The day a child is born is the most dangerous day of life. After birth, a child’s risk of dying declines rapidly across their first year. Risks continue to decline over the next few years, but suddenly rise again during adolescence. Finally, in adulthood, the chances of dying grow exponentially.

🚨 New jobs! 🚨 We're looking for 2 Postdoctoral Research Fellows (1 quant, 1 qual), for a full-time, fixed-term position for up to 4 years! The Fellows will have full control over the nature/direction of their research while here 📝🌏 Deadline: 31 July 2026 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

WZB are seeking a Director for the study of international relations, broadly understood wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...

We are thrilled to announce that the #ESRA27 call for sessions is now open! We invite all interested researchers to submit an abstract for an ESRA conference session by the end of August. More info here: www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/p...

ESRA27 Call for Sessions

The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors

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Are you working with FReDA, pairfam, and/or GGS Data? Yes 👉 Consider applying for the FReDA User Conference in Cologne until 21 June No 👉 Check out our Data (now including Wave 4 from 2024) More Info on www.freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/Startseite.html

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften@gesis.org · 2mo ago

Extended proposal submission deadline - #CfA for the 4th Int. #FReDA User Conference 26–27 November 2026 in Cologne, Germany Extended Submission deadline: 21 June 2026 Submission: Abstracts (max. one DIN-A4 page) should be sent by to freda.conference@gesis.org www.freda-panel.de/F...

The same traits that shape women’s desirability in dating markets—race, education, body type, parenthood—do surprisingly little to predict inappropriate contact from men. The main dividing line is age. A reminder that this behavior is less about attraction than about dominance and opportunity.

📢 Job: Research Associate (75%, E13) Join my team at @goetheuni.bsky.social! Looking for a researcher in sociology/network analysis for an @erc.europa.eu project on the interplay of children's & parents' networks. Until end of 2028. Info & apply: 🔗 www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

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.

Our World in Data@ourworldindata.org · 3mo ago

How will populations across the world change in the 21st century? 🔧 Explore for yourself with our new interactive tool!

Thanks to @popassocamerica.bsky.social for a successful #PAA2026! Looking for a #demography conference in Fall 2026? Submit your work to the Southern Demographic Association conference! We'll meet October 7-9 in Austin, TX! Abstract submission portal opens next week.

Are you interested in Shaping an Open Science Culture? Apply for this 2 year post-doc position at UMC Amsterdam. Joeri Tijdink is the PI, but you will work in a large interdisciplinary team (including me). werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures...

Vacatures - Postdoc position: Shaping Open Science Culture - Amsterdam UMC

Do you want to help make science more open, transparent, and trustworthy? In this postdoc position, you will study how research culture shapes open science practices and develop interventions that…

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This is an excellent opportunity to do a PhD on #health, #adolescence, and #emergingadulthood in two of the best places to study demography!

Dr Mary@maryabedalahad.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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

📣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

Still a few days to apply!

Ian Hussey@ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 4mo ago

I’m hiring a PhD student! The candidate will work alongside @zefreeman.bsky.social, who is joining our research group as postdoc. jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

My first paper is out!

GENUS@genus.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣 New publication by @mimmilou.bsky.social: 👉 In Sweden and Norway, non-Western migrants, especially men, are more likely to report positive fertility intentions under conditions of uncertainty - such as holding non-permanent contracts or anticipating job loss. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Up to one-fifth of the population has been lost to net migration, the balance of immigration and emigration, in some newer EU member states over three decades. The Baltic countries and parts of the Balkans have been particularly hard hit. Source: doi.org/10.1111/padr... #demography #migration

I would be thrilled to see someone use the data on the first reproductive experiences that were collected in Czechia in GGS-II. w2 in 2025 (lnkd.in/dcQaaX2u). We also have exciting para-data on how respondents interact with the online questionnaire that could be used in a methodological project.

Are you thinking about applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA Europe) funding? With the ERA fellowships (lnkd.in/d4udwSQt) at @soc-muni.bsky.social, you can double your chances of being funded.

☀️ LA + learning + data? Yes, please. Swing by booth 243 at #AERA2026 (Apr 9–11) to meet the Child & Family Data Archive and MET/Gates teams! Come say hi, talk data, resources, swap ideas, and grab some swag. ➡️https://myumi.ch/z9RE9 #ICPSRconference #ICPSR

#BSPS2026 Population Studies conference all for papers closes 17 April - submit your work on ageing, fertility, mortality, and so much more at : www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... Canterbury, 8-10 September 2026 #womenshealth #climatechange #family #homelessness #migration #methods #sexuality #patriarchy

fully agree, especially with the part on "submitting work that they can not fully explain". we need to fully revise our assessment and feedback methods.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

'The findings are uncomfortable. Students are submitting work they cannot fully explain, facing AI policies that do not function in practice, and responding strategically to assessment systems that reward production over understanding.' 1/3

We are now recruiting! We welcome a global and diverse set of applicants for a new ERC Consolidator project funded by @erc.europa.eu www.ucd.ie/research/new... 📣 Postdoc: search job ref 019423 here: my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru... 📣 4-year fully funded PhD, details: www.ucd.ie/graduatestud...

“We argue for a paradigm shift in demography, moving beyond alarmist narratives fixated on “lowest-low fertility”. Initially useful, the concept now obscures more than it reveals, as it conflates vastly different demographic trajectories across an increasingly heterogeneous global landscape”

<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper argues for a paradigm shift in demography, moving beyond the alarmist and deterministic narratives fixated on “lowest-low fertility (LLF)” (total fertility rate ≤ 1.3). Initially a useful ...

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Alina Pelikh will be presenting at 3pm UK time this Wednesday as part of an Ohio State organised seminar series on Fertility Goals. You can sign up for Webinar #5 "The Relational Context of Fertility Goals" here: ipr.osu.edu/events/ferti... @clscohorts.bsky.social

Dozens of studies test the same idea – how do you see the big picture? In our #GESISsummerschool course, learn with @jessdaik.bsky.social & Rebecca how to use systematic review, meta-analysis, and evidence synthesis with GORIC(A) to turn scattered findings into a coherent story. ➡️ t1p.de/GSS26-SCD

Stories about people joining the Catholic church tend to overlook the related phenomenon of people leaving. In the @pewresearch.org Religious Landscape Study, for every adult who reported becoming Catholic, there were 8.4 former Catholics.

Is the ‘Revival’ of Faith in Gen Z Real?

While there are near-record numbers converting to Catholicism in some regions in the US, there’s no conclusive statistical answer.

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Survey people of BlueSky! Submit your papers to the @surveypractice.bsky.social Special Issue on Survey Costs by June 1. Guest edited by myself, @jameswagner254.bsky.social, Jill DeMatteis, John Eltinge, Daifeng Han, Chris Jackson, and Eric Rancourt! www.surveypractice.org/post/3724-20...

@statnews.com conducted a national survey of NIH-funded researchers and found that, a year after Trump's return, many scientists are reeling, with some closing labs entirely. ‘This is like the Titanic,' one respondent told me. For full details, see our special report www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’

A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many scientists are reeling

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Buddhism is the only major religion whose global population shrank from 2010 to 2020. 🔎Key reasons: aging populations, low fertility, and religious switching - especially in East Asia, where many Buddhists live. More on the why Buddhism is declining worldwide: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Why is Buddhism shrinking worldwide? | Pew Research Center

The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.

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I am recruiting, still one week left to apply!

INVEST Research Flagship Centre@invest-flagship.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Projects 👉STRATEQ & USFI led by @janierola.net 👉CoROL led by @anttikouvo.bsky.social 👉The PublicPrivate project led by @mjantti.bsky.social Read more about the projects 👉 invest.utu.fi/projects/ 📅 Apply by 25 March 2026 (16:00 EET) invest.utu.fi/vacancies/ #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #Hiring