📢 New global study across 122 countries shows young people are redefining sexuality. Led by Dr @francescorampazzo.com @socialstats.bsky.social, using data from 900k+ users, it finds rising identities like queer, pansexual & asexual among younger generations. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/y...

Exciting to see my research with @francescorampazzo.com get so much attention! I also appreciate how this piece pushes against the misleading reporting from the Daily Mail that claimed our study shows that lesbians are “dying out.” As PinkNews points out, that’s a transphobic dog whistle.

New coverage of our global study on sexual identity and generational change, now on @pinknews.bsky.social. @cantonwiner.bsky.social

Happy to have joined the @socialstats.bsky.social and honoured to be mentioned in the @manchester.ac.uk’s 2025 Faculty of Humanities highlights. Grateful to be part of such a stimulating research environment. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/h...

Our research with @cantonwiner.bsky.social and Milan Kovačič has also been reported by @advocate.com, providing another perspective on the findings. Work based in the @socialstats.bsky.social Department of Social Statistics at the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk.

The @dailymail.co.uk just reported on my research. But their framing is wrong. Lesbian identities aren’t “dying out.” So-called “new” identities (like pansexual, queer, asexual, etc.) aren’t “replacing” older ones. They’re adding to the ways people can plug into queerness.

My co-author @francescorampazzo.com (the lead author of the study) puts it well here. Lesbians aren’t “disappearing.” They’re just getting more company!

Nice to see our (with @cantonwiner.bsky.social and Milan Kovačič) research reaching a broader readership via the @dailymail.co.uk. Our findings speak to increasing diversity of identities among younger users, rather than the disappearance of any one label. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

🏳️‍🌈 New global study led by @uomsoss.bsky.social has found that younger generations around the world are redefining how they understand sexual identity. 🔗Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/y... 🧵1/

Sexual orientation on Zoe: A global analysis of a lesbian dating app doi.org/10.4054/DemR... New paper in @demresjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Associate Member @francescorampazzo.com, Canton Winer, and Milan Kovačič

Asexuality is a global identity. That’s a major finding in a study I recently published with @francescorampazzo.com in Demographic Research. Analyzing dating app data spanning 162 countries from over 900,000 users, we found that asexuality showed up in every age group and in every region.

An early Christmas gift from @demresjournal.bsky.social: new publication with @cantonwiner.bsky.social and Milan Kovačič on sexuality using dating app data. A great example of how social scientists and industry can collaborate to produce global, inclusive research.

What is your Spotify age? “Age is just a number, so don’t take it personally.” Great to see Spotify assigning a ‘demographic age’ based on the music users listen to.

My department at the University of @manchester.ac.uk is recruiting a permanent Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence to join @socialstats.bsky.social. We’re looking for candidates whose work connects AI with the social sciences. Applications close 5 January 2026. More details here:

Listening to the Henley & Partners Global Citizenship Conference after Rachel Reeves’ announcement, with @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social, James Quarmby and Dan Neidle, was a reminder that even small migration shifts can shape economies. We need good data to understand these impacts.

How many times do you think of the Roman Empire? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you’re into population pyramids of intentions (+ other nice plots, + more), this one’s for you. With K. Schwanitz, @vferraretto.bsky.social & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social, we explore how young Europeans plan adulthood using @ggp.bsky.social + @ess-survey.bsky.social data. doi.org/10.12765/CPo...

📣 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/...

Is it Mánchester or Manchéster? Either way, I need to learn. From today I’m a Lecturer in Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk - still Italian, still mispronouncing, but very excited for this new chapter!

👏Congrats @francescorampazzo.com @sociologyoxford.bsky.social on #TeachingExcellence Award for teaching #innovations Dr Rampazzo's commitment to inclusivity includes: - inspiring tutorial system reforms - introducing Queer Demography to Sociology curriculum More: www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...

✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social ! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/8 🧵

Wonderful to hear @francescorampazzo.com first BBC interview which features his reseacrch on fertility apps carried out with (amongst others) HumSci alum @alyceraybould.bsky.social

I did my first BBC interview! I spoke to BBC World Service about my research on fertility apps, with @alyceraybould.bsky.social, @peterampazzo.com , Ross Barker & Doug Leasure. Have a listen - and please don’t tell me anything about my voice or grammar! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

📻 Make sure to catch @francescorampazzo.com on BBC World Service's What In The World, discussing the global rise of menstrual tracking apps - and why so many users are turning to them 📱🌍 🕐 Tonight at 6:50pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

🎉 Congrats to @francescorampazzo.com, winner of an @socsci.ox.ac.uk Teaching Excellence Award for his innovative and inclusive teaching! His approach includes using creative data sources like digital trace data to enrich student learning 🧑‍🎓 Read more ➡️ socsci.web.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...

Honoured to receive a teaching award from @socsci.ox.ac.uk. Grateful to @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, @oxforddemsci.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social. Proud to have contributed to the Human Sciences degree & supervised students in @sociologyoxford.bsky.social. www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...

Grateful to have Vanshika Keshwani (UniPD) and Sabina Bercovich Szulmajster (CED) visiting @sociologyoxford.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social for their PhDs. Vanshika works on mobility in Venice with e-sharing data; Sabina explores sexuality via dating apps. Learning a lot from both!

✍️ New @ox.ac.uk research by @francescorampazzo.com shows Facebook ads can be a cost-effective way to recruit survey participants - especially in the Global South. Comparable data quality to commercial platforms, but at a fraction of the cost 📊 Read ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...

QUEER DEMOGRAPHERS! 📊 Check out this call for proposals for @bspsuk.bsky.social, inviting abstracts for papers that explore LGBTQIA+ populations and related demographic issues. Deadline: 9 May #LGBTQ #queerdata #data #population

Now that #PAA2025 is over, why not think about submitting your work to the Queer Demography session I'm co-organising with @mortenkthomsen.bsky.social at @bspsuk.bsky.social? We welcome abstracts on LGBTQIA+ populations at any stage of development. Deadline: May 9th www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

New paper co-authored by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Associate Member @francescorampazzo.com #PoliSky 👇

⌨️Do you need a sample from the Global South—fast and on a budget? ➡️ L. R. Rosenzweig P. Bergquist K. H. Pham @francescorampazzo.com @mattomildenberger.bsky.social: survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

Using Facebook advertising data to improve survey sampling: A project started at the Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

With Leah Rosenzweig, Parrish Bergquist, Katherine Hoffmann Pham & Matto Mildenberger, I co-authored a piece in @psrm.bsky.social on Facebook ads for survey sampling in 🇲🇽, 🇰🇪 & 🇮🇩. We assessed sample quality, replicated a canonical experiment & explored trade-offs. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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...

It was a pleasure to present my latest research with @ercio.bsky.social and @alisto.bsky.social on attitudes toward sexual minorities in Chile at the University of Oxford today 🏳️‍🌈

📢Calling all aspiring demographers! Apply for next year’s EDSD here: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-... and join us in Paris at INED! Deadline March 25 at noon

Huge thanks to Prof Fane Groes for delivering a captivating talk on the unequal battle against infertility at @sociologyoxford.bsky.social. Her research highlights a striking statistic: college-educated women have a 25% higher IVF success rate compared to those who didn’t graduate high school!

Only a few more days left to apply!

My first (short) article from the PhD is out! 👀 Check it out to discover a bit more on the demographics of age at self-disclosure and age at first coming out among LGB people in Europe 📝 (co-authored with my supervisor, @agnese-vitali.bsky.social !)

We kicked off the @sociologyoxford.bsky.social departmental seminar series with the enthusiasm of Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social, who presented on time-use patterns in adolescence. Her talk featured research from her PhD + findings from the GenTime projects led by Prof. @manyeekan.bsky.social.

What defines the transgender population? We recently had a paper come out in SSM in which we explore this in Danish population data. We find that certain groups of transgender individuals, but not all, are disadvantaged in education, labour market outcomes, and health. Keen to hear your thoughts!

Postdoctoral Opportunity! @sociologyoxford.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoc for the DemDialogueAI Project, led by PI @cbarrie.bsky.social. Join his team at the forefront of research on AI, democracy, and trust. 📅 Apply by: 31 January 2025 🔗 Details: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Per la prima volta una ricerca studia l’uso delle app di monitoraggio del ciclo mestruale a livello globale, anche nel Sud, dove è più sentito il bisogno di strumenti efficaci per il controllo di fertilità e i download crescono. Feat @chiccorampazzo.bsky.social :) tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2024...

Thrilled to share our study in Digital Health! With Alyce Raybould, @peterampazzo.bsky.social, Ross Barker & Doug Leasure, we explore the global use of menstrual tracking apps across income levels. Key trends revealed! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

A novel study by researchers in the UK and Denmark provides the first publicly accessible analysis of global downloads for menstrual tracking apps https://buff.ly/4eBfGmI @chiccorampazzo.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

👋 We're excited to join BlueSky! 🚀 Oxford Sociology is known for its strong analytical, empirical and comparative focus, tackling real-world issues across diverse areas such as #demography, #criminology, #gender, #politicalsociology and more ⭐ Follow us for updates!

New Data Sources for Demographic Research: "we argue that realizing their full potential will demand both innovative methodological developments and continued investment in high-quality, traditional surveys and censuses" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Some great posters on display at #BSPS2024 yesterday 😎 Congrats to Micol Morellini who won the best poster award👏 @leverhulme.bsky.social @caseybreen.bsky.social 📷 @chiccorampazzo.bsky.social

🎉🎓Congratulations! Xinyi Zhao successfully defended her dissertation on "Gender inequality in academia: Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Globalization and Digitalization" at the University of Oxford. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @imprs-phds.bsky.social www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...