I am thrilled to announce that my first PhD paper, 'Analysing biases in genealogies using demographic microsimulation', co-authored with @demography.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, has already been published in the European Journal of Population. rdcu.be/eTImq

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

🎉🎊A week full of celebrations ✨Two ERC Starting Grants for the MPIDR✨ We are thrilled to announce that @marilianep.bsky.social and @ugobas.bsky.social have each been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu. #ERCStG www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even... #ERCStartingGrant #longevity

📣 Job alert! 📣 2 fully funded PhD positions in sociology/demography in the ERC Starting Grant SeRO, which studies the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health in Mexico. Please share and apply! PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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👇

“If I live to 80, what percentage of my life will I have spent as someone’s sister? What percentage as no one’s sister?” Liz Krieger on the “grief math” that’s preoccupied her ever since her brother’s death: https://theatln.tc/5jIeBQIz

Great presentations by A Colasurdo, N Panichella and J Wu at Session 96, "Internal Migration as a Life Course Trajectory", organized by the IUSSP Panel on Lifetime Migration at #IPC2025. Papers from this session—and others—will appear in a Special Issue of Comparative Population Studies in 2026.

🆕📰Rapid Demographic Changes Reshape Family Structures: Accelerated demographic change is creating significant differences in the number of relatives between peers of similar ages shows a study by @shajiang.bsky.social et al. in @readdemography.bsky.social. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rapidchange

I was happy to speak to @faith-hill.bsky.social about the rise of great-grandparenthood in the US and elsewhere. Check out her piece, which is delightful as always 👇

Today's the 2nd day of our symposium "Demographic & Health Consequences of Violence & Armed Conflict" where international scholars present research on the impact of armed conflict & violence on mortality, migration, fertility, the environment, & population health. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

🔦[SPOTLIGHT] Should you Claim Your #Pension Early or Wait? Retiring later increases the monthly pension amount in the US. @shajiang.bsky.social et al. have investigated whether this is optimal, given the uncertainties surrounding #LifeSpan. What they found: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/USApension

Congrats, @shajiang.bsky.social and colleagues for this important contribution to the study of kinship in demography! Tl;dr: The speed at which birth and death rates change in a population affects the degree to which individuals have living kin (and how old these relatives are).

Some good news to brighten up your feed: Our #R package 📦 DemoKin for the demographic analysis of kinship has a new website with extensive documentation and literature 🎉🎈 @mpidr.bsky.social If you don't know it yet, why not check it out? ivanwilli.github.io/DemoKin/inde...

👓Recommended Reading📚Estimating Kinship Size of Older Adults in Europe With Models and Surveys In a paper recently published in @readdemography.bsky.social, @demography.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social and his colleagues, @maikevd.bsky.social and @afcastr0t.bsky.social (CED), compared ... 🧵1/5

Ghanaian data shows weak support for the nuclear convergence hypothesis. Urbanisation hasn't led to the dominance of nuclear families—extended types persist. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @josephineabaafi.bsky.social @rebeccasear.bsky.social @anushe.bsky.social

1/ A huge congrats to Dr. Antonino Polizzi @polizzan.bsky.social, who passed his DPhil viva for his thesis “The Causes and the Consequences of Growing Life Expectancy Shortfalls” on Friday, examined by Prof. @ridhikashyap.bsky.social & Dr. Iñaki Permanyer. @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #demography

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

*JOB OPENING*: Researcher in Reproductive #Demography Dr. Josh Wilde is recruiting a Post-doc to join his ERC-funded SEXRATIO project at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, focused on links b/t maternal stress & sex-biased conception & fetal loss. Deadline May 9 (noon UK time). www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs

With a little delay we learned that @lpcalderonb.bsky.social, who could not attend #PAA2025, won a Best Poster Award! Her colleagues put up the poster and a note from Liliana and co-author @martinkolk.bsky.social jumped in to present the research. Congrats Liliana! @popassocamerica.bsky.social

Starting with #rayshader and I love it but find it frustrating that the first column of data consistently appears washed out or overly bright 🫠 Any advice on how to fill this edge with the column's colour (see below)? @tylermorganwall.bsky.social..? Full question: stackoverflow.com/questions/79...

In historical and conflict demography, it is common to estimate a large death toll as the discontinuity between two observed or projected population estimates. @hggaddy.bsky.social and @thegargiulian.bsky.social show why this method creates important problems for demographic and econometric work.

Our short course on Subnational Probabilistic Population Projections at PAA 2025 (description attached) will now be hybrid. To ask to join remotely, email [email protected] from your professional email by April 7 with subject “Join PAA workshop”, saying why you want to.

On Monday next week, I'll present new evidence on how armed groups weaponise kinship as a strategy to maximise suffering, as part of the @hertieschool.bsky.social Social Policy Colloqium. Register for the event in Berlin (only in-person unfortunately) 👇 www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

In Rostock today to talk about how academia is facilitating the resurgence of eugenic ideology 👇

Our (@stephzzhang.bsky.social @monjalexander.bsky.social @demography.bsky.social) working paper on the migrant mortality advantage among 18th and 19th century United Kingdom & Ireland emigrants has been updated -- spoiler, we find an advantage in this context too! doi.org/10.4054/MPID...

#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...

🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social! 📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025 📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va... 🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin

I'm extremely proud to have @rebeccasear.bsky.social as a speaker @mpidr.bsky.social. Rebecca has been a powerful and vocal critic of the resurgence of eugenic ideologies in contemporary academia and society. Her message is more important than ever. Join the lecture online 👇

Our study estimates excess deaths in children and parental loss due to the war in Gaza in 2023. From Oct 8 to Dec 31, 2023, 8120 children <18 were killed due to the conflict, 15127 children lost a father, and 9886 children lost a mother -in 3 months pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Doing research on the consequences of war? Join our two-day symposium "Demographic and Health Consequences of Violence and Armed Conflict" at @mpidr.bsky.social in Germany, July 01–02, 2025. Deadline: March 14. More info 👇 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open! This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography. Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon). More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

🚨Job Alert🚨 Don't miss this chance to join the great @loisilvia.bsky.social at the Migration and Health Inequalities Research Group @mpidr.bsky.social! Open call for 1 PhD and 1 postdoc; deadline: 28 February 2025.

Research by @stefaniamolina.bsky.social examines the role of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the association between mothers' partnership status and infant health in Colombia. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

New study (in Spanish) combines demographic models of kinship and household survey data to quantify family resources available to young women in three Latin American countries 👇

🧵1/ Our second chapter for the @ehbea.bsky.social textbook is on what makes a family and a household – basically it depends, of course 🙃 Led by the wonderful @anushe.bsky.social You can find the pre-print here 👇 @brunelcce.bsky.social @brunelpsy.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

👋 #AcademicSky and especially #demography We are delighted to join bsky 🙌 Danish Demography Society was established in 1972 and was reborn in 2022 after almost a decade of inactivity 🇩🇰 This summer we are honored to host Nordic Demographic Symposium, please apply 🔗 demografi.dk/aktiviteter/...

I don't know who needs to know this, but @archive.org has thousands of knitting & crafting books you can "check out" & sometimes download. E.g., as a machine knitter (amongst other things), I have found an amazing trove of very helpful out-of-print books. 🙏 Check it out! 🧶

Last call! If you're a student interested in demography and data science, u can apply to spend a summer at @mpidr.bsky.social for the 2025 Incubator Programme. This year, I'll be mentoring a group working on mortality estimation in the context of armed conflict. Deadline this Wednesday!! More info 👇

Happy to see that our research on evolving family networks - using demographic analysis to map future kinship patterns - was selected among @maxplanck.de's top 12 breakthroughs of 2024! @mpidr.bsky.social www.mpg.de/23923353/res...

Feliz de haber concluido nuestro taller sobre "Modelos de Parentesco para América Latina y el Caribe" en el Congreso #ALAP2024 junto a @lpcalderonb.bsky.social @amandamalmeida.bsky.social e Ivan Williams. Todas las slides, código y materiales están en linea: amandamartinsal.github.io/ALAP24_paren...

In a study highlighting the enduring human costs of armed conflict, @demography.bsky.social, Enrique Acosta, @ezagheni.bsky.social, and @um-psc.bsky.social alum Nathalie E. Williams quantify bereavement and its lasting effects.

In light of the martial war declaration in South Korea, here are some people you should follow for informed analyses & news about the developing situation. Koreanists: go.bsky.app/U3Nm5FX Korea watchers: go.bsky.app/9SrguSU Korean studies scholars: go.bsky.app/8nRZ5tp + @koreajoongangdaily.com

"Homecoming After Brexit," by @ebrusanliturk.bsky.social @samin.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @ezagheni.bsky.social & F Billari, uses Scopus data to assess “immediate effects of the 2016 Brexit referendum on the mobility of top talent in British academia.” @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Interested in Demography PhD @LSE? 1. Identify potential supervisor in pop@LSE group www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/... 2. Contact a potential supervisor or PhD coordinator @eecoast.bsky.social to discuss a possible project 3. Scholarships are available. Deadline 15/1/2025 www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...

We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...

Hi 👋 I'm a social demographer leading the 'Kinship Inequalities Group' at @mpidr.bsky.social. I use simulation & mathematical models to study how family structures (including noncoresident extended kin) shape societal processes like informal care, bereavement & wealth inequalities. Happy to be here!

“Contextual Boundaries: Skin Tone Stratification...”: @petercatron.bsky.social Maria Vignau Loria & @sarahefarr.bsky.social, using a novel dataset of border records & linking to the 1940 U.S. census, demonstrate how skin tone shaped Mexicans’ economic attainment. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

'Online genealogies are promising data sources for demographic research, but their limitations are understudied.' Much-needed work by Andrea Colasurdo (@mpidr.bsky.social) and Riccardo Omenti (U Bologna) highlighting promises and pitfalls of genealogies for studying long-run societal development 👇

What kinds of families do US children live in? All kinds! Check out this new work by @wendymanning.bsky.social & colleagues in Socius. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Research group leader (W2, equivalent to Associate Professor) in Labor Demography, MPIDR (Rostock, Germany) In order to receive full consideration, please apply by 12 December 2024. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...