Working on climate & population? Keen to discuss future directions & methodological frontiers? Join 28-29 Jan in Bologna 🇮🇹 📩 Call for abstracts by 20 Sep! Organized with POPCLIMA project, @iussp.bsky.social Panel on Climate & Environmental Demography & @eaps.bsky.social Climate Demography.

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Population Dynamics in a Changing Climate – Future Directions for Climate Demography Organiser: University of Bologna (POPCLIMA – ERC Consolidator Grant), in...

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Who is in #Nairobi next week for #ARJC? Reach out if you’re around and let’s connect / catch up!

Best plans gone awry for whoever had a condom handy in the flight queue…

What’s happening in #Ghana is a result of an anti-rights agenda that will come for us all. People are facing the worst anti #LGBTQ+ criminalisation in the world. Please read these incredible words by the fierce Precious Amevor and share them far and wide. medium.com/@ed.caheg/cr...

Criminalized for My Existence: June Is Here Again.What

A reflection on memory, accountability, and human dignity in Ghana. Ten years after the June 3 disaster, this essay asks whether our…

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Had the *best* time running the Critical #Demography workshop last week. So many ideas and so much energy to push our field forward. Thank you @bspsuk.bsky.social for the amazing sponsorship. Stay tuned for the next steps 😊

Always disappointing when journos excitedly share work to repro spaces that uncritically [in fact, positively] platforms anti-abortion pseudo-demographers. Another day...

PURE JOY at the return of @abortionbookclub.bsky.social last night. I get to partner with legend @rishie.bsky.social and amazing abortion nerds from across the globe to chat abortion in literature. Verdict? #TheIncendiaries by R O Kwon is probably not one to recommend to your fave abortionista.

@abortionbookclub.bsky.social is back on the 15th! We’re (re)reading The Incendiaries by RO Kwon- sign up & come along for pro-abo chats (& we don’t even require you to have read the book!) www.otherabortionstories.space/2026

Love colleagues in US fighting the good fight on fertility. Hate journos saying this: “The fertility rate is a statistic describing whether each generation has enough children to replace itself — about 2.1 kids per woman” No. It’s just a statistic. 2.1 as “enough” is a *bad* interpretation of it.

Karen Benjamin Guzzo@karenguzzo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

For the folks in the back, the NUMBER of births is not particularly informative. There’s a reason demographers look at rates, as I explain here.

A real privilege to have worked with such an incredible team of people on this: “Rohingya women’s knowledge and perceptions about pregnancy termination in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A community-based study” www.guttmacher.org/article/2025...

Rohingya women’s knowledge and perceptions about pregnancy termination in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A community-based study

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Alliance for Choice@all4choice.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Rohingya women’s knowledge and perceptions about pregnancy termination in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A community-based study The displaced Rohingya population residing in Cox’s Bazar must navigate their reproductive lives in this fragile context 📰 www.guttmacher.org/article/2025...

This Wednesday!! Come along 😊

Joe Strong@joestrong.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I am so excited to be part of this event on the Global Politics of Abortion with the fabulous Dr Nayla Luz Vacarezza, Sarah of Ad’iyah Collective, Prof Sophie Harman & Dr Sydney Calkin 28th January. Be there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-pol... @qmulsse.bsky.social @profsophieharman.bsky.social

Want to dive into the politics of contraceptive cost coverage? Join the 3CoBe project at @UCLouvain as a PhD researcher in social sciences! 📍 Belgium | 🎓 Full-time doctoral position Apply here 👇 #PhDOpportunity #SocialSciences #ReproductiveJustice

Chercheur·e doctorant·e en sciences sociales

Chercheur·e doctorant·e en sciences sociales

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I hate the term “bigorexia” almost as much as I hate the marketing of “man sized” tissue boxes. Overlooking different manifestations of body dysmorphia has always been a political choice and not a function of lack of evidence / visibility (cf Mary Beard on ancient Greek statues we’ve all seen)

NPR@npr.org · 9mo ago

Some teen boys are determined to grow more muscular to match their social media idols. Gym-going and manipulating their diet can become compulsive — and dangerous. n.pr/49rrKGo

"Japan will need far more workers in the coming decades to maintain even modest growth." A major problem with our economic system is that it requires perpetual population [worker] growth to function. Increasing political efforts to force births cannot be disconnected from this.

The Economist@economist.com · 9mo ago

The story goes that the country has been overrun by ill-mannered migrant workers, misbehaving tourists and opportunistic foreign investors. But Japan’s real problem is not that it hosts too many foreigners. It is that it has too few

If you think birthrates are a problem then you have a problem but birthrates aren’t it. Probably it’s a policy problem that you’re too chic to address.

Glad to see @lesja.bsky.social quoted here, but the premise that the left isn't in the convo about birth rates & things that help families...🤬. The left talks about parental leave, about childcare, about housing, about wages, about healthcare ALL THE TIME. 1/

As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions

The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.

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French headlines today: demographic panic as deaths > births in 2025 Political flashpoints mentioned: immigration as current driver of population growth & pension fragility Will response buck trend towards anti-women, white supremacist policies and focus on system adaptation for the existing pop?

A male MEP in Germany is trying to connect male contraceptives to promote anti-abortion (false) narratives. 🙄 As @joestrong.bsky.social perfectly put it: 'male contraceptives must *never* be a tool to undermine women + people who can become pregnant.' Read more below 👇

Joe Strong@joestrong.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Instrumentalising male contraceptives because of anti-abortion politics is bad. Not only does it weaponise contraceptives as a tool to undermine abortion, it is fundamentally anti bodily autonomy. Male contraceptives must *never* be a tool to undermine women + people who can become pregnant 1/

Instrumentalising male contraceptives because of anti-abortion politics is bad. Not only does it weaponise contraceptives as a tool to undermine abortion, it is fundamentally anti bodily autonomy. Male contraceptives must *never* be a tool to undermine women + people who can become pregnant 1/

Rapporteur@euractiv.com · 9mo ago

German MEP Peter Liese intensifies his push for male contraception to reduce abortions. 🔗https://eurac.tv/9Ylv

X is the megaphone of 21st century fascism and authoritariansim. It has poisoned public debate. It is a tool for bullying, abuse, and assault. X needs to disappear from our discourse. When people and institutions post there, it gives X credibility. It keeps it relevant. It's time to stop.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 9mo ago

To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte

I am so excited to be part of this event on the Global Politics of Abortion with the fabulous Dr Nayla Luz Vacarezza, Sarah of Ad’iyah Collective, Prof Sophie Harman & Dr Sydney Calkin 28th January. Be there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-pol... @qmulsse.bsky.social @profsophieharman.bsky.social

Global Politics of Abortion

A conversation with leading experts on abortion and politics across the globe, followed by a reception.

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The *FIRST* email I send post leave and it is an accidental reply all to a whole staff email. Good morning, life.

a man in a suit is standing in front of an hp laptop .

Alt: a man in a suit is standing in front of an hp laptop closes the laptop suddenly and backs away

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Congratulations Dr Baafi @josephineabaafi.bsky.social ! A huge achievement - celebrate well!

Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Many congratulations to the newly-minted Dr Baafi @josephineabaafi.bsky.social 🎉🥳 who passed her PhD viva yesterday! A very positive experience thanks to examiners Monica Magadi and @joestrong.bsky.social, and Chair @1verofilippi.bsky.social 🙏

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Thrilled to be at #ICFP in #Bogota to chat all things #SRHR #Gender #Abortion #Politics hit me up! I'll be presenting on (1) the politics of data in male engagement, (2) how data tools construct gendered realities, and (3) how surveys can be more feminist in understanding effects. Come find me!

What does it mean to speak of joyful passions in an era of reactionary politics? 'in conversation' w/ leading feminist & reproductive justice scholars on messy, magical, political feminist activism in Latin America. 10th Nov, 1830-1930 GMT: www.outsavvy.com/event/31065/... @kings-sga.bsky.social

Thrilled to be part of the scientific committee for this amazing symposium on the relationship between far-right politics and gender. Send your proposals and share the CfP with your friends, colleagues, and broader networks! More info here 👇

Centre en études genre, UNIL@ceg-unil.bsky.social · last yr.

☎️ Call For Papers ☎️ 🔹International Symposium: Far Right, Gender and Femonationalism🔹 Mid-March 2026, Lausanne CRAPUL and CEG (UNIL) invite scholars to submit proposals for a three-day symposium on far-right politics and gender. 👉 Full CFP text: urlr.me/35GyhK ⏰ Deadline : 30th October 2025

"But it’s not just abortion, it is part of a larger anti-rights issue" Reform has seen a few anti-abortion folks join them, but this broader anti-rights ideology includes racist, anti-immigration, anti-trans, anti-LGBTQI approaches and actions. 1/ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Reform ‘proudly embracing’ anti-abortion politics, experts warn

Campaigners accuse party of ‘fast becoming the political refuge for anti-abortion hardliners’

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On #InternationalSafeAbortionDay, and as attacks escalate and mis/dis-information spreads, a reminder: this starter pack can help get you started in finding some excellent Bluesky accounts sharing data & information on sexual and reproductive health. go.bsky.app/6WuJVjj

Great to speak to @theguardian.com's Rhiannon Cosslett about men, children, and fertility tl;dr: I think any notion of a fertility 'crisis' is a load of inflammatory, unscientific nonsense 1/3 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @qmul.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social

Let’s stop asking why women aren’t having children and ask, for once: why aren’t men? | Rhiannon Lucy Coslett

On the whole, men I’ve spoken to – like women – want children. But a host of issues, from housing to mental health, is getting in the way, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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