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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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"Another productive and inspiring meeting with the Department for Work & Pensions team today, sharing our findings from our @ukri.org ESRC-funded project on minority ethnic differentials in #pensions," says CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni (@unisouthampton.bsky.social @usociety.bsky.social)
How excited can one get to share research findings with colleagues in government? The answer is “very”! Another productive and inspiring meeting with the DWP team today, sharing our findings from… | ...
How excited can one get to share research findings with colleagues in government? The answer is “very”! Another productive and inspiring meeting with the DWP team today, sharing our findings from our...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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🚨 🚨 Publication 🚨 🚨
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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dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp....
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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November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🕐 Come along TODAY at 13:00 (UK time) - all welcome, simply register to join: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...
cpc-cg.bsky.social ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 5d
THIS WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov

🧑‍🏫 @ayseguveli.bsky.social of @sociowarwick.bsky.social
will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.

Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social
A seminar room filled with people facing a speaker at the front, placed beside a bright blue panel announcing a CPC-CG online seminar with Ayse Guveli from the University of Warwick on researching multigenerational consequences of migration, with insights from the 2000 Families project, scheduled for 27 November from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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📝3 positions @worldpop-uos.bsky.social -please share with networks/colleagues @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social:

🔴 Sr Research Fellow jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

🟠 Specialist Technician jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

🟡 Engagement & Comms Manager
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Senior Research Fellow
Be part of the world-renowned WorldPop Group at the University of Southampton, a global top 100 university (QS World Rankings 2021). WorldPop is an award winning, multi-sectoral team of researchers, t...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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👨‍👩‍👧 CPC-CG's @francescafiori.bsky.social was a panellist at #festivaldellafamiglia discussing low fertility in #Scotland and the Scottish Government's #Population Strategy, & obstacles to realising #fertility intentions. Read a session write-up ⬇️ @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social
Genitorialità al bivio: rendere possibile il desiderio di avere figli
Al Festival della Famiglia confronto tra i contesti italiani, francesi e scozzesi
www.trentinofamiglia.it
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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🧑‍🏫 CG Co-Director @melindacmills.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social spoke at The #Fiduciary #Investors Symposium, warning that a shrinking #European #population will trigger significant changes in #economic growth and #investor opportunities. Read the full write-up ⬇️ @populationeu.bsky.social
Investors wrestle with Europe's demographic time bomb - Top1000funds.com
Sharply declining populations in Europe, as well as countries like South Korea and Japan, have dramatic implications for economic growth and investment opportunities. Investors at FIS Oxford were warn...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to CPC-CG members @vincentrramos.bsky.social and @yan-zhang.bsky.social from @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social 🎉

They have been selected as 2026 #Work and #Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship Recipients @wfrn.bsky.social. Full story ⬇️⬇️
Announcing the 2026 WFRN Early Career Fellowship Recipients - Work and Family Researchers Network
The WFRN Welcomes 2026 Early Career Fellowship Recipients! To date, 170 early-career scholars have participated in the WFRN’s Early Career Fellowship Program. This program is designed to deliver a var...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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CPC-CG's @ann-berrington.bsky.social will discuss #partnership & #fertility trajectories, drawing on #BCS70 data, as part of @ucl.ac.uk #Quantitative #SocialScience & @clscohorts.bsky.social seminar series.

Weds 26 Nov
13:00-14:00
Hybrid

Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... @bspsuk.bsky.social
Event listing showing the title British parents’ trajectories of partnership and fertility and midlife mental wellbeing, labelled as a hybrid event on 26 Nov 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00, with a button to book a place above a photo of four people sitting together and smiling while focused on something in front of them.
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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THIS WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov

🧑‍🏫 @ayseguveli.bsky.social of @sociowarwick.bsky.social
will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.

Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social
A seminar room filled with people facing a speaker at the front, placed beside a bright blue panel announcing a CPC-CG online seminar with Ayse Guveli from the University of Warwick on researching multigenerational consequences of migration, with insights from the 2000 Families project, scheduled for 27 November from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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I'm looking forward to presenting some of the findings of our projects ... consider joining in...
cpc-cg.bsky.social ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 8d
NEXT WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov

🧑‍🏫 @ayseguveli.bsky.social of @sociowarwick.bsky.social will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from the 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.

Register - all welcome: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...
A seminar room filled with people facing a speaker at the front, placed beside a bright blue panel announcing a CPC-CG online seminar with Ayse Guveli from the University of Warwick on researching multigenerational consequences of migration, with insights from the 2000 Families project, scheduled for 27 November from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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NEXT WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov

🧑‍🏫 @ayseguveli.bsky.social of @sociowarwick.bsky.social will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from the 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.

Register - all welcome: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...
A seminar room filled with people facing a speaker at the front, placed beside a bright blue panel announcing a CPC-CG online seminar with Ayse Guveli from the University of Warwick on researching multigenerational consequences of migration, with insights from the 2000 Families project, scheduled for 27 November from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Today is @carers-uk.bsky.social #CarersRightsDay

Find out how @ukri.org -funded CPC-CG research is uncovering #financial and #employment pressures on informal #carers and the urgent need for better recognition, support and planning.

Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_... @uosmedia.bsky.social
A red graphic with speech bubbles that read “Know your rights” and “Use your rights,” alongside text stating support for Carers Rights Day on Thursday 20 November, with logos from organisations at the bottom: the Centre for Population Change, Connecting Generations, the Economic and Social Research Council and the University of Southampton.
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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🕛 Join us TODAY at midday (UK time) - register to join us online, all welcome: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social
cpc-cg.bsky.social ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 12d
🧑‍🏫 THIS WEEK's CPC-CG/CRA webinar ⤵️

Spela Mocnik @cra-soton.bsky.social will discuss how factors like #financial mindsets, access to knowledge and social context interact to influence financial resilience in later life.

Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @bspsuk.bsky.social
Promotional banner for the CPC-CG seminar series. The image shows a man working on a laptop at a desk with notebooks and papers. The text on the right reads: “CPC-CG seminar series. CPC Centre for Population Change. Connecting Generations. Spela Mocnik, University of Southampton. Lenses on later life: Exploring financial planning and resilience through participatory and design-led research. Online 20 November 12:00–13:00 GMT.” The background is mainly blue with white and green accents.
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Leading scholars from our network met this month with EU Commissioner Dubravka Šuica and Commission officials to help shaping Europe's demographic policy agenda.

Key takeaways: tinyurl.com/4pam8trb
Expert Meeting with EU-Commissioner Dubravka Šuica | Population Europe
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November 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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THIS Wednesday - registrations still open so be sure to sign up for what looks set to be an engaging and topical session with @ncrm.ac.uk ⤵️
cpc-cg.bsky.social ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Sep 15
🗓️ Date for your diaries

CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni is a speaker at 2025's final @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar on 19 Nov:

'Exploring #digital life, #technology change & attitudes to #AI through national #datasets'

Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e7fdca...
Image shows event details with NCRM logo. Text reads: Exploring Digital Life, Technology Change and Attitudes to AI through National Datasets Details The Data Resources Training Network welcomes you to the final webinar in our 2025 series: Exploring Digital Life, Technology Change and Attitudes to AI through National Datasets. The webinar will focus on secondary, quantitative data. It will take place on Teams on the 19th of November from 14:00 – 15:30. The speakers will be: Athina Vlachantoni who will examine patterns of intergenerational digital contact before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Wave Nine and the first wave of the ELSA COVID-19 Sub-study, this talk overviews shifts in digital communication use among older people during the pandemic and reflects on the gender gap and family relationship closeness. Plus Roshni Modhvadia and Mark Elliot
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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🧑‍🏫 THIS WEEK's CPC-CG/CRA webinar ⤵️

Spela Mocnik @cra-soton.bsky.social will discuss how factors like #financial mindsets, access to knowledge and social context interact to influence financial resilience in later life.

Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @bspsuk.bsky.social
Promotional banner for the CPC-CG seminar series. The image shows a man working on a laptop at a desk with notebooks and papers. The text on the right reads: “CPC-CG seminar series. CPC Centre for Population Change. Connecting Generations. Spela Mocnik, University of Southampton. Lenses on later life: Exploring financial planning and resilience through participatory and design-led research. Online 20 November 12:00–13:00 GMT.” The background is mainly blue with white and green accents.
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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📕 New insight paper by CPC-CG member @jackiewahba.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
Screenshot of an academic article page from World Development titled Return migration and economic development: opportunities and challenges by Jackline Wahba. The page shows publication details, sharing options, the DOI link, and a highlights box listing five bullet points about migrant return patterns, financial resources, skills, investment, entrepreneurship, overseas work experience, and the need for supportive policies.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Explore the full paper and interactive dashboard for deeper insights and country/region-level breakdowns.

Study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Dashboard: digitalgendergaps.org

Authors on here: @ridhikashyap.bsky.social @caseybreen.bsky.social
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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New study on global digital gender gaps 🧔‍♂️👩📱🌐:

It finds that in low- and middle-income countries

- women are 9% less likely to use the 🌐
- 8% less likely to own a 📱 than men

( ~320 million fewer women 🌐 and ~190 million fewer women with 📱)

www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/mapping...
Mapping the global digital gender divide: new study reveals stark inequalities in internet and mobile access
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 ...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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🧑‍🏫 NEXT WEEK's CPC-CG/CRA webinar ⤵️

Spela Mocnik @cra-soton.bsky.social will discuss how factors like financial mindsets, access to knowledge & social context interact to influence financial resilience in later life.

Register to join us: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @britishgerontology.bsky.social
Promotional banner for the CPC-CG seminar series. The image shows a man working on a laptop at a desk with notebooks and papers. The text on the right reads: “CPC-CG seminar series. CPC Centre for Population Change. Connecting Generations. Spela Mocnik, University of Southampton. Lenses on later life: Exploring financial planning and resilience through participatory and design-led research. Online 20 November 12:00–13:00 GMT.” The background is mainly blue with white and green accents.
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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A research dissemination event led by CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni has brought findings from a @ukri.org ESRC-funded project to stakeholders, contributing important insights to academic and policy debate about #pension protection and pension reform.

Read the full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...
CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham opens the pension protection project dissemination event, presenting 'Bridging experiences and policy: Designing fairer pension futures' Professor Athina Vlachantoni presents at the pension protection event. Dr Spela Mocnik presents at the pension protection event.
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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🗞️"A recent study carried out by the ESRC Centre for Population Change @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social found a ‘clear link’ between public health #funerals and #poverty. It also found Lambeth had the 2nd highest number of public health funerals in the country." Read the full article in the SW Londoner ⬇️
Council funerals more than double in Lambeth as cost of dying soars across London | South West Londoner council funerals in Lambeth more than doubled
Council funerals have more than doubled in Lambeth – raising concerns about deprivation and the soaring cost of dying in the capital.
www.swlondoner.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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📰The November 2025 edition of the WorldPop Newsletter is out!

🌍Explore new data releases, research updates & impact stories.

✒️Don't miss out - sign up for our next edition!

🔗https://www.worldpop.org/worldpop-newsletter/
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November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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📙New journal article

Led by CPC-CG Co-Director Alison Bowes, the paper discusses scaling home designs for healthy cognitive #ageing from a realist evaluation perspective, with CPC-CG's Catherine Pemble, @lisadavisonphd.bsky.social and Alison Dawson.
Scaling home designs for healthy cognitive ageing: a realist evaluation perspective
We present an empirically grounded theory of change (ToC) to support delivery at scale of home design for healthy cognitive ageing. Using a realist ev…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Research by CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni and @janefalkingham.bsky.social reported by the National Child Development Study @clscohorts.bsky.social for its importance in shedding light on which #carers might be more likely to cut back on work, and the possible reasons why: ncds.info/caring-respo...
Screenshot of a webpage from the National Child Development Study titled “How do caring responsibilities impact working life?” dated 20 October 2025. The page discusses how providing unpaid care for elderly or dependent family members affects employment. On the right, there is a photo of an older man using a walking frame, accompanied by a younger man and a child walking beside him on a tree-lined path in autumn.
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM