💥New publication in Population Studies: We explore how health in early adulthood influences fertility, using data from the 1958 British birth cohort. Read more here 👇

📢New paper out in Quality&Quantity w/ Arezzo & Guagnano: Self-rated health can be biased. We use a misclassification-adjusted ordered probit model on Italian survey data (2019 EHIS) to improve estimates.
Read it here 👉🏻 rdcu.be/euZgX

Brilliant session about “The Surprises of Population Studies” at #SIS2025 in Genova!
Thanks to speakers and participants for the stimulating discussion! 👏
@karlosj89.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social @comochia.bsky.social

#PopDays2025 in Cagliari really felt like home and we are already looking forward to seeing you all in Trento 2027!🍀

Final session of #PopDays2025: presentation of the Population Report “Towards a Positive Demography”

📍Aula A — starting now!

My (very first) article is now available on SSM🎉
We investigated the extent to which the well-known educational disparities in dementia incidence persisted in subsequent healthcare utilization after dementia onset. Don't just go to read it, run!🏃

📣 Aaaaaand...

👉 The Italian Association for Population Studies is also on Bluesky!

Definitely a must-follow!

🙌 @aisp-sis.bsky.social 🙌

Super proud of Eleonora Miaci, who brilliantly and successfully defended her thesis yesterday about migrants’ fertility in Italy! A well-deserved achievement after all your hard work and dedication—it’s been an honor to be your supervisor. Excited for your bright future ahead! 🎓👏”

👉 Starting now: the launch event of Age-Florence, a research institute that brings together several departments of the University of Florence to conduct cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on aging.

GENUS joined Bluesky over a year ago—one of the first (if not the first) demographic journals here.

A year later, the club is growing! 🎉

Comment below if you’d like to be added to our starter pack of demographic journals and resources!

go.bsky.app/E6UtfNx

New publication! 📢

Elisabeth K. Kraus explores transnational configurations of nuclear and extended family members among Eritrean and Syrian refugees surveyed in Germany, using #TransFAR data.

Check the paper #openaccess here 👇

🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

🔎 Join the final Workshop of the UnFamiLiC project!

📅 November 25th, 9:00am-5:00pm
📍 University of Florence (Polo Didattico Morgagni, Room 203).

✅ Sign up now – free event! tinyurl.com/3prbyhkd

👉 For more information, click here: tinyurl.com/mpd2pzuj

My work w/ @alderotti.bsky.social “Migrants’ health in Italy: do the union status and the partner’s nationality matter?” has been honored as one of the top three under-40 paper at the 59th Scientific Meeting of SIEDS in Naples! “La Sapienza” @florenceups.bsky.social

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@agostino.bsky.social PhD at Sapienza University presented his research about #housing tenure trajectories & health across #Europe at #YD2024 Conference!

This morning I joined the poster session at the #YoungDemographers Conference in Prague with my work on housing tenure trajectories and health in later life. Such a nice experience! #YD2024

🎉 Many congratulations to Daniele Vignoli, who was awarded the 🏆European Demographer Award🏆 2023 by Population Europe at the Berlin Demography Days!

Well deserved! 👏👏👏

🔵 Exciting news!

UPS - the Unit of Population Studies at the University of Florence is now on Bluesky! 🎉

👉 Stay up-to-date with our latest research and join this vibrant community. Spread the word and invite your fellow thinkers to connect with us!

New paper by @stefanischerer.bsky.social, Pavolini, &
@elibrini.bsky.social find that public & private childcare services have limited but positive short-term effects on fertility in Italy contingent on specific socio-demographic groups. @csisunitn.bsky.social
genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

📢 New article with E. Barbiano di Belgiojoso, S. Rimoldi & L. Terzera “#Migrants’ choices pertaining to informal #childcare in Italy and France: a complex relationship between the #origin and #destination countries” out in Population, Space & Place!

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