One more week left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in Demography (deadline: Sept 30, 12:00 midday UK time). Join me at the Sociology Department in Oxford to study global fertility change as part of the DIVREP project!👇

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👇

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...

Bocconi University in Milan is hiring in sociology at any level (open rank). Ideal candidate might focus on inequality, social policy, computational, labor markets, or similar. Happy to answer questions about my time there for anyone considering applying. More details: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu

New publication: The transition to adulthood is occurring later, despite the fact that puberty now begins earlier than in the past. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨#PhDopportunity Alert🚨 Apply or circulate: A fully funded #PhDposition in #Sociology with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social at @tcdsociology.bsky.social to study "The Economics of Late-Life Divorce in High-Income Countries" Deadline: July 21 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

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

Another excellent piece from a demographer, this time Stuart Gietel-Basten, on how "pronatalism is a dead end" "Without addressing the root causes of low fertility—inequality, instability, and the incompatibility of work and family life—top-down efforts to “encourage” childbearing will fail"

Wonderful report on #fertility. Time to reflect about those politicians using the argument of “cultural changes” as a way to save on public policies (and more sustainable societies). Among the authors a fantastic @agnese-vitali.bsky.social ❤️

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We're looking for a Departmental Lecturer to teach on MSc, MPhil and BA programmes - leading on courses in life course research and quantitative methods, as well as examining. Apply by 27 June ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

New paper: Wives with more education than husband are *more* likely to take his name than education-equal marriages. As women outpace men in education & increasingly keep their names, name-taking provides symbolic way to compensate for her status superiority www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 We're hiring! Oxford Sociology is looking for a Departmental Lecturer to teach on our MSc - leading on the qualitative methods and political & civil conflict papers, as well as supervising dissertations. Apply by 30 May ✍️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

I want to talk population panic & understanding demography. New estimates from @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social on completed fertility in the US show that, among women 45-50 in 2024, about 15% were childless. Two-thirds of women had 2 or more children. 1/ doi.org/10.25035/ncf...

La Red Latinoamericana de Estudios de Familia de ALAP invitan al Seminario virtual Encuestas longitudinales para el estudio de trayectorias familiares, conyugales y reproductivas en América Latina 📉📊 ✏️ forms.gle/C7ujv8eiDXRD... 📆 Jueves, 15 de mayo 🕑 1pm(ARG/URY), 12pm(CHL), 10am(MEX) #Demography

FINAL WEEK [deadline May 9th] to apply to this year's BSPS Demography Conference @bspsuk.bsky.social Strands on: 💚 Fertility and Sexual and Reproductive Health 🧡 Critical Demography Friendliest conference in town. Only 250 word abstract. Go go go!!! tinyurl.com/ueuyb9xj

🆕📰 Low Fertility and Economic Sustainability A study by Mikko Myrskylä et al. shows how money spent on education compensates for the influence of low birth rates on long-term economic sustainability. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/fertilitydecline @angelorenti.bsky.social @readdemography.bsky.social

As concerns over birth rates that are "too low" become mainstream, it's worth revisiting this excellent short explainer from @unfpa.bsky.social. www.unfpa.org/swp2023/too-...