ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations
@cpc-cg.bsky.social
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.
📺 Catch up on last week's #CPCCGWebinar with Kathy Burrell @livunigeog.bsky.social, who joined us to discuss research on the material culture of welcome, hosting and guesting within the UK's Homes for #Ukraine private hosting scheme @ukri.org @populationeu.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social
Material politics and the Homes for Ukraine private hosting scheme - Kathy Burrell
YouTube video by Centre for Population Change Connecting Gens
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A new paper by CPC's Athina Vlachantoni and team uses @usociety.bsky.social to assess the importance of ethnicity & gender, alongside other factors, in explaining whether people save for retirement through a private pension or other savings and investments, finding persistent ethnic & gender gaps.
Ethnic and gender gaps in private pension participation in the UK | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core
Ethnic and gender gaps in private pension participation in the UK
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💷 What shapes our financial resilience in later life? A new article reports on a study using a photovoice approach to explore why some people are better able to prepare financially for retirement than others, moving beyond a traditional focus on employment histories & pension contributions @ukri.org
“I Just Need to Sit Down and Not be Scared of It”: A Photovoice Study of Financial Preparedness for Later Life among Mid-Life and Older Adults in the UK | Social Policy and Society | Cambridge Core
“I Just Need to Sit Down and Not be Scared of It”: A Photovoice Study of Financial Preparedness for Later Life among Mid-Life and Older Adults in the UK
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New publication ✍️ A PhD study led by @gauthierdulout.bsky.social shifts the discourse on the housing problem from one of shortage to a crisis of distribution, finding a “concentric mismatch” between where demographic pressures are strongest and where new homes are being built.
🔗 Read more about the Leverhulme Trust’s visit to LCDS, including reflections from LCDS Director Professor Melinda Mills: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/leverhu...
Leverhulme Trust visits LCDS to discuss research and the Centre’s sustainability strategy
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) welcomed representatives from the Leverhulme Trust to Oxford for an afternoon exploring the Centre’s research, development and ambitions for the fu...
demography.ox.ac.uk
In @the-independent.com - Research by CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni, examining whether people who received support from their parents earlier in life, such as help with childcare from grandparents when raising young children, are more likely to provide support to their parents in later life @ukri.org
Jerry Hall’s kids are treating her like a child, parenting a parent comes to us all
Jerry Hall’s children are worrying about her ahead of her appearance on Celebrity Traitors and if she’ll be able to cope with its physical challenges. As Charlotte Cripps discovers, it’s a role rever...
independent.co.uk
“Marriage may now be a more selective institution. Couples who move in together and find the relationship doesn't work can separate without marrying. Those who stay together and then marry are, my research shows, the happiest,” said CPC's @bperelli-harris.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social @ukri.org
‘I turbocharged my career then pressed eject’: why couples are getting divorced later
Financial pressures, legal changes and shifting attitudes may help explain why couples are staying married for longer
theguardian.com
Congratulations to our Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social on being elected a fellow of @britishacademy.bsky.social, seen here being welcomed to the Academy yesterday by Prof Susan J. Smith PBA, British Academy President Find out more: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_... @ukri.org @uosmedia.bsky.social
🕐 Join us TODAY at 1pm (UK time) for our #CPCCGWebinar. Register to join in online - all welcome: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...
ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations@cpc-cg.bsky.social · 2w ago🧑🏫 NEXT WEEK - Join us for our #CPCCGWebinar with Kathy Burrell @livunigeog.bsky.social Kathy will explore different aspects of the material culture of welcome, hosting and guesting within the UK's Homes for #Ukraine private hosting scheme. Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...
🦠 The @ox.ac.uk has been awarded €8m through Horizon Europe to coordinate PANDAI, a three-year initiative using AI to help detect and respond to infectious disease threats. 🔗 Read more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/pandemi... #PandemicPreparedness #PublicHealth
€8 million Horizon Europe grant to launch next-generation initiative to detect, assess and respond to pandemics - Pandemics AI Consortium (PANDAI)
Led by the University of Oxford in partnership with the World Health Organization and an international consortium of leading research, public health and technology partners, the three-year PANDAI proj...
demography.ox.ac.uk
🏛️ At a Parliament event in the House of Commons, we shared an early look at our National Conversation research - exploring what unites and divides communities across the UK, with 100,000+ people taking part in the survey. Read more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/nationa... #NationalConversation
National Conversation research highlighted at Parliament event on community and cohesion
An early look at the University of Oxford’s National Conversation research was shared at a Parliament event exploring how communities across the UK can live well together.
demography.ox.ac.uk
It's September and we're kicking off another term of monthly #FemQuantSeminars! Join us online on 29 Sept for a presentation by @signesvallfors.bsky.social on Exposure to Local Violent Crime and Abortion, Miscarriage, and Stillbirth in Mexico. Info & sign-up: femquant.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
🧑🏫 NEXT WEEK - Join us for our #CPCCGWebinar with Kathy Burrell @livunigeog.bsky.social Kathy will explore different aspects of the material culture of welcome, hosting and guesting within the UK's Homes for #Ukraine private hosting scheme. Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...
CPC research features in the latest @unisouthampton.bsky.social Faculty of Social Sciences Impactful Research Worldwide brochure Find out how we are 'Building inclusive pension protection and financial resilience' and 'Improving national statistics'. www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/... @ukri.org
🏘️ New research by CPC-CG's @gauthierdulout.bsky.social, Nissa Finney & David McCollum @standrewssgsd.bsky.social has shown that, despite the UK policy focus on increased house building, homes are not always being distributed to the places where they are needed most: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...
Presented on obesity, immigration, and determinants of life satisfaction at the British Society for Population Studies annual conference, at University of Kent #BSPS @cpc-cg.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social
Maggie Chapman MSP has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament to welcome the publication of the recent Life in Stobswell report, produced by the CPC-CG Community Resilience project team, based on 18 months of fieldwork in the community. Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_... @ukri.org
We've arrived at the #BSPS Conference, this year being held at the University of Kent 🎉 Come along to chat all things #population and #demography - or just for a catch-up - with us in the foyer during the breaks. Find out more about CPC-CG activities at the conference: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...
📢Interested to know more about socio-economic inequalities in children's experiences of family change across Europe? Read ChildLives Working Paper 1 here: tinyurl.com/y2fazfw4
💡I've published a spotlight today, in collaboration with @cpc-cg.bsky.social, on how time spent #alone has changed by #age over the last decade & what it means for #wellbeing. @resolutionfoundation.org Read here: www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications... And a thread with some findings ⬇️
All by myself • Resolution Foundation
Time spent alone has risen up the public and political agenda, reflected in debates about the ‘relationship recession’, social media use and more working from home. [1] But these underlying societal ...
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Over the last decade, young people in the UK have spent an increasing amount of time alone. This trend is more pronounced for young men than young women ⤵️
New research from @resolutionfoundation.org and @cpc-cg.bsky.social examines how patterns of time spent alone have changed over the past decade 👇
Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · 2mo ago📢 New analysis published today 🚨 Solo working, not just screen time, has driven the surge in time young adults spend alone. Read 'All by myself', by @parthpandya.bsky.social, now ⤵️ buff.ly/v7pfxOa
🧑🧑🧒🧒 How has the UK changed in the past 25 years in terms of demographics? CPC-CG researchers Athina Vlachantoni, @janefalkingham.bsky.social & Maria Evandrou discuss in @theconversation.com Read the full article: theconversation.com/britains-qua... @bspsuk.bsky.social @cra-soton.bsky.social
Britain’s quarter century: shrinking families, ethnic tensions and queer winners and losers
The changing face of demographics, immigration, social attitudes and LGBTQ+ politics.
theconversation.com
As The Cranberries song goes, I feel like my life has been changing every day in every possible way over the last 3.5 years. Incredibly honored to have reached the finish line, but even more grateful for the journey at @mpidr.bsky.social and @standrewssgsd.bsky.social 🫶
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)@mpidr.bsky.social · 2mo ago🎉PHD 🎓Congratulations, Sanny Afable successfully defended his thesis, "The Spatial Dynamics of Health and Intergenerational Ties in Later Life," @ University of St Andrews. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/congratulations_sanny_d_afable_15606 IMPRS-PHDS
🗞️ 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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✍🏻NEW WORKING PAPER: @jmikolai.bsky.social examines socioeconomic variation in children's experience of first and second parental separation in 20 European countries. Read on below to learn more. 👇 @childlives.bsky.social
ChildLives@childlives.bsky.social · 2mo ago📢Interested to know more about socio-economic inequalities in children's experiences of family change across Europe? Read ChildLives Working Paper 1 here: tinyurl.com/y2fazfw4
How to create a sense of belonging and interaction among people of different ages in a community? Based on 18 months of fieldwork in the community, the CPC-CG report ‘Life in Stobswell’ aims to enhance community resilience in a neighbourhood of Dundee. Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...
Adapting in a fair way: In light of the new Demography Report by the European Commission, our experts present their key points for an adaptation strategy. "These policies are meant as a full life-course package, not a menu": www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...
Can children shape their parents' lives? @evakimova.bsky.social and @melindacmills.bsky.social show in @pnas.org how children's genetically influenced characteristics can shape family outcomes, highlighting the interplay between genes & social environment. www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/can-chi...
Can children shape their parents’ lives? New study reveals influence may flow both ways
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) challenges the traditional view that influence within families flows only from parents to children. The research was...
demography.ox.ac.uk
After over two personally and professionally fulfilling years at the @cpc-cg.bsky.social in Southampton, I'm excited to be moving back to Germany (this time in the south!) to join the ERC SOCDEBT project of @norawaitkus.bsky.social at Heidelberg University.
