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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations

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Improving understanding of the drivers & implications of population change & intergenerational connectivity. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UKRI, incl. Unis of Southampton, St Andrews, Stirling, Oxford, and Resolution Foundation.

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Image shows excerpt from Changing Populations article 'Pension change compensation for ‘Waspi’ women' with an image of three friends laughing at the Waspi demonstration on International Women's Day at Parliament Square, Westminster, London on March 8, 2023. Credit: istock.com/Callingcurlew23 Article intro text reads: CPC-CG and CRA members Professor Athina Vlachantoni, Yifan Ge and Professor Jane Falkingham have been exploring the implications of changes to women's state pension age, arguing that denying compensation could be a missed opportunity for meaningful reform. The research team have co-authored a timely and thought- provoking article for The Conversation with a focus on how state pension changes have affected the ‘Waspi’ generation. Here, they explain: "Governments around the world have addressed the challenge of increasing life expectancy and declining birth rates by raising the pension age. The UK is no exception. The challenge this creates for governments is the thorny dual issue of rising care costs for the ageing population while fewer taxpayers support the economy.

Image shows excerpt from Changing Populations article 'Pension change compensation for ‘Waspi’ women' with an image of three friends laughing at the Waspi demonstration on International Women's Day at Parliament Square, Westminster, London on March 8, 2023. Credit: istock.com/Callingcurlew23 Article intro text reads: CPC-CG and CRA members Professor Athina Vlachantoni, Yifan Ge and Professor Jane Falkingham have been exploring the implications of changes to women's state pension age, arguing that denying compensation could be a missed opportunity for meaningful reform. The research team have co-authored a timely and thought- provoking article for The Conversation with a focus on how state pension changes have affected the ‘Waspi’ generation. Here, they explain: "Governments around the world have addressed the challenge of increasing life expectancy and declining birth rates by raising the pension age. The UK is no exception. The challenge this creates for governments is the thorny dual issue of rising care costs for the ageing population while fewer taxpayers support the economy.

📑 Yifan also contributed to the article in #ChangingPopulations on how state #pension changes have affected the #WASPI generation, arguing that denying compensation could be a missed opportunity for gender equality reform- see section 7 @cra-soton.bsky.social

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Image shows PhD student Yifan Ge with an article about her PhD journey, with the intro: Yifan Ge is a PhD student funded by Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) and the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP), based in the Department of Gerontology at the University of Southampton. Her research aims to use linked administrative data and survey datasets to identify the subgroups of women most affected by the recent increases in the UK State Pension Age. Yifan’s PhD project is supervised by Professor Athina Vlachantoni and Professor Jane Falkingham. Here, she shares insights into her research so far. "My interest in research on welfare and pension systems began during a module called Wicked Problems: Clumsy Solutions – Leadership in Healthcare while I was pursuing my bachelor's degree at the University of Manchester. At that time, the world was grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic. Beyond the scheduled curriculum, the lecturer, Dr Lawrence Benson, also introduced updated knowledge and practical experiences from the healthcare industry. Older people faced significant challenges during this period. I was fortunate to have had an insightful discussion with Dr Benson about the pension systems in the UK and China, which are among the most critical factors influencing quality of life and health status. Following that, I obtained my master’s degree from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, which allowed me to deepen my skills in data analysis and complete a dissertation on the health impacts of delayed retirement in China.

Image shows PhD student Yifan Ge with an article about her PhD journey, with the intro: Yifan Ge is a PhD student funded by Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) and the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP), based in the Department of Gerontology at the University of Southampton. Her research aims to use linked administrative data and survey datasets to identify the subgroups of women most affected by the recent increases in the UK State Pension Age. Yifan’s PhD project is supervised by Professor Athina Vlachantoni and Professor Jane Falkingham. Here, she shares insights into her research so far. "My interest in research on welfare and pension systems began during a module called Wicked Problems: Clumsy Solutions – Leadership in Healthcare while I was pursuing my bachelor's degree at the University of Manchester. At that time, the world was grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic. Beyond the scheduled curriculum, the lecturer, Dr Lawrence Benson, also introduced updated knowledge and practical experiences from the healthcare industry. Older people faced significant challenges during this period. I was fortunate to have had an insightful discussion with Dr Benson about the pension systems in the UK and China, which are among the most critical factors influencing quality of life and health status. Following that, I obtained my master’s degree from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, which allowed me to deepen my skills in data analysis and complete a dissertation on the health impacts of delayed retirement in China.

Also under the #ChangingPopulations spotlight is PhD student Yifan Ge

In section 12, she tells us about her PhD journey, sharing insights into her research identifying the subgroups of women most affected by recent increases in the UK #StatePension age 🔦

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📙 New article by @bperelli-harris.bsky.social and Orsola Torrisi

Examines how language and exposure to violence may have influenced trajectories of forced #migration shortly after #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, using unique data from a rapidly deployed online survey.

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05.08.2025 10:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image shows University of St Andrews job advert for Post-doctoral Research Fellow – AR3162 School/Unit: School of Geography & Sustainable Development Posted: 04/08/2025 Closing date: 29/08/2025 Closing time: 23:59 Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with Dr. Katherine Keenan conducting research for a European Research Council funded project entitled Social Inequalities in the Risk and Aftermath of Miscarriage (SOC-MISC). The primary duties will be to clean and prepare Scottish data from hospitalisation records and census returns, conduct longitudinal analyses exploring social inequalities in the risk of miscarriage, and to work with the wider project team to disseminate the findings in various formats. The analysis forms part of a larger project based at French National Institute for Demographic Research (INED), PI Dr Heini Väisänen. The successful applicant will have (or be near to completion of) a PhD in a quantitative discipline such as demography, sociology, applied social statistics, economics, epidemiology, with expertise in population-based analyses and interest in studying demographic and reproductive health outcomes. The post is available for 18 months starting from earliest December 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. Part time appointments would be considered.

Image shows University of St Andrews job advert for Post-doctoral Research Fellow – AR3162 School/Unit: School of Geography & Sustainable Development Posted: 04/08/2025 Closing date: 29/08/2025 Closing time: 23:59 Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with Dr. Katherine Keenan conducting research for a European Research Council funded project entitled Social Inequalities in the Risk and Aftermath of Miscarriage (SOC-MISC). The primary duties will be to clean and prepare Scottish data from hospitalisation records and census returns, conduct longitudinal analyses exploring social inequalities in the risk of miscarriage, and to work with the wider project team to disseminate the findings in various formats. The analysis forms part of a larger project based at French National Institute for Demographic Research (INED), PI Dr Heini Väisänen. The successful applicant will have (or be near to completion of) a PhD in a quantitative discipline such as demography, sociology, applied social statistics, economics, epidemiology, with expertise in population-based analyses and interest in studying demographic and reproductive health outcomes. The post is available for 18 months starting from earliest December 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. Part time appointments would be considered.

📎 New #vacancy - #Postdoctoral #ResearchFellow for the project:

Social Inequalities in the Risk and Aftermath of #Miscarriage (SOC-MISC)

Based @standrewssgsd.bsky.social. Apply by 29 August ⬇️⬇️

▶️ www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

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05.08.2025 10:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Connecting Generations Co-Director and Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Professor Melinda Mills MBE, has been awarded a prestigious Honorary Doctorate from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Image shows Mills receiving the award at the ceremony. This distinction recognises her pioneering work across the social sciences, particularly in the areas of family inequality, fertility, methodological innovation, and her trailblazing contributions to sociogenomics, which bridges genetics and the social sciences.

Connecting Generations Co-Director and Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Professor Melinda Mills MBE, has been awarded a prestigious Honorary Doctorate from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Image shows Mills receiving the award at the ceremony. This distinction recognises her pioneering work across the social sciences, particularly in the areas of family inequality, fertility, methodological innovation, and her trailblazing contributions to sociogenomics, which bridges genetics and the social sciences.

CPC-CG member Professor Jackie Wahba OBE has recently been elected as a Trustee of the Academy of Social Sciences’ Council, as well as appointed as a Founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. As one of five new Trustees of the Academy of Social Sciences’ Council, Jackie joins 15 existing Council members who are collectively responsible for the governance of the Academy. Image shows Wahba next to her quote for the Academy of Social Sciences which reads: “I’m delighted to be elected as a Trustee of the Academy of Social Sciences. I look forward to supporting its mission to champion social science and its impact across society.”

CPC-CG member Professor Jackie Wahba OBE has recently been elected as a Trustee of the Academy of Social Sciences’ Council, as well as appointed as a Founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. As one of five new Trustees of the Academy of Social Sciences’ Council, Jackie joins 15 existing Council members who are collectively responsible for the governance of the Academy. Image shows Wahba next to her quote for the Academy of Social Sciences which reads: “I’m delighted to be elected as a Trustee of the Academy of Social Sciences. I look forward to supporting its mission to champion social science and its impact across society.”

CPC member Dr Emily Barker was part of a team that won first place at a recent three-week national hackathon on responsible AI for social good. Emily, with Ali Shakiba, William Hughes and Sanzhar Korganbayev from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre, worked on 'Epiblink', a novel solution targeting photosensitive epilepsy. The idea is around glasses that help to reduce/stop photosensitive epileptic seizures (and indirectly migraines). Image shows Emily Barker receiving the award at the event.

CPC member Dr Emily Barker was part of a team that won first place at a recent three-week national hackathon on responsible AI for social good. Emily, with Ali Shakiba, William Hughes and Sanzhar Korganbayev from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre, worked on 'Epiblink', a novel solution targeting photosensitive epilepsy. The idea is around glasses that help to reduce/stop photosensitive epileptic seizures (and indirectly migraines). Image shows Emily Barker receiving the award at the event.

Image shows excerpt from the Changing Populations story: QuantMig recognised by the European Commission as a Horizon 2020 Success Story Professor Jakub Bijak’s EU-funded QuantMig project has been recognised by the European Commission's Research and Innovation services as a Horizon 2020 success story for research that demonstrates exceptional innovation, visibility, and societal benefit. Migration has become a central topic of European policy discussions, particularly following the refugee crisis of 2015. The QuantMig project, launched in 2020, aimed to move beyond traditional forecasting models by embracing uncertainty as a core element of migration analysis. Instead of trying to predict exact migration numbers, the team focused on mapping possible scenarios and identifying risks, thus equipping policymakers with better tools for preparing for unexpected events.

Image shows excerpt from the Changing Populations story: QuantMig recognised by the European Commission as a Horizon 2020 Success Story Professor Jakub Bijak’s EU-funded QuantMig project has been recognised by the European Commission's Research and Innovation services as a Horizon 2020 success story for research that demonstrates exceptional innovation, visibility, and societal benefit. Migration has become a central topic of European policy discussions, particularly following the refugee crisis of 2015. The QuantMig project, launched in 2020, aimed to move beyond traditional forecasting models by embracing uncertainty as a core element of migration analysis. Instead of trying to predict exact migration numbers, the team focused on mapping possible scenarios and identifying risks, thus equipping policymakers with better tools for preparing for unexpected events.

Head to section 12 of the new #ChangingPopulations to read about just some of our researchers' achievements and awards over the last six months in our Researcher Spotlight 🔦🔦

@melindacmills.bsky.social @jackiewahba.bsky.social @emilyrbarker.bsky.social

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Changing Populations Welcome to issue 16 of Changing Populations.

📰 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...

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Image shows green background with blue text reading 'The Growing Older Quiz' with a woman facing the camera with her hand to her face in a thinking pose.

Image shows green background with blue text reading 'The Growing Older Quiz' with a woman facing the camera with her hand to her face in a thinking pose.

✅ 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

29.07.2025 08:23 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Have a read to find out what comes first - homeownership, marriage or childbirth!
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Registration still open (to 12 August) for #BSPS2025, 2-4 September: varied & exciting programme & workshops! Latest info & sign up www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

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Jane Falkingham on Public Health Funerals - BBC South Today Evening News
YouTube video by Centre for Population Change Connecting Gens Jane Falkingham on Public Health Funerals - BBC South Today Evening News

📺 Missed the headline special report last week on #BBC South Evening News?

Catch up below on the discussion of new CPC-CG research on rising public health #funerals, with @janefalkingham.bsky.social highlighting the need to prevent people finding themselves unable to afford funerals in later life.

21.07.2025 08:18 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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State-funded funerals on the increase across England Tackling deprivation is crucial in reversing a rise in state-funded funerals, researchers say.

CPC-CG researchers analysed data about #publichealthfunerals (PHFs) from hundreds of Freedom of Information requests carried out by BBC South News.

The study also highlights an urgent need for national PHF data coordination and further research to forecast demand as deprivation and kinlessness rise

15.07.2025 11:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Image shows front cover of ESRC Centre for Population Change Report 'PUBLIC HEALTH FUNERALS IN ENGLAND 2014/15 - 2020/21' by Authors Dr Stephanie Thiehoff, Teresa McGowan and Professor Jane Falkingham, published July 2025. The main image shows East London cemetery and crematorium with two chapels for both burial services and cremation services, credit istock.com/Abdul Shakoor. UKRI ESRC, CPC, Connecting Generations and University of Southampton logos appear at the bottom of the cover. Report can be accessed at http://www.cpc.ac.uk/docs/2025_Public_Health_Funerals_in_England_201415-202021.pdf

Image shows front cover of ESRC Centre for Population Change Report 'PUBLIC HEALTH FUNERALS IN ENGLAND 2014/15 - 2020/21' by Authors Dr Stephanie Thiehoff, Teresa McGowan and Professor Jane Falkingham, published July 2025. The main image shows East London cemetery and crematorium with two chapels for both burial services and cremation services, credit istock.com/Abdul Shakoor. UKRI ESRC, CPC, Connecting Generations and University of Southampton logos appear at the bottom of the cover. Report can be accessed at http://www.cpc.ac.uk/docs/2025_Public_Health_Funerals_in_England_201415-202021.pdf

📑The study, a collaboration between CPC-CG @unisouthampton.bsky.social and BBC South News, is thought to be the first to establish #publichealthfuneral numbers and rates by combining data from local authorities and NHS Trusts.

Read the full story and access the report: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...

15.07.2025 10:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Jane Falkingham on Public Health Funerals - BBC South Today Breakfast
YouTube video by Centre for Population Change Connecting Gens Jane Falkingham on Public Health Funerals - BBC South Today Breakfast

CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social speaks to BBC South Today Breakfast about a new CPC-CG Report on rising public health #funerals in England, highlighting a need to tackle older people's deprivation

Catch the longer bulletin on tonight's BBC South Today, 18:30
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15.07.2025 09:31 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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State-funded funerals on the increase across England Tackling deprivation is crucial in reversing a rise in state-funded funerals, researchers say.

Fantastic to see our Professor @janefalkingham.bsky.social and @cpc-cg.bsky.social academics in the news today, with research showing that tackling deprivation in older age can cut the rising cost of taxpayer-funded funerals.

See more 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@bspsuk.bsky.social

15.07.2025 08:36 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Image shows Lekshmi Prasannan Reeba from The London School of Economics and Political Science who won the #PopFest2025 conference poster competition last week, standing in front of their poster on: Women's empowerment and #fertility intentions among youth in #India

Image shows Lekshmi Prasannan Reeba from The London School of Economics and Political Science who won the #PopFest2025 conference poster competition last week, standing in front of their poster on: Women's empowerment and #fertility intentions among youth in #India

🎉 Congratulations to Lekshmi Prasannan Reeba from LSE who won the #PopFest2025 conference poster competition last week with a poster on:

Women's empowerment and #fertility intentions among youth in #India

Lekshmi wins a £50 voucher gifted from @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social - well done 🙌🙌

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🌏 Wishing all those attending #IPC2025 a brilliant conference!

Check out the #population- and #demography-based research our ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting #Generations members are presenting across the week:

➡️ www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...

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Image shows young office workers walking in the street on their lunch break next to a quote from Professor Jane Falkingham CBE, Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations (CPC-CG), who notes: "Fertility decline is not simply a matter of choice. It reflects economic uncertainty, unaffordable childcare, precarious housing, and a mismatch between fertility intentions and the means to realise them. If young adults are to have the families they desire, we must listen to them and address the barriers they face. CPC and CG research continues to provide the data and insight needed to shape those solutions.”

Image shows young office workers walking in the street on their lunch break next to a quote from Professor Jane Falkingham CBE, Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations (CPC-CG), who notes: "Fertility decline is not simply a matter of choice. It reflects economic uncertainty, unaffordable childcare, precarious housing, and a mismatch between fertility intentions and the means to realise them. If young adults are to have the families they desire, we must listen to them and address the barriers they face. CPC and CG research continues to provide the data and insight needed to shape those solutions.”

As we mark #WorldPopulationDay2025, find out more about recent CPC-CG research providing insights and policy evidence under this year's UN theme:

"Empowering young people to create the #families they want in a fair and hopeful world"

➡️ www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_... @bspsuk.bsky.social #population

11.07.2025 09:07 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Had a great couple of days @unisouthampton.bsky.social for #PopFest2025! Was nice to be back. Finally got to present my research on the changes to fertility patterns and composition during the COVID-19 pandemic.

08.07.2025 16:31 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Parth Pandaya gives the closing speech at the #PopFest2025 conference.

Parth Pandaya gives the closing speech at the #PopFest2025 conference.

To end #PopFest2025, this year's organising committee chair @parthpandya.bsky.social from @standrewssgsd.bsky.social gives the closing speech. Well done to all this year's committee: Clara Girault & Sai Joshi @unisouthampton.bsky.social, & Izzi Carter from LSE

Volunteer now for the next committee!

08.07.2025 13:06 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Image shows logos for the #PopFest2025 sponsors BSPS, CPC-CG, University of Southampton, SCDTP, EAPS, NCRM and the Population Geography Research Group.

Image shows logos for the #PopFest2025 sponsors BSPS, CPC-CG, University of Southampton, SCDTP, EAPS, NCRM and the Population Geography Research Group.

As we wrap up #PopFest2025, we'd like to say thanks and farewell to the delegates who made it a fun and informative two days. We also thank the sponsors listed below.

The search is now on for next year's student organising committee - get in touch if you think that could be you @bspsuk.bsky.social

08.07.2025 12:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
Image shows Dr Antonino Polizzi giving a keynote speech in front of a PowerPoint screen at the PopFest2025 conference at the University of Soutampton. Antonino’s research focus lies in the interplay between economic inequality, particularly poverty, and health over the life course.

Image shows Dr Antonino Polizzi giving a keynote speech in front of a PowerPoint screen at the PopFest2025 conference at the University of Soutampton. Antonino’s research focus lies in the interplay between economic inequality, particularly poverty, and health over the life course.

Our second keynote speaker at #PopFest2025 was @polizzan.bsky.social, discussing his PhD thesis on the causes and consequences of growing #lifeexpectancy shortfalls.

Antonino also discussed his #PhD journey, giving delegates lots of useful insights to use in their own work. @bspsuk.bsky.social

08.07.2025 12:15 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Presenters at the #PopFest2025 conference stand by their posters which they presented during the poster session on 7 July.

Presenters at the #PopFest2025 conference stand by their posters which they presented during the poster session on 7 July.

🧾What a great poster session last night at #PopFest2025 - thanks to our presenters!

We learned more about international research across #population studies, all sponsored by Social Statistics & #Demography in the School of #Economic, #Social and #Political Sciences @unisouthampton.bsky.social 👏👏

08.07.2025 08:55 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Images show delegates at #PopFest2025 taking part in the networking bingo game to meet other early career researchers of population studies

Images show delegates at #PopFest2025 taking part in the networking bingo game to meet other early career researchers of population studies

Images show delegates at #PopFest2025 taking part in the networking bingo game to meet other early career researchers of population studies

Images show delegates at #PopFest2025 taking part in the networking bingo game to meet other early career researchers of population studies

Images show delegates at #PopFest2025 taking part in the networking bingo game to meet other early career researchers of population studies

Images show delegates at #PopFest2025 taking part in the networking bingo game to meet other early career researchers of population studies

Images show delegates at #PopFest2025 taking part in the networking bingo game to meet other early career researchers of population studies

Images show delegates at #PopFest2025 taking part in the networking bingo game to meet other early career researchers of population studies

The @eapsphd.bsky.social Network is running their session at #PopFest2025, featuring a brilliant Bingo-inspired networking game

The EAPS #PhD Network encourages all #population studies PhD students to join up to meet other ECRs in their field

More info: www.eaps.nl/page/phd-net...

07.07.2025 15:09 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
In the images, Professor Jane Falkingham stands at the front of the lecture room in front of a PowerPoint presentation about 'Lessons from the life course of a demographer' at #PopFest2025 conference at the University of Southampton.

In the images, Professor Jane Falkingham stands at the front of the lecture room in front of a PowerPoint presentation about 'Lessons from the life course of a demographer' at #PopFest2025 conference at the University of Southampton.

In the images, Professor Jane Falkingham stands at the front of the lecture room in front of a PowerPoint presentation about 'Lessons from the life course of a demographer' at #PopFest2025 conference at the University of Southampton.

In the images, Professor Jane Falkingham stands at the front of the lecture room in front of a PowerPoint presentation about 'Lessons from the life course of a demographer' at #PopFest2025 conference at the University of Southampton.

In the images, Professor Jane Falkingham stands at the front of the lecture room in front of a PowerPoint presentation about 'Lessons from the life course of a demographer' at #PopFest2025 conference at the University of Southampton.

In the images, Professor Jane Falkingham stands at the front of the lecture room in front of a PowerPoint presentation about 'Lessons from the life course of a demographer' at #PopFest2025 conference at the University of Southampton.

👋We are pleased to welcome so many people from the international community to #PopFest2025 over the next 2 days @unisouthampton.bsky.social with @bspsuk.bsky.social

CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social welcomed delegates with a keynote on 'Lessons from the life course of a #demographer'

07.07.2025 11:02 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
Digital and Computational Demography | International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

Are you attending the International Population Conference in Brisbane? The IUSSP Panel on Digital and Computational Demography is organising *3* pre-conference workshops on digital gender inequalities, kinship and microsimulation, and migration and digital trace data iussp.org/en/digital-a...

02.07.2025 08:58 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
Image shows a picture of a hand holding a pen writing in a notebook. Text advertises job opportunity: Post-doctoral Research Fellow* to work on family and housing projections using microsimulation. This work is part of two research programmes: a) the MigrantLife project funded by the European Research Council (ERC); and 2) the ESRC Centre for Population Change & Connecting Generations (CPC-CG). The Research Fellow will use microsimulation: a) to project partnership and childbearing trajectories of migrants and their descendants in the UK (and elsewhere in Europe); and b) to investigate individuals’ and couples’ housing trajectories in the UK and to project future homeownership rates.

Image shows a picture of a hand holding a pen writing in a notebook. Text advertises job opportunity: Post-doctoral Research Fellow* to work on family and housing projections using microsimulation. This work is part of two research programmes: a) the MigrantLife project funded by the European Research Council (ERC); and 2) the ESRC Centre for Population Change & Connecting Generations (CPC-CG). The Research Fellow will use microsimulation: a) to project partnership and childbearing trajectories of migrants and their descendants in the UK (and elsewhere in Europe); and b) to investigate individuals’ and couples’ housing trajectories in the UK and to project future homeownership rates.

🚩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

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Thought leadership and academic expertise delivered here by @unisouthampton.bsky.social colleague @janefalkingham.bsky.social #AcademicSky

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Business South Housing Group Hosts Leading Demography Expert at Chilworth Manor | Business South The latest Business South Housing Group meeting, held at Chilworth Manor, featured a compelling presentation by Professor Jane Falkingham CBE…

CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social spoke at a recent Business South Housing meeting, giving insights into global, national, and regional #demographic trends - offering critical context for the Vision Document for Central South region #housing policy for the new Mayor in 2026.

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CG Co-Director @melindacmills.bsky.social adds: "Parents are starting to have children in their 30s when ability to conceive starts to wane. Only then do some discover fertility challenges & seek IVF / treatments, yet success rates at advanced ages are likewise low, creating a perfect storm.”

26.06.2025 09:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nearly ‘one child in every classroom’ is typically born using IVF in UK Official data shows rise in single patients and female same-sex couples opting for assisted fertility treatments

Freezing eggs may give people more choices, says @bernicerunsonboba.bsky.social in today's @financialtimes.com

"It may also take pressure off partnerships formed later in life, and give young people time to settle into relationships instead of feeling rushed to make partnership decisions"

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