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FLUX @flux-consortium.bsky.social · Aug 6

📊 Are you interested in fertility trends in different countries? Try FLUX's new web application!

🔍 The application uses high-quality demographic data and automatically updates with the latest available information.

#demography #fertility

fluxconsortium.fi/news/new-web...

New Web Application Launch: Explore Fertility Trends Across Countries from 1891 to 2023 - Flux Consortium

We are excited to announce the release of our new interactive web application, “Fertility Statistics Visualization Tool (1891–2023)”, now available...

fluxconsortium.fi

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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you for such recognition @populationeu.bsky.social

Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Proud to announce this year's European Demographer Awards!

They go to Julia Hellstrand @juliahellstrand.bsky.social ‬ (Helsinki), Cosmo Strozza @cosmostrozza.bsky.social (Odense) and Éva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social (Vienna).

More: population-europe.eu/network/news...

Congratulations!

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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Proud to announce this year's European Demographer Awards!

They go to Julia Hellstrand @juliahellstrand.bsky.social ‬ (Helsinki), Cosmo Strozza @cosmostrozza.bsky.social (Odense) and Éva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social (Vienna).

More: population-europe.eu/network/news...

Congratulations!

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Jennifer Hook @jenlhook.bsky.social · Nov 15

I made a Starter Pack!

But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary

Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT

@wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/63Jq944

#Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · Jul 11

Eva Beaujouan (@fertdem.bsky.social), assoziierte Professorin am Institut für #Demografie an der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Wien, rückt rund um den heutigen Weltbevölkerungstag das Thema der Familiengründung in den Fokus. ⤵️ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
sowi.univie.ac.at/meldungen/de...

Weltbevölkerungstag am 11. Juli

Eva Beaujouan, assoziierte Professorin am Institut für Demografie an der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften, rückt rund um den Weltbevölkerungstag das Thema der Familiengründung in den Fokus.

sowi.univie.ac.at

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · May 27

New paper alert on - you guessed it - childbearing decision-making!

@srhayford.bsky.social & I evaluate if people's perceptions of their personal lives & how things are going more broadly are associated with whether they thought it was likely they would have a(nother) child. 1/

CHAPTER 6
SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS OF PERSONAL AND PUBLIC WELL-BEING AND EXPECTED FUTURE CHILDBEARING
Karen Benjamin Guzzo and Sarah R. Hayford

ABSTRACT
Since the Great Recession, birth rates have fallen steadily in the United States and other
high-income countries, even as macroeconomic conditions improved and have since remained largely
positive. To understand this surprising juxta- position, scholars are increasingly turning to
subjective measures of current and future conditions, hypothesizing that worries about potential
negative futures may lead to lower birth rates even when economic conditions are good. Building on
this literature, we use survey data from the American Trends Panel (ATP; n = 3,696) to assess how
respondents’ satisfaction with their own lives, their understanding of challenges facing young
people, their beliefs about problems in their community, and their predictions of future COVID-19
impacts are associated with their expectations for having children. Results show that people who
are more dissatisfied with their own lives are less likely to expect a child, controlling for other
perceptions as well as objective sociodemographic char- acteristics. Further analyses reveal that
this association is largely restricted to
childless women.

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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) @vypr.bsky.social · May 22

‼️Still time to submit your contribution for the 2026 Special Issue of the @vypr.bsky.social entitled "Delayed Reproduction: Patterns, Challenges and Prospects". ⏰May 31 2025 🔗 @demographyvienna.bsky.social @fertdem.bsky.social

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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) @vypr.bsky.social · May 17

Deadline is approaching!!! Submit your contribution until May 31 for the 2026 Issue of @vypr.bsky.social 👇
@fertdem.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @demographyvienna.bsky.social

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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · May 15

Explore reproductive limits, assisted reproduction, fertility postponement,… and submit your paper to our special issue on Delayed Reproduction.
Deadline at the end of the month!

#demography
#fertility
#latefert

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) @vypr.bsky.social · May 15

📌The deadline for the call for papers for the 2026 Issue of the @vypr.bsky.social “Delayed Reproduction: Patterns, Challenges and Prospects” is approaching‼️

Submit until May 31 2025⏰
🔗 www.viennayearbook.org/call

#demography
@fertdem.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social
www.viennayearbook.org

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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) @vypr.bsky.social · May 15

📌The deadline for the call for papers for the 2026 Issue of the @vypr.bsky.social “Delayed Reproduction: Patterns, Challenges and Prospects” is approaching‼️

Submit until May 31 2025⏰
🔗 www.viennayearbook.org/call

#demography
@fertdem.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social
www.viennayearbook.org

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Joe Strong @joestrong.bsky.social · May 6

FINAL WEEK [deadline May 9th] to apply to this year's BSPS Demography Conference @bspsuk.bsky.social

Strands on:
💚 Fertility and Sexual and Reproductive Health
🧡 Critical Demography

Friendliest conference in town. Only 250 word abstract. Go go go!!!

tinyurl.com/ueuyb9xj

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Cristina Suero @cristinasuero.bsky.social · May 5

🚨 New publication out!

Together with M.C. Compans and Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social, we explore how late transitions to adulthood relate to the use and outcomes of assisted reproduction.
Curious? Have a look! 📄✨

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Delayed transitions to adulthood and assisted reproduction: A study of educational differences in Spain

Transitions to adulthood are increasingly delayed in low-fertility countries, particularly among highly educated women, with significant implications …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · Apr 24

Bien-sûr :)

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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · Apr 24

Oui c’est intéressant. D’après Prioux j’ai l’impression qu’il y avait une bonne quantité de mariages tardifs (et donc de 1ere naissances tardives) au 19eme siècle. T’en penses quoi ?

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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · Apr 24

C’est-à-dire ?

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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · Apr 23

We hope to receive many submissions to this special issue of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research on delayed reproduction!

#fertility #demography #latefert

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) @vypr.bsky.social · Apr 23

🚨The call for contributions on the @vypr.bsky.social 2026 special issue "Delayed Reproduction: Patterns, Challenges and Prospects” is OPEN!

Don't forget to submit!⏬

@demographyvienna.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social

#demography #WICVienna
@fertdem.bsky.social

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) @vypr.bsky.social · Dec 4

‪📢The call for papers for the 2026 Issue of the @vypr.bsky.social is OPEN! Our topic will be on “Delayed Reproduction: Patterns, Challenges and Prospects”!
Submit until May 31 2025⏰
@oeaw.bsky.social #WiCVienna #demography

🔗 www.viennayearbook.org/call

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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) @vypr.bsky.social · Apr 23

🚨The call for contributions on the @vypr.bsky.social 2026 special issue "Delayed Reproduction: Patterns, Challenges and Prospects” is OPEN!

Don't forget to submit!⏬

@demographyvienna.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social

#demography #WICVienna
@fertdem.bsky.social

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) @vypr.bsky.social · Dec 4

‪📢The call for papers for the 2026 Issue of the @vypr.bsky.social is OPEN! Our topic will be on “Delayed Reproduction: Patterns, Challenges and Prospects”!
Submit until May 31 2025⏰
@oeaw.bsky.social #WiCVienna #demography

🔗 www.viennayearbook.org/call

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Brian Buh @brianbuh.bsky.social · Apr 3

In a new paper, @fertdem.bsky.social , @ann-berrington.bsky.social and I explore the relationship between the sense of belonging to the neighbourhood and the birth of the first child. @bspsuk.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Belonging to the neighbourhood, residential mobility, and the transition to parenthood

The sense of belonging to the current neighbourhood may play a role in the transition to parenthood by indicating a feeling of being ‘at home’ and having access to social resources. However, previo...

www.tandfonline.com

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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · Apr 1

Demography paper: we explore the link between mental or physical health and fertility desires across the life course. Mental health seems to trigger changes in reproductive goals at young ages (men), physical health becomes more important at older reproductive ages.
@erc.europa.eu
@univie.ac.at

Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Mar 31

“Self-assessed Physical & Mental Health & Fertility Expectations”: Using HILDA data, Ester Lazzari & Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social examine how self-assessed health influences expectations at different stages of men's & women's reproductive life. @univie.ac.at read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Mar 31

“Self-assessed Physical & Mental Health & Fertility Expectations”: Using HILDA data, Ester Lazzari & Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social examine how self-assessed health influences expectations at different stages of men's & women's reproductive life. @univie.ac.at read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Martin Kreidl @martinkreidl.bsky.social · Mar 27

We just published this material proposing a new survey module to measure First reproductive experience. It is now in the field as part of @ggp-cz.bsky.social. Comments and feedback for future improvement appreciated. osf.io/preprints/so... @fertdem.bsky.social @heinivaisanen.bsky.social

OSF

osf.io

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Mar 17

The Euregio-Ring Seminar hit Innsbruck last week! 🏔️

Insightful talks from E. Beaujouan (@fertdem.bsky.social) and V. Bordone (@valeriabordone.bsy.social) about their works on delayed fertility in high-income countries and the impact of grandparental childcare on fertility.

Next stop: Brixen! 🚞

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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · Feb 5

Hello, looks great, will this be hybrid?

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Leigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · Feb 4

A paper I've been working on for quite literally 10 years just came out

It's a shitty time, for sure, but this paper is still cool and good, and I still want to you tell you all about it

So gather 'round, folks, and hear the story of the 10 year paper!

1/n

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thirty years of ‘strange bedmates’: The ICPD and the nexus of population control, feminism, and family planning

Widely credited with ending population control and ushering in a new era of reproductive rights, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action also incl...

www.tandfonline.com

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Anne Goujon @anne-goujon.bsky.social · Feb 3

For those reading German, @fertdem.bsky.social and I are answering the questions of Jakob Pallinger, journalist at @derstandard.at on low fertility and Shrinking population @iiasa.ac.at @oeaw.bsky.social
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Warum es eine Chance ist, wenn Bevölkerungen schrumpfen

Regelmäßig warnen Berichte und Regierungen vor den Folgen einer schrumpfenden und alternden Bevölkerung. Dabei liegt die Gefahr oft weniger in der Entwicklung selbst als in den Maßnahmen dagegen

www.derstandard.at

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Anna Matysiak @amatysiak.bsky.social · Nov 29

Strains of intensive parenting lower second birth risks:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · Nov 23

The WIC conference is behind, but left a great present in the form of a video of the round table discussion on reproductive futures.

#demography #fertility #latefert
@iiasa.ac.at

www.youtube.com/live/p5iTyss...

YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · Nov 23

Today’s poem celebrates Fibonacci Day. It’s called ‘Word Crunching’.

Word Crunching

I
wrote
a poem
on a page
but then each line grew
to the word sum of the previous two
until I began to worry about all these words coming with such frequency
because as you can see, it can be easy to run out of space when a poem gets all Fibonacci sequency

Brian Bilston

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Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social · Nov 22

Has been a fascinating 2 days discussing delayed fertility.
I had the opportunity to present work on biological, genetic & medical factors related to postponement.
And these amazing Vienna VID, ÖAW surroundings! Glad the focus was on the ceiling (and not me, haha) @oxforddemsci.bsky.social

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Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social · Nov 22

Great presentation on the educational gradient & fertility timing in Spain from our MapIneq project by @mvaldes1989.bsky.social @cristinasuero.bsky.social @fabriberna.bsky.social at VID Vienna

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