UNC Sociology is hiring for two tenure-track positions! (1) An Assistant Professor specializing in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods (2) An Assistant/Associate Professor specializing in population health Reviews begin 10/1. Links to positions below.

📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n) www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...

I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇

Our new editorial in Bulletin of the WHO about ongoing initiative to improve the measurement of adult mortality in low-and-middle-income countries, where major data gaps have recently been compounded by US decision to end support for Demographic & Health Surveys pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Aedes albopictus (the “tiger” mosquito) has rapidly spread over most of France in the past 20 years, and now there are locally transmitted Chikingunya outbreaks in several areas, including one in my hometown in southern France: 12 cases so far. #climatechange www.liberation.fr/societe/sant...

Our new editorial in Bulletin of the WHO about ongoing initiative to improve the measurement of adult mortality in low-and-middle-income countries, where major data gaps have recently been compounded by US decision to end support for Demographic & Health Surveys pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

For 40 years, Americans have lived shorter lives than people in other rich countries. For 10 years, that's been rapidly getting worse. New research: in 2022-2023, there were 1.5 million "missing Americans," who died--but wouldn't have, if America didn't have such uniquely high death rates.

New: Call for Papers Building Stronger National Health Information Systems: Leveraging #DHIS2 for Health Systems Performance, Policy and Research to be special edited by @jsaebo.bsky.social and myself. Please share with your networks! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

*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. tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)

Distribution and transmission of #tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis 🛟🧪 journals.plos.org/globalpublic... @uofgshw.bsky.social @jasonandrews.bsky.social @rachaelburke.bsky.social @jsalomon.bsky.social

Today’s #globalhealth message to the US administration (photo from central Kerala) #vaccines #GAVI

#Demographers! Run don't walk at the chance to work w/ the amazing José Manuel Aburto @lshtm.bsky.social. 3 year post working on mortality estimation & trends in life expectancy & lifespan inequality in low-& middle-income countries. Not to mention..LONDON! jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Mobile phone surveys are a promising tool for rapid measurement of age-specific mortality in settings where face-to-face surveys are difficult to implement. Researchers computed mortality levels from national MPS conducted in 2021–2022 in Burkina Faso. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

With @otorrisi.bsky.social, we tested several methods to improve data on recent household deaths collected during surveys & censuses in many low-and-middle income countries. These are essential when civil registration of deaths is limited. Results in paper ⬇️ #EpiSky academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

Our study estimates excess deaths in children and parental loss due to the war in Gaza in 2023. From Oct 8 to Dec 31, 2023, 8120 children <18 were killed due to the conflict, 15127 children lost a father, and 9886 children lost a mother -in 3 months pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

| Interview | Mesurer l’espérance de vie à Gaza Après un an de conflit, l’espérance de vie dans la bande de Gaza a pratiquement été divisée par deux. Michel Guillot, directeur de recherche à l’Ined, explique la méthode utilisée pour arriver à cette conclusion. www.ined.fr/fr/tout-savo...

With @otorrisi.bsky.social, we tested several methods to improve data on recent household deaths collected during surveys & censuses in many low-and-middle income countries. These are essential when civil registration of deaths is limited. Results in paper ⬇️ #EpiSky academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

Surreal read of the day: a paper using USAID-funded and now terminated Demographic & Health Surveys to count the huge number of lives saved by the now frozen US PEPFAR program to fight HIV, co-authored by current US admin’s nominee to lead cuts in health research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Surreal read of the day: a paper using USAID-funded and now terminated Demographic & Health Surveys to count the huge number of lives saved by the now frozen US PEPFAR program to fight HIV, co-authored by current US admin’s nominee to lead cuts in health research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Further exploration of UNESCO world heritage sites in Oman 🇴🇲 . Bahla fort and necropolis at Al-Ayn

Faculty position in computational social science available in the division of social science at NYU Abu Dhabi. Details and application here ⬇️ apply.interfolio.com/160603

JOB ALERT: I am looking to hire two full-time pre-doctoral scholar to work with me in projects related to social stratification, human capital formation and health disparities. Data management and statistical analysis skills required. The position offers competitive salary and benefits.

Job opening for full professor and head of dept in infectious disease epidemiology and dynamics at @lshtm.bsky.social. Deadline 31st Jan: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

We are hiring!! (2 positions) TT Assistant Professor position in #Demography and Population Health. DEADLINE 02/02/25 Please share www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... #sociology

Our posting for a new Dean at Boston University School of Public Health is live: jobs.silkroad.com/BU/Faculty/j... BU School of Public Health is an exceptional community - and I am excited to find the phenomenal person who will help us accomplish even more.

Faculty position in computational social science available in the division of social science at NYU Abu Dhabi. Details and application here ⬇️ apply.interfolio.com/160603

Our new paper on a survey method to improve the measurement of mortality at older ages in countries with limited death registration ⬇️

Our new paper on a survey method to improve the measurement of mortality at older ages in countries with limited death registration ⬇️

This paper by Everton Lima et al. proposes an alternative for estimating #mortality for small areas in countries with limited data. The estimates show how data quality and adult mortality are evolving over time and are related to #socioeconomic factors. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

The Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position in the research group of Prof. Ayesha Mahmud. For more info, visit: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04716

The view from Jabal Soudah, almost - or maybe a little more than - 3,000 meters above sea level ⬇️

Reminder of upcoming webinar on mortality surveillance later today. Sign-in information below ⬇️

I am also delighted to announce a second paper with Bruno Masquelier about estimating adult mortality. This one is on methods for analysing orphanhood data in populations with experiencing HIV/AIDS epidemics. doi.org/10.1080/0032... My first paper on this topic was published 27 years ago!

🚨 Webinar announcement 🚨 Tuesday 26 november 2024 at 4pm (UK), join this webinar on use of mobile phone surveys to monitor mortality trends in countries with incomplete death registration, including results from studies in 🇧🇩 🇧🇫 🇲🇼 🇲🇿. #EpiSky #IDSky Registration info ⬇️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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

🚨 Webinar announcement 🚨 Tuesday 26 november 2024 at 4pm (UK), join this webinar on use of mobile phone surveys to monitor mortality trends in countries with incomplete death registration, including results from studies in 🇧🇩 🇧🇫 🇲🇼 🇲🇿. #EpiSky #IDSky Registration info ⬇️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Authorities in Tanzania stopped reporting COVID-19 cases very early in the pandemic, and stated that virus had been “eradicated”from country. An interesting serosurvey shows that SARS-COV2 kept spreading widely despite these official denials. www.ajtmh.org/view/journal...

Two important takeaways from this post: 1) the great #openaccess and APC-free journal @demresjournal.bsky.social is on Bluesky and must be followed 2) read our new paper on excess mortality associated with HIV in eastern and southern African countries.

Two important takeaways from this post: 1) the great #openaccess and APC-free journal @demresjournal.bsky.social is on Bluesky and must be followed 2) read our new paper on excess mortality associated with HIV in eastern and southern African countries.

Surveys of mobile phone users became popular in LMICs during COVID pandemic. Are recommendations to keep interviews <15-20mns too restrictive? In RCT, we could not detect differences in participation & data quality when users asked to complete longer interviews journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi, we piloted new method to detect excess mortality in small areas with limited death registration. Based on periodic short surveys of perceptions of the frequency of funerals. The (promising) results are here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39471519/ #episky #IDsky

Our new paper on behavioral changes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi, based on 4 rounds of a panel survey with mobile phone users #episky #IDsky journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

My institution is hiring for two TT positions, one is for a demographer at the assistant or early associate level. The other is for a medical sociologist and/or a social demographer with strong interests and expertise in population and health inequalities, at the assistant level. Links below.

I'll make my first post here be about our tt faculty opening in socially informed AI - uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/175.... I'm chairing the search committee, so reach out with any questions. Please share far and wide.

Write me if you have any questions or want to chat about the position !

New paper led by @cschmert.bsky.social with Marcos Gonzaga www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... The paper analyzes data errors and their interactions in a single, coherent framework in which all of the major data problems coexist and interact.

Looking at Togo from Mt Afadja, Ghana’s highest mountain

Visit to the ancient city of Qalhat in #Oman, UNESCO world heritage site since 2018. whc.unesco.org/en/list/1537/

New postdoc opportunity in demography and public health at NYU Abu Dhabi. Please share widely: apply.interfolio.com/142228