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Antonino Polizzi @polizzan.bsky.social · 1d

✍️ Just out: Annette Baudisch & I delve into the formal demography of fertility, birth, & reproduction timing. 👶 We use methods from mortality research to summarize when in the parental life course children are born. 📆 1/n
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social

Fertility, birth, reproduction: Connecting formal demographic frameworks

The conventional framework of fertility research conceptualizes childbirth from the mother’s perspective. From her perspective, birth is an uncertain and potentially recurring event. In contrast, t...

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Tim Riffe @timriffe1.bsky.social · 17h

Took a bit longer but windows version now on CRAN

Tim Riffe @timriffe1.bsky.social · 5d

HT @alysonvanraalte.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @victimofmaths.bsky.social for reporting!

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Tim Riffe @timriffe1.bsky.social · 5d

HMDHFDplus updated to account for minor web design update of @hmdatabase.bsky.social . If you started experiencing funny behavior when using the package to read HMD data from the web, just reinstall; it's already on CRAN. #rstats #demography #mortality

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Rob Hyndman @robjhyndman.com · 5d

We're looking for a new actuarial professor. careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... @monashebs.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social #actuarial

Job Search

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Neal Caren @haphazardsoc.bsky.social · 11d

Carolina Sociology is hiring!

• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Assistant Professor

This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 12d

In “Single Parenthood, Gender & Mortality” @minekuhn.bsky.social @angelacar.bsky.social J Caputo, L Ahrenfeldt & @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social examine “variations in mortality by pathway into single p'hood" & other factors. @sociologytiu.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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REVES-Network on Health Expectancy @reves-network.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Papers from #REVES2026 with a focus on new methods for analyzing healthy life expectancy and inequalities will be great candidates for the @genus.bsky.social Healthy Life Expectancy collection by @cosmostrozza.bsky.social & @timriffe1.bsky.social !
🔗 tinyurl.com/HLEgenus
📌01/06/2026
#demography

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14d

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.

To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.

And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 19d

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19d

So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’

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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...

EAPS.nl | European Population Conference 2026

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19d

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 22d

Does anyone want to be formal demography reading buddies? I have a bunch of areas I’m trying to read up on and I feel like I’d get it faster if I had someone to explain results to and ask questions of.

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Alison Park @parkali.bsky.social · 29d

A blog from me on why social science infrastructures matter. I talk about the value of social science data collections & data services (especially @ukdsimpact.bsky.social), current opportunities and challenges (including AI, the growth of TREs & training), & what we're doing about them at ESRC.

UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 29d

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉

Professor Alison Park (@parkali.bsky.social), from ESRC, discusses the importance of UK social science data infrastructures and outlines some of the opportunities and challenges they face in our new Data Impact blog.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/park-esrc-da...

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Vanessa di Lego @vdilego.bsky.social · 28d

Recalling that COVID still ranks in the top 10 causes of death in the US since 2023, while it ranked third in 2021-2022! So it had not only an important impact during the height of the pandemic, but it also remained a leading cause of death overall thereafter.

Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 29d

Persistent minimizing of the COVID death toll hits me especially hard in the #demography feels. To be clear:

➡️ Over one million Americans died of COVID-19.

➡️ Official COVID deaths were likely undercounted, not overcounted.

jenndowd.substack.com/p/how-many-p...

How many people died of COVID?

We likely undercounted, not overcounted COVID deaths

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 29d

Persistent minimizing of the COVID death toll hits me especially hard in the #demography feels. To be clear:

➡️ Over one million Americans died of COVID-19.

➡️ Official COVID deaths were likely undercounted, not overcounted.

jenndowd.substack.com/p/how-many-p...

How many people died of COVID?

We likely undercounted, not overcounted COVID deaths

jenndowd.substack.com

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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 29d

We're excited to announce CLS will lead the first new nationally representative UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years. Generation New Era will follow the lives of more than 30,000 babies born in 2026, during their early years, and potentially beyond. Read more: bit.ly/4gfttBP

Photo of three babies lying on the carpet

Graphic describing some of the key features of the study: 30,000 babies will take part, it is the first new UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years, babies will be age 9-11 months at the first survey, and 3-4 years at the second survey.

Graphic showing sample sizes in the four UK countries: 16,300 babies in England, 5,000 babies in Scotland, 4,500 babies in Wales, and 4,200 babies in Northern Ireland.

Graphic describing some of the elements of the study. This includes boosts for ethnic minority and low income families, interviews with fathers as well as mothers, consent to linkage to administrative data.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 29d

The @uncpopcenter.bsky.social is recruiting for a postdoc for our Population Science Training Program. Applications are due November 17th, with a start date of August 2026. For more info about the program, visit www.cpc.unc.edu/training/pop...

To apply, visit unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/306...

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · Sep 7

Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".

youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U

It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."

"Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" - Marsh Family parody of Paul Simon "Me and Julio" on RFK

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨Job Offer🚨PhD Student Position
The @lshtm.bsky.social, in partnership with the @mpidr.bsky.social is opening an 18-month Research Assistant position, with the successful candidate embarking on a PhD program at LSHTM.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
@ezagheni.bsky.social #phd #jobs #demography

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SUDA Stockholm @suda-sthlm.bsky.social · Sep 5

A new research project about sexual and reproductive outcomes of violent crime in Mexico is recruiting two PhD students. The project is lead by Signe Svallfors who has received the five year starting grant from European Research Council.

www.su.se/department-o...

@signesvallfors.bsky.social

Researchers to explore how violent crime affects health - Department of Sociology

If I had five years and generous resources, what would I most like to do? That is what Signe Svallfors was thinking before deciding to apply for the ERC starting grant. The dream project would be to f...

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Sep 3

I don't have any official news to break yet, but it is no secret that we have been exploring an organizational footprint outside of the US for a couple of years. I expect we will have updates w/in several weeks. Just one of several potential proactive steps related to this issue.

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Signe Svallfors @signesvallfors.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 Job alert! 📣 2 fully funded PhD positions in sociology/demography in the ERC Starting Grant SeRO, which studies the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health in Mexico. Please share and apply!
PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉🎊A week full of celebrations
✨Two ERC Starting Grants for the MPIDR✨
We are thrilled to announce that @marilianep.bsky.social and @ugobas.bsky.social have each been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu. #ERCStG
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
#ERCStartingGrant #longevity

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AISP @aisp-sis.bsky.social · Sep 3

📣 Great news from our community!

👉 @cosmostrozza.bsky.social has been awarded the European Demographer Award 2025 for a promising & upcoming researcher! 🚀

🏆 The prize, promoted by Population Europe, will be presented at the Berlin Demography Days. 👏

🔗 population-europe.eu/network/news...

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