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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS

There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks for having me @i2sc.net - I enjoyed the discussion. Hope the rest of your SICSS goes well!

Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · 22d

We closed our Monday with a thought-provoking keynote by @ridhikashyap.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk) on “𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐼𝑛𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.” Her talk highlighted key challenges and opportunities for research at the intersection of gender, demography, and digital data.

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 22d

🌍 Can satellites help count people where censuses are missing?
New work by @edithdarin.bsky.social, @ridhikashyap.bsky.social K& Douglas Leasure shows building-footprint maps + smart models can fill census gaps—vital for health, planning & aid.

www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/can-sat...

Can Satellite Maps Accurately Count People Where Censuses Are Missing?

A new study published by our Phd Student Edith Darin, together Ridhi Kashyap and Douglas Leasure from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science

www.demography.ox.ac.uk

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Jul 9

New work from the Digital Gender Gaps team — we show how access to free laptops provided in public schools improved foundational math esp for economically disadvantaged households, w/ more time on time on learning, less private tuition and better language comprehension.

Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 8

Access to technology and foundational math proficiency among students: empirical evidence from India
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
Paper in @nature.com by Prashant Poddar, @rotondivale.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @ridhikashyap.bsky.social

Access to technology and foundational math proficiency among students: empirical evidence from India - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Access to technology and foundational math proficiency among students: empirical evidence from India

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Jul 2

Sign up still open for 'Exploring Migration Patterns using Digital Trace Data' (Saturday, July 12) docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Exploring Migration Patterns using Digital Trace Data

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Jul 2

Sign up is still open for 'Gender Inequalities in a Digital World: Perspectives from Digital Demography' (Saturday July 12) docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Gender Inequalities Digital Demography @ IPC 2025

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Jul 2

Are you attending the International Population Conference in Brisbane? The IUSSP Panel on Digital and Computational Demography is organising *3* pre-conference workshops on digital gender inequalities, kinship and microsimulation, and migration and digital trace data iussp.org/en/digital-a...

Digital and Computational Demography | International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations @francescorampazzo.com! Wonderful news, very well done

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Jun 16

#IPC2025! Workshop by @lpcalderonb.bsky.social @aasli.bsky.social & @ridhikashyap.bsky.social in Brisbane: "Demographic Microsimulation in R Using SOCSIM:Modeling Population & Kinship Dynamics."
ipc2025.iussp.org/cms/wp-conte...
Sign up until 06/22/25
Applicants will be notified by the end of June.

Workshop: Demographic Microsimulation in R using SOCSIM:
Modelling Population and Kinship Dynamics
Date and time: 13 July 2025, 10am-1.30pm
Location: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Organisers: Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal – Max Planck Institute for Demographic
Research (MPIDR), Aasli Abdi Nur and Ridhi Kashyap – University of Oxford
Description
Join us for an interactive workshop on SOCSIM demographic microsimulation using the
"rsocsim" R package. SOCSIM is a powerful open-source tool for modelling individual
demographic events and producing synthetic populations with plausible age and
kinship structures, using population-level demographic rates as input. It has supported
demographic research for decades.
By simulating individual life courses that are consistent with macro-demographic rates,
microsimulation enables the study of complex demographic phenomena, such as kin
availability, kin loss, generational overlap, and the long-term effects of changing fertility
and mortality rates on kinship networks. This approach is particularly useful for studying
heterogeneous populations and understanding variation in demographic experience at
both the individual and the population levels.
In this workshop, we will cover the basics of demographic microsimulation with
SOCSIM, including the process of setting up, running, and verifying a microsimulation in
R using ‘rsocsim’ (https://github.com/MPIDR/rsocsim) and publicly available data from
the World Population Prospects (WPP) 2024. From there, you will explore how to
interpret and analyse the simulation output through practical examples of estimating
kin loss and kin availability. Whether you are new to demographic modelling or looking
to deepen your expertise, this workshop will provide valuable skills and insights for
researchers interested in studying kinship dynamics.
Requirements
- Own laptop
If you wish to attend this workshop, please fill out the online form here:
https://forms.gle/nqyKrNaXzMSEmgWf6

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Charlie Rahal @crahal.com · Jun 10

🔥Coming July 2: 'Metrics and Models'!🔥

A new seminar series on advanced modelling w/ impact across health/society.

🌍 Open to *ALL*!
🕑 Weds 2pm UK alternating weeks (online)
🔗 metrics-and-models.github.io
📬 [email protected]

Brilliant speakers. *Please share*!

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Monica Alexander @monjalexander.bsky.social · May 6

Hey demographers! We're starting up the formal demography working group again! Next Friday 16 May at 11:30am ET @hggaddy.bsky.social will talk to us about challenges in estimating crisis mortality. Excited! Head to the website to sign up for Zoom details: formaldemography.github.io/working_group/

Welcome

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Casey Breen @caseybreen.bsky.social · May 6

I’ve loved my time here — highly recommend applying! Just a few days left...

Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Apr 14

*JOB OPENING*

Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · May 6

Deadline approaching: Friday this week at noon UK!

Apply and/or share widely!

Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Apr 14

*JOB OPENING*

Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Apr 14

*JOB OPENING*

Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.

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Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social · Apr 4

REPOST #jobs @oxforddemsci.bsky.social
👨‍💻Senior Research Fellow Associate/Professor
👩‍💻Senior Researcher Geospatial Health
📲Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness
👶Postdoc Reproductive Demography
🤖 Programmer AI
See: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
#Demography #Epidemiology #Health #Population

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Mar 28

Congratulations Morten!

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · Mar 15

March 15, 2020 was a huge turning point for me w/ both @oxforddemsci.bsky.social & the start of my #scicomm adventure w/ @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social.

On the 5th anniversary of that day, I am excited to launch my Substack "Data for Health"-please subscribe!
jenndowd.substack.com/p/reflection...

Reflections on March 2020

Demography, Data, and "Dear Pandemic"

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Mar 14

The Population and Development turns 50 this year! To mark the occasion, w/ @aasli.bsky.social, we conduct a computational analysis of research themes and author characteristics in PDR and compare with @readdemography.bsky.social and Population Studies. doi.org/10.1111/padr...

<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library

To mark the Population and Development Review's (PDR) 50th anniversary, we analyze its contributions to the landscape of population research. We examine the trajectory of research published in PDR an...

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · Mar 8

How can we #AccelerateAction to improve women's health outcomes? buff.ly/pacAIJZ A new study co-authored by Dr Ursula Gazeley identifies the leading causes of maternal deaths globally and highlights the need to reduce health inequities in LMICs. @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social #IWD2025

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 8

Closing the digital gender gap starts with data 📊

For #InternationalWomensDay, Ridhi & team launched an updated dashboard tracking internet & mobile access by gender at a subnational level.

Explore ➡️ digitalgendergaps.org/dashboard/

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · Mar 8

On #InternationalWomensDay, @ridhikashyap.bsky.social's Digital Gender Gaps team have launched an updated dashboard to #AccelerateAction by helping to ensure women are equal participants in digital society buff.ly/OSV35V8 @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · Feb 24

Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations

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Jürgen Pfeffer @jurgenpfeffer.bsky.social · Jan 18

If you are interested in studying good old human activity on pre-Musk Twitter, we are now sharing the complete 375M dataset of our 24h Twitter data collection with researchers. Get in touch!
ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
Please forward to interested scholars.

View of Just Another Day on Twitter: A Complete 24 Hours of Twitter Data

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · Nov 13

What's the future of mortality in high-income countries?
Making predictions (especially about the future) is hard.

But that doesn't stop us from trying...I'm happy to share this contribution to the PDR 50th anniversary special issue: doi.org/10.1111/padr... (open access) #Demography

Male and female life expectancy at birth for high income countries, in 2000 (tail of arrow) and 2019 (head of arrow)

Rates of mortality improvement decomposed by age across countries from 2000-2019

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · Dec 5

Happy 5th birthday to us! 🥳 In October, we celebrated five years of disrupting and realigning demography with the #demographic community at our inaugural #DemSciSummit https://buff.ly/3Da6Kre

@leverhulme.bsky.social @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @melindacmills.bsky.social

Celebrating five years of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science

On 17 October 2024, the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science hosted the inaugural Demographic Science Summit to celebrate five years of disrupting and realigning demography for the benefit of…

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