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N-IUSSP: Modest changes in spousal age differences over time in sub-Saharan Africa

www.niussp.org/family-and-h...

#demography
#populationstudies

🚨New Tenure Position!
We're looking for a new colleague to join our dynamic team in Belgium.

Innovative quantitative methods | Health & environment | Population dynamics

Read job description here: jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2025
#job #tenure

As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.

However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)

Here is a #badgeographyjoke to alienate my French friends 😉🇫🇷

120. Among 66 women Nobel Prize winners (counting Marie Curie twice), the mean number of children is 1.5, the median is 2, 82% had 2 or fewer, 36% had none. Counts adopted and most step children. Three are still under age 50. (Data and code: osf.io/tj769/)

👏 Roxana Arana-Ovalle, diplômée @demo-udem.bsky.social obtient la mention d'honneur pour sa thèse lors de la remise du prix Tamara Hareven à #ESHD2025 @eshistdemo.bsky.social

Un nouvel article issu de sa thèse vient d'ailleurs d'être publié !

📄 À lire : doi.org/10.1111/sifp...

It depends.

[Emploi]
Poste de professeur·e à temps plein en Méthodes quantitatives et analyse comparée des dynamiques des populations.
Le ou la candidat·e retenu·e développera des recherches sur les dynamiques des populations et les transitions liées à l’environnement,

C'est pas dit dans l'annonce mais on recherche quelqu'un de sympa ;)

NOUVEAU POSTE PROF /
NEW TENURE POSITION @demographielln.bsky.social

jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...

This map shows the major global migrant flows from 1500 to 1914. Huge settlement movements away from Europe. Source: buff.ly/lQQcyS2

www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti... Magnifique projet et félicitations à @sandrabree.bsky.social et son équipe du magnifique travail ! Cela m'aidera beaucoup pour localiser la communauté sourde avec cette base de données !

"Piss be upon you" 🫣

Unrelated but related: Population growth in the 1970s was blamed on women having too many kids. Population decline now is being blamed on women having too few kids.

Blaming women is just the fallback for every problem.

N-IUSSP: Does grit matter for migration? The case of South Africa 2018–2020

www.niussp.org/migration-an...

#demography
#populationstudies

The next #LunchSeminar is happening tomorrow!

Ashira Menashe-Oren will present her work on #mortality in 🇲🇼Malawi. Using mobile phone surveys, she examined the effect of cyclone Freddy in 2023.
📆23/09 at 1pm
🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242

📢 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

Full foom @ifswien.bsky.social for the presentation of our research fellow @damianouccheddu.bsky.social

Every year since 1974 @demographielln.bsky.social organizes an international conference Quetelet Seminar @uclouvain.bsky.social as a tribute to Adolphe.
www.uclouvain.be/en/research-...

#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
📅The First International Statistical Congress held on Sept 19, 1853 in Brussels, Belgium
Organized mainly by Adolphe Quetelet; 26 countries sent representatives.
Some main goals: standardization of measurements and tables; establish national statistical bureaus

A simple model for estimating the age and sex profiles of net international migration is developed in this paper. The model can be applied to any country situation, with or without data, or modified to incorporate new data or assumptions. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

📢New publication alert from our colleague, Alice Rees @ayrees.bsky.social, & Marika Jalovaara
In Finland & Belgium, they identify early mid-life trajectories of partnership, income, and residential independence, & how they are associated with #childlessness

We have our own Ig Nobel Prize @demographielln.bsky.social, the **Demog-Crazy Award**, attributed in 2025 to Adrien Remund, Louise Meijering, Hinke Haisma, for "A Deep-Fried Delight - The Oliebollen Framework of Demographic Research"
👉https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/Quetelet/article/view/83223