✍️ Just out: Annette Baudisch & I delve into the formal demography of fertility, birth, & reproduction timing. 👶 We use methods from mortality research to summarize when in the parental life course children are born. 📆 1/n doi.org/10.1080/0032... @sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social

Fertility, birth, reproduction: Connecting formal demographic frameworks

The conventional framework of fertility research conceptualizes childbirth from the mother’s perspective. From her perspective, birth is an uncertain and potentially recurring event. In contrast, t...

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Post-reproductive ovary continues to exhibit functional signals especially related to pro-inflammation, with potential to affect extra-ovarian tissues. Fascinating! academic.oup.com/molehr/advan...

The post-reproductive ovary shifts from a reproductive to an immune-like organ

Abstract. Reproductive aging in females is characterized by the irreversible depletion of ovarian follicles, yet the structure and function of the post-rep

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It was a big honor to present at Health, Morbidity, and Mortality Working Group (lnkd.in/d97p_KH3) #EPC2026 Thank you for the invitation and opportunity to work together showing why #ReproductiveAgeing matters for population health and aging - and inequalities therein.

How infertility affects psychological stress is often studied. What about the other way around? A valuable framework linking fertility and health. "Infertility Through the Lens of Psychoneuroimmunology: Revealing the Impact of Stress and Immune Disruption" doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Belated yet huge thanks to the participants <Demography of Reproductive> session #PAA2026 / Highlights growing interests in #menopause in population research! chaired by Claire E. Margerison & discussed by @alisongemmill.bsky.social

Demography of menopause @bspsuk.bsky.social 2026! The strand on "Women's health: Beyond maternal mortality" will host a special session on #menopause. Submit your works 👇until April 17 (5pm UK time) Call for papers: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Assumed: Spontaneous pregnancy is rarely possible within 10 yrs from menopause, independently of age at menopause. Is it so? Interesting evidence to rethink, yet more to be done, with better data on spontanous pregnancy, last births, and age at menopause. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Childbirth close to natural menopause: does age at menopause matter?

Does a successful spontaneous pregnancy in the years close to natural menopause depend on age at menopause?This was a retrospective population-based s…

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A week since the workshop launching Ben's UNIMAX group, I will not forget the optimism & enthusiasm filled the room in Blantyre, Malawi. Stay tuned for -New opportunities w/Malawian admin data, -New panel data of university graduates (first in Africa), -Bilateral collaboration Global South & North!

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)@mpidr.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Ben Malinga John began leading a Max Planck Partner Group (UNIMAX) at the University of Malawi in Zomba. Over the next five years, he will study family formation processes among highly educated individuals. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

New preprint📈📉 What happens to health and work when people become grandparents? Using Norwegian register data on all individuals born 1950-1960, we use event-study models comparing grandparents to not-yet grandparents to track changes in health and labour supply. 🔗 www.ssrn.com/abstract=571...

Join me as 3-year #postdoc to study Demography of "Reproductive Ageing" -menopause 🩸infertility 💉older fathers 👨‍👧 and more -novel data sources from around the world -population-level understanding of causes and consequences of reproductive ageing + Wonderful research community @mpidr.bsky.social

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)@mpidr.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Reproductive Ageing Interview with D. Susie Lee 이수지 Leader of the Group: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/RGRA Job: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/postdoc_research_scientist_in_the_reproductive_ageing_research_group_14844/

A hobbey project - writing on the sheer complexity of nature, using public narratives on human nature built around science as examples. "The way we say natural" ➡️ Now published by 사이언스북스 in Korea. It was wonderfulto be able to write in mother tongue on topics I care as a scientist 😇 #scicomm

3 #PostDoc researcher positions at @helsinki.fi in collaboration with IIASA @iiasa.ac.at and MPIDR @mpidr.bsky.social on population projections, migration dynamics, and human capital development #demography #박사후연구 www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...

Postdoctoral Researchers in Demography and Population Projections

The Population Research Institute (PRI) at Väestöliitto – Family Federation of Finland and the University of Helsinki invite applications for three positions as Postdoctoral research fellow to study…

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Learned a lot from “Making Menopause Matter: Multidisciplinary Insights” webinar - by Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology. #1 Ten priorities in #menopause research by Martha Hickey – now published www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Top ten menopause research priorities

Most people with functioning ovaries will eventually go through menopause. However, the research priorities for those with lived experience of menopause and their health-care providers is not known.1 ...

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Study global fertility as #postdoc with a wonderful colleague @ewabatyra.bsky.social ✔️ Apply by September 30, 2025. ERC Starting Grant funded!

Ewa Batyra@ewabatyra.bsky.social · 11mo ago

One more week left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in Demography (deadline: Sept 30, 12:00 midday UK time). Join me at the Sociology Department in Oxford to study global fertility change as part of the DIVREP project!👇

One more week left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in Demography (deadline: Sept 30, 12:00 midday UK time). Join me at the Sociology Department in Oxford to study global fertility change as part of the DIVREP project!👇

Sociology at Oxford@sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨 Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography! Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

🚨Call for Papers🚨 BIOSFER Conference Fertility, Childlessness, and Reproductive Aging: Bio-social Perspectives Organizer: ERC Synergy BIOSFER project 🗺️Villa Vigoni, Menaggio, Italy, 📅September 15–17, 2025 Application Deadline: April 30, 2025 Learn all: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even... @au.dk

‼️ #JobOpening ‼️ #Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck | University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health in #Rostock 📅Deadline: May 4, 2025 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61... #Postdoc #SocialInequalities #Population #Demography #Epidemiology #Health @pophel.bsky.social

Call for papers - Submit your Bio-Social works on Fertility, Childlessness, Reproductive ageing (deadline 30 Apr, 2025) for BIOSFER workshop at the beautiful Lake Como! www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

MPIDR - Fertility, Childlessness, and Reproductive Aging: Bio-social Perspectives

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock is one of the leading demographic research centers in the world. At the MPIDR, researchers from all over the world investigate demo...

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New paper🎉 just published🎉 in Biological Reviews 🎉 We propose a new gold standard to avoid “just-so” storytelling in evolutionary inference & apply it to autism. It’s been 9 years (!!) in the making.

Today 3pm CET We are delighted to have Süßmilch Lecture @mpidr.bsky.social by @rebeccasear.bsky.social on Eugenics, Demography, and academia. Cannot be more timely! Sign up 👇 for online participation www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

MPIDR - Eugenics, demography and academia: an ongoing relationship

As part of the Suessmilch Lecture series, Rebecca Sear, Brunel University London will present on the subject of eugenics, demography and academia: an ongoing relationship.

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"A growing body of evidence suggests -the existence of abrupt transitions in the aging process, marked by sudden molecular shifts; -such transitions occur not only in late life but also throughout the entire lifespan." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Signatures of Nonlinear Aging: Molecular Stages of Life

Nonlinear aging processes are gaining attention. Abrupt molecular shifts could serve as biomarkers, segmenting the lifespan into distinct stages and providing the foundation for a much-needed staging...

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Will twinning rate ⬆️ in low-income countries, even if the spread of IVF remains slow? Polyovulation rate increases w/maternal age (Evolved trait) + Maternal age structure is shifting upward (Demographic trend) = More twins expected! ✌️ doi.org/10.1093/humr... with wonderful @kieronbarclay.bsky.social

More twins expected in low-income countries with later maternal ages at birth and population growth

AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. How are the changing maternal age structure and population growth expected to shape future twinning rates in low-income countries?S

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Female couples’ likelihood of having a child has increased, but only among those with high education #Fertility #Inequality #Demography @pophel.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social fluxconsortium.fi/female-coupl...

Female couples’ likelihood of having a child has increased, but only among those with high education - Flux Consortium

Policy brief 06/2024 Maria Ponkilainen, Elina Einiö, Marjut Pietiläinen & Mikko Myrskylä Childbearing became increasingly common among female couples who...

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#PhDposition to work on "Social inequalities in health" at Helsinki University #Finland through Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center joint project 건강의 사회적 불평등을 핀란드의 광범위한 등록자료를 이용해 연구할 수 있는 박사 연구 기회 #유학 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Impact of socioeconomic status on fertility treatment -> Studies are few, outcomes and the results are conflicting. It is unknown which, if any, marker of socioeconomic status is the most significant for fertility patients." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34315303/

Check out our paper in Science. We argue that more than content knowledge is required in science education. The sociopolitical in human genetics education | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨JOB ALERT🚨Post-Doctoral Researcher @mpidr.bsky.social! Come & work with @loisilvia.bsky.social in her Research Group on #Migration & #Health #Inequalities. Learn more about Silvia's project: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even... #Job description: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61... #postdoc #poptwitter

Have interesting works on "how human reproduction in the context of demographic changes informs evolutionary medicine"? Be part of symposium @drsarahmyers.bsky.social & I propose for Evo Medicine and Public Health conference, Durham (Aug 6-9). Contact us by Feb 28 (abstract due Mar 1)

Family ideals in an era of low fertility: "Parenthood remains a positive ideal, but the number of children does not matter once other family dimensions are considered, potentially important in light of conventional wisdom regarding the two-children ideal" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Physical Activity Paradox - occupational physical activity (OPA) does not confer health benefits that leisure time physical activity does. Makes me think jobs with little control and high demand often involve higher OPA. Lots of paradox to decipher... blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-scienc...