I’m not always good at self-promotion. Lucky for me, Sir Ian McKellen and James Graham helped out this time around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC0R...

Update: I finally had my official graduation ceremony and didn't want this beautiful photo with my wonderful friends @thegargiulian.bsky.social and @andreatilstra.bsky.social go unnoticed. 👩‍👩‍👦 Thanks to our photographer @sanderwagner.bsky.social! 📸

While he’s not at EPC this year, @sanderwagner.bsky.social is still gracing us with his content and commentary. Tune in to @oxforddemsci.bsky.social for more — and for updates on what the rest of us are up to!

LCDS is heading to #EPC2026 in Bologna. Find our full lineup here: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/leverhu...

📢 Open positions! I’m recruiting 2 postdocs + 3 PhD positions at C³S, @goetheuni.bsky.social in #ClimateJustice, environmental inequality, #Demography & #ComputationalSocialScience 🌍📊💻 3–4 years + strong support for training🎒 Deadline: 23 June 2026 More: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen...

authors you can find on bsky are: @wrigleyfield.bsky.social and our @andreatilstra.bsky.social Find the full study here: academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

New research from a team I was part of w Lauren Steele, @andreatilstra.bsky.social, & other virologists & demographers: Research on flu pandemics has been heavily shaped by 1) the 1918 flu & 2) US-specific data for other pandemics. Turns out that way understates the variety of age patterns of risk!

An Oxford University initiative launches today to record “how people across the UK feel about the future of the country”. Dubbed the National Conversation, it aims to capture large-scale public data on social cohesion and community life. www.ndph.ox.ac.uk/news/major-r...

This is the second time our household has jointly won a PAA poster award. 🤵🤝👰➕🔬🟰🏆

In our March issue @andreatilstra.bsky.social & @nicolekapelle.bsky.social study changes in health behaviors during marital dissolution. Read more about the variability in those behaviors by gender, education, and parenthood status: bit.ly/4bHtcWo

Breaking new grounds in demographic science: Fresh research from @mortenkthomsen.bsky.social, @andreatilstra.bsky.social and Jane Greve investigates mortality patterns in the intersex population, a group long absent from population health research. www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-wor...

I'll be teaching again for Barcelona Summer School of Demography, "Demography with R" 6-10 July: ced.cat/en/bcn4seaso... You can do this program in person or online. Sign up, it's fun to do demography! @cedemografia.bsky.social

We're now accepting applications for our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography, taking place in-person at UC Berkeley on June 1-5, 2026. Deadline to apply: March 1. See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u... Please share widely!

The perfect combination of #demography & downhill at the Alp-Pop conference this week, where LCDS researchers @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, @drjenndowd.bsky.social & @andreatilstra.bsky.social presented (& did important networking après ski). @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @dondenacentre.bsky.social

Big week touring around German academic institutions: Charité on Monday, WZB on Tuesday, DeZim on Wednesday...and now finally [for the first time ever] off to MPIDR in Rostock. Grateful to the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership for making it all possible! 🤓

3 full-time positions on Probabilistic Migration Modeling at University of @helsinki.fi in collaboration with @mpidr.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä. DM me if you want to know more, as I'm part of the project. Definitely DM me if you heard of conformal prediction www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...

I wrote a commentary on a new study comparing US and German mortality trends among “early adults” (age 25-44). The pre-pandemic trends were wildly different (US far worse), but there’s some sign of increased alcohol deaths persisting since the pandemic in both countries. Concerning stuff.

New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social. It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨‍💼💰👩‍💼 are by studying many local labour markets. Thread 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Cheesing really big for a good cause: We 💛 the Yellow Submarine and are so happy that they’ve launched their new bakery. Meeting Prue was definitely a fun bonus ☺️.

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Criminology (in our Sociology department)! Tenure track. 2/2 teaching load. Great colleagues. Fantastic location. jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Excited and grateful to launch my ERC project #SOCIO-CLIMP 🌍🌤️ The project explores how #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalHazards unequally affect different socio-demographic groups 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 across Europe — combining spatial climate data with demographic detail to uncover patterns of #ClimateInjustice.

Looking to do a PhD in demography, health, data science? Oxford Demography (LCDS) is recruiting to fill TWO positions! See Charlie's posts below for specifics. Come join us in the beautiful (albeit a bit rainy) Oxford!! 👩‍🏫📊🌦️

⚠️ICYMI: Oxford Demography (LCDS) is offering three short courses throughout this academic year. A great chance to visit Oxford & learn from our amazing team! 🤓🏛️ Details [course titles, dates, fees] available here: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/short-courses @oxforddemsci.bsky.social

Outside of academia, I volunteer @ The Gatehouse (UK) supporting homeless & vulnerable communities. I LOVE this place: the guests, the volunteers, the purpose. On 12 Oct, I’ll run the Oxford Half to fundraise for them & the important resources they provide. They deserve all the support we can give💙

Another job alert! Join us @sociologyoxford.bsky.social as a postdoc on @ewabatyra.bsky.social's ERC project. A great three-year position to work in the area of fertility and reproductive behaviour. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

ATTN: Robert Wood Johnson has money to support “canceled” research on racial-indigenous health equity www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

Soon to open offer for a *funded* PhD to study child poverty dynamics at @demosocupf.bsky.social @upf.edu If you have an interest in quantitative methods, social policy and child poverty this may be for you! Feel free to reach out for enquiries

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Some exciting Monday afternoon reading here - Jonas Schöley and I have a new study in @addictionjournal.bsky.social using UK data on alcohol duty revenue to examine trends in alcohol sales and how these have changed since the start of the pandemic. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce” 📌 €25,000/year + fees 📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed 📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025 👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... #PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs

“Historically, no one lived past age 35” "I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"

Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

Coherent forecasting model for health and mortality that works with both prevalence AND incidence methodologies for healthy life expectancy 👀 Co-authored with @mpbergeron.bsky.social #ViolettaSimonacci #JimOeppen

Why is mortality progress stalling in the US and the UK? @drjenndowd.bsky.social is giving a keynote overview at Nordic Demographic Symposium 🇩🇰 @demografi.dk

One of the greatest tragedies of the gutting of the federal government is the loss of dedicated scientists who chose to work in public service for the benefit of the American people. This letter is both incredibly brave and a testament to their integrity. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

Marital separation, BMI decline, and the myth of the revenge body doi.org/10.31235/osf... @socarxiv.bsky.social‬ preprint by Associate Member @nicolekapelle.bsky.social‬ and Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow @andreatilstra.bsky.social‬

Right on time for #WorldEnvironmentDay🌍: Does having a child make parents care more about the planet? Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone. 📄 New study in Population and Environment: doi.org/10.1007/s111... #ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology

1/ A huge congrats to Dr. Antonino Polizzi @polizzan.bsky.social, who passed his DPhil viva for his thesis “The Causes and the Consequences of Growing Life Expectancy Shortfalls” on Friday, examined by Prof. @ridhikashyap.bsky.social & Dr. Iñaki Permanyer. @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #demography

Join me in congratulating Dr. Polizzi!!! So so so proud of Antonino, who successfully defended his thesis today. ❤️ @polizzan.bsky.social

Join us 15 May for seminar by Iñaki Permanyer, CED @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Multimorbidity & mortality in random sample of 20% of Catalan population using Electronic Health Records…. Over 10 years! Across socioeconomic groups! @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social

Nothing like talking mortality while rationing out cookies on your uphill trek to Barcelona! 10/10 would repeat. But maybe with sportier outfit choices. Overall, a great first visit to CED!!!

Another really fantastic write-up of our research, with @annamueller.bsky.social and @alex-brewer.bsky.social "Not only do women do more of [low-promotability service work], research has found, they do it better than their male counterparts, and when men do take on service tasks, it’s strategic."

** Researchers using US Natality Data: Code to read & label restricted-access CDC natality data into Stata/R now includes 2019–2023 (in addition to 2010–18): florenciatorche.github.io/ReadNatality... Please share—no need for us all to write the same code! Thanks to @RussellSageFdn for funding

*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)

Some of the things I've head at #PAA2025 regarding the state of US federal data collection and dissemination.

New postdoc with @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social! Due May 15. Demography and Health Group, Bielefeld University. Project "Linked Lives: Consequences of Long Commuting for the Health of All Family Members (COMFAM)," funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant.

📢 Spread the word! The call for papers for #BSPS2025 is now open. I’m co-organising the Fertility and Sexual & Reproductive Health strand with @joestrong.bsky.social and we can't wait to read your fascinating work. 📝 Submit your abstracts by May 9, 5 PM (BST).

#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...

The Barcelona Summer School of Demography (BSSD) is still accepting applications until May 1. Attend in person or online if you'd like to brush up either on demography or R skills ced.cat/es/bcn4seaso... These are Modules 1-4 listed in the four-seasons school. I teach module 2 this year :-)

👏 Kudos to @andreatilstra.bsky.social @polizzan.bsky.social @sanderwagner.bsky.social and Eva Akimova whose @naturecomms.bsky.social paper is among the top 25 most downloaded in social science and human behaviour for 2024 buff.ly/NmynGFV