📢 Applications are now open for the PhD Programme in Life Course Research! We offer 10 PhD scholarships in Demography & Social Statistics. 🗓️ Deadline: August 6, 2026. A great opportunity to join a stimulating research environment! 🌍

So proud of this fruitful collaboration! 👏

New paper out in PRPR! Why do Italians end up having fewer kids, and later, than they want? Using new survey data we show that many Italians in reproductive age are falling short of their fertility desires— in either how many children they want or when they want them.⤵️

!!! JOBS !!! Come work with us in Florence @florenceups.bsky.social 5 posizioni tra post doc e pre doc per lavorare sui temi di data integration e data analysis su bullismo e violenza tra minori. Info su call e scadenze qui www.disia.unifi.it/upload/sub/d... www.disia.unifi.it/upload/sub/d...

New paper out in Comparative Population Studies: Single Parents’ Subjective Well-being in Europe: A multilevel analysis We examine SWB across single parents in Europe and highlight the role of individual resources and contextual conditions. www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...

Adolescents in non-intact families report lower family satisfaction. Although this penalty persists, it weakens as the Second Demographic Transition spreads—family disruption effects are more amenable to change than often assumed. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @florenceups.bsky.social

🔥 New publication by @amatysiak.bsky.social & Daniele Vignoli on Population and Development Review 🔥 👉 The End of an Era: The Vanishing Negative Effect of Women's Employment on Fertility 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣 New publication by De Santis, Benassi, Carboni & Maltagliati 👇 From trends to spillover effects: an improved standardization method coupled with spatial analysis reveals hidden patterns in Italy’s municipal #mortality, 2002–2018. - #openaccess link: 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📌JOB OFFER 🚨 Postdoc position at the University of Bologna (12-month) in the project “The inequality of Uncertainty and fertility decisions” co-funded by ERC projects GENPOP and POPCLIMA, and Statistical Science Department. Deadline: October 14, 2024 Call website: bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/asse...

Job Call – Two Research Fellow Positions (ERC Project POPCLIMA) We invite applications for two Research Fellow positions within the ERC-funded project POPCLIMA led by PI Raya Muttarak and hosted at the Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna. Details: lnkd.in/evwPHKgr

📢 New dataset for researchers! The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024. 🔗 eplp-dataset.org

📖 New study by Alessandro Gallo & Daniele Vignoli @florenceups.bsky.social shows that in #Italy, everyday housing expenses (such as bills, mortgages, rent payments, and maintenance costs) truly influence childbearing patterns. Read it now - tinyurl.com/23pt2xt5

New publication on Population Space and Place by Alessandro Gallo & Daniele Vignoli! ❓ Better Home, More Children? 👉 In #Italy, having children goes hand in hand with owning a home, especially for those who can sustain higher #housing expenses. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New paper out! A new index of housing insecurity and an application to SWB in Italy using SHIW data. Many thanks to Alessandro and Daniele of the @florenceups.bsky.social group — hope to work together again soon! doi.org/10.1007/s102...

We are proud to support the Age-It programme, led by Daniele Vignoli florenceups.bsky.social - driving socioeconomic, biomedical, and tech innovation for an inclusive ageing #Italy. Explore highlights from our latest discussion on health, care, and tech: tinyurl.com/3pjts9ph

Always a pleasure to contribute at a high-level conference like Age-It, together with the @florenceups.bsky.social team. Great days — see you soon 🩵

The Second General Meeting of the #AgeIt project is underway in wonderful Naples, where many researchers from our team are presenting their latest contributions to demographic research on population ageing! 👇👇👇 @alderotti.bsky.social @elibrini.bsky.social @karlosj89.bsky.social

🔥 New publication by @marcocozzani.bsky.social, Tocchioni, Vignoli et al. in @demresjournal.bsky.social examines ART birth disparities, showing they don’t seem to stem from treatment success — at least within Italy’s public, widely subsidized system. 🔗 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

It’s a long way to the top🎸 My PhD is entering the final stretch! I’ve been working on family and well-being, reading Italy and Europe through the best European surveys. Great to work with @florenceups.bsky.social team! First paper is out, next are close behind!🌅 www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...

Lab Study in Berlin/Madrid on School Meritocracy: Effort🔨(🧠objective cognitive effort / 👩‍🏫teacher-perceived effort) → + grades & inequality. Net of IQ, High-SES👨‍🎓 + effort & GPA returns when lazy. Low-SES👨‍🎓 - effort; + GPA returns if hardworking. WP👇 Effort-Project econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:fir:ec...

Teacher bias or unobserved ability? @ssreditorial.bsky.social paper w/ @marespadafor.bsky.social Test score error & omitted behavior = 🐘 in the (class)room to identify SES discrimination. Still, beyond "true ability", well-off (low-performing) kids get higher teacher ratings: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Our members were also in Cologne for #ECSR2025, contributing to the programme with @aballerini.bsky.social, B. Cacciamani, @marcocozzani.bsky.social, @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social, @karlosj89.bsky.social & MF Morabito. 🙌 A very inspiring conference — looking forward to the next occasions to meet! 👋

Glad to have been present at the #RSS25 conference, where — among other contributions — Valentina Tocchioni presented work with Vignoli, Lazzari & @marcocozzani.bsky.social on attitudes towards assisted reproductive technology in Italy.

💥New publication in Population Studies: We explore how health in early adulthood influences fertility, using data from the 1958 British birth cohort. Read more here 👇

New article with @etrappolini.bsky.social & @alyceraybould.bsky.social out in Population Studies! 🎉 We use data from the 1958 British cohort to explore how early-adult SRH & BMI relate to the achievement of fertility goals by midlife 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🔴New working paper with @marcocozzani.bsky.social and @juhoharkonen.bsky.social. We describe the temporal link between conception timing and preterm birth rates. When conception rates fluctuate, preterm birth proportions shift predictably but with different magnitudes depending on baseline risk. 1/4

The University of Florence offers 4 positions within the PhD in Life Course Research! 🔹 3 open positions on topics such as social demography, family formation, fertility, union dissolution, ageing & wellbeing 🔹 1 thematic position on reproductive health & low fertility Come join us in Florence! 👇👇

fresh from the oven!!! (with @marco16.bsky.social & Valentina Tocchioni) #kinship #demography #LivingProximity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Thanks @psalasr.bsky.social & #DIGCLASS (@guillemvidal.me & D.Villani) for the @lisdata.bsky.social Award! Wealth is stratified by class💸—Class isn't dead 🧟 📝Article @socialindicators.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 📰Post @lseinequalities.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

🇮🇹 Trovate qui sotto la lettera aperta inviata al Presidente dell'Istat, Prof. Francesco Maria Chelli, in merito al tema cruciale dell'accessibilità ai microdati per la #ricerca scientifica nell'ambito degli studi di popolazione 👇 www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Brilliant session about “The Surprises of Population Studies” at #SIS2025 in Genova! Thanks to speakers and participants for the stimulating discussion! 👏 @karlosj89.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social @comochia.bsky.social

👉 New paper by Caltabiano, Meggiolaro & Tocchioni (@florenceups.bsky.social) suggests that parental separation has a strong cultural effect on children’s trajectories to adulthood, especially on the formation of household, but also on economic independence. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

That’s a wrap for #PopDays2025! A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions. The atmosphere was truly inspiring! See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨

Planet vs. Parenthood? When the future feels apocalyptic, family planning becomes a moral dilemma? We show that more climate change news + feeling you’re not doing enough = fewer first births #ClimateAnxiety #Fertility #UKHLS #Popdays2025 @amatysiak.bsky.social & @florenceups.bsky.social

UPS is well represented at #PopDays2025 - many of our researchers have already presented / are presenting their work over the next few days! If you’re around, come say hi - we’d love to connect!

PopDays2025 is in full swing! 🧠📊 If you’re into population studies (or just pretending to be this week), don’t forget to follow @aisp.bsky.social — the Italian Association for Population Studies is finally on Bluesky 👇👇👇

Everything is ready for the 2025 edition of Population Days - the conference of the Italian Association for Population Studies. We are looking forward to seeing you all in Cagliari! 👉 Use #PopDays2025 to post about the conference!

New @florenceups.bsky.social WP 📄🔨! Italian panel tax data shows a positive 💸 income-first-child 👶 link for both men and women within couples. This finding challenges traditional gender roles 🚻 but warns of the (rising) economic stratification of parenthood 👇 labdisia.disia.unifi.it/wp_disia/202...

🚨 Concern about climate change is linked to lower fertility intentions in Italy. 👉 New study out in Genus by @chiarapuglisi.bsky.social, Daniele Vignoli @florenceups.bsky.social & Raya Muttarak. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

📢Save the date for the next #WICColloquium! #GiacomoBazzani from the University of Florence will present insights into "How the Future Shapes Decisions in Uncertain Times" 📆 30 April 2025, 18:00-20:00h 📍 PSK Building MR08 (5th floor) 🔗 tinyurl.com/wiccollbaz

Here my #paa poster showing kin proximity in obscure Italian provinces. Who knows how close people in Termoli lives :)) @marcoalbertini.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social

Elena Pirani is at the Poster Session P08-Family demography presenting her work “Caregivers' mental health: gender and age differences” w/ Cunsolo & Tocchioni. #PAA25

It would be unforgivable to miss the largest poster of the conference—so step by the poster session happening now to say hi to @mimmilou.bsky.social and me, and chat about our work on employment uncertainty among migrants!

Waiting for you to come at the next poster session (P07) to see Carlos’ poster about educational inequality in the World! @karlosj89.bsky.social @paolobrunori.bsky.social @mtriventi.bsky.social

Shoutout to Andrea @aballerini.bsky.social for his first #PAA2025! 👉 He’s presenting on the subjective wellbeing of single-parent families in Europe.

Our poster at #PAA2025 on Climate Change Narratives and Fertility in the UK with Daniele Vignoli, @amatysiak.bsky.social & @florenceups.bsky.social We found people who care about the climate are less likely to have a first child when exposed to more climate news #ClimateChange #Fertility

Poster session 04 at #PAA2025: there’s our poster about Climate change narratives and fertility in the UK - by Ewa Weychert, Vignoli & @amatysiak.bsky.social @labfam.bsky.social Come and say hi! 👋

Session 046 - Transition to adulthood: @danilobolano.bsky.social presents a contribution about psychological distress in adolescence and life course trajectories in early adulthood in the UK (w/ @sironimaria.bsky.social & Chiara Serra). #PAA2025

Let’s get it started at #PAA25! Elena Pirani is at the Poster Session 01 with her contribution titled “Kinship Networks, Kinlessness, and Friendship Across Different Ages: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Italian case Over Two Decades” - w/ @brunoarpino.bsky.social, Pittavino & Meli