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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
Pleased to have been part of the first review paper to look at the paradox of immigrants living longer in worse health.
Produced as part of the @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social project.

Can be found here in the British Medical Bulletin

academic.oup.com/bmb/article/...

Long lives, poor health? A comprehensive review of the evidence among international migrants

AbstractIntroduction. Empirical evidence on migrant morbidity suggests that migrant populations have a higher burden of disease compared to non-migrants in

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great to see @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social colleague Courtney Franklin do the first presentation of research coming out of our project at #BSPS2025

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MigrantLife @migrantlife.bsky.social · Sep 3

@jharrison37.bsky.social is next presenting his work on #births, #partnerships & residential #mobility of #immigrants & #descendants in #France! He shows that African immigrants exhibit higher event intensity, some fertility convergence across generations & that residential barriers persist.

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congrats!

It’s the former btw!

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy BSPS week to all those who celebrate. My office for the afternoon is a table seat on the Transport to Wales service en route to Swansea.

Looking forward to catching up with everyone there!

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Jul 22

What does a reviewer mean when they say “the results section is too descriptive”?

I’m at a bit of a loss about what else should be in a results section if not a description of the results

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Jul 4

Graduation ✔️

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚩Job vacancy

🏘️ #Postdoctoral #ResearchfFellow to work on #family and #housing projections using #microsimulation as part of @migrantlife.bsky.social and CPC-CG.

Closing date: 8 July 2025

Full info: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

@bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

Image shows a picture of a hand holding a pen writing in a notebook. Text advertises job opportunity: Post-doctoral Research Fellow* to work on family and housing projections using microsimulation. This work is part of two research programmes: a) the MigrantLife project funded by the European Research Council (ERC); and 2) the ESRC Centre for Population Change & Connecting Generations (CPC-CG). The Research Fellow will use microsimulation: a) to project partnership and childbearing trajectories of migrants and their descendants in the UK (and elsewhere in Europe); and b) to investigate individuals’ and couples’ housing trajectories in the UK and to project future homeownership rates.

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Jun 18

Excited to be a part of this team, and involved in a really interesting project!

PARA-MOR (ERC/UKRI) @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social · Jun 9

The PARA-MOR project is super delighted to welcome @jharrison37.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow! @salforduni.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social (1/5)

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PARA-MOR (ERC/UKRI) @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢 We are hiring! 📢

Are you a UK home student with (or nearing) a Master's degree in Demography, Public Health, Sociology or a related discipline? Do you have a strong interest in ethnicity and inequality? 📈🌍

If so, come and do a PhD @salforduni.bsky.social!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Living longer in worse health? Understanding the immigrant morbidity-mortality paradox in the U.K. at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Living longer in worse health? Understanding the immigrant morbidity-mortality paradox in the U.K. at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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PARA-MOR (ERC/UKRI) @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social · Jun 9

The PARA-MOR project is super delighted to welcome @jharrison37.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow! @salforduni.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social (1/5)

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Apr 13

Thanks @popassocamerica.bsky.social for a phenomenal (IYKYK) time at #PAA2025. My two sessions were great and both my discussants gave great insight! Great to be here alongside my @migrantlife.bsky.social and @phrg-standrews.bsky.social colleagues.
Until next time!

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Apr 13

Final day at #PAA2025! I’m presenting on the migrant mortality advantage in England and Wales compared to Norway at 9am in the Magnolia room on the mezzanine.
Start your Sunday out right by listening to me!

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Apr 11

Our team is busy busy busy today!

MigrantLife @migrantlife.bsky.social · Apr 11

Much migrant life work today at #PAA2025!

@sarahchristison.bsky.social is presenting first thing in the Silver Linden Room!

@jharrison37.bsky.social is at 9:30 in the Cherry Blossom Room

@parthpandya.bsky.social is at 11:00 in Farragut North

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MigrantLife @migrantlife.bsky.social · Apr 11

Much migrant life work today at #PAA2025!

@sarahchristison.bsky.social is presenting first thing in the Silver Linden Room!

@jharrison37.bsky.social is at 9:30 in the Cherry Blossom Room

@parthpandya.bsky.social is at 11:00 in Farragut North

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Apr 11

Busy day at #PAA2025 for me!
Catch me in session 36 in the cherry blossom room at 9:30 talking about @migrantlife.bsky.social work!

And also in Poster session 4!

Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thanks. I’m a Bluesky newbie. I didn’t know if hashtags were a thing on here.

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Apr 9

PAA 2025 is off to a great start; as I find myself with not one, but two rows to myself on my Icelandair flight!

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Apr 4

I am heading to DC next week for PAA 2025.

Come catch me talk about migrant mobility and housing in Europe as part of the @migrantlife.bsky.social Friday 11th @ 9:30 in the Cherry Blosson Room
Then again on Sunday 13th at 9am in Magnolia Room where I’ll be talking about migrant mortality!

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CeLSIUS @celsiusnews.bsky.social · Mar 14

The ONS Longitudinal Study has transformed our understanding of immigration & health in the UK. This thread explores 4 key insights from the latest #LinkingOurLivesPod with @mjwdemography.bsky.social and @jharrison37.bsky.social highlighting the LS' contribution to research in this field.

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Mar 11

This was a lot of fun to record. If anyone wants to listen to me talk about immigrant morality and cancer using the England and Wales Longitudinal Study - here is your chance!

CeLSIUS @celsiusnews.bsky.social · Mar 5

In the latest episode of the #LinkingOurLivesPod we talk about how uniquely placed the ONS Longitudinal Study is to research questions about the health of immigrants with @mjwdemography.bsky.social & @jharrison37.bsky.social

🔗 buff.ly/4jIfjdO

@standrewssgsd.bsky.social @migrantlife.bsky.social

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thanks for having me involved. I really enjoyed it! 😆

CeLSIUS @celsiusnews.bsky.social · Mar 5

In the latest episode of the #LinkingOurLivesPod we talk about how uniquely placed the ONS Longitudinal Study is to research questions about the health of immigrants with @mjwdemography.bsky.social & @jharrison37.bsky.social

🔗 buff.ly/4jIfjdO

@standrewssgsd.bsky.social @migrantlife.bsky.social

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Feb 18

🚨 ‼️ 🚨 Deadline Day‼️ 🚨 ‼️
Put this at the top of your to do list!

Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Feb 17

Time is running out 🕰️ 🚨

There is only one day left to submit to the @migrantlife.bsky.social symposium held in St Andrews in June.

We would love to see you there.
Submit your abstract here
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docs.google.com/forms/d/1aP4...

3rd Migrant Life Symposium Abstract Submission

Thank you for your interest in attending the 3rd MigrantLife Symposium in St Andrews on 25th and 26th June 2025. Please complete the form below to submit your paper.

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Feb 17

Time is running out 🕰️ 🚨

There is only one day left to submit to the @migrantlife.bsky.social symposium held in St Andrews in June.

We would love to see you there.
Submit your abstract here
👇👇👇👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/1aP4...

3rd Migrant Life Symposium Abstract Submission

Thank you for your interest in attending the 3rd MigrantLife Symposium in St Andrews on 25th and 26th June 2025. Please complete the form below to submit your paper.

docs.google.com

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Feb 4

Your two week warning for the deadline to submit to the 2025 @migrantlife.bsky.social symposium!

Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Jan 12

🚨 Call for abstracts!! 🚨
Come and join the @migrantlife.bsky.social team in St Andrews for two days of talks about migration studies.

Submit here: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Any area of migration research is welcome! With some funding available for ECRs.
Please share!

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Jan 29

Landed in Paris ready for another week of analysis of the French Permanent Demographic Survey as part of the @migrantlife.bsky.social project. Grateful to be hosted by @ined.bsky.social

Always looking for recommendations for restaurants, cafes and weekend activities.

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Jan 24

Huge thanks to my supervision team Prof Hill Kulu and Frank Sullivan and Dr Katherine Keenan. And Dr Emmanuel Olamijuwon for being the convenor of the defence under highly unusual circumstances.

@standrewssgsd.bsky.social
@phrg-standrews.bsky.social

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Jan 24

Today I successfully defended my thesis passing without corrections. 🥂🥳

It’s been quite a journey but grateful to Professors Gunnar Malmberg and Helga de Valk for the discussion of my work and the topic of migrant incorporation!

A great day despite the storm! ⛈️ 💨

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · Jan 12

@eaps.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social @cpc-cg.bsky.social

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