At each annual conference we have an early career plenary lecture and in Belfast this May that lecture will be given by Dr Ruth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social a research fellow in computational social science at @casaucl.bsky.social. Abstract submission deadline is Friday tinyurl.com/9szbc49y

Belfast 2026 Conference Information

52nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE Belfast, Northern Ireland ​ 13 and 14 May, 2026

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Hey! We (with @ruthneville20.bsky.social ) have a new paper investigating students perceptions on the use of Generative AI in the context of Higher Education - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Widely used but barely trusted: understanding student perceptions on the use of generative AI in higher education

The rapid proliferation of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) tools such as ChatGPT is transforming how students learn, create and engage with knowledge. Yet, little is known about how studen...

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🌍✨ Our next seminar in February is with @ruthneville20.bsky.social who is Research Fellow at CASA, UCL. "From boom to bust: Two decades of international student mobility" Date: Tues 3rd Feb 2026 @ 2pm UK time (online) Register here: tinyurl.com/3zuw6tcn ✨🌍

📢 Join us for the launch webinar of our new report — Dynamic Estimates of Displacement in Disaster Regions, part of a project in colloboration with @iom.int 🗓 Date: 25 November 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM (UK Time) 👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/yp89bnjd 👉 More information on the project: tinyurl.com/ycyw8ma5

3️⃣ Tony Champion of @newcastleuni.bsky.social has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the @rgsibg.bsky.social for excellence in geographical research and fieldwork, teaching, and public engagement 🏆! You can find out more here 👉 tinyurl.com/yzc6wpp7

🚨 New PhD Opportunity! Join our exciting project with @Ofsted at the @geodatascience on early childhood education & labour force participation. Work with novel geospatial data & methods with real-world impact. 🗓️ Deadline: 1 June 2025 📥 Apply: lnkd.in/egTWyUT8

2️⃣ @caitrobin.bsky.social‬ of University of Bristol has been awarded the Gill Memorial Award for exceptional early career research with a remarkable track record of achievement 🏆! You can find out more here 👉 tinyurl.com/yj6jrmzf

#OpenAccess in TIBG: 'Examining the "gendered" places & spaces of UK doctoral education using multilevel modelling' by @laurahsheppard.bsky.social et al. Using the British Library's E-Thesis service, this paper examines gendered patterns for PhD completion between 1990-2022 doi.org/10.1111/tran...

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Research on gender in higher education frequently focuses on either micro- or macro-scale factors, such as power relations and working practices, or disciplinary norms and the educational ‘pipeline’....

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Submission Deadline 15 May! 📮@mpidr.bsky.social

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)@mpidr.bsky.social · last yr.

📣Call for Papers‼️Only 2 weeks left! Conference "Climate Change, Environmental Hazards and Population Dynamics" Speakers: J.Ballester, J.Kephart, R.Muttarak, V.Mueller, B.Thiede & D.Balk! 📅Nov 11–12, 2025 🗺️ @mpidr.bsky.social 📰Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

🚨 Join our hybrid workshop on Dynamic Estimates of Displacement in Disaster Regions, in partnership with @iom.int's Displacement Tracking Matrix and Snowflake’s End Data Disparity initiative 📅 May 21 09:00-13:00 (CET) 🔗 Visit our website for joining info: pietrostefani.github.io/pop-displace...

1️⃣ Mark Green of the @geodatascience.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social has been awarded the Back Award 🏆 for scientific geographical studies which make an outstanding contribution to the development of national or international public policy! You can find out more here 💫👉 tinyurl.com/2ywxtwk4

🍾 We're thrilled that several of our nominees have won prizes in the 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social Awards! It's fantastic to see the work of #quantitative #geographers being recognised. Huge congratulations to Mark Green, @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @caitrobin.bsky.social , and Tony Champion! 🏆

Pleased to announce that I have started a new position as Research Fellow at @casaucl.bsky.social at @ucl.ac.uk! I will be working on the @nospacelikehome.bsky.social with a great team - watch this space for more details! 💫 Let me know if you are around London and want to catch up! 🤩

Final day!

Ruth Neville@ruthneville20.bsky.social · last yr.

⏰ Submit your abstract for @bspsuk.bsky.social 2025! I am co-organising a session on 'Innovative Data and Methods for Population Science' with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social! We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz

Last Tuesday, I posted (eller spikade) my dissertation "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden" on the walls of the university, meaning that it is publicly available for you to read in preparation for my disputation.

🚨 Call for papers! @ruthneville20.bsky.social ,@carmen-cabrera.bsky.social & I are hosting a #BSPS2025 strand: Innovative Data & Methods for Pop. Sc.🤖 We welcome work on digital trace data & AI, inc. bias, representation & ethics challenges. 📅 Deadline: 9 May 2025 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Annual Conference

The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.

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⏰ Submit your abstract for @bspsuk.bsky.social 2025! I am co-organising a session on 'Innovative Data and Methods for Population Science' with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social! We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz

Annual Conference

The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.

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The @nytopinion.nytimes.com today features a #dataviz of our new global migration flow estimates. nytimes.com/interactive/... Using privacy protected records from three billion Facebook users, we estimated country-to-country #migration flows at monthly granularity for 181 countries.

Opinion | To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First

These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.

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‼️Still time to submit your abstract (250 words) to #BSPS in Swansea on 2-4 September by Friday 9 May! 🌱📪

Jasmin Abdel Ghany@jasminabdelghany.bsky.social · last yr.

Working on environment & population and want to connect at an insightful and fun conference with the British Society for Population Studies? Submit your abstract (250 words) to our climate change strand by 9 May! ☄️ #BSPS2025 w/ Dermot Grenham & @ruettenauer.bsky.social

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🚨 Opportunity to join the QMRG @rgsibg.bsky.social 🚨 We are looking for a new Secretary - a great opportunity to take a leading role in the organisation of the committee and direction of #QuantitativeGeography! Nominations open until 30th April 2025! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr3decaw

📑 Apply for a bursary to attend #PopFest2025, designed to support accepted presenters facing barriers to participation 📨 Submit your abstract and bursary application for consideration by 4 April Info: southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @bspsuk.bsky.social @ncrm.ac.uk @rgsibg.bsky.social

Hey #population #postgraduate students - submit your abstracts on all things #demography, #migration, #health, #data and #spatial issues for #PopFest2025. 🏃🏃 Head to the info page for more about the research strands and submission: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/p... @bspsuk.bsky.social @ncrm.ac.uk

Only a couple of days left to submit your abstract to @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social's early career session for #quantitative #geographers at @rgsibg.bsky.social 2025 conference organised by @geodatascience.bsky.social PhD student @mattgmasn.bsky.social with an £100 prize to be won for best paper! ✨ 🌏

Quantitative Methods Research Group@qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 Still time to submit to our ECR session at @rgsibg.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference! Great opportunity for PhDs to present their work at an international conference, with a £100 prize to be won 🤑!! Contact our PGR reps @mattgmasn.bsky.social and @fangyuanli.bsky.social for more!

Still time to submit your abstract to the Spatial Methods for Spatial Populations session at this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social conference organised by the @geodatascience.bsky.social's own, @ruthneville20.bsky.social 💫🌏 #spatial #spatialmethods #datascience #population

Ruth Neville@ruthneville20.bsky.social · last yr.

Couple days left to get your submissions in! 🔥

Couple days left to get your submissions in! 🔥

Ruth Neville@ruthneville20.bsky.social · 2y ago

👋 @gijsw4.bsky.social and I are pleased to be welcoming submissions to our proposed @rgsibg.bsky.social session sponsored by @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social in collab w/ PopGeogRG! 🌏💫 We are excited to receive your work utilising innovative spatial methods or spatial data! Check out the details below 👇

call for papers, due this friday

Sabrina Li@sabrinalyli.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for papers at the 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social AM! If you are working at the intersection of health equalities, blue and green spaces, and urban planning, we would love to hear from you! Pls submit your abstract to wendee.zhang@ouce.ox.ac.uk and myself (sabrina.li@nottingham.ac.uk) by Thu 28/02.

Last week to apply!

Ruth Neville@ruthneville20.bsky.social · last yr.

🌏Work with spatial methods or spatial data? 📈 🌍 Interested in the intersection of population research and geospatial methods? 🧐 There are just under two weeks to submit to our session at @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference⏰ ! Feel free to reach out with any questions, we'd love to hear from you!

🌏Work with spatial methods or spatial data? 📈 🌍 Interested in the intersection of population research and geospatial methods? 🧐 There are just under two weeks to submit to our session at @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference⏰ ! Feel free to reach out with any questions, we'd love to hear from you!

Gijs Westra@gijsw4.bsky.social · 2y ago

‼️Do you work with spatial population data🌍📈 and /or spatial methods🌍🧮 ? ‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference! @rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social

Doing research on the consequences of war? Join our two-day symposium "Demographic and Health Consequences of Violence and Armed Conflict" at @mpidr.bsky.social in Germany, July 01–02, 2025. Deadline: March 14. More info 👇 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

MPIDR - Demographic and Health Consequences of Violence and Armed Conflict

This two-day symposium invites scholars across disciplines, including demography, public health, sociology, political science, and economics, to submit original research examining the short- and long-...

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