Heads up US demographers. Our main NIH study sections (SSPA/SSPB) are being disbanded. I donβt know what this means. public.csr.nih.gov/StudySection...
03.03.2026 02:53 β π 22 π 17 π¬ 4 π 0Heads up US demographers. Our main NIH study sections (SSPA/SSPB) are being disbanded. I donβt know what this means. public.csr.nih.gov/StudySection...
03.03.2026 02:53 β π 22 π 17 π¬ 4 π 0
Glad to have been interviewed for this piece, along with @kaseybuckles.bsky.social @marthajbailey.bsky.social, and @econmsk.bsky.social. And be sure to check out the companion piece!
27.02.2026 15:48 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Support northeast Minneapolis families if you can!
28.02.2026 00:18 β π 8 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
Sock monkeys holding signs that say βSTOP ICEβ and βSTOP KILLING OUR NEIGHBORSβ
Things feels calmer now in Minneapolis but the ICE siege is far from over. Many families are traumatized and remain in hiding, we still have over 900 ICE agents in Minnesota, and the economic impacts on our cityβand especially on our targeted neighborsβare staggering.
27.02.2026 20:29 β π 125 π 35 π¬ 3 π 2
Happy to have contributed to this along w/ @karenguzzo.bsky.social @marthajbailey.bsky.social & Melissa Kearney. My favorite from Karen: βWe spent decades shaming women 4 having kids under the wrong circumstances, 4 not having their ducks in a row. Now they are holding up their end of the bargain.β
27.02.2026 12:33 β π 34 π 12 π¬ 2 π 0
The Data Infrastructure Network will mark its fifth year at the Social Science History Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta! We want to highlight your work, ideas, and discoveries! The deadline to submit your abstract is March 15, 2026. Details are here: ssha2026.ssha.org
26.02.2026 13:14 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π’ Call For Papers
Hill Kulu, @udemsar.bsky.social and I are pleased to invite submissions to our session βSpatial Proximity of Families and Generationsβ at the BSPS 2026. We welcome studies that examine intergenerational geographic proximity and its effects on family members. @bspsuk.bsky.social
The 2026 SSHA call for proposals has been extended to March 15th. Read more and submit here: ssha.org/conference/c...
Spread the word!
Graphs show age-specific fertility and mortality rates, as well as total fertility and life expectancy from 1750 to 2000.
πRecommended ReadingπAnalysing Biases in Genealogies: Liliana P. CalderΓ³n-Bernal Diego Alburez & Emilio Zagheni investigated the accuracy of data from ascending genealogies for estimating fertility and mortality rates.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/RRead
Contemporary US pronatalism, of which the Heritage Foundation is the most powerful player, is blatantly sexist and racist and fueled by Christian Nationalism.
This isnβt an exaggeration - itβs explicitly spelled out in their plan to βsave America by saving the family.β
Problem about the loneliness epidemic is, it's everywhere except in representative survey data. Let's look at where the claim comes from. 1/
17.02.2026 07:13 β π 597 π 226 π¬ 21 π 35
Come work with us in Helsinki! A permanent position for a lecturer in social science history, associated with a joint Master's program with the UCL. DL February 27th! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
16.02.2026 17:07 β π 2 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0@kmcdono.bsky.social @danielwilson.bsky.social and I have a new OA article out: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... Itβs about the fragmented landscape of historical data, and what we can do about it to improve discoverability, sustainability and reuse.
13.02.2026 12:33 β π 47 π 28 π¬ 1 π 5Do you teach demographic history? Are you planning to be at the Social Science History Association conference in wonderful Atlanta in November? Do you want to participate in a teaching roundtable about our admittedly niche, but awesome, subject? If you do, contact me! DM me here, or email!
13.02.2026 01:47 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Abstract Empirical research in historical demography is usually time-consuming and labour-intensive. Recent developments in machine learning offer new possibilities for building very large databases with reduced time and costs, though these new methods raise new challenges as well. This article describes the process of constructing the POPP database, a data collection project based on the exploitation of the nominative lists of the Parisian population censuses of 1926, 1931, and 1936. This database provides a host of information for almost 9 million individuals: their name and surname, year and location of birth, nationality, relation to the household head, and occupation. The article discusses the digitisation of archival sources β several hundred thousand handwritten pages β their transformation into a database by computer scientists using machine learning techniques, and the work required on the part of social scientists to correct and adapt the resulting data for statistical purposes. Beyond its methodological contribution, this article also discusses the various ways in which the POPP database will improve our knowledge of the economic, social, and demographic evolution of an important European urban population
The datapaper of the POPP databse is out !!! And it's in Historical Life Course Studies
POPP. An OCR-Generated Database of the Population Censuses of Paris (1926β1936)
hlcs.nl/article/view...
Headline from The Hill reading "How to raise birth rates is the wrong question: Hereβs what we should be asking"
One of the most frustrating things about the current US discourse over low birth rates is its laser focus on "how can we raise birth rates?" In this op-ed for @thehill.com, I explain why that's the wrong question and what we should be asking instead. 1/6
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
This is all due to the incredible resistance of the people of Minnesota.
Their resilience - and their determination - helped enforce the Constitution in a way that political elites in Congress and the courts did not or could not.
I have never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
If anything, things are even more dire as π§ becomes more secretive in their activities,. Combined with decline in documented violence, people not in MN assume (incorrectly) things are back to normal & pushback against even most common-sense reforms (a bare minimum) unfortunately gaining traction.
11.02.2026 14:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
10.02.2026 17:24 β π 245 π 270 π¬ 3 π 4
βStrong financial support for mothers from the government can make motherhood more affordable and promote gender equality in economic resources.β
Investing in mothers and families - even if it doesnβt raise the birth rates - is worth doing.
I am excited to be hiring two post-doctoral positions at UCLA--please share with your networks. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.....
03.02.2026 00:48 β π 23 π 24 π¬ 0 π 1Remember to get those abstract submissions in for the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference hosted in Minneapolis in July! The deadline is TODAY (February 2nd). lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-proposals
02.02.2026 18:16 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Glad to share a new paper, βReproductive responses to revolution and repression in Finland, 1917β1919β, now open access in The History of the Family! doi.org/10.1080/1081... 1/11
30.01.2026 05:05 β π 31 π 10 π¬ 1 π 1
Join us for Virtual Office Hours TODAY (1/28) from 10:00am-11:30am CT. You'll have the chance to connect with IPUMS data experts and get your questions answered. Pop in anytime, but registration is required: z.umn.edu/IPUMS-VOH
28.01.2026 14:23 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
We did it! We reached the wind chill that is the same in Β°F and Β°C!
23.01.2026 03:29 β π 320 π 54 π¬ 1 π 5
Now that all right-thinking people are inspired to emulate Minnesota, here's your first step.
(h/t @lookitup.baby and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com )
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Parental guidance US parents*, minutes per day spent on child caret, by generation, 1975-2018 Fathers Mothers 160 120 β’ Millennial Gen X Millennial Gen X Silent 80 40 0 Baby-boomer Baby-boomer 20 30 Silent γ 40 Mother's age 40 Father's age 50 60 *Who live with partner and at least one child under 18 *Controlling for children under five Source: American Heritage Time Use Study 20 30 50 60 160 120 80 40 0
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
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The Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion!
pop.umn.edu/training/pos...