah Blencowe, Marcia Furquim de Almeida, et al
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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3 full-time positions on Probabilistic Migration Modeling at University of @helsinki.fi in collaboration with @mpidr.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä.
DM me if you want to know more, as I'm part of the project. Definitely DM me if you heard of conformal prediction
www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...
DM me if you want to know more, as I'm part of the project. Definitely DM me if you heard of conformal prediction
www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...
Postdoctoral Researchers in Demography and Population Projections
The Population Research Institute (PRI) at Väestöliitto – Family Federation of Finland and the University of Helsinki invite applications for three positions as Postdoctoral research fellow to study…
www.vaestoliitto.fi
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
3 full-time positions on Probabilistic Migration Modeling at University of @helsinki.fi in collaboration with @mpidr.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä.
DM me if you want to know more, as I'm part of the project. Definitely DM me if you heard of conformal prediction
www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...
DM me if you want to know more, as I'm part of the project. Definitely DM me if you heard of conformal prediction
www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...