📆 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 Grey divorces—or, more broadly, “silver splits,” a term that also encompasses separations—have been extensively studied in the United States, whereas they remain a relatively recent and less explored phenomenon in Europe.

New data alert! 🚨 Our #LEARNineq team at UCL CEPEO is diving into the latest wave of the Millennium Cohort Study. Tracking UK people born in 2000, it looks at changes in education, work, health & families to help tackle educational inequality. Learn more: cls.ucl.ac.uk/millennium-c...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Our results demonstrate that over-coverage substantially affects demographic and economic indicators, particularly at typical migration ages, with mortality rates showing the largest bias at older ages.

📢 Job opening! Join our Research Group on Health and Longevity as a Postdoctoral Researcher ⏰ Full-time (40h/week), 3-year position 🔗 Infos & application: oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/2pwe2l9p

Technological and demographic change create needs for #education systems to adapt. @maxplanck.de launches the project "EduTrack" for science-based policy. We are thrilled to be working with @mpidr.bsky.social, @mpiwg.bsky.social and @mpips.bsky.social. population-europe.eu/network/news...

New research from new LCDS member Jakub Bijak (among others) shows that better fertility forecasts depend on looking beyond total birth rates 👶📊 By accounting for birth order dynamics, predictions become more accurate and informative for policy & planning. 🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/improvi...

📆 Save the date for our next #CPCCGWebinar with Albert Esteve @uab.cat and @cedemografia.bsky.social: How #livingarrangements are structured and evolve across #societies over time, reflecting #demographic dynamics, #family systems, and #economic conditions. Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...

You can follow the event via streaming!

Children with disabilities and their families remain underrepresented in research and policy Join our next online event with Nicoletta Balbo @bocconi.bsky.social and learn how child disability shapes family life, schooling and what this means for policy 🗓 21.04, 1-2 pm CEST tinyurl.com/2t7ey8vm

🎧 New episode! How do you make social science research more accessible? @kturek.bsky.social tells @drtomemery.bsky.social about the Comparative Panel File, an open-source project bringing together survey data from across the world. 🌍 Listen here: odissei.transistor.fm/episodes/the...

Should intergenerational co-residence be viewed in a negative light - as a 'failure to launch' or as 'privileged dependence'? This is the question by @ann-berrington.bsky.social, in a think piece where she explores the prolonged living at home by young people.

N-IUSSP: Immigrant housing and mobility across countries and generations - Joseph Harrison www.niussp.org/migration-an... #demography #populationstudies

🧑‍🏫 Join us THIS THURSDAY for our #CPCCGWebinar with @jeinhoff.bsky.social of @mpidr.bsky.social & @vincentrramos.bsky.social of @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @ukri.org @standrewssgsd.bsky.social

📣 Heads-up everyone interested in databases and scholarly migration! 📣 We have great news "loading..."! (see photo) www.scholarlymigration.org Tune in and watch this space. More soon ... @theiletom.bsky.social @akbaritabar.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social #BiblioDemography

I am extremely happy to share. Just out in @pnas.org: “Global subnational estimates of migration of scientists reveal large disparities in internal and international flows” Open Access: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... with Maciej J. Dańko, Xinyi Zhao, @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social #PAA2025

The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) invites applications for a Postdoc position on family formation among sexual minorities. Apply by 5 May: vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...

Reminder to submit until April 30, 2026 👇 Keynote speakers: - Ann Berrington, University of Southampton - Petra Todd, University of Pennsylvania - Manos Antoninis, Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, UNESCO

PopHel Talks: Next Monday, 13th of April, @joandamiens.bsky.social presents with title: Housing pathways and mental health across the life course - evidence from Finnish registers 13th of April, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2) Please register for a Zoom link: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...

Great kick-off meeting for the Department of Inequality, Transformation & Conflict - an ambitious research agenda led by @steffenmau.bsky.social focused around 4 key themes: Social Change & Transformation, Inequality & Social Structure, Social & Political Conflict &Migration & Borders www.ips.mpg.de

👓Recommended Reading📚 Family Complexity Influences Health in Mid-Adulthood https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/recommended_reading_14980 Philipp Dierker | Mine Kühn #aging | #demography | #family | #familypolicy | #mentalhealth | #wellbeing

Max Planck Research Group on Reproductive Ageing, led by D. Susie Lee 이수지, is starting today! It will investigate indicators of female & male reproductive ageing: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/new_max_planck_research_group_on_reproductive_ageing_14854

This, from demographer Francesco Billari, is very good: “The real choice for political leaders is not whether to accept demographic change. It is whether to continue to fight it symbolically or to start governing it strategically” www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2026...

Published: "Linking mental health disorders to childlessness: The roles of disorder type and partnership" by @kailaheimosanna.bsky.social, @jessicanisen.bsky.social, @niinametsasimola.bsky.social, P. Martikainen & M. Myrskylä (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #openaccess #openscience #sociology #demography

📢 Do a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships with LCDS 🎓👩‍🔬 We invite Expressions of Interest from outstanding postdocs to develop applications with us. Join a leading centre for demographic science and interdisciplinary research that hosted many succesful MSCA fellows before. 🗓 EOI deadline: 31 July 2026

📨 If you’ve enjoyed this issue of #ChangingPopulations, don’t forget to subscribe to be the first to receive all things #population change and #demography in future newsletters -a new one will be published in the summer ⬇️ ▶️ www.cpc.ac.uk/news/newslet... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

💡Demograf Wolfgang Lutz zur sinkenden Geburtenrate: Weniger Kinder sind bis zu einem gewissen Grad kein Problem – wenn wir stärker in ihre Bildung investieren. Gesellschaften können sich an den demografischen Wandel anpassen, u.a. durch Änderungen bei Pensionen. 🔗 www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Early Bird registration for the IPDLN Conference 2026 closes March 31 — just one week left! ⏳ Join 11 workshops on linked data, trusted research environments, data governance, community engagement, and more. 🔗 Register now: edu.nl/mrnvv

Exciting news: our transformation is complete! The Max Planck Institute for Political & Social Science in Göttingen launches under Ursula Daxecker & @steffenmau.bsky.social, addressing pressing social & political challenges, including democratic backsliding, social inequality, migration & conflict.

We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict under @steffenmau.bsky.social is looking for Postdoctoral & Doctoral Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict

N-IUSSP: Formal childcare and the next child in ten European countries www.niussp.org/family-and-h... #demography #populationstudies

Scientists have long debated whether happiness follows a U-shape as we age 📈 — dipping around middle age but rising again after 50. New research using SHARE data takes a closer look. #InternationalDayofHappiness

“We argue for a paradigm shift in demography, moving beyond alarmist narratives fixated on “lowest-low fertility”. Initially useful, the concept now obscures more than it reveals, as it conflates vastly different demographic trajectories across an increasingly heterogeneous global landscape”

📗 NEW CPC-CG Policy Briefing by @jackiewahba.bsky.social shows how improving #immigrant pupils’ competence in their host country #languageskills strengthens belonging, reduces bullying and benefits the wider #school environment: www.cpc.ac.uk/res/docs/PB9... @populationeu.bsky.social

The call for papers is approaching! Submit to the @vypr.bsky.social by May 15! @demographyvienna.bsky.social #demography

LSE Health's @lseahil.bsky.social & UPenn's PARC invite submissions to the 2026 Workshop on 'The Longevity Economy: Financing Healthy Ageing' 🌍 Topics: pensions, LTC, housing & behavioural econ. Deadline: 1 May 2026. #LSEHealth 🔗 bit.ly/47oUnUs

🎧 New podcast episode: making use of ODISSEI infrastructure! @drtomemery.bsky.social talks with @kasiakarpinska.bsky.social about how ODISSEI can improve your research and make it easier 💡 ➡️ They also introduce the ODISSEI Early Career Board 🔗 Listen to the podcast episode here: edu.nl/dvdcf

It's well known that depression and cognitive decline in older age tend to travel together. What we're much less sure about is the timing. Prof. Stephen Aichele from Colorado State University and Colorado School of Public Health digs into exactly this at our next online seminar.  Link in thread ➡️

🎓📝Newly published research involving @thomrawson.bsky.social examines how social and demographic factors shape COVID-19 vaccine uptake 💉 and completion across England, highlighting how uneven vaccination patterns can leave some communities less protected. 🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...

🚀 We’re hiring at INVEST Flagship (@utu.fi)! 🔹 Senior Research Fellow (5 yrs) – inequality, AI & social change ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi... 🔹 4–6 Senior Researchers (2 yrs) – multiple projects on inequality, families, labour markets & rule of law ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi... (1/3)

New cross-country evidence using #PISA data: language proficiency reduces bullying, strengthens belonging, and benefits all students. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yfywtdtn

📨 The first EAPS newsletter of March is now out!📨 👥 This issue is packed with updates on the European Population Conference (EPC) 2026, along with numerous announcements from EAPS members and Working Groups, including new (PhD) opportunities, calls, and other news. 👥 Read it here: lnkd.in/eEt6ZXpc

➡️ Following on from the @economist.com article, see also: 'Labour market insecurity and parental co-residence in the UK: heterogeneities by parental class and age' by Ann, with @vincentrramos.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/esr/... @populationeu.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social

📢 New paper out in the European Journal of Population (@eaps.bsky.social)! With Nicoletta Balbo and Francesco Billari, we investigated how Romania's 1960s abortion ban shaped the next generation's family formation outcomes.

Why have some European countries moved rapidly toward new family forms, while others remain more traditional? A new study shows that expanding women’s education reshapes family patterns depending on cultural values, leading to varied demographic trends across Europe. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2zn92je6

‼️Check out our paper where we test the longevity hypothesis to discuss the mechanisms behind why women live longer than men, but spend more time in poor health. 👇 @demographyvienna.bsky.social @ufmgbr.bsky.social

📢 The new issue (March 2026) of POPNET, the newsletter of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, highlights recent news, publications, events, and other activities of the population network. 🔗 Read now: mailchi.mp/updates.iias... #demography

For unpaid #carers, earning more does not always lead to economic security. Motivated by the recent #Carer's #Allowance scandal, I have a new working paper @usociety.bsky.social on how much insecurity carers experience, for how long, who's most exposed and why: osf.io/preprints/so... 1/2

🎉 The Resilient Regions Policy Dashboard is LIVE! Start exploring the tool to target interventions that support attraction, retention and return. ➡️ Understand who moves, where and why ➡️ Compare your region with Europe ➡️ Discover policy responses adopted elsewhere 👉 nordregio.github.io/premium_eu/

Jürgen Habermas, one of the most important German philosophers & sociologists of the postwar era, has died in Starnberg at 96. Reactions from Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, many others & our Director @steffenmau.bsky.social via @sz: sz.de/li.3452832. A profound loss.

🆕PopulationsPast.org now has cause- and age-specific mortality rates, and age- and sex-specific net migration rates! For example, in 1871 external causes of death (accidents, violence and suicide) among young adults was highest in industrial and fishing areas www.populationspast.org/vio1544/1871...