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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 15d

My book, a labor of love, with 15 years of my own research and the stories of countless women, is out today!! I document why women's time has gotten so squeezed, and then provide actionable, evidence-based strategies on what we can do about it! So many people on here did the research in the book! 🙏

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 6d

Very excited to announce that @srhayford.bsky.social, @lesja.bsky.social, and I will be guest-editing a special volume of @prpr-journal.bsky.social on "Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context"! Submissions due March 1, 2026. link.springer.com/collections/...

Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context
Participating journal: Population Research and Policy Review

Call for Papers

Low and declining birth rates across the world have consequences for countries’ population size and structure. Concerns over the potential economic effects of population aging have spurred many countries to engage in efforts to raise birth rates. At the same time, there is growing concern about the social and cultural causes and consequences of low birth rates. Pronatalism – an ideology based on the belief that birth rates are too low, and societies should work to raise them in the interest of economic productivity and cultural preservation – has re-emerged as an increasingly visible and powerful force across different settings. The dynamics of low fertility – such as fertility decline, postponement, and changing patterns of family formation – have been common topics in population science over the last 25 years, but pronatalism has received considerably less attention from the field.

This Special Issue will provide an opportunity for population scientists to contribute to the conversations about pronatalism throughout the world. We welcome critical, theoretical, descriptive, and empirical submissions that explicitly focus on some aspect of pronatalism. Further research is needed on the evidentiary base upon which pronatalism rests; the social, political, and cultural inspirations and implications of pronatalism; and the support for, and effects of, pronatalist policies. Evaluation of alternative approaches (besides raising birth rates) for addressing changes in population size and composition is also warranted. Submissions that discuss the causes and consequences of low fertility but do not directly engage with pronatalism fall outside of the scope of this issue.

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Population Aging Research Center @pennaging.bsky.social · 1d

This @pennldi.bsky.social post discusses recent Op-Ed: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

↪️ Public Policies, Social Narratives, and Population Health in @NEJM.org
doi.org/10.1056/NEJM...

by PARC Research Associate Atheendar Venkataramani @atheendar.bsky.social

Read more below:

PennMedCSO (@pennmedcso.bsky.social)

In @nejm.org, Atheendar Venkataramani (@pennmehp.bsky.social) & co discuss how public policies, by way of the social narratives they reinforce, can affect health by mechanisms that are independent of…

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Population Aging Research Center @pennaging.bsky.social · 15h

You're Invited to the @sas.upenn.edu Event:

Knowledge by the Slice

"Dispossessions and Disparities Across Latin America"
w/ Tulia Falleti & Leticia Marteleto (PARC Associate)

Thursday, October 16 @ 12 PM
Café 58, Irvine Auditorium
3401 Spruce Street

pan-school.sas.upenn.edu/index.php/ev...

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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics @pennchibe.bsky.social · 14h

Penn LDI is hosting a seminar called "Food Policy Opportunities to Build a Healthier America" on Oct 17 from noon to 1 PM ET. Join Christina Roberto, Aviva Musicus, Lynn Silver, and Rachel Werner for this conversation! ldi.upenn.edu/events/food-...

Food Policy Opportunities to Build a Healthier America

This panel will examine what policies are most likely to lead to health improvements and how governments can design effective food policies that support better health outcomes for all Americans.

ldi.upenn.edu

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Eugenio Paglino @eugeniopaglino.bsky.social · 18h

🚨🚨 We are hiring 2 postdocs at PopHel – MaxHel. If you are interested in health inequalities and social determinants of health this is a great opportunity! Amazing working environment ✨, unique data infrastructure, and a truly interdisciplinary and international center 🌍. Deadline October 31st.

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Job alert!🚨

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata

Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 3d

Join us online or in person for the PARC Aging Chat ( @pennaging.bsky.social ), when Tito Boeri of Bocconi University shares insights on Pension & Migration.

Monday at NOON! See the graphic below for Zoom details.

More info:
bit.ly/4q6pFaL

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 5d

Join us online or in person for the PARC Aging Chat ( @pennaging.bsky.social ), when Tito Boeri of Bocconi University shares insights on Pension & Migration.

Monday at NOON! See the graphic below for Zoom details.

More info:
bit.ly/4q6pFaL

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 10d

Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 9/29 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

Suzanne Bell of @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social presents

The Unequal Impact of U.S. Abortion Bans on Fertility, Infant Mortality, and Pregnancy-Associated Mortality

bit.ly/481vIXq

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 13d

Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 9/29 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

Suzanne Bell of @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social presents

The Unequal Impact of U.S. Abortion Bans on Fertility, Infant Mortality, and Pregnancy-Associated Mortality

bit.ly/481vIXq

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Wendy Roth @wendyrothsoc.bsky.social · 16d

Please submit nominations to the Eastern Sociological Society Merit Award. The award recognizes an ESS member’s exceptional achievement and a lifetime of scholarly contribution to the discipline and the profession. The deadline is Oct. 15.
www.essnet.org/ess-merit-aw...

ESS Merit Award | Ess Net

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 21d

📣 New #Funding Opportunities to support impactful research that will shape the future of health care:

🔹 Penn LDI Research Initiative on Improving Primary Care for Older Adults

🔹 Penn LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory

🔹 Penn LDI Small Grants Program

Apply here:
https://bit.ly/46EDepU

Apply for Grants with Penn LDI

Penn LDI offers support to LDI Fellows through several grant programs. Learn about our funding opportunities here.

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 20d

Grad students & postdocs! 🧠🔬 Share your research at the MindCORE Retreat Oct 16.

You'll have 5 mins to present your work on 2 slides:
Slide 1: Your research question & hypothesis
Slide 2: One key experiment/result

All MindCORE fields welcome!
Submit by 9/29: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/calendar_eve...

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 19d

A new study of over 105k insured patients finds that cost sharing had an inconsistent impact on acupuncture use. Insurance coverage itself may matter more than cost sharing when it comes to increasing acupuncture use.
Read more: https://doi.org/10.1177/27536130251363903

Cost Sharing for Acupuncture Therapy in Commercial Insurance Plans - Molly Candon, Jeffery A. Dusek, Arya Nielsen, Martin Cheatle, Rachel M. Werner, David Mandell, 2025

Background Cost sharing, or the extent to which patients contribute to health care spending, has been linked to various outcomes. The relationship between cost ...

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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics @pennchibe.bsky.social · 16d

CHIBE Director Dr. Kevin Volpp will be speaking at the University of Delaware on Sept 29 from 3:30-5 PM ET on "Preventive power: using nudges and incentives to improve health." His talk is the keynote for the 2025 Folytn Seminar. Find more details here: www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/...

2025 Foltyn Seminar scheduled for Sept. 29 | University of Delaware

Keynote speaker to discuss 'Preventive Power: Using Nudges and Incentives to Improve Health'

www.udel.edu

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 17d

Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 9/22 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

@hopeharvey.bsky.social of UK Martin School presents

Doubled Up: Shared Households and the Precarious Lives of Families

LEARN MORE:
bit.ly/3Il0BeX

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 20d

Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 9/22 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

@hopeharvey.bsky.social of UK Martin School presents

Doubled Up: Shared Households and the Precarious Lives of Families

LEARN MORE:
bit.ly/3Il0BeX

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats to PSC Research Associate @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social , recently elected to the Board of Directors of the PAA @PopAssocAmerica. Her term begins on January 1, 2026.
www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

Find Dr. Marteleto on Bluesky @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social

Meet Our Newly Elected Leadership

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 22d

2026–2027 Univ of Pennsylvania & CHOP Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship
Apply by 10/12/2025

The fellowship seeks applicants with outstanding academic promise from across a range of disciplines—including arts, sciences, engineering, biomedical, & social sciences.

postdocs.upenn.edu/provosts-fel...

Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship - Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship is part of Penn's ongoing efforts to support and strengthen the academic research community.

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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 23d

People magazine has an exclusive excerpt of my book today, one week and one day until pub!!
people.com/why-women-ca...

Can Women Really 'Have It All?' A Working Mom and Economist Reveals Why Not (Exclusive)

In an exclusive excerpt from her new book 'Having It All,' (out Sept. 23), Wharton professor and economist Corinne Low, Ph.D., explains why so many working moms feel like they're failing on all fronts...

people.com

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 23d

The Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2026!

➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️

Learn More:

Prospective Students | Graduate Group in Demography

demog.pop.upenn.edu

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 24d

Join us Monday for the PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 9/15 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

Dan Spears of the University of Texas at Austin

presents

After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People

LEARN MORE:
bit.ly/46hIGxy

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 27d

Check out this NEW PAPER by PSC Research Associate @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social and Sneha Kumar

"Dynamic Family Size Preferences During the COVID-19 Mortality Crisis: A Research Note"

@dzc-upenn.bsky.social

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 7

“Dynamic Family Size Preferences During the COVID-19 Mortality Crisis”: @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social & S. Kumar report 40% of women w/ children changed desired family size toward having more kids. @pennpsc.bsky.social @sesp-nu.bsky.social @dzc-upenn.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 28d

#ICYMI: Angela Duckworth, renowned researcher on grit and motivation, has been added to our Heritage Wall! Her groundbreaking work has transformed how we understand achievement and success. Check out her Heritage Wall page to learn more!

📰: ow.ly/je4R50WUx6n

Angela Duckworth, Grit and Motivation Expert, Added to SPSP Heritage Wall

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 28d

🎉Exciting news! The CHERISH Research Center has secured a new $10.9M NIDA grant to power the next 5 years of groundbreaking work on the health economics of substance use disorder, HCV, & HIV. Penn LDI is proud to be a core partner in this vital effort. Learn more: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

CHERISH Research Center’s Grant Is Renewed

CHERISH, a collaborative research center that studies the health economics of substance use disorder, hepatitis C and HIV has been funded by NIDA for another five years.

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