You may have seen this graph in the FT, which claims to show birth rates plunging since the introduction to smartphone. Except it doesn't. Read my short piece with @debscohen.bsky.social on some of the problems with this graph of juicy cherries! unherd.com/newsroom/are...
Just 5 days to go to apply for our new pre-doc and post-doc positions... Don't let time run out... ⌛ Links to further details below ⬇️
UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 3mo ago📢WE'RE HIRING! 1 pre-doc and 1 post-doc position, both until 31 March 2028 initially. We're a super friendly multi-disciplinary team, though these positions have a strong economics focus. Closing date 20th May. Please share widely! Pre-doc: tinyurl.com/3t75je4a Post-doc: tinyurl.com/ycyrzaxp
!!! JOBS !!! Come work with us in Florence @florenceups.bsky.social 5 posizioni tra post doc e pre doc per lavorare sui temi di data integration e data analysis su bullismo e violenza tra minori. Info su call e scadenze qui www.disia.unifi.it/upload/sub/d... www.disia.unifi.it/upload/sub/d...
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📢 *New jobs*: Two full-time Research Positions in the FIS2 project *Social Uncertainty and Fertility (SO-UNFER)* Research activity on: 🔹 fertility 🔹 uncertainty 🔹 survey+register data analysis 📍 University of Bologna 📅 Deadline: June 8th, 2026 Apply here 👇 bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/inca...
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Glad to see the introduction to the GENUS Special Issue “The Inequality of Uncertainty” out. With this publication, the Special Issue comes to a close. A big thank you to all authors and to @marcoalbertini.bsky.social who co-edited the Special Issue with me. 👇 I’ll briefly present each paper below
Introduction to the Genus thematic series: The Inequality of uncertainty - Genus
Research on fertility dynamics in high-income countries has traditionally emphasized economic, especially individual-level, determinants of childbearing decisions, particularly in times of crisis. Thi...
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Uncertainty is not just economic - and neither is fertility. The Thematic Series “The Inequality of Uncertainty” shows why a multidimensional and stratified approach is crucial to understand how uncertainty shapes family dynamics. 👇 Here's the intro to the TS 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
SO-UNFER (Social Uncertainty and Fertility in Europe) is hosting a workshop at EPC on how uncertainty shapes fertility across Europe. Keynote: Nicole Hiekel (MPIDR). 📅 3 June 2026, 13:00–17:00 📍 Aula Filopanti, Bologna Program: tinyurl.com/2cu6wunh Registration: tinyurl.com/wpan3kj6
Registration: EPC Side meeting "Social Uncertainty and Fertility in Europe (SOUNFER): Early Evidence, Open Questions, and Research Perspectives"
Bologna, Italy - June 3rd, 2026 / 13:00 - 17:00 For any questions, please reach out via sounfer.project@gmail.com
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Looking for your last read of 2025? Look no more💫 👇👇👇 The last empirical paper of our Genus Thematic Series on The Inequality of Uncertainty is out! Soon to come the Intro and recap of the collection by me and @marcoalbertini.bsky.social!
Marco Albertini@marcoalbertini.bsky.social · 8mo agoHow does uncertainty - at micro, meso and macro level - affects childbearing behaviour? (with @comochia.bsky.social ) just out! #childbearing #uncertainty #mesolevel #sociallocation #demography #sociology
📢 Job opening! Join our Research Group on Population Data and Projections as a Postdoctoral Researcher ⏰ Full-time (40h/week), 1-year position 🔗 Infos & application: oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/km5kybrq
The COVID-19 pandemic was mainly a health crisis, but it also caused big problems for people's jobs, money, and daily lives. People may have changed their plans during this time, like delaying having children. Migrants were hit harder by the pandemic compared to Swedish-born people.
Migrants’ and Natives’ Childbearing Intentions in Sweden During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Eleonora Mussino, Chiara Ludovica Comolli, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic generated major health, social, and economic concerns that also influenced individuals’ childbearing decisions. Migrants have been disprop...
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🚀 New project alert 🚨 The Social Uncertainty and Fertility (SO-UNFER) is officially underway! Kicked off with an inspiring and thoughts-provoking research seminar by Anna Rotkirch on “Childbearing in the Digital Age” Exciting conversations ahead!
📣JOB OFFER 📣 Join the #SOUNFER Team at the University of Bologna I am hiring 4 #postdocs for the project ‘Social #uncertainty and #fertility in Europe’ Duration: 24 months Gross salary: € 38.986,47 Start date: 01/09/25 Apply by: 24/06/25 Call: bandi.unibo.it/s/apos7/proc...
Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 4 contratti di ricerca, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche "Paolo Fortunati" - SSD STAT-03/A - GSD 13/S...
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S2 🔴 Vedovanza e rischio di mortalità: Chiara Ludovica Comolli ci invita a guardare dentro un evento di vita spesso invisibile nei numeri, ma centrale nei percorsi di salute in età anziana. @comochia.bsky.social #MeetingAgeItUniBo #Invecchiamento #Aging
⏳ Deadline approaching👇👇👇 🚀 Job Alert! 🥁 Junior Assistant Prof at the Department of Statistical Sciences of the University of Bologna funded by the FIS2 project Social Uncertainty and Fertility (SO-UNFER). Deadline: April 1st, 2025 - h12:00AM Call website: lnkd.in/dMK-7GWd
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🚨 Come research singlehood with me! I’m hiring a 3-year Postdoc w/interest in Family Demography to start this Fall. Please share! 📍 Barcelona (@cedemografia.bsky.social) 🔎 ERC-funded project 'SINGLE' 📅 Deadline – April 24, 2025 🔗 More info: shorturl.at/400eo #Postdoc #Demography
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Ukraine needs support from Europe now more than ever before. This is out way of maintaining that. Pass on the word!
INVEST Research Flagship Centre@invest-flagship.bsky.social · last yr.We are offering support for researchers displaced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 🧑🤝🧑 Open to scholars at all career stages 📅 Application period: March 14–31, 2025 ⚖️ Available for research aligned with at least one of INVEST’s five key themes 🔗 Read more & apply: invest.utu.fi/vacancies/
At this point, it is obvious that it is not safe for scholars to travel the US. There are no easy solutions for conferences scheduled in the US this year but it should be cleary to everyone involved that they cannot just go ahead as planned.
C🅰️S Ⓜ️UDDE@casmudde.bsky.social · last yr.18. French scholar coming for conference 🇫🇷 Denied entry and deported for anti-Trump views expressed on social media. 🚨 HT @profpech.bsky.social
So expect no European attending conferences in US
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last yr.If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
Interesting FT article about the declining response rate to the UK LFS #EconSky h/t @jterrerodavila.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/dd55...
The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open! This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography. Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon). More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
Excellent new @us.theconversation.com piece by @dannagal.bsky.social (theconversation.com/how-populist...) led me to her new paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...: "Rejecting science, data, and evidence in favor of making sense of the world through intuition is the ultimate populist gesture"
How populist leaders like Trump use ‘common sense’ as an ideological weapon to undermine facts
When common sense is promoted as a virtue, it’s not just to celebrate how regular people understand the world. It promotes a worldview that rejects empirical facts and paves the way for propaganda.
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🚨 Job Alert 🚨 4-year postdoc position to work on my ERC project HARSH - Uncovering the Roots of Harsh Parenting. 📍 Dep. of Economics @DSE_Unibo, Bologna, Italy 🇮🇹 📅 Deadline: March 14, 2025 💡 Learn more and apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... #econtwitter #econjobmarket #ejm
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PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
Purging vital public data at CDC. How it started (yesterday from wayback machine), how it's going www.cdc.gov/yrbs/index.h...
l'effetto della vedovanza sulla mortalità, news sulla linea di ricerca di @comochia.bsky.social (gruppo alma aging, UniBo) corrieredibologna.corriere.it/notizie/cron...
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Publication alert 🚨 So happy to see the outcome of one of my happiest experiences with co-authoring finally out💫! Don’t miss it if you are interested in the nexus between the transition to parenthood and perceptions about labor division in the couple 👇
GENUS@genus.bsky.social · 2y ago❓ How fair is the division of labor around first childbirth? Women feel it is most fair near birth but increasingly unfair as the child grows, while men’s perceptions remain unchanged. ▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access! 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
❓ How fair is the division of labor around first childbirth? Women feel it is most fair near birth but increasingly unfair as the child grows, while men’s perceptions remain unchanged. ▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access! 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
The PhD programme in Political and Social Sciences at the @eui-eu.bsky.social recruits new candidates, deadline 31 January 2025. With scholarships from all over Europe, candidates can get their own national scholarship to work on their PhD thesis in Florence. Tell your master students!
This Friday 14:00 is the deadline for applications to the Max Weber Fellowships at the EUI. come work with us!