In Poland, fertility plans hinge on economic security and housing—but for many, reproductive rights matter just as much or more, while climate concerns lag behind #PopDigest by @labfam.bsky.social scholars Kurowska, @amatysiak.bsky.social & @magdalenagrabowska.bsky.social 🔗 tinyurl.com/mw3nb3cw

PhD opening @UniOslo: Join a dynamic team exploring men's health & family dynamics in the ERC HOMME project! 3-4 yrs, interdisciplinary (psych, soc, econ, health), Norwegian register data + cohorts. Salary ~NOK 551k-615k. Deadline 31 March 2026. Apply: www.finn.no/job/ad/45388...

Call for abstracts: Nordic Yearbook of Population Research 2026 ➡️ Abstract submission deadline 15 March 2026. Thank you for sharing the call @populationeu.bsky.social #PopulationStudies

World Obesity Day | Obesity from a demographic perspective Obesity is associated with an overly rich diet and a sedentary lifestyle. It is usually studied via medicine and epidemiology, very seldom from a demographic perspective.

🔥 New publication by @amatysiak.bsky.social & Daniele Vignoli on Population and Development Review 🔥 👉 The End of an Era: The Vanishing Negative Effect of Women's Employment on Fertility 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excited to see the Human Fertility Database here on Bluesky! 🎉 The #HFD provides high-quality and internationally comparable data on cohort and period #fertility 📊 Make sure to follow them 👇

Five years after the pandemic began, have countries returned to their pre-COVID life expectancy trajectories? New research shows 31 of 34 high-income countries still have life expectancy deficits in 2024, suggesting lasting effects on population health. www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-lcd...

Pensions and economic status among the 1958 birth cohort prior to reaching State Pension age New research report for the Department for Work and Pensions 👇🏻

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We’re #hiring a #PhD candidate at NIDI (The Hague). Together with @frankvantubergen.bsky.social and @glorenz.bsky.social, I will supervise a project on the connection of different dimensions of social cohesion in ethnically diverse schools. Deadline 1 April 2026. More information:

💡Watch now: Francesco Billari's talk on “Demography and Hyperdiversity“ at the @oeaw.bsky.social (Karl Popper-Lecture)! Francesco Billari introduced the concept of “hyperdiversity” – a concept that will shape future demographic thinking. 🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzau... #demography

📢 Job opening! Join our Research Group on Demography of Austria as a Praedoctoral Researcher ⏰ Part-time (30h/week), 4-year position 🔗 Infos & application: oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/nxcaylvl

A new Italian study led by @eleonoramiaci.bsky.social asks: Does access to formal childcare help mothers plan and realise another birth? And does this work differently for native-born and migrant women? Curious? Read the summary here: tinyurl.com/2uxfs8ha

I am really pleased to join the editorial team of the 'European Studies of Population' book series - please do reach out if you are thinking of publishing a book!

🔍 Finding of the Month: 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗨𝗽𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 New research using SHARE data asks a question that doesn't get asked enough: what does a child's educational success mean for their parents' wellbeing? 🧵

Join the IUSSP for a high-level virtual debate: "When Populations Shrink - Should States Encourage Births or Adapt?" (Zoom, 1 April 2026). 4 world experts from Finland, Japan, South Korea and Norway will address various aspects of the issue iussp.org/en/iussp-deb... #demography #populationstudies

I have a bunch of positions open with @mjantti.bsky.social and @anttikouvo.bsky.social in four different projects! You need a PhD (or you should be about to defend your thesis), quant methods skills are necessary, but otherwise we are pretty flexible. #sociology #demography #economics #statistics

Great 2-3 year postdoc opportunity in the Social Policy unit here at @sofi.su.se, Stockholm University SOFI is an incredible research and work environment, could not recommend it more Deadline for applications (including your own research plan): 13th April 2026

💡Im Interview mit @oeaw.bsky.social betont Demograf Francesco Billari: Wir leben im Zeitalter der Hyperdiversität. Die Bevölkerung war nie zuvor so vielfältig: Jede:r hat eine bestimmte Kombination aus Generation, Geschlecht, sozialer und ethnischer Herkunft. 🔗 Hier nachlesen: tinyurl.com/4e93phks

🕐 Come along TODAY at 1pm (UK time) to hear @bperelli-harris.bsky.social discuss forced #displacement in #Ukraine. All welcome - register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social

Are you interested in the politics of demography*? Would you like to present research or take part in a panel on the topic at this year's @bspsuk.bsky.social conference? If so, this call for papers is for you 👇 *Papers covering the whole spectrum of population research are also being accepted!

I'll be teaching again for Barcelona Summer School of Demography, "Demography with R" 6-10 July: ced.cat/en/bcn4seaso... You can do this program in person or online. Sign up, it's fun to do demography! @cedemografia.bsky.social

📣 Join our ERC LEARN Research Team at CRIS, Sciences Po, Paris, to investigate how major disruptive events affect children's educational development. Apply by 12 April: ⭐️Doctoral Researcher / PhD candidate www.google.com/url?q=https:... ⭐️Postdoctoral Researcher www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Join us in Bologna for the 1st meeting of the EAPS WG Open Science in Demography. Program: group intro + 2h workshop led by @jschoeley.com & @akbaritabar.bsky.social. Free & open to all. Register: [email protected] #EPC2026 #OpenScience #Demography @eaps.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

Ahead of #InternationalWomensDay, we present German and international examples for: "Gender and diversity sensitive healthcare" Tuesday Dialogue 3 March, 2026, 1-2 PM CET - online Register: population-europe.eu/events/tuesd... Speaker: Prof. Gertraud Stadler, Charité Berlin

Fertility postponement is not a universal correlate of fertility decline www.niussp.org/fertility-an...

Demographic change, and in particular the longevity revolution, is the mother of all revolutions.“ Great talk by Francesco Billari in the festive hall of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

📢 Call for Papers! We invite you to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demography and Human Capital", taking place from Dec 1-2, 2026 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna. 📆 Deadline: April 30, 2026 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve... #demography

How are people in France aged 60 and over adapting to a world where administrative procedures and communication increasingly involve and in some cases require the use of digital technology and tools 🤔?

For students and professionals, the Population Studies Group at @lshtm.bsky.social offers a self-study course: "Introduction to Demographic Methods and Population Analysis". See if any of the 28 interactive lectures are for you! No prior training required. www.population-europe.eu/resources/te...

‪ | #FridayReads | Where are Europe’s oldest people living? What geography tells us about a fragmenting continent @theconversation.com theconversation.com/where-are-eu...

NEW PUBLICATION in Quetelet Journal: Can we move beyond grand narratives & micro-causal blind spots? 🔍 Andreu Domingo argues for a #CriticalDemography —intersectional, systemic, and politically engaged. Time to challenge the 'demographic common sense'! 📊✊ #PopulationStudies #SocialTheory ⏬

We are so very excited to announce that Professor Jakub Bijak has joined our centre. Bayesian Statistics for Demography and Immigration Modelling at the Centre have just received a massive boost. www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/jakub-b...

New study: In Sweden, mothers with health problems, esp. chronic conditions, are less likely to qualify for generous parental leave. By Amy Heshmati, @mussino.bsky.social & @soljuarez.bsky.social 🔗 tinyurl.com/3cvfv2b3

IUSSP Webinar: Toward a Demography of Crisis and Resilience Join us for a lively roundtable exploring both short-term emergencies and longer-term demographic consequences — and what resilience really means in demographic terms. iussp.org/fr/iussp-web... #demography #populationstudies

Know a master graduate looking for a funded doctoral position? Please share this! Come work with @ezagheni.bsky.social and me at @mpidr.bsky.social on topics related to migration of scholars and the highly-skilled. More details: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...

‼️IDEM 118 Course‼️ 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆: 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 📅11-17 June 2026 🗺️Rostock, Germany @mpidr.bsky.social, IMPRS-PHDS 📝Application deadline: March 13, 2026 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/idem2026-118 #Demography #Fertility #DynamicModels #AgentBasedModeling #DataScience #RStats

If researchers do not engage local politics, “quasi-scientific” consultants will take their place. This is shown in a study based on in-depth interviews with mayors in Germany. What can be done: population-europe.eu/research/pol...

Join us for a webinar about the SoGreen project, taking place from 1–3 pm (GMT) on Tuesday, 24 February. The event will provide an overview of the project's objectives and results, and you will have the opportunity to hear from policy experts about the green transition landscape. lnkd.in/efkvm9jv

Are generations ageing less healthily over time? Find out what the latest register health & mortality data from Catalonia reveals: ije-blog.com 📝co-authored with Iñaki Permanyer, Jordi Gumà, Sergi Trias-Llimós Full paper here: academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

💡Demograf Marc Luy im „1 Stunde 1 Thema“-Podcast: Gibt es eine natürliche Grenze der Lebenserwartung? Was haben Regionen mit besonders vielen 100-Jährigen gemeinsam? Und: Wie lebt er selbst, um gesund alt zu werden? 🔗 Hier nachhören: tinyurl.com/53xu5asb @emanuelbroger.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social

The new EU-funded SoGreen project will make use of Europe’s leading social surveys to support a fair and inclusive green transition. Join their first webinar: "Measuring Public Perceptions of the Green Transition" Tuesday, February 24, 2026 from 2pm to 4pm CET Register here: lnkd.in/efkvm9jv

Call for applications: European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2026-2027 To be held at @mpidr.bsky.social and @sghwarsaweu.bsky.social Application deadline: 27 March 2026 at 12 PM (noon) Program start: 1 September 2026 Scholarships are available Details: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

📢 Apply for the two-year Master Programme "Global Demography" at the University of Vienna! The programme starts on 1 October 2026. 📅 Application period: 2 March to 7 April 2026 🔗 More information: demografie.univie.ac.at/studies/mast... @univie.ac.at #demography

Have you ever considered studying demography – also alongside your work? Charles University in Prague is offering a part-time distance-learning programme leading to a Master's degree in Demography. 🔜 Application deadline: 28 February 2026 Read more here: lnkd.in/dHVw-3gR Photo: Petr Jan Juračka

Proximity can become pressure: The mental health of ageing parents tends to decline when their adult children are unemployed. A new study shows that this correlation is stronger when both live under one roof. Check it out: tinyurl.com/y5wvk6w9

📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography Marcus Ebeling will lead the team starting on 1 July 2026. The research group will be based at the MPIDR in Rostock. Read an interview with Marcus on his future research here: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rgmd (including link to job) #postdoc

PhD position in Norway Focus: Using artificial intelligence (AI) to study intrinsic capacity - the combined physical and mental abilities that allow people to function and thrive as they age. 2411.webcruiter.no/Main2/Recrui... Dr Zotcheva leads the project and I am a co-supervisor.

Out now - the new issue of Changing Populations, the @cpc-cg.bsky.social newsletter magazine. Rounding up the last six months, we cover how we are contributing to the debate across the UK and Europe on the #demographic challenges affecting our society. @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

@ipdln.bsky.social is opening nominations for the role of Director (2027–2028 term) 💼 The role provides strategic leadership for the future of the network, including overseeing the 2028 IPDLN Conference. For more info: edu.nl/egxdf