Tim Riffe
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Tim Riffe
@timriffe1.bsky.social
· Nov 25
New paper on how to calculate a multistate death distribution! What's that, you ask? Usually, we plot a death distribution by age at death. But age at death is the sum of our time spent in different states. If we split time between being healthy or not, then the distribution is multistate (1/3)
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Have you ever considered studying demography – also alongside your work?
Charles University in Prague is offering a part-time distance-learning programme leading to a Master's degree in Demography.
🔜 Application deadline: 28 February 2026
Read more here: lnkd.in/dHVw-3gR
Photo: Petr Jan Juračka
Charles University in Prague is offering a part-time distance-learning programme leading to a Master's degree in Demography.
🔜 Application deadline: 28 February 2026
Read more here: lnkd.in/dHVw-3gR
Photo: Petr Jan Juračka
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Have you ever considered studying demography – also alongside your work?
Charles University in Prague is offering a part-time distance-learning programme leading to a Master's degree in Demography.
🔜 Application deadline: 28 February 2026
Read more here: lnkd.in/dHVw-3gR
Photo: Petr Jan Juračka
Charles University in Prague is offering a part-time distance-learning programme leading to a Master's degree in Demography.
🔜 Application deadline: 28 February 2026
Read more here: lnkd.in/dHVw-3gR
Photo: Petr Jan Juračka
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📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography
Marcus Ebeling will lead the team starting on 1 July 2026. The research group will be based at the MPIDR in Rostock. Read an interview with Marcus on his future research here: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rgmd (including link to job) #postdoc
Marcus Ebeling will lead the team starting on 1 July 2026. The research group will be based at the MPIDR in Rostock. Read an interview with Marcus on his future research here: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rgmd (including link to job) #postdoc
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography
Marcus Ebeling will lead the team starting on 1 July 2026. The research group will be based at the MPIDR in Rostock. Read an interview with Marcus on his future research here: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rgmd (including link to job) #postdoc
Marcus Ebeling will lead the team starting on 1 July 2026. The research group will be based at the MPIDR in Rostock. Read an interview with Marcus on his future research here: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rgmd (including link to job) #postdoc
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Big congratulations to Rohan Alexander & Tim Hatton for their article ‘The making of a nation: Who voted for Australian federation?' which has won the 2025 Sir Timothy Coghlan award for best paper in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review!
February 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Big congratulations to Rohan Alexander & Tim Hatton for their article ‘The making of a nation: Who voted for Australian federation?' which has won the 2025 Sir Timothy Coghlan award for best paper in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review!
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
…
32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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🎓🎩 Congratulations to Nicolò, Francesca, Giacomo, and Agostino on earning their PhDs!
It was a wonderful day filled with inspiring talks on fertility, migration, mortality, and health — everything that demography is about.
We are truly proud of your paths, well done to all four of you! 🌟📊
It was a wonderful day filled with inspiring talks on fertility, migration, mortality, and health — everything that demography is about.
We are truly proud of your paths, well done to all four of you! 🌟📊
February 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
🎓🎩 Congratulations to Nicolò, Francesca, Giacomo, and Agostino on earning their PhDs!
It was a wonderful day filled with inspiring talks on fertility, migration, mortality, and health — everything that demography is about.
We are truly proud of your paths, well done to all four of you! 🌟📊
It was a wonderful day filled with inspiring talks on fertility, migration, mortality, and health — everything that demography is about.
We are truly proud of your paths, well done to all four of you! 🌟📊
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Call for Applications! NextGenPop is an undergraduate program in population research, 2-week on-campus summer experience and virtual components hosted by the University of Minnesota, June 7 – 19, 2026. Deadline Feb. 5
NextGenPop
Next Generation of Scholars in Population Research
buff.ly
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Call for Applications! NextGenPop is an undergraduate program in population research, 2-week on-campus summer experience and virtual components hosted by the University of Minnesota, June 7 – 19, 2026. Deadline Feb. 5
Comparative Population Studies too!
January 31, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Comparative Population Studies too!
A ready list I’m not sure, but i know Demographic Research, Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, and Population are all free for authors and readers alike.
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
A ready list I’m not sure, but i know Demographic Research, Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, and Population are all free for authors and readers alike.
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Population science/demography folks: Looking for a list of journals that either a) don't have OA fees, b) have reasonable OA fees (a few hundred), or c) allow authors to deposit the author's accepted manuscript in PubMed.
Does this exist somewhere? Do we need to start such a list?
Does this exist somewhere? Do we need to start such a list?
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ALT: a cartoon character with a sign that says south park behind him
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Population science/demography folks: Looking for a list of journals that either a) don't have OA fees, b) have reasonable OA fees (a few hundred), or c) allow authors to deposit the author's accepted manuscript in PubMed.
Does this exist somewhere? Do we need to start such a list?
Does this exist somewhere? Do we need to start such a list?
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This is terrible. It is also an opportunity for certain journalists to finally speak up with a *fraction* of the courage the people of Minneapolis have shown. It is also instructive that Lemon is Black. Woe/pox etc upon white journalists who don’t freak out about this.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
This is terrible. It is also an opportunity for certain journalists to finally speak up with a *fraction* of the courage the people of Minneapolis have shown. It is also instructive that Lemon is Black. Woe/pox etc upon white journalists who don’t freak out about this.
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PhD opportunity!
CPop is opening a fully funded three year PhD position on lifespan inequalities.
Apply here 👇
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CPop is opening a fully funded three year PhD position on lifespan inequalities.
Apply here 👇
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
PhD scholarship for research project on lifespan inequalities across social determinants of health
The Interdisciplinary Centre on population Dynamics (CPop) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a fully funded three year PhD position within a Danish Research Council ...
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 PM
PhD opportunity!
CPop is opening a fully funded three year PhD position on lifespan inequalities.
Apply here 👇
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
CPop is opening a fully funded three year PhD position on lifespan inequalities.
Apply here 👇
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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It all comes back to the corrupting influence of money in politics. Get it out!
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It all comes back to the corrupting influence of money in politics. Get it out!
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Vignette: solving facility location problems with realistic travel-times.
Use the r5 routing engine to generate a travel-time cost matrix from OSM data, then optimize facility locations with a lightning-fast Rust backend in spopt-r.
Learn how: walker-data.com/spop...
Use the r5 routing engine to generate a travel-time cost matrix from OSM data, then optimize facility locations with a lightning-fast Rust backend in spopt-r.
Learn how: walker-data.com/spop...
January 21, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Vignette: solving facility location problems with realistic travel-times.
Use the r5 routing engine to generate a travel-time cost matrix from OSM data, then optimize facility locations with a lightning-fast Rust backend in spopt-r.
Learn how: walker-data.com/spop...
Use the r5 routing engine to generate a travel-time cost matrix from OSM data, then optimize facility locations with a lightning-fast Rust backend in spopt-r.
Learn how: walker-data.com/spop...
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The Toronto Population Network @tpn-uoft.bsky.social Seminar Series is happening this semester, with a great line-up, including @lucampesando.bsky.social, Orsola Torrisi, @mdhayward.bsky.social, and @jnobles.bsky.social! Starts next Tuesday. If you're in Toronto please come along!
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The Toronto Population Network @tpn-uoft.bsky.social Seminar Series is happening this semester, with a great line-up, including @lucampesando.bsky.social, Orsola Torrisi, @mdhayward.bsky.social, and @jnobles.bsky.social! Starts next Tuesday. If you're in Toronto please come along!
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MiCDA is excited to announce that our call for Research Fellow proposals is now open! Early career faculty are invited to submit proposals for pilot research related to the demography of aging. Visit myumi.ch/P34p4 for details. We look forward to your submissions by March 2.
Programs - Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging
MiCDA spurs new research on the demography of aging through pilot project and early career development opportunities.
myumi.ch
January 19, 2026 at 7:11 PM
MiCDA is excited to announce that our call for Research Fellow proposals is now open! Early career faculty are invited to submit proposals for pilot research related to the demography of aging. Visit myumi.ch/P34p4 for details. We look forward to your submissions by March 2.
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📢 #episky #mortality
New year, new #STMF data 🎆
Revised and updated data available 📈
➡️ mortality.org/Data/STMF
🔒 STMF data access is now limited to registered #HMD users to protect sensitive data. Log in with your existing HMD credentials to download the data series.
New year, new #STMF data 🎆
Revised and updated data available 📈
➡️ mortality.org/Data/STMF
🔒 STMF data access is now limited to registered #HMD users to protect sensitive data. Log in with your existing HMD credentials to download the data series.
January 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM
📢 #episky #mortality
New year, new #STMF data 🎆
Revised and updated data available 📈
➡️ mortality.org/Data/STMF
🔒 STMF data access is now limited to registered #HMD users to protect sensitive data. Log in with your existing HMD credentials to download the data series.
New year, new #STMF data 🎆
Revised and updated data available 📈
➡️ mortality.org/Data/STMF
🔒 STMF data access is now limited to registered #HMD users to protect sensitive data. Log in with your existing HMD credentials to download the data series.
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This is exciting! www.dhsprogram.com?fbclid=IwVER...
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This is exciting! www.dhsprogram.com?fbclid=IwVER...
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Two more weeks to apply for this job! Tenure track or tenured! Living in Paris! Nice colleagues (and me)!
Let me know if you have any questions! Details: www.shorturl.at/E57le
Let me know if you have any questions! Details: www.shorturl.at/E57le
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Two more weeks to apply for this job! Tenure track or tenured! Living in Paris! Nice colleagues (and me)!
Let me know if you have any questions! Details: www.shorturl.at/E57le
Let me know if you have any questions! Details: www.shorturl.at/E57le
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I belatedly realized that one thing I can do to help Minneapolis is connect people there who want to write about what they're experiencing, but need support, to people who can provide that.
Support can mean comments on a draft, but it can also mean listening to you talk & asking questions,
1/
Support can mean comments on a draft, but it can also mean listening to you talk & asking questions,
1/
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I belatedly realized that one thing I can do to help Minneapolis is connect people there who want to write about what they're experiencing, but need support, to people who can provide that.
Support can mean comments on a draft, but it can also mean listening to you talk & asking questions,
1/
Support can mean comments on a draft, but it can also mean listening to you talk & asking questions,
1/
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Finally, a note to the many professors in my networks: One other specific, small thing you can do from outside of Minneapolis is reach out to colleagues who are heavily affected (because of their own or their family's risk, or because they're very busy protecting neighbors) and offer a guest lecture
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Finally, a note to the many professors in my networks: One other specific, small thing you can do from outside of Minneapolis is reach out to colleagues who are heavily affected (because of their own or their family's risk, or because they're very busy protecting neighbors) and offer a guest lecture
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Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
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Our paper "Ageing populations: new challenges in longevity" updating Christensen et al. (2009) is out! This was one of the first tasks Jim Vaupel gave me 5 years ago & grateful to have worked with 3 of the original authors plus 2 CPop colleagues to bring this to fruition @cosmostrozza.bsky.social
Ageing populations: new challenges in longevity - PubMed
The deceleration in life expectancy gains, particularly among the oldest populations, raises important questions about future trends in longevity. As physical and cognitive health change in older ages healthcare systems will face new and diverse challenges. Understanding the role of ageing and time- …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Our paper "Ageing populations: new challenges in longevity" updating Christensen et al. (2009) is out! This was one of the first tasks Jim Vaupel gave me 5 years ago & grateful to have worked with 3 of the original authors plus 2 CPop colleagues to bring this to fruition @cosmostrozza.bsky.social
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The Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion!
pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
January 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion!
pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
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🚨🧵on Venezuela
While the final US military operation last weekend might have been under cover of darkness, the build-up to it was out in the open for all to see.
I've constructed some timelines of the immediate build-up covering both the strikes and the supporting actions...
1/11
While the final US military operation last weekend might have been under cover of darkness, the build-up to it was out in the open for all to see.
I've constructed some timelines of the immediate build-up covering both the strikes and the supporting actions...
1/11
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
🚨🧵on Venezuela
While the final US military operation last weekend might have been under cover of darkness, the build-up to it was out in the open for all to see.
I've constructed some timelines of the immediate build-up covering both the strikes and the supporting actions...
1/11
While the final US military operation last weekend might have been under cover of darkness, the build-up to it was out in the open for all to see.
I've constructed some timelines of the immediate build-up covering both the strikes and the supporting actions...
1/11