How do immigrant generation and age at migration shape educational outcomes? Using Finnish register data, Silvia Loi and colleagues show that first-generation migrants, face the greatest challenges, while second-generation youth are more likely to follow the academic track. doi.org/10.1093/migr...
Silvia Loi
@loisilvia.bsky.social
Associate Professor University College Dublin, UCD P.I. ERC StG MigHealthGaps
📣We are excited to share another Call for Papers. This time for a special issue on 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. Submissions are possible from 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 15 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐜 15, 2026. ℹ️CfP with all the info here: www.demographic-research.org/files/202605...
JOB OFFER!! 🎉 🎉 I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join my team in the FIS3 KINMATTER Project on kin relationships 💑 👩👩👦 , health outcomes 🚑 , and inequalities. PhD required or close to completion in quantitative social sciences or (social)statistics. www.stat.unipd.it/procedura-se...
📢 Join us at the first meeting of the new EAPS Working Group on Migrant Health in Bologna! #EPC2026 Details below ⬇️
📢📢 Launching the @eaps.bsky.social Working Group on Migrant Health! 📌 Our first meeting will be a pre-EPC event in Bologna on June 3rd, 9:00–12:00. ✉️ Write to eapsmigranthealth@gmail.com to become a member, join our mailing list, and/or register for the event! More info 👉 shorturl.at/mBsJJ
A recent study led by @jo-hale.bsky.social finds causal evidence that reducing social isolation, especially among those living alone, has a protective effect against cognitive decline. The mechanism, however, goes beyond addressing loneliness. 🔗 Learn more: academic.oup.com/psychsocgero...
Call for applications: European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2026-2027 To be held at @mpidr.bsky.social and @sghwarsaweu.bsky.social Application deadline: 27 March 2026 at 12 PM (noon) Program start: 1 September 2026 Scholarships are available Details: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
📢 Join us at the first meeting of the new EAPS Working Group on Migrant Health in Bologna! #EPC2026 Details below ⬇️
📢📢 Launching the @eaps.bsky.social Working Group on Migrant Health! 📌 Our first meeting will be a pre-EPC event in Bologna on June 3rd, 9:00–12:00. ✉️ Write to eapsmigranthealth@gmail.com to become a member, join our mailing list, and/or register for the event! More info 👉 shorturl.at/mBsJJ
Thank you Prof. Mendola for inviting me at UniPa to attend the Workshop AVRAI and to give a Keynote on my ERC MigHealthGaps and on refugee health (tomorrow at 9.30). But above all, thank you for welcoming this crew of extra participants ❤️
Amazing!! Congratulations 🥳
🎉🎊A week full of celebrations ✨Two ERC Starting Grants for the MPIDR✨ We are thrilled to announce that @marilianep.bsky.social and @ugobas.bsky.social have each been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu. #ERCStG www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even... #ERCStartingGrant #longevity
✨20th anniversary of the European Doctoral School of Demography✨On this day 20 years ago(Sept 1, 2005) the EDSD opened its doors @mpidr.bsky.social for the 1st time. Today, we welcome the 21st cohort. We wish everyone a great year of study, research & networking! www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
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🚨 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...
Welcome to Rostock, Leafia! I am excited to have you as a guest in our group! I am glad that Rostock welcomed you with a beautiful sunny day ☀️
When you almost couldn't connect to the WiFi because you spelled Lexis diagram wrong 👀 Excited to be visiting @mpidr.bsky.social for the next two weeks in beautiful Rostock! ☺️
Excited to present at #PopDays2025 soon! Being in my hometown - the city of sun - makes it particularly special!
#PopDays2025 Come and find us on day2 @isamarinetti.bsky.social | @vinodjosephkj.bsky.social | @angelorenti.bsky.social | @aledinal.bsky.social | @loisilvia.bsky.social | Megan Evans | Zafer Buyukkececi | Nathan Robbins | Songyun Shi | Chiara Micheletti | Boris Barron | Andrea Colasurdo | Emma Zai
Some good news to brighten up your feed: Our #R package 📦 DemoKin for the demographic analysis of kinship has a new website with extensive documentation and literature 🎉🎈 @mpidr.bsky.social If you don't know it yet, why not check it out? ivanwilli.github.io/DemoKin/inde...
🚨 Book launch! Come join us for the presentation of How Do Migrants Imagine Europe? 🌍📘 This volume dives deep into how migrants envision Europe before they arrive — the dreams, the myths, the expectations, and the realities they face.
Deadline approaching: Friday this week at noon UK! Apply and/or share widely!
*JOB OPENING* Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data. tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
Join us and join a wonderful lineup of confirmed speakers for a lively exchange on climate change and demography. Deadline for submissions: May 15 👇👇👇
📣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...
Grab a coffee☕ and some breakfast🍳 and get ready for the first PAA sessions of the day. See @aledinal.bsky.social, Antonino Polizzi, @crowold.bsky.social, @shajiang.bsky.social, @vinodjosephkj.bsky.social and Ole Hexel at their sessions. #PAA2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social
‼️ #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
6 PhD scholarships at University of Padova for candidates interested in the area of Statistical Sciences- included Demography Start of activities: November 1st, 2025 Annual grant: 18,643.00 euros (gross) The call is published (deadline May 13, 2025 - 1 pm CEST) at www.unipd.it/en/node/1053
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“Declining Fertility, Human Capital & Economic Sustainability”: M Myrskyla @angelorenti.bsky.social @htikkanen.bsky.social et al show how fertility & investment in education affect pension burden. @flux-consortium.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @pophel.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
WE ARE HIRING!! Senior Research Fellow Demographic Science (Associate/Full Professor) @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @reubencollege.bsky.social See: lnkd.in/e_Gw84JN #demography in Oxford: www.demography.ox.ac.uk Our recent celebration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIu4... DM or reach out *PLEASE RE-POST*
Join us at Uni Luxembourg for the EAPS Workshop! 📅 10–12 Sept 2025 Theme: Living Longer, Living Better? Inequality in Health & Longevity 🔹 Call for Papers: hmmwg.vse.cz/homepage/wor... 🔹 Deadline: 15 April 2025 | Notifications: 31 May 2025 📩 Questions? hmmwg.eaps@gmail.com
Call for papers – Luxembourg 2025
Call for Abstracts and Save the Date! We are pleased to announce the forthcoming annual meeting of the EAPS Health, Morbidity, and Mortality Working Group, which will take place at the University of L...
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My last PhD paper is finally out in Population Studies🥳 With @angelorenti.bsky.social and @timriffe1.bsky.social, we examined changes in (multistate) disability-free life expectancy in Italy and used decomposition to understand the key drivers of these changes www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Multistate analysis and decomposition of disability-free life expectancy trends at mid-to-older ages in Italy, 2004–19
Italy has witnessed increases in life expectancy and population ageing, raising concerns about their impact on population health. Disability status greatly affects the participation of mid-to-older...
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• CALL FOR PAPERS – 2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course” Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard…
• CALL FOR PAPERS – 2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”
Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard (University of Queensland), and Riccardo Valente (Autonomous University of Barcelona). The proposed special issue aims to leverage a trajectory-based approach that fully accounts for the multi-dimensional nature of migration across time and space, providing deeper insights into diverse migration trajectory patterns and their long-term individual and societal implications.
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👓Recommended reading📚 🆕Immigrant’s health in Germany🚶🚶♀️🚶♂️ In her recent paper @loisilvia.bsky.social + coll. found that immigrants experience faster health deterioration with age, leading to significant health disadvantages in later life.🧵1/5
The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open! This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography. Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon). More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
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A grant of £1.3 million from @ukri.org has been awarded for a research project led by @mjwdemography.bsky.social to study whether international migrants are living longer lives in worse health compared to non-migrants, and why this might be 🌏 Read more 👉 www.salford.ac.uk/news/ps13-mi...
I am hiring a PostDoc to work with me in my group Migration and Health Inequalities at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research! Come work with me! ⬇️
🚨🚨🚨JOB OFFER🚨🚨🚨 Post-Doctoral Researcher | Research Group Migration and Health Inequalities @mpidr.bsky.social is seeking to appoint a post-doctoral researcher to join the Research Group led by @loisilvia.bsky.social. 📅 Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 Learn more: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...