I recently discovered Conventional Comments (conventionalcomments.org) for providing a pseudo-standard set of labels for feedback and just tried it for an article review and it was really helpful to specify issues vs. thoughts vs. suggestions, etc. Hopefully it's helpful for the authors too!

Check out this conference if you work on topics related to kinship structure and dynamics (within and beyond the household), caregiving, intergenerational processes, family bereavement, LGBTQ+ & chosen kinship, etc. @iussp.bsky.social Submit by 21 Jan 2026 👇 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference

The Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2026! ➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️ Learn More:

We are hiring a Posd-Doctoral Research Fellow @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social to work on #family and #housing #projections using #microsimulation. DL: 1 October. More info: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

In “Widow & Widower Mortality in India,” Megan Reed et al. employ IHDS data & find no higher mortality risk for widows or widowers aged 60+ relative to married individuals, but among those aged 25-59, the risk was 50% and 40% greater among widowers & widows, resp. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

@jacalazans.bsky.social, Carol Tomás and I are the editors of Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Populacao (www.rebep.org.br), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes population related papers in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Rebep has just turned 40 years old in 2024.

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...

📢 Job vacancy 📢 📍 Sociology Department at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social 👩‍🎓 Assistant Professor specialized in migration/integration/polarization/stratification ⏰ Until 29th of September ☑️Teaching in Dutch is required 📃 More info at www.uu.nl/organisatie/...

As we enter September, you may see posts with news of jobs, promotions, grants, fellowships, and the like. That’s great! We should celebrate with colleagues, especially in an industry where rejection is the modal outcome. 1/n

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!! 👩‍🏫📊🌦️

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/...

📢 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...

🗣️Exciting PhD opportunity! Join @lshtm.bsky.social PSG and @mpidr.bsky.social as a PhD student/Research Assistant on an 3-year project leading to a funded PhD. The role focuses on developing cutting-edge methods to model health & mortality in low-income countries. jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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👇

"To this day, there has been no government recognition of the extent to which the pandemic hit India. It remains to be seen whether this will change now that such a clear story has emerged from the government’s own data." - @aashishg.bsky.social and Murad Banaji www.theindiaforum.in/health/will-...

Newly released 2021 government mortality data shows 3 mn excess death registrations in India during Covid, suggesting over 4 mn total excess deaths. The pandemic’s real impact was far greater than the official estimate. www.theindiaforum.in/health/will-...

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...

How can we grow our food in a way that respects our environment? Our Rice Tastes of Spring with its earthy illustrations celebrates the importance of traditional farming while capturing the spirit of Adivasi communities. Story and research: @anumeha.bsky.social

The biggest project I've worked on for the last chunk of years was just published. It asks, how big are US Black-white lifespan differences? This might seem like a narrow question. I hope to convince you by the end that there are answers you didn't anticipate. And I hope some of them will move you.

My colleague Martin Dribe is looking for a doctoral candidate interested in demographic inequality in his Wallenberg Scholar project ‘Unequal Lives: Socioeconomic Stratification, Life-Course, and Demography from Preindustrial Society to the Welfare State’. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

I'm looking for 1-2 doctoral candidates in my ERC-funded project "Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations". These are 4-year, fully funded positions at Lund University. More info: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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In “Mortality by Cause of Death in Brazil,” @fernandofernandes.bsky.social, @cassiomturra.bsky.social, G Franca & M Castro quantify “the different & paradoxical ways the COVID-19 pandemic indirectly impacted other causes of death…in 2020 & 2021.” @hsph.harvard.edu read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Great job opportunity: 3-year research fellow in José Manuel Aburto's Mortality and Inequalities Research Group at LSHTM: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

📑 JOB VACANCY - #ResearchFellow post within the ESRC-funded Connecting Generations programme. Examining fuller #workinglives and #care for later life individuals in the UK and internationally 📨Apply by 11 April: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @bspsuk.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social

📣 The migration team at the @epc-official.bsky.social is looking for a new colleague (at junior/analyst level) w knowledge of labour migration & skills, integration & inclusion, & demography. Start date is ASAP, so please do consider applying & share widely in your networks! 🏃‍➡️ epc.eu/en/JPA-PA-EMD

Today's #worldhearingday 🦻So we shine a💡on a study on age-related #hearingloss in Europe by D.Stonkute @mpidr.bsky.social & Y.Vierboom @princetonupress.bsky.social. Educational inequalities in hearing loss vary by age, gender&region. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/hearing #hearingcare #safelistening @who.int

A Message from 2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social President Irma Elo on how PAA is responding to the uncertainty in our government www.youtube.com/watch?v=vclk...

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/...

I’ve struggled to find the right words following Musk/Trump’s decision to end the Demographic and Health Surveys Program (the OG DHS). While nothing is inevitable, there is no denying this is a huge blow personally, professionally and for the world. /1 dhsprogram.com

No words. This is absolutely horrendous news

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"...life expectancy in the Gaza Strip decreased by 34·9 yrs during the first 12 months of the war, about half the prewar level..." Guillot, M, M Draidi, V Cetorelli, José HCM Da Silva, & I Lubbad. 2025. Life Expectancy Losses in the Gaza Strip during the Period Oct, 2023, to Sep, 2024. The Lancet.

India's “egg map”: Eggs in midday meals are still a no-no across India’s entire “north-west” region, even in states where most people eat non-veg. Undernourished children pay the price. [Credit: Swati Narayan]

Hey PhD students with demography/population health training! The Minnesota Population Center @minnpop.bsky.social is hiring multiple postdoc positions for next year. Apply to come work in the coolest pop center around (not that I'm biased or anything)! pop.umn.edu/training/pos...

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

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

Before you start into the well-deserved holiday break, may I submit a possible entry for your New Year's resolution: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5... Come and work with us in Munich as a postdoctoral researcher. Applications are due January 15th.

📝 Our new @pnasnexus.org study has found significant effects of the #COVID-19 pandemic on many causes of death across 24 countries https://buff.ly/4iI51tF @polizzan.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @aashishg.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @lshtm.bsky.social

📢 Job: Sabino Kornrich and I are hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join us at #NYUAD to work on parenting, childhood inequalities, and parenting norms in international and comparative perspective using experimental methods. Deadline to apply: February 14, 2025. To apply: apply.interfolio.com/160976

A great postdoc opportunity for family researchers!

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@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is accepting applications for Fall 2025 for the PhD program in Demography AND the Graduate Group in Sociology & Demography. Seeking a diverse and strong cohort; applications DUE 12/17/2024. Learn more about the program: www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-pro...

Cool paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...