Our members were also in Cologne for #ECSR2025, contributing to the programme with @aballerini.bsky.social, B. Cacciamani, @marcocozzani.bsky.social, @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social, @karlosj89.bsky.social & MF Morabito. 🙌 A very inspiring conference — looking forward to the next occasions to meet! 👋

Glad to have been present at the #RSS25 conference, where — among other contributions — Valentina Tocchioni presented work with Vignoli, Lazzari & @marcocozzani.bsky.social on attitudes towards assisted reproductive technology in Italy.

💥New publication in Population Studies: We explore how health in early adulthood influences fertility, using data from the 1958 British birth cohort. Read more here 👇

New article with @etrappolini.bsky.social & @alyceraybould.bsky.social out in Population Studies! 🎉 We use data from the 1958 British cohort to explore how early-adult SRH & BMI relate to the achievement of fertility goals by midlife 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🔴New working paper with @marcocozzani.bsky.social and @juhoharkonen.bsky.social. We describe the temporal link between conception timing and preterm birth rates. When conception rates fluctuate, preterm birth proportions shift predictably but with different magnitudes depending on baseline risk. 1/4

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! 👇👇

fresh from the oven!!! (with @marco16.bsky.social & Valentina Tocchioni) #kinship #demography #LivingProximity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Thanks @psalasr.bsky.social & #DIGCLASS (@guillemvidal.me & D.Villani) for the @lisdata.bsky.social Award! Wealth is stratified by class💸—Class isn't dead 🧟 📝Article @socialindicators.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 📰Post @lseinequalities.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

🇮🇹 Trovate qui sotto la lettera aperta inviata al Presidente dell'Istat, Prof. Francesco Maria Chelli, in merito al tema cruciale dell'accessibilità ai microdati per la #ricerca scientifica nell'ambito degli studi di popolazione 👇 www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Brilliant session about “The Surprises of Population Studies” at #SIS2025 in Genova! Thanks to speakers and participants for the stimulating discussion! 👏 @karlosj89.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social @comochia.bsky.social

👉 New paper by Caltabiano, Meggiolaro & Tocchioni (@florenceups.bsky.social) suggests that parental separation has a strong cultural effect on children’s trajectories to adulthood, especially on the formation of household, but also on economic independence. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

That’s a wrap for #PopDays2025! A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions. The atmosphere was truly inspiring! See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨

Planet vs. Parenthood? When the future feels apocalyptic, family planning becomes a moral dilemma? We show that more climate change news + feeling you’re not doing enough = fewer first births #ClimateAnxiety #Fertility #UKHLS #Popdays2025 @amatysiak.bsky.social & @florenceups.bsky.social

UPS is well represented at #PopDays2025 - many of our researchers have already presented / are presenting their work over the next few days! If you’re around, come say hi - we’d love to connect!

PopDays2025 is in full swing! 🧠📊 If you’re into population studies (or just pretending to be this week), don’t forget to follow @aisp.bsky.social — the Italian Association for Population Studies is finally on Bluesky 👇👇👇

Everything is ready for the 2025 edition of Population Days - the conference of the Italian Association for Population Studies. We are looking forward to seeing you all in Cagliari! 👉 Use #PopDays2025 to post about the conference!

New @florenceups.bsky.social WP 📄🔨! Italian panel tax data shows a positive 💸 income-first-child 👶 link for both men and women within couples. This finding challenges traditional gender roles 🚻 but warns of the (rising) economic stratification of parenthood 👇 labdisia.disia.unifi.it/wp_disia/202...

🚨 Concern about climate change is linked to lower fertility intentions in Italy. 👉 New study out in Genus by @chiarapuglisi.bsky.social, Daniele Vignoli @florenceups.bsky.social & Raya Muttarak. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

📢Save the date for the next #WICColloquium! #GiacomoBazzani from the University of Florence will present insights into "How the Future Shapes Decisions in Uncertain Times" 📆 30 April 2025, 18:00-20:00h 📍 PSK Building MR08 (5th floor) 🔗 tinyurl.com/wiccollbaz

Here my #paa poster showing kin proximity in obscure Italian provinces. Who knows how close people in Termoli lives :)) @marcoalbertini.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social

Elena Pirani is at the Poster Session P08-Family demography presenting her work “Caregivers' mental health: gender and age differences” w/ Cunsolo & Tocchioni. #PAA25

It would be unforgivable to miss the largest poster of the conference—so step by the poster session happening now to say hi to @mimmilou.bsky.social and me, and chat about our work on employment uncertainty among migrants!

Waiting for you to come at the next poster session (P07) to see Carlos’ poster about educational inequality in the World! @karlosj89.bsky.social @paolobrunori.bsky.social @mtriventi.bsky.social

Shoutout to Andrea @aballerini.bsky.social for his first #PAA2025! 👉 He’s presenting on the subjective wellbeing of single-parent families in Europe.

Our poster at #PAA2025 on Climate Change Narratives and Fertility in the UK with Daniele Vignoli, @amatysiak.bsky.social & @florenceups.bsky.social We found people who care about the climate are less likely to have a first child when exposed to more climate news #ClimateChange #Fertility

Poster session 04 at #PAA2025: there’s our poster about Climate change narratives and fertility in the UK - by Ewa Weychert, Vignoli & @amatysiak.bsky.social @labfam.bsky.social Come and say hi! 👋

Session 046 - Transition to adulthood: @danilobolano.bsky.social presents a contribution about psychological distress in adolescence and life course trajectories in early adulthood in the UK (w/ @sironimaria.bsky.social & Chiara Serra). #PAA2025

Let’s get it started at #PAA25! Elena Pirani is at the Poster Session 01 with her contribution titled “Kinship Networks, Kinlessness, and Friendship Across Different Ages: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Italian case Over Two Decades” - w/ @brunoarpino.bsky.social, Pittavino & Meli

And by P09 (April 13, 8.30-10am) to discover findings from the WelFerPoli project on "Attitudes towards childbearing in a low fertility context" 👶 w/ @rebeccasoldo.bsky.social & @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social @csisunitn.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social ceups.bsky.social See you soon in Washington!

Check out my new new paper with @marcocozzani.bsky.social on Population Studies: doi.org/10.1080/0032... We show that immigrants’ educational selectivity improves their children’s health at birthin Spain, but just for some outcomes and some migrant groups

📣 Aaaaaand... 👉 The Italian Association for Population Studies is also on Bluesky! Definitely a must-follow! 🙌 @aisp-sis.bsky.social 🙌

They're talking about us on @thetimes.com! Here's a very nice article by @rhysblakely.bsky.social about our paper recently published on the Journal of Marriage and Family @florenceups.bsky.social 👇👇👇

No class death/decomposition—Wealth accumulation is firmly stratified by social classes in Europe, harming equal opportunity: new @socialindicators.bsky.social📝 by @psalasr.bsky.social @guillemvidal.me Villani 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @florenceups.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

🔥 Super excited to see our paper (with Guetto & Vignoli, @florenceups.bsky.social) about family policies and fertility in Italy freshly published on Demography ! 👇👇👇

ℹ️ Discover how Italy is tackling its aging population challenge with a groundbreaking institute aimed at transforming demographic issues into opportunities. 👇👇👇 neuratimes.com/italys-new-p...

Also the Italian Society of Economic Sociology is on BlueSky! ...another must-follow! 👇👇

Guess who’s on BlueSky? 🙌 @eaps.bsky.social 🙌 A must-follow!

👉 Starting now: the launch event of Age-Florence, a research institute that brings together several departments of the University of Florence to conduct cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on aging.

GENUS joined Bluesky over a year ago—one of the first (if not the first) demographic journals here. A year later, the club is growing! 🎉 Comment below if you’d like to be added to our starter pack of demographic journals and resources! go.bsky.app/E6UtfNx

“Italy will be a laboratory for the future of the #population with the Age-It project” - the words of Alessandra Petrucci, rector of the University of Florence. Read her interview (🇮🇹) here: 🔗 www.adnkronos.com/universita/p...

Thanks to all the participants and organisers of yesterday’s final Workshop of the UnFamiLiC project - It was wonderful to see such enthusiasm! @florenceups.bsky.social

The Last Bastion is Falling: Survey Evidence of the New Family Reality in Italy - "The country is often taken as a stronghold of traditionalism. We highlight recent & substantial changes in cohabitation, dissolution & nonmarital fertility in the country" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🔎 Join the final Workshop of the UnFamiLiC project! 📅 November 25th, 9:00am-5:00pm 📍 University of Florence (Polo Didattico Morgagni, Room 203). ✅ Sign up now – free event! tinyurl.com/3prbyhkd 👉 For more information, click here: tinyurl.com/mpd2pzuj

Want to know more about kinlessness in EU? 👉 New paper by Marta Pittavino, @brunoarpino.bsky.social & Elena Pirani - just accepted on the Journal of Gerontology series B, from the Age-It research project. 🔗 tinyurl.com/45dpywyb

A large part (25-40%) of the effect of employment uncertainty on transition to parenthood is mediated by union formation - at least in Italy. Check our new study (w/ De Rose & Tocchioni @florenceups.bsky.social) just published on the Journal of Population Research! 🔗 tinyurl.com/37wd5d4b

☀️ What impact is extreme heat having on #fertility rates across Spain? Dr Joshua Wilde et al. observe an overall decline in total fertility rates 9 months on from abnormally hot days ➡️ www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/impact-... @leverhulme.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social

A low genetic 🧬 propensity for (non)cognitive skills is less consequential for educational outcomes 🎓 among high-SES students. A twin study 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 with molecular data (children-parents) we just published in RSSM by a great interdisciplinary team of sociologists and psychologists 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

New work by Bastianelli, Guetto & Vignoli shows that even in Italy, union dissolutions show a shift from a positive to a negative educational and social class gradient, also among men! #openaccess 👇 📰 Research in Social Stratification and Mobility www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

An elephant in the classroom? Teachers assign -6% Z-GPA & -5% acad. track advice to low-SES pupils than equally skilled, well-off peers. IV design shows 40% teacher bias overestimation by ability measurement error: @florenceups.bsky.social 📄WP with @marespadafor.bsky.social 👇 tinyurl.com/unifi-disia

First presentation of today’s FloPS workshop is by Alessandro Gallo who presents a work about housing insecurity and fertility in Italy 👇