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Joseph Harrison

@jharrison37.bsky.social

Sociological Demographer Research Fellow in the @MigrantLife.bsky.social & @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social Immigrants / Assimilation / Mortality / Health / Longitudinal Methods

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Residential Relocations and Housing Changes Among Immigrants and Their Descendants: An Analysis of Longitudinal Register Data From France This paper investigates residential mobility and housing changes among immigrants, their descendants, and the native population, alongside the association between family and household characteristics....

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My work on residential relocation of Immigrants and their descendants in France has been published in Population, Space and Place.
This work was part of my time in @standrewssgsd.bsky.social with the @migrantlife.bsky.social project.
Available here
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21.11.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Grattis! πŸ₯³ 🍾

20.10.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Long lives, poor health? A comprehensive review of the evidence among international migrants AbstractIntroduction. Empirical evidence on migrant morbidity suggests that migrant populations have a higher burden of disease compared to non-migrants in

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Pleased to have been part of the first review paper to look at the paradox of immigrants living longer in worse health.
Produced as part of the @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social project.

Can be found here in the British Medical Bulletin

academic.oup.com/bmb/article/...

26.09.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to see @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social colleague Courtney Franklin do the first presentation of research coming out of our project at #BSPS2025

04.09.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@jharrison37.bsky.social is next presenting his work on #births, #partnerships & residential #mobility of #immigrants & #descendants in #France! He shows that African immigrants exhibit higher event intensity, some fertility convergence across generations & that residential barriers persist.

03.09.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!

It’s the former btw!

01.09.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy BSPS week to all those who celebrate. My office for the afternoon is a table seat on the Transport to Wales service en route to Swansea.

Looking forward to catching up with everyone there!

01.09.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What does a reviewer mean when they say β€œthe results section is too descriptive”?

I’m at a bit of a loss about what else should be in a results section if not a description of the results

22.07.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Graduation βœ”οΈ

04.07.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨Great #postdoc opportunity to work with Hill Kulu and the rest of the team on #migrant #family #housing research using #microsimulation! We look forward to receiving your applications! ✍️

18.06.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Living longer in worse health? Understanding the immigrant morbidity-mortality paradox in the U.K. at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Living longer in worse health? Understanding the immigrant morbidity-mortality paradox in the U.K. at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com

πŸ“’ We are hiring! πŸ“’

Are you a UK home student with (or nearing) a Master's degree in Demography, Public Health, Sociology or a related discipline? Do you have a strong interest in ethnicity and inequality? πŸ“ˆπŸŒ

If so, come and do a PhD @salforduni.bsky.social!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

18.06.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Excited to be a part of this team, and involved in a really interesting project!

18.06.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks @popassocamerica.bsky.social for a phenomenal (IYKYK) time at #PAA2025. My two sessions were great and both my discussants gave great insight! Great to be here alongside my @migrantlife.bsky.social and @phrg-standrews.bsky.social colleagues.
Until next time!

13.04.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Final day at #PAA2025! I’m presenting on the migrant mortality advantage in England and Wales compared to Norway at 9am in the Magnolia room on the mezzanine.
Start your Sunday out right by listening to me!

13.04.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our team is busy busy busy today!

11.04.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Busy day at #PAA2025 for me!
Catch me in session 36 in the cherry blossom room at 9:30 talking about @migrantlife.bsky.social work!

And also in Poster session 4!

11.04.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. I’m a Bluesky newbie. I didn’t know if hashtags were a thing on here.

11.04.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PAA 2025 is off to a great start; as I find myself with not one, but two rows to myself on my Icelandair flight!

09.04.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am heading to DC next week for PAA 2025.

Come catch me talk about migrant mobility and housing in Europe as part of the @migrantlife.bsky.social Friday 11th @ 9:30 in the Cherry Blosson Room
Then again on Sunday 13th at 9am in Magnolia Room where I’ll be talking about migrant mortality!

04.04.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The ONS Longitudinal Study has transformed our understanding of immigration & health in the UK. This thread explores 4 key insights from the latest #LinkingOurLivesPod with @mjwdemography.bsky.social and @jharrison37.bsky.social highlighting the LS' contribution to research in this field.

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14.03.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This was a lot of fun to record. If anyone wants to listen to me talk about immigrant morality and cancer using the England and Wales Longitudinal Study - here is your chance!

11.03.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for having me involved. I really enjoyed it! πŸ˜†

11.03.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 ‼️ 🚨 Deadline Day‼️ 🚨 ‼️
Put this at the top of your to do list!

18.02.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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3rd Migrant Life Symposium Abstract Submission Thank you for your interest in attending the 3rd MigrantLife Symposium in St Andrews on 25th and 26th June 2025. Please complete the form below to submit your paper.

Time is running out πŸ•°οΈ 🚨

There is only one day left to submit to the @migrantlife.bsky.social symposium held in St Andrews in June.

We would love to see you there.
Submit your abstract here
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17.02.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Your two week warning for the deadline to submit to the 2025 @migrantlife.bsky.social symposium!

04.02.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Landed in Paris ready for another week of analysis of the French Permanent Demographic Survey as part of the @migrantlife.bsky.social project. Grateful to be hosted by @ined.bsky.social

Always looking for recommendations for restaurants, cafes and weekend activities.

29.01.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge thanks to my supervision team Prof Hill Kulu and Frank Sullivan and Dr Katherine Keenan. And Dr Emmanuel Olamijuwon for being the convenor of the defence under highly unusual circumstances.

@standrewssgsd.bsky.social
@phrg-standrews.bsky.social

24.01.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today I successfully defended my thesis passing without corrections. πŸ₯‚πŸ₯³

It’s been quite a journey but grateful to Professors Gunnar Malmberg and Helga de Valk for the discussion of my work and the topic of migrant incorporation!

A great day despite the storm! β›ˆοΈ πŸ’¨

24.01.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

@eaps.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social @cpc-cg.bsky.social

12.01.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Call for abstracts!! 🚨
Come and join the @migrantlife.bsky.social team in St Andrews for two days of talks about migration studies.

Submit here: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Any area of migration research is welcome! With some funding available for ECRs.
Please share!

12.01.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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