📢New funding call alert! Join our webinar to learn about a new CLOSER funding opportunity, supported by Population Research UK, to develop high-quality learning resources for the longitudinal population studies community. Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/12f40e... | @closer-uk.bsky.social

📣 Coming soon: this flagship @clscohorts.bsky.social webinar is the best place to learn about our unique series of UK national cohort studies and the research opportunities they offer. Book now 👉️ buff.ly/WLF9fPS

🗞️ Out now - the latest issue of our research magazine, Changing Populations We explore some of the major #demographic challenges shaping contemporary society, from falling #fertility and #population #ageing to #migration, integration and #family change @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

Changing Populations

Welcome to issue 18 of Changing Populations.

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Just out! 📢 "Why is life expectancy in England & Wales falling behind?" We used a decomposition approach to understand why life expectancy improvements in E&W lagged behind other European countries between 2011 and 2019. 📉 The findings might surprise you. 🔍📄 doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2026.2682462 1/N

We'd like to thank @oxforddemsci.bsky.social + @sociologyoxford.bsky.social + @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social + @imprs-phds.bsky.social for their support! Read the full paper in Population Studies @bspsuk.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2026.2682462 7/N

Why is life expectancy in England & Wales falling behind? A cause-of-death decomposition approach

Life expectancy in England & Wales has diverged from that of its high-income peers since 2011, raising concerns that the country may become an international laggard like the United States (US). Usi...

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This is an important role - National Data Guardian. Advises the health and care system so people’s information is kept safe and confidential, and is shared when appropriate to achieve better outcomes for patients. £63k for 3.5 days a week apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9039

UKRI are recruiting for a new Exec Chair for Research England (£160k-£170k). It is a crucial role including QR funding and the REF. I hope they get a great field. But I worry a bit. It's hard to find on their website (see link below) fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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with the support of @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social , ESHD, the @bspsuk.bsky.social , and the Local Population Studies Society, are already behind us. ⬇️🧵

📚 Two phenomenal weeks of the Summer School "Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility" in Cambridge, organized by the @universitypress.cambridge.org and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (CamPop) ⬇️🧵

Research led by @janefalkingham.bsky.social, Evandrou & Vlachantoni has been used in the Work & Pensions Committee's new 'Transition to State Pension Age' report, which examines the impact of the increasing State Pension age on people approaching retirement: Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...

Social scientists📣 GO-Science is seeking experts to help review trends being developed for the next UK Government Trend Deck, which brings together evidence on the long-term trends likely to shape the UK in the future. Register your interest by 31 July. ➡️

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The Government Office for Science is inviting external experts to contribute to the review of themes being developed for the updated UK Government Trend Deck. Drawing on horizon scanning, futures analysis...

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Important webinar tomorrow!

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🚨 OMB has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on the decennial census. Join our Rapid Response Data Briefing to learn about the three predicted changes to residence rules and demographic questions, and how to request a 12866 meeting. 📍 Register here: tinyurl.com/census-12866-rapid-response

News outlets are leading with modelling suggesting 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes during recent heatwaves. And yet recent death rates are the lowest on record. A short thread on what recent mortality data actually tells us. Spoiler: not much! 1/5 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thousands will have died in UK's unprecedented May and June heatwaves

An early estimate suggests more than 2,700 people will have died from heat-related causes during the UK's exceptionally hot weather in recent months.

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I'm Matt Wallace and this is my TEDx talk 👇🏻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCMA... @uos-health-society.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social @ukri.org @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social

Healthy migration, sustainable populations | Matt Wallace | TEDxUniversityofSalford

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If you are on LinkedIn, check out our latest CPC-CG LinkedIn newsletter, The Population Post, rounding up some of our activity highlights from June: www.linkedin.com/pulse/popula... And make sure you subscribe to be notified for future issues: www.linkedin.com/build-relati... @bspsuk.bsky.social

The Population Post | June 2026

Welcome to The Population Post, a monthly round-up from the ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations, featuring just some of our latest research and activities that you may have mi...

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Social scientists📣The FCDO has 11 Senior Research Fellowship placements for UK academics in a variety of fields incl. gender & equity; conflict; economic development; tech, geopolitics & information manipulation; global health & more. ⏰ Closes on 30 August. ➡️ www.grtd.fcdo.gov.uk/call-for-app...

📽️ NEW #CPCGCWebinar video with Shuang Chen from LSE Catch up on Shuang's discussion around explanations for low #fertility ideals in urban #China. In the seminar, Shuang presents two recent papers examining the puzzle. @bspsuk.bsky.social @ukri.org @populationeu.bsky.social

Explaining low desired fertility in urban China - Dr Shuang Chen

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The recording for this excellent panel discussion is now available to view: youtu.be/X2feCepLSTs

FemQuant Event: Peer review panel discussion

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FemQuant@femquant.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are wrapping up the FemQuant 2025/26 events programme with a panel discussion on Navigating the Peer Review Process. Join us Tues 23 June 2026 to hear insights from editor, author, and reviewer perspectives. Sign up to receive the link on the day: femquant.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Did the iPhone *really* cause the baby bust? A more skeptical reading of the new viral study from LCDS Deputy Director @drjenndowd.bsky.social jenndowd.substack.com/p/did-the-ip...? #demography #econsky #causalsky @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social

Did the iPhone Cause the Baby Bust?

I'm not so convinced. An interesting new paper highlights the power and pitfalls of simple stories

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Call for Applications for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships Are you an early-career researcher looking for a long-term research opportunity within a multidisciplinary team?

Want to work on family complexity and children's lives? St Andrews has opened applications for its BAME #PhD #Scholarships, which are available to UK-domiciled ‘Home’ fee applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. More information here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-su...

Julia Mikolai@jmikolai.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Would you like to do a #PhD on #family #complexity and #inequalities in #children’s lives in #Scotland'? New #BAME PhD Scholarships available @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. More info www.st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-su... (current funded opportunities tab) and www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

📌 Save the date for our next #CPCCGWebinar with Shuang Chen from #LSE. Shuang will explore explanations for the #lowfertility ideals in urban #China, presenting two recent papers examining the puzzle. Register to join us online - all welcome: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social

Had the *best* time running the Critical #Demography workshop last week. So many ideas and so much energy to push our field forward. Thank you @bspsuk.bsky.social for the amazing sponsorship. Stay tuned for the next steps 😊

💼 Job opportunities 3 x Research Fellows to work on @ukri.org ESRC-funded Connecting Generations projects, based @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social 📨 Apply by 29 June. More info: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/vacanci... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @eapsphd.bsky.social

📣St Andrews–Max Planck PhD Studentship in Population, Health and Data Science‼️ https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/st_andrews_max_planck_phd_studentship_in_population_health_and_data_science_15472 IMPRS-PHDS | St Andrews Population & Health Research Group

|AGENDA | Engaging with Intersectionality in Population Research: A Critical Review and Recommendations 🕙 June 12, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 🔎 INED and online Registration required

The Population Investigation Committee is recruiting for an Editor-in-Chief or team of Editors-in-Chief for Population Studies: A journal of demography. files.taylorandfrancis.com/rpst-call-fo...

We are recruiting for a PhD student who will be studying jointly between Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and University of St Andrews, More information are attached. @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @cpc-cg.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social

📺 Tune in to BBC South Today at 18:30 tonight to see the full news story 'Falling birth rates blamed for business closing', featuring an interview with @bperelli-harris.bsky.social ⤵️ (@bspsuk.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @ukri.org @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social)

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Regional news, sport and weather for the South of England.

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📽️ Catch up on our latest #CPCCGWebinar recording to hear about new research on how Universal Credit reshapes young adults' living arrangements, with @jeinhoff.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social and @vincentrramos.bsky.social @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social (@bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social)

Welfare retrenchment and the familization of young adults' living arrangements - J Einhoff & V Ramos

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