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Peter Ellis @freerangestats.info · 1d

We're #hiring a demographer at Pacific Community-SPC to help Pacific Island countries and territories with their population statistics! Based in Fiji, we're seeking someone with a relevant Masters or PhD, 10+ years experience, and strong skills in #rstats or Stata. careers.spc.int/job/statisti...

Statistics Adviser (Demography)

Suva-based position (Fiji) Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC) is...

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 1d

As the federal #shutdown enters week 2, GPAC is monitoring developments and working with partners (@cossa.bsky.social) to address disruptions.

If your research/funding has been affected, share impacts via our portal—your examples help strengthen advocacy for a swift resolution. buff.ly/pIO1QQw

Share Your Research Activities Negatively Affected by Shutdown

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Antonino Polizzi @polizzan.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe these functions are useful for forecasting fertility? Or for jointly modeling fertility and mortality? We do not fully know yet—but there’s plenty of exciting applied work ahead. Give our paper a read, try out the functions, and let us know what you think! 👇 6/n
doi.org/10.1080/0032...

Fertility, birth, reproduction: Connecting formal demographic frameworks

The conventional framework of fertility research conceptualizes childbirth from the mother’s perspective. From her perspective, birth is an uncertain and potentially recurring event. In contrast, t...

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Antonino Polizzi @polizzan.bsky.social · 1d

Very kind reading recommendation from @amandajean.bsky.social: My new paper "Fertility, birth, reproduction: Connecting formal demographic frameworks" with Annette Baudisch. 🤓 Just out in Population Studies. doi.org/10.1080/0032...

Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 2d

I love you, European demographers. Please never, ever change ❤️

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European Association of Science Editors @easeeditors.bsky.social · 1d

EASE is a signatory to the UN SDG Publishers Compact.

Towards Goal 4: Quality Education, we provide free access to a range of materials and events of benefit to academics of all experiences, and all involved in the publishing industry.

Browse our website to see what could help you

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 2d

📍Save the date for our next #CPCCGWebinar ⬇️

@jiaxinshi.bsky.social from HKUST will present 'Internal #migration and #longevity in the United States'

Register to join us online on 23 October: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @eapsphd.bsky.social

Image shows person presenting a seminar at the front of a classroom, with an audience with their back to the camera and a person in the foreground with their hand up to answer a question. Image credit: istock.com/Giuseppe Lombardo. Text advertises: This CPC-CG seminar will take place on Thursday 23 October 2025 at 12:00-13:00 UK Time. Jiaxin Shi, Associate Professor of Social Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, will be delivering a presentation entitled, 'Internal Migration and Longevity in the United States'.

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵

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High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS

There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 5d

NEXT WEEK - CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni will be participating in an @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar:

👩‍💻 Exploring #ageing through national #datasets

🗓️ Thursday 9 October at 13:30

Register to attend online: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f9d99b... @bspsuk.bsky.social

Exploring Ageing through National Datasets Webinar
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The Data Resources Training Network welcomes you to the second webinar in our 2025 series: Exploring Ageing through National Datasets

The webinar will focus on secondary, quantitative data. It will take place on Teams on the 9th of October from 13:30 - 15:00. The speakers will be:

George B. Ploubidis who will consider a cross-generational life-course approach to healthy ageing in the 21st century, arguing that understanding, addressing the challenges, and seizing the opportunities of an ageing population requires robust evidence spanning the entire life course and multiple generations. Drawing on the UK’s nationally representative birth cohort studies, he will present key insights into the social, economic, and biological factors that shape health and discuss how generational differences illuminate ways to delay chronic illness, promoting health, functioning, and productivity.
Athina Vlachantoni who will explore pension protection among minority ethnic communities in the UK. Drawing on a three-year ESRC-funded project, she combines nationally representative data with interviews and focus groups to reveal persistent ethnic and gender gaps in pension membership and saving behaviour as well as culture-specific approaches to later-life finance. The talk discusses how UK pension protection can become more inclusive for future cohorts.
Bram Vanhoutte who, drawing on 10 years of data from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, examines the gap between subjective and chronological age, the role of functional health, and differences between birth cohorts.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 8d

Are you a postdoctoral researcher? Don't miss the application deadline for British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants on 5 November. Funding is available for research projects across all areas of the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 9d

‼️ Closing THIS WEDNESDAY - Apply: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Sep 4

📌 New opportunity to work with @migrantlife.bsky.social and CPC-CG @standrewssgsd.bsky.social

Post-doctoral #ResearchFellow to work on #family and #housing projections using #microsimulation

Apply by 1 October #poptwitter: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... @bspsuk.bsky.social

Image shows a hand holding a pen writing in a notebook with the Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations logos. Text in the image advertises the job opportunity: Research Fellow or Research Assistant to work on family and housing projections using microsimulation. Based at the School of Geography and Sustainable Developmen, University of St Andrews.

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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 9d

NEW DATA! Harmonised fertility histories of four British cohorts – born in 1946, 1958, 1970 and 1989-90 – are now available for the scientific community to download from the @ukdataservice.bsky.social

Find out more on the CLS website – bit.ly/42CN0qr

Research on fertility and families enhanced with new harmonised cohort data | CLS

Harmonised data on the fertility histories of four British cohorts are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 12d

LSE and @bspsuk.bsky.social are hosting a workshop on "Being an academic in population studies" on 3 November! It'll be a nice mix of methods training and career advice with great talks by @ericbschneider.bsky.social, Wendy Sigle, José Manuel Aburto, and others!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-an-a...

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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 13d

Have you registered for our 2025 Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture yet? This year Julia Gillard, 27th Prime Minister of Australia & Chair of @giwlkings.bsky.social, will discuss the vital role of social science in a divided world. Register now➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 14d

Want to learn more? Why not join our free upcoming training webinar: Introducing polygenic scores in four national cohort studies on 30 September, from 12–1pm. Book now 👉 buff.ly/ahenpiR
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Introducing polygenic scores in four national cohort studies
Webinar: Tuesday, 30 September 2025
12-1pm UK time

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 13d

🗓️NEXT WEEK - Come along to our #CPCCGWebinar

@jmikolai.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social will discuss @childlives.bsky.social, which aims to understand trends, inequalities & consequences of family complexity in children's lives in Europe

Register to join us: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...

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Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) @demographyvienna.bsky.social · 16d

📢 Registration is open & the agenda is now available!
Participate in the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century", taking place from Nov 19–21 2025 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna and online.
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...

#WICVienna #demography

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16d

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher. We've released a new 'warts and all' podcast, in collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk which might be of interest to anyone thinking of starting a career in research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher: A new podcast by the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust

A new podcast for early-career researchers has been launched by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust.

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Dr Mary @maryabedalahad.bsky.social · Sep 4

I am so happy to have presented in two sessions at #BSPS2025 conference on Life course trajectories of descendants of immigrants in Sweden and on Life satisfaction, health and air pollution.
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Sep 6

@bspsuk.bsky.social has a scheme which supports a researcher from a lower/middle income country to attend the conference. This year @rahulmondal.bsky.social from the International Institute for Population Sciences, India was supported, who’ll also be at the Evolutionary Demography Society meeting

Pic of Rahul’a title slide:

Human populations with low survival at advanced ages and postponed fertility reduce long-term growth in high inflation environments

Rahul Mondal, Jose Manuel Aburto, Rebecca Sear, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Udaya Shankar Mishra, Roberto Salguero-Gomez

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Dr Jo Mhairi Hale @jo-hale.bsky.social · 29d

Great to see so many excited early career researchers #ECR at #BSPS25 @bspsuk.bsky.social last week! Was the most packed session I attended!

ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Sep 3

At #BSPS2025, CPC-CG member Dr Jo Mhairi Hale provided useful practical tips on navigating #PhDs/#postdocs, as well as how to take advantage of training and opportunities.

The session was co-organised with Rachel Wilkie and Alice Butler-Warke as part of the CPC-CG #ECR network
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British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) @bspsuk.bsky.social · 29d

Check out new #PopDigest with interesting new findings from #PopStudies @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Read more & submit: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpst20/c...

Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · 29d

New #PopDigest! Retirement migration is a thing nowadays.

Ever wonder how many actually return home sooner than planned?

New Dutch research shows: Way more than expected! Health issues & family ties are the main reasons.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/2seve35w

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Sep 4

📌 New opportunity to work with @migrantlife.bsky.social and CPC-CG @standrewssgsd.bsky.social

Post-doctoral #ResearchFellow to work on #family and #housing projections using #microsimulation

Apply by 1 October #poptwitter: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... @bspsuk.bsky.social

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Sep 8

Check out the upcoming events in the @femquant.bsky.social online seminar series, bringing together researchers from across the #socialsciences who explore the combination of #feminist research commitments and #quantitative research methods ⬇️

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Seminar Series

The FemQuant seminar series brings together researchers from across the social sciences who explore the combination of feminist research commitments and quantitative research methods. We aim …

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Anna Dearman @annadearman.bsky.social · Sep 5

I had a great time at the British Society for Population Studies @bspsuk.bsky.social conference this week. I've written a blog post about what I learned - check it out at the link below!

peoplescienceuk.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/w...

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Chia Liu @ischiathere.bsky.social · Sep 5

There are so many things to love about @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025. I got to bond with my @phrg-standrews.bsky.social colleagues over insanely long train rides (but they made it fun). I (re)connected with people doing interesting work who also happen to be great people. Lovely to be home though.

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