Dilek Yildiz
@dyildiz.bsky.social
Social statistician/demographer @IIASA @Wittgenstein Centre
People with more education live significantly longer - even in countries where official records are incomplete. Paper: doi.org/10.4054/DemR... 1. Higher levels of education consistently linked to longer life expectancy 2. In some countries, the gap between education levels exceeds a decade of life
Demographic Research - Bayesian multidimensional mortality reconstruction (Volume 54 - Article 28 | Pages 877–934)
Volume 54 - Article 28 | Pages 877–934
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🐣 Earlier this month, with Afua Durowaa-Boateng and @anne-goujon.bsky.social we published our extended education- and age-specific fertility estimates in Scientific Data 🚼 We combined DHS data and UN ASFR to create a harmonized dataset. ➡️ lnkd.in/gxbXT9dh @iiasa.ac.at @demographyvienna.bsky.social
So excited to see this out!🎉 With Andrea Tamburini and Arkadiusz Wisniowski we integrated Eurostat, DHS, UN and WIC data to estimate education-specific mortality in 13 countries☠️@demographyvienna.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @oeaw.bsky.social @socialstats.bsky.social
Demographic Research@demresjournal.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Our #Bayesian multidimensional mortality reconstruction integrates Eurostat, DHS, UN WPP & #WIC data to flexibly estimate age-, sex-, and education-specific mortality across countries." #Demography 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @dyildiz.bsky.social @socialstats.bsky.social
👇 Press play for key learnings from our experts www.youtube.com/watch?v=abeu... In a week, they will meet alongside 120+ guests at our project conference "The Future of Rural Europe" and final tool launch hosted at #CoR in Brussels. Stream the full-day event 10 March 👉 lnkd.in/dg4BMh_G #HorizonEU
Key insights from four experts on migration and regional development: PREMIUM_EU
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🤓 So happy to finally see this paper with Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Zuzanna Brzozowska, Afua Durowaa-Boateng published 🥳 ➡️We combine patchy DHS data and UN TFR to create harmonized datasets of education-specific TFRs 🐣@socialstats.bsky.social @demographyvienna.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @oeaw.bsky.social
Demographic Research@demresjournal.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew estimates of education-specific fertility show significant variation across 36 Sub-Saharan countries, with divergent fertility trends. The new flexible model demonstrates differences between UN and Demographic and Health Surveys data. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
📢 Call for Papers! We invite you to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demography and Human Capital", taking place from Dec 1-2, 2026 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna. 📆 Deadline: April 30, 2026 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve... #demography
📢 Apply for the two-year Master Programme "Global Demography" at the University of Vienna! The programme starts on 1 October 2026. 📅 Application period: 2 March to 7 April 2026 🔗 More information: demografie.univie.ac.at/studies/mast... @univie.ac.at #demography
Spain plans to regularise undocumented migrants - Curious to see if this plan will actually be implemented. In the meantime - check out our working paper led by Osama Damoun @uab.cat & with Samir KC @iiasa.ac.at on regional pop projections of Spanish regions by education & origin until 2071
DL to apply for one of two funded PhD positions is 9 Feb. Among the topics is Family complexity and children's lives in Scotland; links below for details and how to apply
St Andrews Geography & SD@standrewssgsd.bsky.social · 9mo agoStudy for a PhD in St Andrews! We have several fully funded PhD opportunities available: see here for details and how to apply : www.st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-su... #PhDfunding
A great paper from Afua Durowaa-Boateng and Endale Kebede looking at the spouse age gaps in Ghana and Kenya, an important factor in gender power dynamics 🤓
Demographic Research@demresjournal.bsky.social · 8mo agoIn Ghana and Kenya large spouse age gaps (ten years and above) are falling. The decline in Ghana is driven by more educated men; in Kenya there is a shift in partner selection. Smaller gaps, more equity. #GenderEquity #Agegap @demographyvienna.bsky.social www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
📢 Call for papers is now open! We invite you to submit your contributions to the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2027 special issue "Demographic perspectives on migration". 📆 Submit until 15 May 2026. 🔗 viennayearbook.org/call #demography @vypr.bsky.social
📢 Save the date for the next #WICColloquium! Miguel Sanchez Romero and Tomas Sobotka: "Future Births: A Formal Perspective on Humanity’s Yet-to-Be-Born Generations". 📅 3 December 2025, 13:00-14:00h 📍 PSK Building MR04 (4rd floor) and online 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/w...
📢 Vienna Institute of Demography @demographyvienna.bsky.social is seeking a Postdoc Researcher in Population Data and Projections RG 📈 📊 I can't recommend enough working at VID, especially with Anne! 💯 friendly, supportive environment with world-class researchers.🤓 oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/km5kybrq
Postdoc (m/f/x) – Population Data and Projections
OeAW - Discovering the futureAs a central non-university institution for science and research, the Austrian Academy of Sciences - OeAW has the task of "promoting science in every respect". F...
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Feminicide is reshaping Mexico’s demographic future. Between 2000 and 2019, nearly 50,000 women were murdered. #Feminicide #Mexico #Demography #GenderViolence
Demographic Research - Feminicide as a determinant of Mexican female life expectancy in the 21st century (Volume 53 - Article 24 | Pages 753–772)
Volume 53 - Article 24 | Pages 753–772
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If your research touches on population dynamics, aging, education, labor force participation, or the links between demography, environment, and socioeconomic development, check out our research at the Multidimensional Demographic Modelling group for #YSSP2026 ➡️https://iiasa.ac.at/programs/popjus/mdm
Application information
The 2026 YSSP application window is open. Please click on the "Open Calls" tab (left side) to apply. The deadline to apply is Monday, January 12, 2026 (midnight Austria time).
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IIASA@iiasa.ac.at · 10mo ago🌍 Applications for #YSSP2026 are open! Spend your summer at IIASA in Austria with researchers from around the world tackling global challenges. 🧠 For advanced PhD students 🗓️ 1 Jun–28 Aug 2026 ⏰ Apply by 12 Jan 2026 (midnight CET) Build your network. Advance your research: iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
🚨Registration for the 2025 Wittgenstein Centre Conference Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century is open 🥳 ➡️Join us in Vienna or online to hear the latest research from the top migration scholars 🤓 ➡️This year we also have a Round Table to discuss how science can inform policy!
Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)@demographyvienna.bsky.social · 11mo ago📢 Registration is open & the agenda is now available! Participate in the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century", taking place from Nov 19–21 2025 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna and online. 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve... #WICVienna #demography
📊 Check this super recent paper on "Education, religion, and male fertility in sub-Saharan Africa" by my colleague Afua Durowaa-Boateng.🤓
Demographic Research@demresjournal.bsky.social · last yr.Polygamous men have more children—just like women. But unlike women, education doesn’t consistently lower fertility for men in Sub-Saharan Africa: 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... #male_fertility #demography #education #Sub-Saharan_Africa @demographyvienna.bsky.social
🚨Check out our new article in International Migration Review led by Andrea Aparicio Castro with Arkadiusz Wiśniowski & Michaela Potančoková @iiasa.ac.at Estimating and Conditional Forecasting Bilateral Migration Flows Between South America and Europe, 1985–2050 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Estimating and Conditional Forecasting Bilateral Migration Flows Between South America and Europe, 1985–2050 - Andrea Lisette Aparicio Castro, Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Dilek Yildiz, Michaela Potančoková,...
South America and Europe have a history of reversals in the directionality of migration. While South America was a major destination for European migrants in th...
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Between statistics and machine learning: “Bayesian reconstruction of fertility rates by education level” by Afua Durowaa-Boateng at the www.oeaw.ac.at/conference/a... @mla2s-oeaw.bsky.social @demographyvienna.bsky.social @anne-goujon.bsky.social @dyildiz.bsky.social #demography
🚨Great #postdoc opportunity to work with Hill Kulu and the rest of the team on #migrant #family #housing research using #microsimulation! We look forward to receiving your applications! ✍️
ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations@cpc-cg.bsky.social · last yr.🚩Job vacancy 🏘️ #Postdoctoral #ResearchfFellow to work on #family and #housing projections using #microsimulation as part of @migrantlife.bsky.social and CPC-CG. Closing date: 8 July 2025 Full info: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social
⏰Only one month left! Don´t forget to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2025! 🔗 tinyurl.com/wittconfdem @vypr.bsky.social #WICVienna
Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)@demographyvienna.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Call for Papers! We invite you to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century", taking place from Nov 19–21 2025 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna. 📆 Deadline: May 31, 2025 🔗 tinyurl.com/ywetcthm #WiCVienna #demography
#Depopulation is reshaping rural regions across Europe. How can policymakers respond? Get research insights and join the discussions for attractive and resilient rural regions: 🔗 nordregio.org/events/rural... 🖥️ Webinar, 'Rural re-population: Attracting skilled migrants' 📅 29 April 🕙 10-12 (CEST)
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At this event, we explore which indicators might explain why certain regions are particularly attractive to move to compared to others. We also ask regional policymakers how they changed their…
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📢 We're hiring: Climate & Migration Researcher! 🌍📊 Join the Migration & Sustainable Development Research Group to study how climate impacts migration. We seek a postdoc with expertise in statistics, modeling (R, STATA, Python), and large-scale climate & migration data. iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
The next Wittgenstein Centre Conference will be on “𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆”. 🤓 See the conference call and submit your abstracts here ⬇️ www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/c...
Population Europe@populationeu.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Call for Papers! Submit your research and Join #WiCVienna 's 2025 Conference: “Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century" 📍Vienna, 19–21 Nov 2025. 🔗 tinyurl.com/a2dt4ndz
Access 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯.𝟭 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿 🔗 WIC Data Explorer: dataexplorer.wittgensteincentre.org 🔗 R package: guyabel.github.io/wcde/ 🔗 Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1471...
𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯.𝟭 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿 We recently identified and corrected a coding error that had inadvertently reversed education data for men and women in the base year for 37 countries. More updates below ⬇️ #populationprojection #humancapital @iiasa.ac.at @oeaw.bsky.social
2nd position⬇️ 📢The Vienna Institute of Demography is seeking a Postdoc to join Demography of Austria Research Group 📍 Location: Vienna, Austria 📅 Application Deadline: January 15, 2025 ➡️https://oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Jobs/VID/VID192PD124_.pdf @oeaw.bsky.social
📢 Exciting Opportunity! Vienna Institute of Demography Wittgenstein Centre & OEAW is seeking a PhD Student to join the Population Data and Projections Research Group. 📊📉 📍Vienna, Austria 📅 Deadline: January 31st, 2025 🔗https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Jobs/VID/VID181DOC124.pdf
