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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · 11m

What are the links between demography and democracy? Join this year’s Berlin Demography Days on the topic of “Demography and Democracy”

📅 27 + 28 October, 2025 (online or in Person)

Register here: lnkd.in/esXJ4Xqa

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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · 4h

What’s a “longevity society”? It’s not just about having more older people around — it’s about how we live longer lives

A true longevity society invests in prevention, digital health, and tackling loneliness so everyone can thrive at every age

Here’s what experts recommend 👇

tinyurl.com/ypycc3v6

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 2d

“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]

phys.org/news/2025-10...

A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.

phys.org

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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 6d

Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Vacancies

Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

www.inet.ox.ac.uk

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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 7d

🚨Job alert!🚨

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata

Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities

jobs.helsinki.fi

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AGE Platform Europe @ageplatformeu.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Our Sec. Gen. @mjkucharczyk.bsky.social will join the panel
on “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁” during the final stakeholder conference of the #FutuRes project.

📅 Tuesday, 4 Nov 2025 | 🕕 18:00 (CEST)
📍 Brussels, Belgium

👉Register: www.age-platform.eu/event/panel-...

The New Intergenerational Contract - final stakeholder conference of the FutuRes – Towards a Resilient Future of Europe project

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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · 11d

Early childhood, graduation, mid-career, retirement—life stages are full of opportunity and vulnerability.

Our new #Mapineq White Paper shows how to tackle inequalities across the life course.

By @janierola.net , Daniela Vono, @elinakilpi.bsky.social & the Mapineq team.

🔗 mapineq.eu/white-paper/

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MaxPlanckInstitute for the Study of Religious & Ethnic Diversity @mpimmg.bsky.social · 13d

We are thrilled to announce that @steffenmau.bsky.social, one of Germany’s leading sociologists, has been appointed Director at our Institute. He will lead a new Department on Inequality, Transformation & Conflict, addressing pressing societal challenges via cutting-edge social science research.

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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 18d

Do register-based research? 🔎 #FIRE Fellowships offer 1–2 month visits to Finland for postdocs & senior researchers.

Apply now 👉
fire-infra.com/en/fire-visi...

@utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social

FIRE Visiting Fellow Programme - FIRE

FIRE fellowships are 1–2 months visits to the Finnish Infrastructure for Register-Based Research (FIRE) to collaborate with our researchers.

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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · 21d

New #PopDigest!

Do partners always see family planning the same way?

A new study using @ggp.bsky.social data by @mussino.eu and Caroline Uggla suggests: not always—especially when their migration backgrounds differ.

🔗 tinyurl.com/4ztcn727

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Einstein Foundation Berlin @einsteinberlin.bsky.social · Aug 21

☎️ Berlin Calling: Your Research. Our City. A Perfect Match. The Einstein Postdoctoral Grant for early career researchers or the Einstein Visiting Fellowship for distinguished scholars – our funding opportunities offer pathways into Berlin’s research landscape.

berlincalling.einsteinfoundation.de

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Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) @demographyvienna.bsky.social · 22d

📢 Registration is open & the agenda is now available!
Participate in the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century", taking place from Nov 19–21 2025 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna and online.
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...

#WICVienna #demography

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European Association for Population Studies @eaps.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna.

💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...

EAPS.nl | European Population Conference 2026

EAPS.nl

www.eaps.nl

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Einstein Foundation Berlin @einsteinberlin.bsky.social · 27d

❓Macht Armut krank oder führt Krankheit zu Armut? Soziologe @jpheisig.bsky.social von @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social & @wzb.bsky.social zeigt, wie Bildung, Einkommen und psychosozialer Stress die Gesundheit beeinflussen – und welche Rolle die Politik dabei spielt. (1/2)

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 28d

Just out in Nature Genetics, @melindacmills.bsky.social, @vincentjstraub.bsky.social Straub & team show how the UK’s largest new biomedical dataset Our Future Health (striving for 5M participants!) can set a global benchmark in #genomics and #health
Read: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/unlocki...

Unlocking the global promise of Our Future Health

Published today in Nature Genetics, researchers from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at the University of Oxford outline how Our Future Health — one of the UK’s new flagship health resea...

www.demography.ox.ac.uk

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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · Sep 12

We are hiring a Posd-Doctoral Research Fellow @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social to work on #family and #housing #projections using #microsimulation. DL: 1 October. More info: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Research Fellow (or Research Assistant*) – AR2690

Research Fellow (or Research Assistant*) – AR2690, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, Salary: £38,784 - £46,049 per annum, Start: As soon as possible, Fixed term until May 2027, <p st...

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Sep 10

‼️Free IDEM 187 Course‼️
Topics in Digital and Computational Demography
📅3-7 November 2025
💻Online 💸no tuition fee
📝Application deadline: 28 September 2025
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/idem2025

@imprs-phds.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @conteristo.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @j-d-klein.bsky.social

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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · Sep 9

New #PopDigest! Retirement migration is a thing nowadays.

Ever wonder how many actually return home sooner than planned?

New Dutch research shows: Way more than expected! Health issues & family ties are the main reasons.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/2seve35w

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉🎊A week full of celebrations
✨Two ERC Starting Grants for the MPIDR✨
We are thrilled to announce that @marilianep.bsky.social and @ugobas.bsky.social have each been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu. #ERCStG
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
#ERCStartingGrant #longevity

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Emilio Zagheni @ezagheni.bsky.social · Sep 4

Consider joining us in beautiful Bologna for the largest gathering of population scientists in Europe…

It is also a wonderful opportunity for those of us who are based outside of Europe to catch up with the latest demographic developments in the old continent.

Hope to see you there!

European Association for Population Studies @eaps.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna.

💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...

EAPS.nl | European Population Conference 2026

EAPS.nl

www.eaps.nl

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Juan Galeano @juangaleano.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 The Global Living Arrangements Database (GLAD) is out! 🎉 Check out all the details on how we built this new data infrastructure of the CORESIDENCE project in our article just published in Scientific Data.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#demography #familystudies

The Global Living Arrangements Database, 1960–2021 - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - The Global Living Arrangements Database, 1960–2021

www.nature.com

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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · Aug 21

Do you know somebody who isn't yet a fan of #demography? Send them episode 1 of "Certain Futures": a new podcast with our amazing experts from "FutuRes" project.

certain-futures.podigee.io

With: Jakub Bijak, U Southampton, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Miguel Sánchez-Romero, TU Wien. Host: Dan Stern

Colorful illustration of a person with an abacus for a head, holding a stork and a skull. Copy reads: Certain Futures, Episode 1

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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · Aug 6

Congratulations and thank you for the amazing research!

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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congratulations, and thank you for your outstanding research!

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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Proud to announce this year's European Demographer Awards!

They go to Julia Hellstrand @juliahellstrand.bsky.social ‬ (Helsinki), Cosmo Strozza @cosmostrozza.bsky.social (Odense) and Éva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social (Vienna).

More: population-europe.eu/network/news...

Congratulations!

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