🚨New publication! Together with Kalmijn, Das, and de Valk, we study how parent-child geographic proximity changes with partnership transitions across (i) migrant groups (ii) genders We highlight the roles of kinship norms and family dependence 🔓Check it out onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🚨New publication! Together with Kalmijn, Das, and de Valk, we study how parent-child geographic proximity changes with partnership transitions across (i) migrant groups (ii) genders We highlight the roles of kinship norms and family dependence 🔓Check it out onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Join the pre-EPC workshop in Bologna by the IUSSP panel on lifetime migration: “Global perspectives in lifetime migration data infrastructures” A great lineup of presenters from 4 different world regions 🌎🌍🌏 Register here: [email protected] Full program details: iussp.org/sites/defaul...

🤩The 2nd paper of my thesis, a joint work with Gusta Wachter and Matthijs Kalmijn, is now published in International Migration Review! We find that concentrated family networks explain why children of immigrants are less geographically mobile than their Dutch counterparts: doi.org/10.1177/0197...

📄🍾 happy to share that the 3rd paper of my thesis, a great collaboration with Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social and Helga de Valk is now out in the ENJP 🏘️📦 We ask whether moving in childhood has lasting effects on individuals’ life courses. Short answer: yes Longer answer: doi.org/10.1007/s106...

Just wrapped up an inspiring workshop on “Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life Course”! Great presentations and discussions on geographic mobility in childhood and adulthood across Europe. Thanks to everyone who made it such a success! See you next time!

📢📢 Workshop this wednesday! "Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life Course" 📌 June 18th 10.00-13.00 CEST 🌍 at ‪@cedemografia.bsky.social‬ and on zoom Info and registration: ced.cat/seminaris-i-...

New from me: "Projections show that increasing the birth rate (as if you could) is the wrong way to get more workers" familyinequality.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/p...

How do demographic trends shape kinship networks? This replication study compares Swedish & Dutch kinship networks, showing how fertility patterns & divorce rates impact family ties across generations. #Replication #Kinship #POPNET. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @bokanyie.bsky.social

New paper on the effect of conflict-induced violence on wartime migration, using data on 24,000 Ukrainian women. Now published in Journal of Peace Research. With @yuliyakosyakova.bsky.social and Irena Kogan.

The impact of violence and COVID-19 on Mexico’s life-expectancy losses and recent bounce-back, 2015–22 doi.org/10.1093/ije/... Paper in @intjepidemiol.bsky.social by @jdzazueta.bsky.social @paola.vazquez.dk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social alumna @thegargiulian.bsky.social & NSRF José Manuel Aburto

The positive effect of the initial young age structure balanced out population losses from negative net migration in Central & Eastern Europe from 1990 to 2020. 📢My new paper on population dynamics is out!😀 #demography #fertiliy #migration #Hungary #Poland osf.io/preprints/so...

New in Social Forces: Breathing Unequal Air😷 Our study shows that immigrant minorities in England & Germany face higher air pollution exposure🏭—and moving doesn’t help🚶. In England, disparities are 3x larger than in Germany 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... #EnvironmentalJustice #Inequality #AirPollution

• CALL FOR PAPERS –  2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course” Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard…

Do sports clubs, music associations, and community groups help bridge ethnic divides? New #OpenAccess paper with @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social: “Brittle Bridges: ethnic segregation across and within civic organizations”. academic.oup.com/esr/advance-... A thread about the main insights:

📣 new #article Housing cost burden of migrants and natives across the income distribution. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Key findings ▪️ rent burden is distributed increasingly unequal ▪️ the polarization is more pronounced among migrants ▪️ migrants faced steeper rent hikes than natives

In a new IZA WP (▶️ docs.iza.org/dp17411.pdf), @rlandersoe.bsky.social and I show that intergenerational income mobility and its underlying mechanisms vary strongly across parents’ income. We present 3 main findings: 1/4 #EconSky #SocSky

📄🍾 happy to share that the 3rd paper of my thesis, a great collaboration with Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social and Helga de Valk is now out in the ENJP 🏘️📦 We ask whether moving in childhood has lasting effects on individuals’ life courses. Short answer: yes Longer answer: doi.org/10.1007/s106...

🤩The 2nd paper of my thesis, a joint work with Gusta Wachter and Matthijs Kalmijn, is now published in International Migration Review! We find that concentrated family networks explain why children of immigrants are less geographically mobile than their Dutch counterparts: doi.org/10.1177/0197...

🛎️ Excited to share that my thesis’s 1st paper, coauthored by Helga de Valk and Gusta Wachter, is now published. 📉 We explore how internal migration in childhood has developed over time across Europe. 📈🤱 And link recent trends to delayed fertility. Check it out: doi.org/10.1002/psp....