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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · 1d

The study, based on GGS @ggp.bsky.social & ESS @ess-survey.bsky.social, shows that young people all over EU consider it ideal to start to cohabit, marry, and become parents during their 20s but, on average, experience these events later than their ideal timeline.
🚻Country & gender diff. persist.

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · 1d

Entry into adulthood is being postponed, but when do young adults intend and deem ideal to experience events? 💭A joint work w/ K. Schwanitz @utu.fi, @francescorampazzo.com & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social reveals mismatches btw ideals and reality ⬇️:

comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · 4d

what a nice news! Congratulations on your new position!!👏

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Should we be concerned about low fertility? Øystein Kravdal discusses six possible arguments in this reflection: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Jun 27

Here is a reminder that you still have one month (deadline August 25) to apply to the 6th TN-Square edition! 🏔️

Here is where to candidate:

webapps.unitn.it/form/it/Web/...

Don’t miss it!

#TNSquare25

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Agnese Vitali @agnese-vitali.bsky.social · Jun 12

Honored to be part of the team of writers behind the @unfpa.org State of the World Population 2025 report.

The real fertility crisis: The most consequential reproductive decision a person can make –when, whether and with whom to have a child– is being undermined by a set of barriers and obstacles

UNFPA @unfpa.org · Jun 10

💶 Cost of parenthood
📉 Job insecurity
🏠 Housing

Why would people choose to have children if they can't afford them?

It's time we address #TheRealFertilityCrisis.

Let @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—explain how: unf.pa/rfc

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Jun 2

PopDays 2025, we are on our way! 🌞

The Trento delegation is heading to Cagliari to join the 2025 edition of PoPDays ( @aisp-sis.bsky.social ) - and hopefully squeeze in some sunny moments by the sea.

Want to catch up with our members and their works? Here is when and where you can find them:

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Angela Carollo @angelacar.bsky.social · May 28

I'm really looking forward to this! My coauthors and I will present a poster on using statistical boosting + multistate models to study romantic partnership trajectories 👫💒💔😱
Very interesting results in my (very unbiased 😜) opinion, so don't forget to stop by our poster!

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · May 28

MPIDR@PopDays2025 @aisp-sis.bsky.social
@mpidr.bsky.social will be participating in #PopDays2025 in Cagliari. From 4 to 6 June, we will be presenting our research there. We're looking forward to the conference & to lots of 🍨🍕🍧🍝🍦- not necessarily in that order 😉
demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · May 30

- Wellbeing&health, 5/6 h 9
- Fertility, wellbeing & life course, 6/6 h 11
@rebeccasoldo.bsky.social
See you in Cagliari to discover more about the implications of fertility desires and family policies for subjective wellbeing🏄

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · May 30

Exciting news from the #WelFerPoli project (PI: @agnese-vitali.bsky.social, Co-PI: R.Guetto): the first results of our data collection will be presented next week at #PopDays25!✨
From the first to the last session, you can find us here: ⤵️
- Family policies, 4/6 h 16.30 @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social

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St Andrews Geography & SD @standrewssgsd.bsky.social · May 19

🚨Fully funded PhD opportunity!

Apply now for joint St Andrews–Max Planck project on fertility trends in high-income countries.
📍Rostock & St. Andrews
🗓️ Deadline: 10 June 2025

📢 More info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-su...
#PhD #Demography #FertilityResearch

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Apr 25

📚 NEW BOOK - open access!

Leading scholars explore how individual life trajectories, societal norms, and legal frameworks are shaping modern #relationships.

Co-edited by CPC member @briennaph.bsky.social

🔖 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

@bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course
Research Handbooks in Sociology series
Edited by Dimitri Mortelmans, Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH), University of Antwerp, Belgium, Laura Bernardi, Swiss Center of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Brienna Perelli-Harris, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, UK
Publication Date: April 2025 ISBN: 978 1 80392 337 6 Extent: 394 pp
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com.

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Rebecca Soldo @rebeccasoldo.bsky.social · Apr 8

📢 È online un nuovo contributo mio, di @vferraretto.bsky.social e @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social, su Neodemos:
"Volere figli in Italia: quali i costi e benefici attesi?"
www.neodemos.info/2025/04/08/v...

Il contributo è parte del progetto WelFerPoli - Well-being and Fertility Policies.

Volere figli in Italia: quali i costi e i benefici attesi? • Neodemos

Come viene percepito l’arrivo di un figlio dai potenziali genitori in Italia? In un’analisi dei dati di Famiglie e Soggetti Sociali (2016), Rebecca Soldo, Giulia Feltrin e Valeria Ferraretto mostrano ...

www.neodemos.info

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · Apr 7

And by P09 (April 13, 8.30-10am) to discover findings from the WelFerPoli project on "Attitudes towards childbearing in a low fertility context" 👶 w/
@rebeccasoldo.bsky.social & @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social
@csisunitn.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social ceups.bsky.social
See you soon in Washington!

Bluesky

ceups.bsky.social

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · Apr 7

Packing for #PAA2025 (my very first #PAA conference and trip to the US...) with 2 new pieces of research! 🛩️🧳
Make sure to drop by P09 (April 12, 4-5.30pm) to learn more about age at first union & subjective wellbeing among young adults 👩‍❤️‍👨⏰, my first solo-authored work
@csisunitn.bsky.social

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Mar 19

🆕Conference"Gender Inequalities, Fertility & the Future of Family Demography:Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity” kicked off @mpidr.bsky.social!Researchers from around the🌏are engaging into discussions on how gender inequalities shape fertility, families, & demographic change. #GIF2025

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · Feb 23

Thanks a lot Andreas!!

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Feb 5

Congratulations are in order for our @vferraretto.bsky.social ! ✨

Yesterday, she brilliantly defended her PhD thesis “The Transition to Adulthood Revisited: Gender and Socio-Economic Differences in the Timing of Events Among Young Europeans”.

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · Feb 5

Yesterday my PhD has come to an end and I cannot be more grateful to my supervisor @agnese-vitali.bsky.social who made this journey more stimulating and smooth than what I possibly expected, and to all the colleagues that I met along the way. Looking forward to what's next!

Agnese Vitali @agnese-vitali.bsky.social · Feb 4

A talented social demographer today defended her thesis on ‘The transition to adulthood revisited’ at the University of Trento. Major congratulations Dr @vferraretto.bsky.social!

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · Feb 5

thank you dear Angela!! Me too!

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Anna Caprinali @annacaprinali.bsky.social · Jan 21

My first (short) article from the PhD is out! 👀
Check it out to discover a bit more on the demographics of age at self-disclosure and age at first coming out among LGB people in Europe 📝
(co-authored with my supervisor, @agnese-vitali.bsky.social !)

Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jan 21

A first systematic description of the age at self-disclosure and coming out for LGB individuals across Europe. While the age of coming out is decreasing, substantial country-level variation persists, with higher ages observed in Central Europe. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Figure 1 from the published paper, showing the decreasing trend in the age of first coming out.

A graphical representation of (part of) Table 2, showing the age at self-disclosure by country in Europe.

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · Dec 3

Well done to my brilliant colleagues at the Dep. of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento 🏔️ for bringing together PhD students from all the sub-fields of sociology (from political to economic to family sociology and much more) and creating room for constructive debate!💡

Anna Caprinali @annacaprinali.bsky.social · Dec 2

The 6th Joint Doctoral Conference has come to an end! 🎉 It was amazing to meet PhD students from all over Europe 🌍 and see this event finally come to life after months of organizing. Big thanks to my fantastic colleagues [@mazzerocri.bsky.social, @irenemichelin.bsky.social, Lorenzo Bernabei ]! 🧡

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · Nov 21

Thrilled to share our study in Digital Health! With Alyce Raybould, @peterampazzo.bsky.social, Ross Barker & Doug Leasure, we explore the global use of menstrual tracking apps across income levels. Key trends revealed!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · Oct 14

Definitely very well deserved! Complimenti Angela!! 👏

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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · Oct 2

Thanks a lot, Nicole!!