Do register-based research? 🔎 #FIRE Fellowships offer 1–2 month visits to Finland for postdocs & senior researchers. Apply now 👉 fire-infra.com/en/fire-visi... @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social

New #PopDigest! Do partners always see family planning the same way? A new study using @ggp.bsky.social data by @mussino.eu and Caroline Uggla suggests: not always—especially when their migration backgrounds differ. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4ztcn727

☎️ Berlin Calling: Your Research. Our City. A Perfect Match. The Einstein Postdoctoral Grant for early career researchers or the Einstein Visiting Fellowship for distinguished scholars – our funding opportunities offer pathways into Berlin’s research landscape. berlincalling.einsteinfoundation.de

📢 Registration is open & the agenda is now available! Participate in the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century", taking place from Nov 19–21 2025 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna and online. 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve... #WICVienna #demography

📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna. 💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...

❓Macht Armut krank oder führt Krankheit zu Armut? Soziologe @jpheisig.bsky.social von @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social & @wzb.bsky.social zeigt, wie Bildung, Einkommen und psychosozialer Stress die Gesundheit beeinflussen – und welche Rolle die Politik dabei spielt. (1/2)

Just out in Nature Genetics, @melindacmills.bsky.social, @vincentjstraub.bsky.social Straub & team show how the UK’s largest new biomedical dataset Our Future Health (striving for 5M participants!) can set a global benchmark in #genomics and #health Read: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/unlocki...

We are hiring a Posd-Doctoral Research Fellow @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social to work on #family and #housing #projections using #microsimulation. DL: 1 October. More info: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

‼️Free IDEM 187 Course‼️ Topics in Digital and Computational Demography 📅3-7 November 2025 💻Online 💸no tuition fee 📝Application deadline: 28 September 2025 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/idem2025 @imprs-phds.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @conteristo.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @j-d-klein.bsky.social

New #PopDigest! Retirement migration is a thing nowadays. Ever wonder how many actually return home sooner than planned? New Dutch research shows: Way more than expected! Health issues & family ties are the main reasons. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2seve35w

🎉🎊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

Consider joining us in beautiful Bologna for the largest gathering of population scientists in Europe… It is also a wonderful opportunity for those of us who are based outside of Europe to catch up with the latest demographic developments in the old continent. Hope to see you there!

📢 The Global Living Arrangements Database (GLAD) is out! 🎉 Check out all the details on how we built this new data infrastructure of the CORESIDENCE project in our article just published in Scientific Data. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #demography #familystudies

Do you know somebody who isn't yet a fan of #demography? Send them episode 1 of "Certain Futures": a new podcast with our amazing experts from "FutuRes" project. certain-futures.podigee.io With: Jakub Bijak, U Southampton, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Miguel Sánchez-Romero, TU Wien. Host: Dan Stern

Proud to announce this year's European Demographer Awards! They go to Julia Hellstrand @juliahellstrand.bsky.social ‬ (Helsinki), Cosmo Strozza @cosmostrozza.bsky.social (Odense) and Éva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social (Vienna). More: population-europe.eu/network/news... Congratulations!

📰 OUT NOW - Issue 16 of our newsletter #ChangingPopulations A handy round-up of our activities from 2025 so far, including all things #demography, #population #ageing, #pensions, #fertility, #family, #geography, #economics, #socialpolicy and more... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

Acquiring citizenship is often seen as a milestone of integration. For once because it is assumed to lead to better job prospects. A new study on #Italy challenges this assumption. Read our #PopDigest led by scholars at @csisunitn.bsky.social 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mxd4rdk

✅ Find out how much you know - take The Growing Older Quiz A 5-minute challenge of your #demographic trivia 🤔 futu-res.eu/quiz Created by #FutuRes - A Resilient Future of Europe, a research project funded by the EU #population #demography #ageing @bspsuk.bsky.social @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social

Europe is ageing — fast and unevenly. As our societies grow more diverse, how do we make fairness across generations a reality? Read our newest Policy Briefing by Age-It scholars Agar Brugiavini, Vincenzo Galasso and Andrea Ungar 🔗 tinyurl.com/yr6nv8z4

A second @nytimes.com article citing our "Taxing Reproduction": "Nordic countries... famed for their subsidized child care and maternity leave...have some of the highest parenting costs in Europe, once parents’ time and out-of-pocket costs are taken into account." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

How did the discourse on population numbers by the UN impact law and politics? Find out in the latest paper by @danaschmalz.bsky.social (@mpil.de): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Registration still open (to 12 August) for #BSPS2025, 2-4 September: varied & exciting programme & workshops! Latest info & sign up www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

💡 Job Offer - University of Vienna 💡 💼 The Department of Sociology at the @univie.ac.at seeks to appoint a Tenure-Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods. 📅 Application deadline: 17 September 2025 More information: lnkd.in/eNth4dV3

🚨New Publication🚨 A recent study published in @pnas.org by @athinaanas.bsky.social, @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social + Helga de Valk examined the limitations of theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding gender-specific migration trends. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/predictin...

Despite popular perception, there is no clear evidence of a broad rightward shift among young men. New study by @nennstielr.bsky.social & @hudde.bsky.social explores political divides btw young men and women - looking back as far as 1990 and using data from 32 EU countries. tinyurl.com/389b8mmx

Assisted reproductive technologies - such as in-vitro fertilisation - are on the rise. How do they affect fertility rates? Read our latest #PopDigest by @jenchanfreau.bsky.social , Alice Goisis & Øystein Kravdal 🔗 tinyurl.com/2wkefabd

🎙️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! 🎙️ This time, our host Kevin Caners is joined by Michèle Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social, the 2024 Kohli Prize Laureate and one of the most influential sociologists of our time. Listen to Michèle Lamont reflecting on her intellectual journey via: pod.link/1786456001/e...

Call for Paper #migrationresearch Das @bamf.de Forschungszentrum feiert 20-jähriges Jubiläum und veranstaltet dazu eine internationale Konferenz am 3. und 4. Februar 2026 in Nürnberg! Einreichungen sind bis 31.8.2025 gern gesehen! www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/M...

The University of Florence offers 4 positions within the PhD in Life Course Research! 🔹 3 open positions on topics such as social demography, family formation, fertility, union dissolution, ageing & wellbeing 🔹 1 thematic position on reproductive health & low fertility Come join us in Florence! 👇👇

📢The 2025 Population Report of the Italian Association for Population Studies is now online! Edited by Daniele Vignoli and Anna Paterno, it challenges the dominant and often pessimistic narrative on Italy’s demography. Check it out: tinyurl.com/5x76z83d

“”positive demography” offers a proactive and constructive approach challenging dominant pessimistic narratives. Population studies provide the necessary foundation to anticipate, understand, and manage demographic change…ongoing transformations should be viewed more as opportunities than threats”

The executive summary of the latest @aisp-sis.bsky.social volume "Towards a positive Demography" is now available at @populationeu.bsky.social Check it out here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.population-europe.eu/research/boo...

How can demography contribute to democratic resilience? This was the guiding question, we posed at our online workshop on 24 June. Find an extensive review of this event on our website: population-europe.eu/events/event...

📢 We're #hiring! Are you interested in contributing your expertise to applied research on topics like: 🔎 #Regionaldevelopment & #planning 🔎 #Urban #governance 🔎 #Digitalisation & #AI Apply here: nordregio.org/about/career/senior-research-fellows-and-research-fellows/ #Nordic #researchjobs #career

Kinderplanung und Gesundheit von Migrant*innen Die neue Ausgabe (Nr. 02/2025) von Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand, dem demografischen Newsletter mit verständlich aufgearbeiteten Ergebnissen der aktuellen Forschung, ist erschienen. demografische-forschung.org

Despite living in wealthy societies, too many children still grow up in poverty. What can be done—nationally and locally—to change this? Read our latest Policy Brief for the #Mapineq project by @janierola.net & @mjantti.bsky.social and find it out! 🔗 tinyurl.com/54bwznh9

💡 Why are fertility rates falling - even in the Nordic countries? Watch #GostaEspingAndersen and #TomasSobotka discuss the role of gender inequality, uncertainty, economic pressures and changing mindsets. 🔗 Watch now: tinyurl.com/ep4a6k3c @oeaw.bsky.social #Democraft #Demography

The Population Early-Career Researcher Prize is open to students and early-career researchers working in population studies and will be awarded to an outstanding, original paper submitted to the journal. More information: www.journal-population.com/early-career-researcher-prize/

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...

Our (with Oskar Burger and Ron Lee) edited volume Human Evolutionary Demography is now published by Open Book Publishers 🎉 32 chapters completely free to read, including an impressive line-up of researchers working in this area 😊

🚨 Just 2 more days to apply for the ODISSEI Conference 2025! Submit your abstract (max 300 words) on topics incl. computational social science, ethics & more. ⭐Keynotes: @melindacmills.bsky.social & @mercecrosas.bsky.social 🗓️ Deadline: 27 June, 18:00 odissei-data.nl/2025/04/22/o...

Shared time off matters! New study suggests that taking simultaneous parental leave can boost both parents’ mental health Read our #popdigest by Helena Honkaniemi-Hoppe & @soljuarez.bsky.social 🔗 tinyurl.com/3ya96szw

New study: Nearly 1 in 5 mothers in Germany face physical violence during separation. Co-authored by Hertie School's Michaela Kreyenfeld, it shows: 🔹Economic independence = protection 🔹Risk spikes to 32% for mothers with low education + no job 🔹West > East Germany in domestic violence rates

Our "Taxing Reproduction" covered by @nytimes.com: "[Nordic] parents are still left with higher out-of-pocket costs than elsewhere, a 2023 study found.... When the value of parents’ time is added in, the numbers grow even more ... said Pieter Vanhuysse" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/w...

📢 New report out on promoting healthy aging in Europe!The rise of pop aging causes societal conseq of immediate relevance which severity depends on health. The report highlights key socio-demographic inequalities in the EU to reduce the burdens of ageing. More info👇 @demosocupf.bsky.social

🚩Job vacancy 🏘️ #Postdoctoral #ResearchfFellow to work on #family and #housing projections using #microsimulation as part of @migrantlife.bsky.social and CPC-CG. Closing date: 8 July 2025 Full info: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

Long-term fertility trends by birth order in Britain: Comparison between England & Wales and Scotland - "First-birth rates declined in the 1990s, slightly increased in the first decade of this century, and decreased thereafter, with changes in timing of parenthood responsible for these changes"

As Europe becomes a "longevity society" with longer life expectancies and low birth rates, many regions are starting to face population decline. How can cities stay vibrant and attractive? Explore our latest #PolicyInsight by @jpheisig.bsky.social for the #Mapineq project! 🔗 tinyurl.com/bxx9zeez

I’m deeply honoured to have received an Honorary Doctorate from the @eui-eu.bsky.social in Florence this week 👇

How can demography contribute to democratic resilience? 📢Join us online on June 24, 2-3:30 PM (CEST) exploring the impact of skilled labor shortage and the decline of regional public services with Prof. Roland Rau and Prof. Claudia Neu. 📍Register here: population-europe.eu/events/was-k...