American professors, who wants to come to Oxford for a year or two? Get in quick - deadline soon.
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π¨ The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. π§΅
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Trish Greenhalgh
New @pnas.org paper constructing subnational estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender, including gender gaps, for 117 low- and middle- income countries from 2015 through 2025.
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Hampton Gaddy
Winners of the Philip Leverhulme Prize, @fsturt.bsky.social @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, talk about their research and the Prizeβs impact on their work and career.
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π Can satellites help count people where censuses are missing?
New work by @edithdarin.bsky.social, @ridhikashyap.bsky.social K& Douglas Leasure shows building-footprint maps + smart models can fill census gapsβvital for health, planning & aid.
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1/ Has life expectancy fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic? In a new pre-print, we find that 31 of 34 high-income countries had still not returned to their expected life expectancy trajectories five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... #demography
Casey Breen
Vacancy - George Eastman Visiting Professorship The University invites expressions of interest in the George Eastman Visiting Professorship for the academic years 2026/2027 and 2027/2028, in an area
Proud to see @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social now a Dr. It was a pleasure advising her thesis and seeing her grow as a scholar. Congratulations!
PAA is the first conference I went to and remains one of my favourite conferences. This yearβs PAA was extra special. Very grateful to mentors and colleagues who nominated me!
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The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access
to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet re...
The Philip Leverhulme Prizes recognise the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has attracted international acclaim and whose future career is exceptionally promising
Nominations are now open for the Trustβs Philip Leverhulme Prizes, which are awarded in six broad subject areas and worth Β£100,000 each for two to three years.
Deadline: Wednesday 14 May 2026, 4pm.
π For more details, visit: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/philip-lever...
A new study published by our Phd Student Edith Darin, together Ridhi Kashyap and Douglas Leasure from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science
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A research team comprised of current and alumni members of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) has published a major new study in PNAS revealing where and to what extent women remain ...
1/ HUGE congratulations to @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social for passing her DPhil viva w/ no corrections with her dissertation "The impact of in-utero exposure to ambient temperature on maternal health, infant health, and population composition." @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
π Congratulations to @ridhikashyap.bsky.social , who received the PAA Early Achievement Award for distinguished contributions to population research within the first 10 years after the PhD.
A well-deserved recognition of Ridhiβs outstanding contributions to demographic science. πΎ
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University
We closed our Monday with a thought-provoking keynote by @ridhikashyap.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk) on βπΊπππππ πΌππππ’ππππ‘πππ ππ π π·ππππ‘ππ πππππ.β Her talk highlighted key challenges and opportunities for research at the intersection of gender, demography, and digital data.
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