We compared ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing on palliative care terms found ChatGPT most accurate (9/10) and comprehensive (8.5/10). Credibility was low (3/10) across all. Readability was poor (FRE 41.7; grade 14.1). Clinician oversight is needed to avoid misinformation. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40138176/

Learning and Impact Manager job at The Skillman Foundation in Detroit: Learning & Impact Manager www.skillman.org/working-at-s...

#PAA2026 deadline in less than two weeks

Attention IHPI and CHOP members: Want to use Medicare data in your research, but lacking in time and/or funding? Check out this event Friday on the CMS data set available to all IHPI and CHOP members: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

1 year left of my @erc.europa.eu grant on siblings and social mobility! It has been a blast. Below some of the reserach conducted by the outstanding postdocs Jung In, JMF, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Jesper Birkelund, BJS, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/2 #sociology

Today’s annual ISR Picnic brought together colleagues from across the Institute to celebrate community, connection, and collaboration. We’re especially grateful to those whose work, energy, and curiosity drive ISR’s mission forward every day.

Posting things with a year-date of 2026

Love research and communications? Check out this job. #SciComm

It also includes my article on women's education and marriage/cohabitation in Colombia :) Check it out!

Caring for an older adult with dementia is a family and community affair - read more about our study here:

My forced co-pilot AI “assistant” still changes my name to Trusty.

Happy "go to the store while everyone else in town is at the stadium" to all who celebrate!

My mom, upon reading the introduction to this book last week: "Why did you wait so long to tell me about this book?"

Friends! Inherited Inequality makes its debut Sept 16 🎉 Join me for an open & honest conversation about the power & limits of the two-parent family for improving child outcomes & addressing one of America’s most intractable problems: racial inequality Hope to see you there!

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Communications Coordinator position working with @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social and @micda-umisr.bsky.social at @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social More info here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Love data? Good at #scicomm? Check out this job opportunity!

Communications Coordinator position working with @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social and @micda-umisr.bsky.social at @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social More info here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

I never planned on writing a book. Few demographers do. But 9yrs ago, I unearthed a puzzling finding that upended everything I thought I knew about race and family structure. And I knew I had to share it with the world. Check out this video to learn more: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BxtCBd/

New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social affiliates Kira Birditt @vafreedman.bsky.social @spattersearch.bsky.social in Journal of Aging & Social Policy A Perspective on Making “Invisible” Care Visible Through Time Use Data

New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social affiliates @vafreedman.bsky.social @spattersearch.bsky.social in Alzheimer's & Dementia Nearly 4 in 10 extended families of older adults in the United States include an older relative with dementia

We're hiring! Please share with your networks! The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026 jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026: www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

we can't wait to see all your submissions, everyone - looking forward to seeing you in St. Louis!

It's time #PAA2026 @popassocamerica.bsky.social www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

Today at 4 PM at #ASA2025: Don't miss Kathleen D'Alfonso from the University at Buffalo as she presents, "Health Insurance Patterns and Health in Young Adulthood." #PSIDData #academicsky Learn more: myumi.ch/R3dxk

Important analysis here on crime rates in the USA. tl;dr: Crime rates in 2024 were at historic lows despite crime being a major talking point of politicians, while corporate media sensationalizes violent crime but doesn't cover the story when crime rates go down.

Statistics on crime, democracy and politics, demography, the economy, education, health, and migration can be downloaded alongside our Round 11 (2023/24) #survey data. The Multilevel Data resource makes it easier to analyse #data from respondents in the context they live.

#Published: "Who should have (no) children? Results of a vignette experiment in Switzerland" by Larissa Fritsch, Sandra Gilgen & Maila Mertens (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #opensicience #sociology #demography

📢Calling all sociology scholars, including social policy and demography: applications for the 2026-27 Sociology Visitorships at Nuffield College are now open. 🗓️Deadline: 29 Sep 2025 ℹ️More info & applications: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...

Ah August, the Sunday of months

The families in households typology In this new paper from the @reusilience.bsky.social project, we improve standard family-type variables in EU-SILC By @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social, @thaning.bsky.social, @wvlancker.bsky.social and @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our new paper about the Families in Households Typology (FHT) is finally out! Codes (in Stata) are currently available for EU-SILC, ESS, EQLS and HBS and can be downloaded here: zenodo.org/records/1585...

Caring for an older adult with dementia is a family and community affair - read more about our study here:

New work from our member @spattersearch.bsky.social & colleagues on dementia #caregiving:

Care beyond kin: Study urges rethink as nontraditional caregivers step up in dementia care news.umich.edu/care-beyond-... by @umich.edu #Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving

Bocconi University in Milan is hiring in sociology at any level (open rank). Ideal candidate might focus on inequality, social policy, computational, labor markets, or similar. Happy to answer questions about my time there for anyone considering applying. More details: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu

One of my deeply held beliefs is that if we could condition people to accept how chance affects their lives, they’d be much better equipped to recognize how systemic things impact them.

New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social affiliate @ketlynesol.bsky.social Neighborhood disadvantage and subjective cognitive function among older Black women myumi.ch/mRJjn

60 years ago this week, Medicare was signed into law - and today, people over 65 & those with major disabilities have many choices in the program. But as new research from @leilll2010.bsky.social et al shows, many of those navigating these choices may need more help: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

Soliciting paper submissions for a special issue in Spatial Demography (Springer Nature) on #climate and #health! More info here: link.springer.com/collections/.... 🛟📈📉🧪 #geosky #AcademicSky #gis #spatial #population #popsky #demography #healthequity #climatechange #sustainability #weather #medsky

Doctors across Michigan asked a @michigancqis.bsky.social led by our members for an "easy button" to determine if the diabetes med or continuous glucose monitor they wanted to order would be covered by that patient's insurance. They delivered: www.annfammed.org/content/23/4... @loshman.bsky.social

This week, #Medicare turns 60. Nearly 69 million Americans over 65 or with major disabilities rely on it. But as new work led by @leilll2010.bsky.social shows, many don't get help picking the best option for them from the many choices available under the program: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

Setting aside the ethical and environmental concerns of AI, I'm really offended by a bunch of elite dudes telling us our minds aren't good enough when they've had to steal everything human minds have created to create their pretend mind and it doesn't even work right!

DYK? We have a trove of free tools and learning to help you extend the reach of your work and expertise! Check out our Communication Toolkit for researchers -https://ihpi.umich.edu/ihpi-communications-resources

Important new review of ways researchers may be able to understand family #caregiver roles - and the need for more data on this “invisible” labor

A Perspective on Making “Invisible” Care Visible Through Time Use Data www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....