📣 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/...

🚨Open Positions!🚨 Postdoc/Research Scientist Positions Migration | Population Dynamics | Computational Demography Application Deadline: Oct 10, 2025 See job description here: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61... #Postdoc #Jobs @ezagheni.bsky.social @perrottadaniela.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social

IN OTHER NEWS: check out our new COIN paper on immigrant--native pay gaps in advanced economies published in @nature.com this afternoon! Specifically, we study the relative contribution of within-job unequal pay vs between-job segregation to earnings disparities across immigrant generations. 1/9

‼️ #JobOpening ‼️ #Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck | University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health in #Rostock 📅Deadline: May 4, 2025 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61... #Postdoc #SocialInequalities #Population #Demography #Epidemiology #Health @pophel.bsky.social

The Population and Development turns 50 this year! To mark the occasion, w/ @aasli.bsky.social, we conduct a computational analysis of research themes and author characteristics in PDR and compare with @readdemography.bsky.social and Population Studies. doi.org/10.1111/padr...

PhD position in history with focus on climate history @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and @bolincentre.bsky.social with Prof. Ljungqvist: "Adaptations to climate change in the northern Baltic region ca 1500–1900". More info here: su.se/english/rese... (deadline 15.03.2025) 🧪🌍 #ScienceJobs

We're hiring a fully funded PhD student in #sociology here in wonderful Copenhagen! Please share! Learn more 👇 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

🆕📰 @dsusielee.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social & @kieronbarclay.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social have investigated how changes in the age distribution of #mothers are associated with changes in #twinbirth rates in low-income countries. #demograohy #data #fertility www.demogr.mpg.de/go/twinbirth

Will twinning rate ⬆️ in low-income countries, even if the spread of IVF remains slow? Polyovulation rate increases w/maternal age (Evolved trait) + Maternal age structure is shifting upward (Demographic trend) = More twins expected! ✌️ doi.org/10.1093/humr... with wonderful @kieronbarclay.bsky.social

Sociologists working on inequality: Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required) EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5... DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f... Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials

👋 #AcademicSky and especially #demography We are delighted to join bsky 🙌 Danish Demography Society was established in 1972 and was reborn in 2022 after almost a decade of inactivity 🇩🇰 This summer we are honored to host Nordic Demographic Symposium, please apply 🔗 demografi.dk/aktiviteter/...

New paper just out in @actasociologica.bsky.social with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä, looking at the selective nature of re-partnering among single mothers in terms of their well-being in Germany and the UK. Read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“Revisiting the J-Shape: Human Development & Fertility”--New findings from this H Schubert @cdudel.bsky.social M Kolobova & M Myrskyla study “support the Myrskyla et al. reversal hypothesis for the U.S. at the subnational level when applied to historical periods.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

@angelacar.bsky.social, @Aapo Hiilamo and Mikko Myrskylä recently hosted a workshop to "demystify machine learning for population researchers" @mpidr.bsky.social. More than 50 researchers came together to learn about new research techniques. demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

Do we understand the social processes we think we do, particularly for the vulnerable groups? Paper out now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #computationalsocialscience #machinelearning #sociology #lifecourse

🚨💡🚨Job Alert!🚨💡🚨 @mpidr.bsky.social invites applications for a #Postdoc or statistical #analyst in the Department of Social #Demography & the Research Group on #Labour Demography, headed by Director Mikko Myrskylä. 📅 Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2024 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61... #BigData #Data

New article by CREST's @ppraeg.bsky.social in @readdemography.bsky.social: "The Total Effect of Social Origins on Educational Attainment: Meta-analysis of Sibling Correlations From 18 Countries" Link: doi.org/10.1215/0070... Preprint at @socarxivbot.bsky.social: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

The midlife health of only children in the UK - new publication with Katy Keenan, @kieronbarclay.bsky.social & Alice Goisis - out now open access in International Journal of Epidemiology doi.org/10.1093/ije/... A quick summary 🧵👇

📢 Vacancy: permanent lectureship (Assistant Prof) in our centre. We are a cohesive quant social science group with great UG programmes and students. Post open to any social science details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #Sociology #SocialScience #QuantitativeResearch #MachineLearning #NLP #BigData

Mark the dates for the Nordic Demographic Symposium, 10-12 June 2025, 🤩 Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, DK. It's going to be three hyggelig days filled with high-quality #demography. The call for papers in in Jan'25 on our website (demografi.dk). Demography in getting back to Denmark😍

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in sociology. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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PhD Alert 📣 We are seeking a PhD candidate to work on our interdisciplinary project focusing on women’s retirement trajectories and their impact on health 👩‍⚕️🕵️‍♀️👩‍💻👩‍🔧👩‍🚒 If you have questions or are interested, please reach out to me. Feel free to share this post!

New paper! We take a relatively novel approach to examining whether the extended family influences educational achievement by looking at whether cousin group characteristics (cousin order, cousin group size) are associated with test scores. Take a look! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

🙌Congratulations to Steffen Peters‼️ As participant of the @imprs-phds.bsky.social he successfully defended his Phd thesis about “Who starts a family? The prospective association between psychological factors and family formation processes” at Stockholm University. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

🚨 Last chance to apply for our Senior Researcher position in Reproductive #Demography, applications close on Monday ➡️ demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs @leverhulme.bsky.social

Dive into the dynamics of #SocialOpportunity based on sibling correlations! 👨‍👧‍👦🎓 Join us on May 1st for a captivating discussion on "Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage: Sibling Similarity in #Education Worldwide" 🌏 with @ppraeg.bsky.social Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

🚨 Applications close on Thursday to join Dr Joshua Wilde's team as a Postdoc Researcher in Reproductive #Demography ➡️ www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs @leverhulme.bsky.social

🎉We're happy to congratulate Ben Malinga John on the successful defense of his dissertation on the "Union-Fertility Nexus and Fertility Variation in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Marital Dissolution and Repartnering" at Stockholm University Demography Unit - SUDA. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

Boktips: Caroline Ugglas Familjeformeln, som kommer ut idag, ger en antropologs bild av kärlek, äktenskap, otrohet, barnafödande, barnuppfostran, mm i dagens samhälle. Rekommenderas varmt! www.nok.se/titlar/larom...

New paper out, using Norwegian register data. Overall, our results are consistent with small to negligible effects of birth spacing behavior on (non-pregnancy-related) health outcomes for parents. I was lucky to have two excellent collaborators: @martinkolk.bsky.social & Øystein Kravdal

Join us in Lund this summer for a course on health inequalities using longitudinal demographic data

We have a vacancy for a PhD position in the population geography research group. Come with your own proposal and join our great research environment! English: www.su.se/english/abou... Swedish: www.su.se/om-universit...

We are looking for a new doctoral student in Sociological Demography. Hosted by the Department of Sociology / Demography Unit (SUDA) here at Stockholm University. Salaried position with good conditions! Deadline: March 1st. More details via the link below.

PhD Student position in Sociology at Stockholm University. Come join our department! Good conditions, with decent salary throughout the 4-years program. Open position. You need a background in sociology or other social science disciplines. www.su.se/english/abou...

📣 The Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at the Sciences Po, Paris, is hiring an Assistant Professor. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/fr/conte...

📣 Call for abstracts for International Symposium on Medically Assisted Reproduction: Health, Social, and Demographic Aspects 📅 16-18 September 2024 🗺️ Villa Vigoni, Lake Como, Italy We welcome qualitative/ quantitative/ conceptual papers. Submit abstract: forms.office.com/e/vCUFxZ454m

Come and join us at the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University! We're hiring a Senior Lecturer in Sociology. This is a permanent faculty position, and demographers are also very welcome to apply.

Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Stockholm: www.su.se/english/abou...

Two 3-year PhD fellowships are available within the remit of my ERC project on the risks and vulnerability of widowhood across ageing societies!!! Deadline for applications - December 10 Start date - September 1 www.sciencespo.fr/osc/fr/conte...

Postdoc opportunity with me in computational demography at Oxford to explore questions about demographic change, kinship, gender and and inter-generational dynamics: tinyurl.com/2skdt98w Keen to apply but need a bit more time to get the application in? Deadline now: Tue, Nov 21, noon (UK time).

Very pleased to see this much-deserved award for Ridhi Kashyap. Not only is she an excellent researcher and inspiring academic, she is a thoroughly fine colleague, which in my view gives a real shine to this prize. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/prof... #demography #sociology

We are hiring a Postdoc in sociology at SOFI! The postdoc will focus on the conditions under which parenting leaves either promote working-life inclusion, or exclusion – with attention to policy interplay. The position is part of our "sustainable synergies" program. www.su.se/english/abou...

Another opportunity to work on the FINDME project. An excellent applied statistician/ data scientist will use social and genetic data to explain inequalities in our wealth health and family planning. This one is in London! @CLScohorts shorturl.at/jJLT5 pls re-bluesky!

Want to work in Copenhagen? We are hiring at assistant prof (open ended contract with merit based promotion scheme) at the ROCKWOOL Foundation rockwoolfonden.dk/stillingsops...

Too old to attend, but happy to promote: 15th Conference of Young Demographers 7–9 February 2024, Prague. Call for papers: t.co/O7kmzLsBTH website: youngdemographers.github.io/conference.h...