Here's a great (free) training opportunity in survey research for undergrads & recent college grads this summer
surveydatascience.isr.umich.edu/education/un...
Congratulations to the data wizards at @ourworldindata.org who created this elegant tool so you can adjust fertility, mortality & migration rates for any country to see the impact on population sizes & age structures.
This is really, really great!! Check it out!! Excellent tool, terrific write up.
Is a religious revival happening?
Watch this video for answers from me, Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Eastern Finland), Joel Thiessen (Ambrose University), Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (University of Waterloo) & David Voas (University College London).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glgPhZ01-O0
When researchers asked LLMs whether they should switch between religions, LLMs tended to encourage becoming Catholic & shedding atheist & Jehovah's Witness identities.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22975
How Measurement Changes Can Exaggerate the Growth of Religious "Nones"
no paywall: sociologicalscience.com/download/vol...
The call for papers for the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR) conference in Buenos Aires (February 15-20, 2027) is open until June 10. I'm looking for submissions about religion & demography.
https://conference-system.sisr-issr.org/conferences/conference-2027/#papers
Are enough births occurring to replace expected deaths? We introduce the “births observed / births needed” ratio as a simple indicator of demographic sustainability — showing why similar fertility rates can imply very different population futures.
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
Conrad Hackett
Recent media stories in a number of countries suggest that there is a religious revival taking place, with increased worship attendance and young people expr...
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
Conrad Hackett
Conrad Hackett
Conrad Hackett
Conrad Hackett
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
