One week to apply! Join us at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social and the #BridgingDivides team (www.bridging-divides.org) to lead research on the causes of the #gender gap in #YouthMentalHealth Closes 1 December! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM357/r... @kingscsmh.bsky.social

🚨 JOB ALERT! 🚨 We're hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology in association with @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social! We welcome applicants with a wide range of empirical specialisations and regional focuses 🌍 Apply now ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you. Apply by: 10 Oct www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

A treat to listen to @jlynch13.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social and Maarten Lindeboom on health inequalities yesterday. Three fascinating talks! I’ll share the recordings as soon as they are available.

Unhealthy Divides? Perspectives on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health ⚖️ On 7 July, LSE Health brings interdisciplinary experts together for this webinar w/ Maarten Lindeboom, @jlynch13.bsky.social, Jennifer Dowd, @jcosta-font.bsky.social + @emiliecourtin.bsky.social Register here👉 bit.ly/4jWYavW

You can get video, code & more from all our past workshops too at pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/pa... part of @um-psc.bsky.social

Unhealthy Divides? 🩺 Join LSE Health on Mon 7 July for a webinar exploring deep-rooted socioeconomic inequalities in health, from policy to economics. 🌍 Speakers: Maarten Lindeboom, jlynch13.bsky.social Jennifer Dowd @emiliecourtin.bsky.social @jcosta-font.bsky.social Register👉 bit.ly/4jWYavW

We’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...

This evidence suggests that our model of investing in long term career support for early career academics through 3 year fellowships is a good one, and HE/research policymakers might want to pay attention www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nine-10...

DON'T MISS: "Moving through the fog: considering #causality in health inequalities research" The next Alan Turing Institute Causal Inference Interest Group seminar with @mkellyirving.bsky.social on 12th May 2025 at 3pm BST! Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky

Looks awesome! I signed up - hope on making it to all of them!

Call for applications for the International Social Epidemiology Society Awards - recognizing excellence in social epidemiology research and practice. www.social-epi.org/ises-awards

We are seeking a doctoral researcher in Social Epidemiology/Neuroepidemiology, interested in the nexus of the Social Determinants of Health, lifestyle and risk of neurodegenerative disease, notably Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease. emea3.mrted.ly/3uvch #PhD #SDoH #dementia @uni.lu

Any questions about this role I'm happy to answer them. This is a permanent academic post with decent teaching load and good promotion prospects, equivalent to Assistant Professor in the US.

#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...

❗️Registrations open❗️ 📌Join us for our upcoming LSE Health Annual Lecture with @michaelmarmot.bsky.social, Director of @marmotihe.bsky.social ‘Social Justice and Health Equity' 📅 Monday 17 March, 6:30pm- 8:00pm ℹ️ Find out more bit.ly/416u8zs 📍LSE Campus & Online, register via: bit.ly/4k6e48D

New OECD report on reducing inequalities in early childhood education & care out now. An important read for everyone concerned with ensuring equitable access to quality childcare. (And I'm happy to have contributed to one of the workshops leading to this report 😉) www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

A great overview of biosocial research

New study with @wrigleyfield.bsky.social & colleagues finds that excess deaths among young U.S. adults have surged since 2011, accelerating during the pandemic and remaining high in 2023. Our research shows that this crisis extends far beyond drug overdoses. 🧵 (1/6) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

🤔 How can new technologies help public health efforts to overcome rising obesity levels? https://buff.ly/4h4vOit @drjenndowd.bsky.social explores the role of anti-obesity medications in tackling this population-level problem. @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social

French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris is hiring two tenured researchers to work on population issues. Positions are permanent, with opportunities for leadership and research training. Apply by January 29. www.ined.fr/en/institute...

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...

Hello everyone! I teach a class for graduate students on methods for reproducible research. 🔧 🔢 I would interested to hear about the barriers you face in implementing reproducible practices in your research (e.g., version control, code review, reproducible documents).

Job alert: Associate Professor in Social Demography at the Department of Sociology & St John's College. This is a brilliant new position. Join a fabulous college, great students, wonderful colleagues, and me (sorry, no job is perfect) tinyurl.com/soc-dem-job #sociology #demography

The 3rd edition of Health Inequality has kept aspects of the older two editions that @zetkin.bsky.social originally wrote & so many found to be an accessible way into understanding the complexities of health inequalities, but there are new bits too Here's a wee thread to explain what we've done 😉

1/ I've been practicing #medicine, as a #primarycare doc and then a #hospitalist, for over a decade. Cross-cutting any #social or #partisan divides is an increasingly common feeling: people are feeling #stuck and #trapped. I think we are seeing the reverberations of that feeling everywhere.

#ICYMI here's a useful recap of @drjenndowd.bsky.social's keynote at the University of Pennsylvania's Population Aging Research Center Aging Retreat last week ➡️ ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res... @leverhulme.bsky.social

📚 Join us on the 26th of November for a workshop on interdisciplinary funding for ageing research. More information here: www2.lse.ac.uk/lse-health/e... All welcome but spaces are limited so please register.

Now you know: This is bad. Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births: Selected countries, 1990-2020 www.who.int/publications... #publichealth #demography

This is pretty cool https://declaredesign.org Simulated power analysis, made easy

A recording of my talk "It's more than the science! Under-appreciated aspects of grant writing include strategy, salespersonship and formatting" is available here: ucsf.app.box.com/s/eq5sp5brom...

Applications open for the Oxford Spring School. I will be teaching design-based causal inference. The school is a great place to learn methods & network with instructors and other participants. Please consider applying & share with who might be interested. ow.ly/hbUf50QaFfn Polisky