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Maria Louisa Pohl @marialouisa.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congratulations Cosmo!!!

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · Jul 28

In child nutrition research, we talk about the first 1,000 days—from conception through age 2—as an absolutely critical period for child development. Sustained undernutrition in útero and as babies and toddlers has largely irreversible negative health impacts that last a lifetime.

NPR @npr.org · Jul 28

Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.

His name is Mohammad Al-Motawaq. He is 18 months old. And he is starving in Gaza

Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.

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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) @vypr.bsky.social · Jul 16

‼️New #Debate out in @vypr.bsky.social! Jesús García-Gómez, Juan Galeano and Albert Esteve discuss how national-level data can obscure important internal diversity, leading to misleading conclusions about demographic patterns 👇🔗https://austriaca.at/?arp=0x0040760c§0x00407608
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Maria Louisa Pohl @marialouisa.bsky.social · Jul 14

Curious about IPUMS or the CORESIDENCE database but missed our morning session? Find lots of flyers and information in front of Room P11 #IPC2025 #CORESIDENCE @ipums.bsky.social @cedemografia.bsky.social

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Juan Galeano @juangaleano.bsky.social · Jul 8

Heading to the IPC in Brisbane?

Don’t miss our session on powerful data tools for researchers:

Free-Use Data for Research: IPUMS Census & Survey Microdata + The CORESIDENCE Database 📈📊

📅 Monday, July 14
🕣 8:30–10:00 AM
📍 Meeting Room P11

Come discover datasets that can transform your research!

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Jasmin Abdel Ghany @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social · May 26

More than 9,000 studies, reports, & book chapters published based on 400+ DHS surveys that were conducted in 91 countries, according to our bibliometric analysis (by @aasli.bsky.social). The termination could set the global research community back for years or even decades.
osf.io/preprints/so...

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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · Jun 4

Some good news to brighten up your feed: Our #R package 📦 DemoKin for the demographic analysis of kinship has a new website with extensive documentation and literature 🎉🎈 @mpidr.bsky.social If you don't know it yet, why not check it out? ivanwilli.github.io/DemoKin/inde...

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Population Research Centre Groningen @popresgroningen.bsky.social · May 28

Interested in migration, mortality, fertility & more? The Master in Population Studies at the University of Groningen — the only full-time demography programme in the Netherlands — is recruiting! 🎓

🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/gIc8g...
ℹ️ Info: www.rug.nl/frw/educatio...

@frw-rug.bsky.social

Master Population Studies - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

YouTube video by University of Groningen

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · May 27

Who gets the privilege of free time? Across Europe, fathers enjoy more leisure time than mothers, especially in Southern and Eastern countries. New research across 13 countries shows persistent gender gaps in parental leisure. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Claudia Brunori @claudiabrunori.bsky.social · Apr 29

Another piece of my PhD thesis is now published in International Migration Review!

How many immigrants get transnationally separated from their children in the migration process, and how does this affect their mental health in the short- and medium- term?

Check it out 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0197...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 15

We already know of over 1,000 student visa terminations. The true number is likely significantly higher. Very few have anything to do with pro-Palestinian advocacy. The overwhelming majority seem to be the result of automated terminations for any contact with law enforcement, no matter how minor.

Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · Apr 15

There are specific regulatory and procedural requirements to end a student’s legal status, attorneys say.

But the basis for the vast majority of terminations—including traffic violations and other misdemeanor issues—wouldn’t meet them, they say. And students aren’t getting a chance to respond.

Lawsuits Over Foreign Students’ Status Find Solid Legal Footing

The Trump administration lacks regulatory authority to terminate foreign students’ lawful status in the US, immigration attorneys said about litigation over the government’s unprecedented crackdown.

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Fernanda Fortes de Lena @ferfortes.bsky.social · Apr 15

Come join us in Barcelona for our course in Autumn! If you can't make it in person you can participate online. I recommend it to all that are interested in studying LGBTQ population with a demographic perspective.

Come join us in Barcelona or online for our course!

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Maria Louisa Pohl @marialouisa.bsky.social · Mar 26

There are less than 2 weeks left to register for our course "Theories, Data, and Visualization for Global Analyses of Family Change"! Join us this June in beautiful Barcelona to learn more about family systems and change with a focus on comparative analyses: ced.cat/bcn4seasons/...

Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics

El Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics fou fundat l’any 1984 amb una triple missió: promoure la recerca, la docència i la difusió del coneixement en matèria de població.

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚨 Come research singlehood with me! I’m hiring a 3-year Postdoc w/interest in Family Demography to start this Fall. Please share!

📍 Barcelona (@cedemografia.bsky.social)
🔎 ERC-funded project 'SINGLE'
📅 Deadline – April 24, 2025
🔗 More info: shorturl.at/400eo
#Postdoc #Demography

a sign that says we 're hiring in orange on a white background

ALT: a sign that says we 're hiring in orange on a white background

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · Mar 17

Call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026: one week left to apply!

More information: ow.ly/1ZOl50V9y65

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Mar 10

💻Join online! 🎧
Süßmilch Lecture @mpidr.bsky.social
Eugenics, demography and academia: an ongoing relationship
🗣️ @rebeccasear.bsky.social, @brunelcce.bsky.social & @ehbea.bsky.social
📅March 25, 2025
🕒3 pm CET
✏️Sign up now:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · Dec 18

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher

Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

www.thepinknews.com

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Mar 4

The erasure of trans people continues. www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-a...

Census Bureau under Trump seeks permission to delete questions about gender identity

The U.S. Census Bureau under the Trump administration has sought permission to delete questions about gender identity from a monthly survey

www.independent.co.uk

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Mar 4

Even in one-person households, gender disparities in housework remain — gendered behaviors exist beyond traditional family dynamics in all countries. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Juan Galeano @juangaleano.bsky.social · Mar 2

A sneak peek of the Global Living Arrangements Database (GLAD) I'm working on these days. At the rate at which the US is deteriorating, maybe this is the last data we see from this country.

#demography #rstats #data #population #US

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Mar 2

Since Reagan, the US has intentionally undercounted homelessness and hidden its structural roots.

So, workers and their kids are sleeping in cars and motels but aren't officially counted as unhoused and are scorned for "bad choices" they're presumed to have made.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...

Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)

The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.

www.nytimes.com

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Maria Louisa Pohl @marialouisa.bsky.social · Feb 28

The availability of DHS data (and the continuous DHS in Senegal) made this work possible, and I am particularly saddened by the prospect that such data will no longer be collected and made available.

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Maria Louisa Pohl @marialouisa.bsky.social · Feb 28

🚨The 2nd chapter of my thesis was just published in Studies in Family Planning! Together with Ewa Batyra and Albert Esteve, we find that counteracting fertility and child mortality dynamics contribute to stable levels of out-fostering in Senegal.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

<em>Studies in Family Planning</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library

In sub-Saharan Africa, child out-fostering is a traditional social practice, and research suggests stable levels of out-fostering over time, yet the underlying demographic and socioeconomic factors d...

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Maria Louisa Pohl @marialouisa.bsky.social · Feb 26

🚨I am happy that the first chapter of my PhD thesis has been published. Together with @juangaleano.bsky.social & Albert Esteve, we use data from the CORESIDENCE database to map national and subnational trends in household size and characteristics across Africa.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

African households: National and subnational trends from censuses and surveys

Using census and survey microdata from 49 African countries across 415 subnational areas, we offer a comprehensive overview of household size and composition in Africa. The study emphasizes the pot...

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EAPS PhD Network @eapsphd.bsky.social · Feb 11

🚀 Join us on 21st Feb, 2025 for the EAPS PhD Webinar: “Life Beyond Academia: How to Navigate Your Career” 🌍✨

Hear from experts like Sophie Lohmann, Karolis Zibas, & Mark Wheldon about transitioning from academia to global careers. 📚💼

🕒 15:00–16:30 CET | 🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/EAPSPhD25

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