Two great days in Rostock with researchers with a shared pretty specific interest 🥸

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)@mpidr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Conference@MPIDR #EPC2026 is over but no time to rest for MPIDR! Today we're heading into the second day of the Conference "Kinship Structures, Dynamics, and Inequalities" here in Rostock. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/calendar_1921/kinship_structures_dynamics_and_inequalities_14814

Leaving my hotel as a new prof (Perhaps because Metallica stays in the same hotel)

I've been appointed Professor in Economic, Social and Demographic History at Radboud University in the Netherlands, and will start on September 1st. I'm really excited to return to the Netherlands and work on questions about inequality in the long run. www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Ingrid van Dijk appointed professor of Economic, Social and Demographic History | Radboud University

As of September 1, 2026, Ingrid van Dijk has been appointed professor of Economic, Social and Demographic History, at the Faculty of Arts.

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Hello Bologna! #epc2026

Deze week kwam het pijnlijke nieuws dat de gemeente Moerdijk het oude dorp Moerdijk wil gaan opheffen. Een bittere pil voor de bewoners. Moerdijk, hieronder in de situatie van 1832, kent een bijzondere geschiedenis.

I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...

Associate Professorship in Sociology - Nuffield College Oxford University

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A new article and blog post: "Inequality in Child Mortality Persists Between Generations in the Netherlands, 1835–1919" From Ingrid van Dijk (@ingridvandijk.bsky.social)

Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊 Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data. 🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s... Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.

Register for IPUMs International Online Session

Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE. The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...

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Check out this conference if you work on topics related to kinship structure and dynamics (within and beyond the household), caregiving, intergenerational processes, family bereavement, LGBTQ+ & chosen kinship, etc. @iussp.bsky.social Submit by 21 Jan 2026 👇 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference

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

Call for Papers! Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll. Deadline: 21 January 2026 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference

Nemesis of the day: An online article proofing system (a nemesis in itself), that doesn't work in Chrome 👀

"there are clear links between tuberculosis as a cause of death during the 60 days following a delivery and the socio-spatial inequalities characteristic of a city" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Maternal mortality, tuberculosis and social deprivation in Madrid during the second and third decades of the 20th century

In this paper we jointly study maternal mortality and tuberculosis during the second and third decades of the 20th century in Madrid. Nicknamed the “c…

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Seasonal variation in births at Lund Hospital. We added a pearl to August for our newborn son Arthur Ejnar.

Campop blog #59: Some say rises in lone motherhood since c.1950 indicate breakdown of the nuclear family & call for returns to Victorian values. But 19C levels of lone parenthood & reconstituted families were similar to today's ... @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...

On the way to the Nordic Demographic Symposium 🥸 #NDS2025

📝 WORKSHOP: Writing Individual Grants on Inequalities in Health 📅 June 25 | ⏰ 14:00 – 15:30 CET | 💻 Online Planning to apply for an individual research grant? Join our interactive workshop focused on crafting strong proposals in the field of health inequalities. 🧵⬇️

Apply before May 15th for the doctoral positions at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University with my colleagues Martin Dribe, Jeanne Cilliers or with me! These are externally funded, 4-year positions in fascinating projects. We're a highly international department in a cute small city 🌞

Ingrid van Dijk@ingridvandijk.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm looking for 1-2 doctoral candidates in my ERC-funded project "Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations". These are 4-year, fully funded positions at Lund University. More info: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Permanent position, they said👀

And another one in the books

Ingrid van Dijk@ingridvandijk.bsky.social · last yr.

On the question of how many years it takes until a migrant [me] is integrated well enough to remember public holidays in a new country, and not plan any work activity on said days, the answer must be: > 6

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

This was such a great session. One of the excellent comments (by @jnobles.bsky.social) I was thinking about later was that events of stillbirth & neonatal mortality should also be thought of as health events happening to the *mothers*.

Jonas Schöley@jschoeley.com · last yr.

Packed room for our session on #perinatal-demography at #paa2025 with Payal Hathi, @alisongemmill.bsky.social, Tim Bruckner, Haley Comfort @ihmeuw.bsky.social, and @jnobles.bsky.social as inspiring discussant. You can download their submissions here: submissions.mirasmart.com/PAA2025/Itin...

Happy to see that journals are making sharing preprints easier 👏

SocArXiv@socarxiv.bsky.social · last yr.

Here's an update on sociology (and some demography) journal editorial polices with regard to sharing preprints before submission and after acceptance. A big improvement from the last edition of this table. With one exception.

Packed room for our session on #perinatal-demography at #paa2025 with Payal Hathi, @alisongemmill.bsky.social, Tim Bruckner, Haley Comfort @ihmeuw.bsky.social, and @jnobles.bsky.social as inspiring discussant. You can download their submissions here: submissions.mirasmart.com/PAA2025/Itin...

Washington impressions (1): Pink

Very happy to be in Washington for #PAA2025! I've only attended once before and presented a poster of what's still one of my favorite papers. Me EIGHT years ago presenting a poster and not looking nervous at all;

Bike commuting is great year-round but in april it's the best ❤️ (km1, km2, km5)

Nothing like an exhibit of iron lung machines to remind us how life was before polio vaccines

My hotel in Washington for PAA just confirmed and comically emphasized its *free* Wifi in the lobby. Wait, no wifi in my room? I'll have to bring a pile of books! 😂

Lund Population day is on May 8th

I'm looking for 1-2 doctoral candidates in my ERC-funded project "Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations". These are 4-year, fully funded positions at Lund University. More info: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Doctoral student in Economic History – Inequalities in health and survival

The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department that employs about 100 people: researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and Ph.D. candidates. The department has a l

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Everything I touch turns into null results. 🌟 Some nice ones coming up at PAA next week.