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Julia Mikolai
@jmikolai.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Demography/Quant Geography; interested in covid, children, families, fertility, migrants, housing, and longitudinal methods. PI of @childlives.bsky.social‬ project.
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Sanny Afable @sdafable.bsky.social · 8d
Hot off the press 🔥 My first PhD chapter is now published as a research article in Population, Space and Place! @mpidr.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social

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Health Decline and Residential Transitions Among Older Adults in Europe
Residential mobility is a possible strategy to cope with health challenges in later life. However, little research has examined whether and how health decline triggers residential mobility and whethe...
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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · 6d
Come along to this @cpc-cg.bsky.social webinar today at 1pm UK time if you are interested in #family #complexity and the #lifecourses of #children in #Europe

To find out more about the @childlives.bsky.social project, visit the website childlives.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · 26d
We are hiring a Posd-Doctoral Research Fellow @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social to work on #family and #housing #projections using #microsimulation. DL: 1 October. More info: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Research Fellow (or Research Assistant*) – AR2690
Research Fellow (or Research Assistant*) – AR2690, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, Salary: £38,784 - £46,049 per annum, Start: As soon as possible, Fixed term until May 2027, <p st...
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 29d
📕 NEW @migrantlife.bsky.social paper by @jmikolai.bsky.social and Hill Kulu, published in Advances in Life Course Research

Investigates how #partnership, #fertility, and #employment changes interact in the lives of #immigrants’ descendants in the UK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Image shows screen grab of publication information: Advances in Life Course Research Available online 29 August 2025, 100703 In Press, Journal Pre-proof Advances in Life Course Research Heterogeneity or disadvantage? Partnership, childbearing, and employment trajectories of the descendants of immigrants in the United Kingdom Júlia Mikolai, Hill Kulu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100703 Highlights • European/Western descendants and natives have similar trajectories. • Caribbeans have diverse family patterns, but similar employment to natives. • South Asians have conservative family patterns and low labour market attachment. • Heterogeneous family trajectories co-exist with low labour market participation.
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European Association for Population Studies @eaps.bsky.social · Sep 4
📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna.

💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Sep 3
Great day #BSPS2025, incl. @migrantlife.bsky.social's Baek on #fertility & #employment of UK women with #migrant backgrounds; Harrison & @maryabedalahad.bsky.social on migrants' life events in France & Sweden; @sarahchristison.bsky.social on UK family & housing transitions by migrant group & origin
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ChildLives @childlives.bsky.social · Sep 4
Our PI, @jmikolai.bsky.social presented preliminary results at the @bspsuk.bsky.social annual conference.
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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · Sep 2
Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow at my @bspsuk.bsky.social conference presentation tomorrow.
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ChildLives @childlives.bsky.social · Sep 2
We will participate at the annual @bspsuk.bsky.social conference in Swansea. Check out the presentation on family complexity in children’s lives across Europe by project lead @jmikolai.bsky.social on Wednesday 3 September, 13:00-14:30, in Great Hall 037.
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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · Sep 2
Thrilled that my new @childlives.bsky.social project now has a Bluesky account and website. Follow us and check out the website!
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ChildLives @childlives.bsky.social · Sep 1
We are live! We are the UKRI Horizon Europe Guarantee funded ChildLives project (selected for funding as an ERC Starting Grant). We will investigate the trends, inequalities, & consequences of family complexity across children’s lives in Europe. Stay tuned for updates. childlives.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
Investigating family complexity across children’s lives in Europe
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Laura K Taylor @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social · Jul 3
#ISPP2025 folks please share these 2 #postdoc opportunities with your networks

2 of 2 due this Friday 11July—>
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Laura K Taylor @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social · Jun 5
#postdoc in #peace #science at @ucddublin.bsky.social

Work with me on GENERATION PEACE to develop a #global #youth #peacebuilding indictor

Due 11 July, noon
Search Ref #018451 at
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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · Jul 4
Still a few days left to apply to this postdoc job 👇
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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · Jun 17
Postdoc job opening! Come and work with us. DL: 8 July @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @cpc-cg.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
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Chia Liu @ischiathere.bsky.social · Jun 16
St Andrews SGSD @standrewssgsd.bsky.social seeks to appoint a Post-doc to work on family and housing projections using microsimulation as part of 2 programmes: @migrantlife.bsky.social and @cpc-cg.bsky.social. Closing Date: 8 July 2025. For details:
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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · Jun 17
Postdoc job opening! Come and work with us. DL: 8 July @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @cpc-cg.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
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Chia Liu @ischiathere.bsky.social · Jun 16
St Andrews SGSD @standrewssgsd.bsky.social seeks to appoint a Post-doc to work on family and housing projections using microsimulation as part of 2 programmes: @migrantlife.bsky.social and @cpc-cg.bsky.social. Closing Date: 8 July 2025. For details:
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/....
Research Fellow, Geography and Sustainable Development
Research Fellow, Geography and Sustainable Development , School of Geography and Sustainable Development Salary: £38,249 - £45,413 per annum Start Date: As soon as possible Fixed Term until March ...
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British Society of Gerontology @britishgerontology.bsky.social · May 15
Check out this Centre for Population Change webinar on pension reforms & public pension adequacy.
Our Emerging Researchers in Ageing Chair, Dr Lisa Davison, presents on their work with colleagues from Southampton using Luxembourg Income Study data.

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Exploring pension reforms and public pension adequacy - Traute Meyer, Paul Bridgen, Lisa Davison
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · May 15
🔖 #Workingfromhome has not meant greater geographical spread of talent to level up #economy

Findings from CPC-CG's @jackiewahba.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social & McCollum @standrewssgsd.bsky.social + @unibirmingham.bsky.social, @dmuleicester.bsky.social, UAL

▶️ www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...
Image shows front cover of the ESRC Centre for Population Change Report: Working from home: Impacts on residential mobility and spatial inequality The report cover has an image of Birmingham Centenary Square, Image credit istock.com/holgs 2022. With logos from the ESRC, CPC, Connecting Generations, University of Southampton, University of St Andrews, University of Birmingham, City-REDI, De Montfort University and UAL. Authors list: David McCollum (University of St Andrews, CPC-CG) Ian Taylor (University of the Arts London) Jonathan Payne (De Montfort University, Institute for Responsible Business and Social Justice) Anne Green (University of Birmingham, City-REDI) Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton, CPC-CG) Armine Ghazaryan (University of Southampton, CPC-CG) Published May 2025
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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · May 10
Delighted to have contributed a chapter on the #partnership context of #childbearing to this #OpenAccess book.
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Apr 25
📚 NEW BOOK - open access!

Leading scholars explore how individual life trajectories, societal norms, and legal frameworks are shaping modern #relationships.

Co-edited by CPC member @briennaph.bsky.social

🔖 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

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Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course Research Handbooks in Sociology series Edited by Dimitri Mortelmans, Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH), University of Antwerp, Belgium, Laura Bernardi, Swiss Center of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Brienna Perelli-Harris, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, UK Publication Date: April 2025 ISBN: 978 1 80392 337 6 Extent: 394 pp This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com.
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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Apr 16
📢 Reminder: Submit your paper or extended abstract for the Comparative Population Studies special issue on “Migration Trajectories Over the Life Course”! 🧳
🗓️ Deadline: May 15
📄 Call for papers: www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
#Migration #Lifecourse
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Apr 25
👩‍💻 Come along to our next CPC-CG Scotland webinar on 1 May

Traute Meyer discusses research showing that, while #pension rules have changed, actual pension incomes have mostly stayed stable, esp. for women, suggesting other factors like employment trends also matter.

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This CPC-CG Scotland Webinar will take place on Thursday 1 May 2025 at 13:00 UK Time. CPC Member, Dr Traute Meyer, Dr Paul Bridgen and Lisa Davison will be presenting, "Retrenchment without effect: Exploring the link between pension reforms and public pension adequacy of new retirees in seven European countries (1993 - 2020)
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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Apr 25
RAND’s Postdoctoral Program in the Study of Aging will be recruiting for two new fellows this Spring. Outstanding opportunity for junior scholars in demographic and aging research. Deadline is May 23. www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
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Stefanie Mollborn @mollborn.bsky.social · Apr 3
New postdoc with @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social! Due May 15. Demography and Health Group, Bielefeld University. Project "Linked Lives: Consequences of Long Commuting for the Health of All Family Members (COMFAM)," funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant.
Research Position (Postdoc)
<div style="text-align: justify;">The Demography and Health Group is seeking to appoint a full-time post-doctoral researcher to join t...
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Apr 25
📚 NEW BOOK - open access!

Leading scholars explore how individual life trajectories, societal norms, and legal frameworks are shaping modern #relationships.

Co-edited by CPC member @briennaph.bsky.social

🔖 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

@bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social
Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course Research Handbooks in Sociology series Edited by Dimitri Mortelmans, Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH), University of Antwerp, Belgium, Laura Bernardi, Swiss Center of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Brienna Perelli-Harris, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, UK Publication Date: April 2025 ISBN: 978 1 80392 337 6 Extent: 394 pp This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com.
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