Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary research center based at the University of Oxford and Oxford Population Health - disrupting and realigning #demography. Funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social
https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/
https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/
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🧑🏫 CG Co-Director @melindacmills.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social spoke at The #Fiduciary #Investors Symposium, warning that a shrinking #European #population will trigger significant changes in #economic growth and #investor opportunities. Read the full write-up ⬇️ @populationeu.bsky.social
Investors wrestle with Europe's demographic time bomb - Top1000funds.com
Sharply declining populations in Europe, as well as countries like South Korea and Japan, have dramatic implications for economic growth and investment opportunities. Investors at FIS Oxford were warn...
www.top1000funds.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🧑🏫 CG Co-Director @melindacmills.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social spoke at The #Fiduciary #Investors Symposium, warning that a shrinking #European #population will trigger significant changes in #economic growth and #investor opportunities. Read the full write-up ⬇️ @populationeu.bsky.social
📖👨💻🎓 New Courses Alert 🎓👨💻📖
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📖👨💻🎓 New Courses Alert 🎓👨💻📖
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
📉 Many countries are seeing falling birth rates—but can rising gender equality reverse the trend?
A new study from our centre revisits a major debate in demography and finds a modest fertility rebound at high levels of gender equality.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
A new study from our centre revisits a major debate in demography and finds a modest fertility rebound at high levels of gender equality.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
New Study Finds Gender Equality Linked to Modest Fertility Rebound – But Not Enough to Reverse Long-Term Decline
A new study from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science reassesses whether rising gender equality can help reverse falling birth rates, a long-standing theory in demography. The research, publi...
www.demography.ox.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📉 Many countries are seeing falling birth rates—but can rising gender equality reverse the trend?
A new study from our centre revisits a major debate in demography and finds a modest fertility rebound at high levels of gender equality.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
A new study from our centre revisits a major debate in demography and finds a modest fertility rebound at high levels of gender equality.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
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Our new paper develops and tests a network-based method for estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies.
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Abstract. Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are critical for assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively all
academic.oup.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Our new paper develops and tests a network-based method for estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies.
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
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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/
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
📢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/
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/
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I can highly recommend this degree for anyone struggling to understand why in order to estimate migration accurately one might need data. www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
MSc Demography & Health | LSHTM
(also available online)
www.lshtm.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I can highly recommend this degree for anyone struggling to understand why in order to estimate migration accurately one might need data. www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
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1/ Concerns about low birth rates & below "replacement" fertility have been in the news a lot lately. But what does "replacement fertility" mean exactly?
(Throwback pic to that time I tried replacement fertility all in one go). jenndowd.substack.com/p/what-is-re... #demography #fertility
(Throwback pic to that time I tried replacement fertility all in one go). jenndowd.substack.com/p/what-is-re... #demography #fertility
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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After @philipncohen.com's talk, I had #demography on the brain today!
jenndowd.substack.com/p/what-is-re... @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
jenndowd.substack.com/p/what-is-re... @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
What Is "Replacement Fertility" Anyway?
The fine line between population bomb and population extinction
jenndowd.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
After @philipncohen.com's talk, I had #demography on the brain today!
jenndowd.substack.com/p/what-is-re... @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
jenndowd.substack.com/p/what-is-re... @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
A pleasure to host @philipncohen.com this week for a fantastic talk on pronatalism & many more engaging discussions about open science, public engagment, and more!
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A pleasure to host @philipncohen.com this week for a fantastic talk on pronatalism & many more engaging discussions about open science, public engagment, and more!
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
Seminar Alert 🎓🚨:
Tomorrow at 2 pm @philipncohen.com will be giving a seminar on:
"Authoritarian Pronatalism and the Pyrrhic Defeat"
In person: Butler Room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Online (register in advance):
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Tomorrow at 2 pm @philipncohen.com will be giving a seminar on:
"Authoritarian Pronatalism and the Pyrrhic Defeat"
In person: Butler Room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Online (register in advance):
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: LCDS Michaelmas Term seminar: "Authoritarian Pronatalism and the Pyrrhic Defeat", Philip Cohen, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland. After regist...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: LCDS Michaelmas Term seminar: "Authoritarian Pronatalism and the Pyrrhic Defeat", Philip Cohen, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland. After regist...
us06web.zoom.us
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Seminar Alert 🎓🚨:
Tomorrow at 2 pm @philipncohen.com will be giving a seminar on:
"Authoritarian Pronatalism and the Pyrrhic Defeat"
In person: Butler Room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Online (register in advance):
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Tomorrow at 2 pm @philipncohen.com will be giving a seminar on:
"Authoritarian Pronatalism and the Pyrrhic Defeat"
In person: Butler Room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Online (register in advance):
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
New study on global digital gender gaps 🧔♂️👩📱🌐:
It finds that in low- and middle-income countries
- women are 9% less likely to use the 🌐
- 8% less likely to own a 📱 than men
( ~320 million fewer women 🌐 and ~190 million fewer women with 📱)
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/mapping...
It finds that in low- and middle-income countries
- women are 9% less likely to use the 🌐
- 8% less likely to own a 📱 than men
( ~320 million fewer women 🌐 and ~190 million fewer women with 📱)
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/mapping...
Mapping the global digital gender divide: new study reveals stark inequalities in internet and mobile access
A research team comprised of current and alumni members of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) has published a major new study in PNAS revealing where and to what extent women remain ...
www.demography.ox.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New study on global digital gender gaps 🧔♂️👩📱🌐:
It finds that in low- and middle-income countries
- women are 9% less likely to use the 🌐
- 8% less likely to own a 📱 than men
( ~320 million fewer women 🌐 and ~190 million fewer women with 📱)
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/mapping...
It finds that in low- and middle-income countries
- women are 9% less likely to use the 🌐
- 8% less likely to own a 📱 than men
( ~320 million fewer women 🌐 and ~190 million fewer women with 📱)
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/mapping...
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We conducted a systematic review of the effect of in-utero exposure to ambient air pollution on the sex ratio at birth. Evidence is scarce and we need more studies employing rigorous causal inference designs. Work led by Ursula Gazeley @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, preprint available below.
Ambient air pollution and the sex ratio at birth: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social by Ursula Gazeley, Hallie Eilerts-Spinelli, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social post-doc @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social, Ana Bonell & Joshua Wilde
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social by Ursula Gazeley, Hallie Eilerts-Spinelli, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social post-doc @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social, Ana Bonell & Joshua Wilde
Ambient air pollution and the sex ratio at birth: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
Ambient air pollution is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as stillbirth, miscarriage, and preterm birth. However, its effects on the viability, implantation, and survival of…
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We conducted a systematic review of the effect of in-utero exposure to ambient air pollution on the sex ratio at birth. Evidence is scarce and we need more studies employing rigorous causal inference designs. Work led by Ursula Gazeley @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, preprint available below.
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In Madrid this week? Don’t miss @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social presentation
"The Hidden Demographics of Prenatal Selection: Evidence from Family DNA"
at the UNED inequality/social demography seminar
When: 13th Nov, 19.00-20.30
Where: Room Jorge Cavodeassi (OEI), UNED,
Calle Bravo Murillo 38
"The Hidden Demographics of Prenatal Selection: Evidence from Family DNA"
at the UNED inequality/social demography seminar
When: 13th Nov, 19.00-20.30
Where: Room Jorge Cavodeassi (OEI), UNED,
Calle Bravo Murillo 38
The UNED inequality and social demography seminar is back, with @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social @l-sage.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @nicolettabalbo and @danieloesch
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In Madrid this week? Don’t miss @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social presentation
"The Hidden Demographics of Prenatal Selection: Evidence from Family DNA"
at the UNED inequality/social demography seminar
When: 13th Nov, 19.00-20.30
Where: Room Jorge Cavodeassi (OEI), UNED,
Calle Bravo Murillo 38
"The Hidden Demographics of Prenatal Selection: Evidence from Family DNA"
at the UNED inequality/social demography seminar
When: 13th Nov, 19.00-20.30
Where: Room Jorge Cavodeassi (OEI), UNED,
Calle Bravo Murillo 38
On Tuesday, we hosted Jane Greve (VIVE – Danish Centre for Social Science Research) for a fascinating seminar on “Family Spillovers of Dementia.” Using 20 years of Danish register data, she explored how parental dementia affects adult children’s lives.
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
On Tuesday, we hosted Jane Greve (VIVE – Danish Centre for Social Science Research) for a fascinating seminar on “Family Spillovers of Dementia.” Using 20 years of Danish register data, she explored how parental dementia affects adult children’s lives.
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Are the cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1s just a result of losing weight? Probably not--a significant portion of risk reduction seems to be independent of weight loss.
jenndowd.substack.com/p/ozempic-fo... #publichealth #episky #medsky
jenndowd.substack.com/p/ozempic-fo... #publichealth #episky #medsky
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Are the cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1s just a result of losing weight? Probably not--a significant portion of risk reduction seems to be independent of weight loss.
jenndowd.substack.com/p/ozempic-fo... #publichealth #episky #medsky
jenndowd.substack.com/p/ozempic-fo... #publichealth #episky #medsky
LCDS Seminar tomorrow:
Jane Greve from the Danish Center for Social Science Research will present on
"Family Spillovers of Dementia"
For those in Oxford, the seminar is from 2:00-3:30pm, in the Chester Room at Nuffield College.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
Jane Greve from the Danish Center for Social Science Research will present on
"Family Spillovers of Dementia"
For those in Oxford, the seminar is from 2:00-3:30pm, in the Chester Room at Nuffield College.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
Upcoming LCDS Seminar: Jane Greve on "Family Spillovers of Dementia"
Jane Greve, Professor MSO, Deputy head, Cand. polit., PhD. in Economics, The Danish Center for Social Science Research, will deliver our fifth seminar of Michaelmas Term on Tuesday 4th November, 2:00-...
www.demography.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
LCDS Seminar tomorrow:
Jane Greve from the Danish Center for Social Science Research will present on
"Family Spillovers of Dementia"
For those in Oxford, the seminar is from 2:00-3:30pm, in the Chester Room at Nuffield College.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
Jane Greve from the Danish Center for Social Science Research will present on
"Family Spillovers of Dementia"
For those in Oxford, the seminar is from 2:00-3:30pm, in the Chester Room at Nuffield College.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
The talk fromer Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau gave at our centre yesterday focussed on the current growth and productivity challenge.
His main message: sustainable prosperity depends on growth grounded in consent, investment, and execution—not ideology.
His main message: sustainable prosperity depends on growth grounded in consent, investment, and execution—not ideology.
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The talk fromer Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau gave at our centre yesterday focussed on the current growth and productivity challenge.
His main message: sustainable prosperity depends on growth grounded in consent, investment, and execution—not ideology.
His main message: sustainable prosperity depends on growth grounded in consent, investment, and execution—not ideology.
For those in Oxford, join us today at 2pm in the Butler Room at Nuffield College.
Tomorrow at 2 pm we have a very special seminar:
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
For those in Oxford, join us today at 2pm in the Butler Room at Nuffield College.
Job Alert:
Apply for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 2026 by December 15.
You will become a part of our fantastic interdisciplinary team at LCDS and help us push the boundaries of demographic research.
cc @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
Apply for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 2026 by December 15.
You will become a part of our fantastic interdisciplinary team at LCDS and help us push the boundaries of demographic research.
cc @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
Call for Expressions of Interest: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 2026
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS), Oxford Population Health, invites expressions of interest from outstanding early-career researchers who wish to apply for the Leverhulme Trust Ear...
www.demography.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Job Alert:
Apply for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 2026 by December 15.
You will become a part of our fantastic interdisciplinary team at LCDS and help us push the boundaries of demographic research.
cc @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
Apply for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 2026 by December 15.
You will become a part of our fantastic interdisciplinary team at LCDS and help us push the boundaries of demographic research.
cc @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
Our LCDS team meeting with representatives from Pompeu Fabra, to work on future international international collaborations.
European demographic research is 🔥
European demographic research is 🔥
La rectora Laia de Nadal es reuneix amb diverses universitats britàniques per reforçar la seva col·laboració amb la #UPFBarcelona:
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
London School of Economics
ℹ️ tuit.cat/L97Ju
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
London School of Economics
ℹ️ tuit.cat/L97Ju
October 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Our LCDS team meeting with representatives from Pompeu Fabra, to work on future international international collaborations.
European demographic research is 🔥
European demographic research is 🔥
Tomorrow at 2 pm we have a very special seminar:
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tomorrow at 2 pm we have a very special seminar:
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
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3 #PostDoc researcher positions at @helsinki.fi in collaboration with IIASA @iiasa.ac.at and MPIDR @mpidr.bsky.social on population projections, migration dynamics, and human capital development
#demography #박사후연구
www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...
#demography #박사후연구
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 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
3 #PostDoc researcher positions at @helsinki.fi in collaboration with IIASA @iiasa.ac.at and MPIDR @mpidr.bsky.social on population projections, migration dynamics, and human capital development
#demography #박사후연구
www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...
#demography #박사후연구
www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...
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If your research touches on population dynamics, aging, education, labor force participation, or the links between demography, environment, and socioeconomic development, check out our research at the Multidimensional Demographic Modelling group for #YSSP2026
➡️https://iiasa.ac.at/programs/popjus/mdm
➡️https://iiasa.ac.at/programs/popjus/mdm
October 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
If your research touches on population dynamics, aging, education, labor force participation, or the links between demography, environment, and socioeconomic development, check out our research at the Multidimensional Demographic Modelling group for #YSSP2026
➡️https://iiasa.ac.at/programs/popjus/mdm
➡️https://iiasa.ac.at/programs/popjus/mdm
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Some colleagues and I have been trying to counter both pronatalism broadly and the specific ways demography is being misused to make it seem like raising birth rates is a neutral, reasonable thing to do.
Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.
theconversation.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Some colleagues and I have been trying to counter both pronatalism broadly and the specific ways demography is being misused to make it seem like raising birth rates is a neutral, reasonable thing to do.
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Very excited to announce that @srhayford.bsky.social, @lesja.bsky.social, and I will be guest-editing a special volume of @prpr-journal.bsky.social on "Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context"! Submissions due March 1, 2026. link.springer.com/collections/...
October 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Very excited to announce that @srhayford.bsky.social, @lesja.bsky.social, and I will be guest-editing a special volume of @prpr-journal.bsky.social on "Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context"! Submissions due March 1, 2026. link.springer.com/collections/...