Professor Melinda Mills
@melindacmills.bsky.social
Professor Demography & Population Health, University of Oxford & Director, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science www.melindacmills.com
Yes this is a fantastic win for @oxforddemsci.bsky.social to be joined by Jakub Bijak - a gem indeed! @leverhulme.ac.uk @reubencollege.bsky.social
Demographic Research@demresjournal.bsky.social · 6mo agoCongratulations, Leverhulme! A fantastic win for you!! You will love having Jakub around. He's an absolute gem!! Well, you know this already. ☺️ #FangirlingForKuba
Great new research from our own @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social - @leverhulme.ac.uk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Really excited to have Bill around as our guest to help us strategise for the future! @leverhulme.ac.uk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 10mo ago🎉 Welcome to Bill Morneau! Former 🇨🇦 Finance Minister, business leader & champion of inclusive policy, Bill joins LCDS & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social for the coming year — helping connect demography with industry, government & real-world impact. www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/lcds-an...
So proud of the incredible @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social & it was an honour to serve as PhD supervisor! Was sorry I was away for this important milestone but glad you are sticking around @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Can’t wait to see what this talent does next!
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 10mo ago1/ HUGE congratulations to @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social for passing her DPhil viva w/ no corrections with her dissertation "The impact of in-utero exposure to ambient temperature on maternal health, infant health, and population composition." @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
The UNED inequality and social demography seminar is back, with @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social @l-sage.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @nicolettabalbo and @danieloesch If you are Madrid, come along! 👇the program for this academic year
Join our first @oxforddemsci.bsky.social seminar of the term! Who said causality couldn’t be fun?
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 10mo agononparametric. multiply robust. semiparametrically efficient. 💥the Avengers lineup of causal estimators Felix Elwert, 8 Oct, 2pm 📍 Butler Room, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Nonparametric Causal Decomposition of Group Differences w/metrics-and-models.github.io 🔗 demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcoming-…
Looking forward to those applications!
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 10mo agothinking about your next academic home? 🏡✨ imagine: an office where people actually show up, hang out, and do brilliant research on #Demography in Oxford! that’s us 👋 #EarlyCareerResearchers #ResearchFellowships See below 👇 📅 deadline: 15 Dec 2025 🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
I was already excited to have this superstar join us at Oxford & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social but - famous award aside (congratulations of course) - I am excited that I finally have someone to talk about baseball with!l (besides @ridhikashyap.bsky.social of course!). Go @bluejays.com !
Zach Parolin@zparolin.bsky.social · 10mo agoI'm truly honored to receive this year's Kershaw Award. I came into the policy research world almost by accident after a failed stint in the Australian Baseball League. To have my work recognized like this is a testament to the wonderful mentors and colleagues I've learned from these past 10 years.
🚀 Ready to dive into the future of social science research? Join us on November 4 at Royal Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, for cutting-edge insights on computational social sciences. 🎤 Keynotes: @mercecrosas.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social Register and check the programme 👉 edu.nl/men7n
Loved hosting @essgn.bsky.social in Oxford including @dr-appie.bsky.social & family (& the rest of the ESSGN family as well) - read the post and links below to hear about this great event
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 11mo agoRead the great reflection on the workshop by @dr-appie.bsky.social here: communities.springernature.com/posts/a-love...
Just 2 more weeks left to apply for the ODISSEI Conference 2025! 📣 Keynotes: @melindacmills.bsky.social and @mercecrosas.bsky.social Submit your abstracts (max 300 words) by June 27
ODISSEI@odissei.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Call for Papers is now open for the ODISSEI Conference 2025! 🎉 Submit your abstract (max 300 words) on topics incl. computational social science, ethics & more. ⭐Keynotes: @melindacmills.bsky.social & @mercecrosas.bsky.social 🗓️ Deadline: 27 June 🔗 odissei-data.nl/odissei-conf...
I’m deeply honoured to have received an Honorary Doctorate from the @eui-eu.bsky.social in Florence this week 👇
Full crowd today at the @eui-eu.bsky.social Professor @melindacmills.bsky.social of Demography at @ox.ac.uk is giving an honorary talk, which examines the systemic and institutional barriers that interdisciplinary researchers face.
🚫 Fertility fallacies busted! Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social joined @lbc.co.uk to challenge myths: 1️⃣ Young ppl aren’t choosing fewer kids 2️⃣ Pronatalist policies won’t fix it 📉 Incentives ≠ long-term fertility boost Read the full @unfpa.org report: tinyurl.com/bdd3evsr #Policy #Demography
The fertility fallacy: Five things you didn’t know about global fertility rates
UNITED NATIONS, New York – “Do you want kids?” Every day, people around the world ask themselves, and others, this question. But it also begs another: “Do you feel able to have children
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Every few years these pronatalist policies re-emerge (sort of like Godzilla) & every few years I say the same thing… #demography
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · last yr.👶 #Farage wants a UK baby boom — will it work? 🍼 Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social says: “Throwing money at it doesn’t work.” Tax breaks ≠ baby boom. Work hours, #housing, #childcare — it takes an ecosystem. 📎 Telegraph article: tinyurl.com/m6b9kbxm #fertility #demography
How does becoming a parent shape #employment in France and Germany? Andreas Filser @filsa.bsky.social @iabnews.bsky.social shares new findings using rich administrative data. 🗓 June 3 | 🕒 3–4:30pm 📍 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Oxford Hosted by @oxforddemsci.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3d3cwu2d
Dr Andreas Filser gives LCDS Seminar on Parenthood and employment in France and Germany – insights from administrative data
Dr Andreas Filser, researcher at the Research Data Centre of the Institute for Employment Research (FDZ-IAB), will give a talk on Parenthood and employment in France and Germany – insights from admini...
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Congratulations to our @oxforddemsci.bsky.social superstar ⭐️ @polizzan.bsky.social on completion of his PhD! Great thread below about his research with @drjenndowd.bsky.social @andreatilstra.bsky.social & more… @leverhulme.ac.uk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · last yr.1/ A huge congrats to Dr. Antonino Polizzi @polizzan.bsky.social, who passed his DPhil viva for his thesis “The Causes and the Consequences of Growing Life Expectancy Shortfalls” on Friday, examined by Prof. @ridhikashyap.bsky.social & Dr. Iñaki Permanyer. @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #demography
Congratulations @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social on your impressive PhD & supervisor @fabriberna.bsky.social (don’t worry - he didn’t wear the football shirt during the defense 😆) Sorry I couldn’t join in person!
Fabrizio Bernardi@fabriberna.bsky.social · last yr.@gaiaghirardi.bsky.social defended her PhD yesterday at the EUI. An outstanding thesis and a fantastic defense, so proud of you, Gaia!! Here pre-defence with the Bologna ultras supervisor and post with the committee @juhoharkonen.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social (zoom) and Nicola Barban
Looking forward to this upcoming talk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social Electronic Health Records for 20% of the Catalan population studying multimorbidity & mortality #Demography #Morbidity #HealthInequality #EHR #ElectronicHealthRecords #DigitalHealth
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · last yr.Join us 15 May for seminar by Iñaki Permanyer, CED @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Multimorbidity & mortality in random sample of 20% of Catalan population using Electronic Health Records…. Over 10 years! Across socioeconomic groups! @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social
Still time to apply for this position & looking for creative talent to join us in Oxford! Learn more about our programme here: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/digital-pand... And our @oxforddemsci.bsky.social #interdisciplinary #demography centre & other #jobs here: www.demography.ox.ac.uk
Digital Pandemic Preparedness
This programme will develop a blueprint for digital health systems that can be deployed during pandemics, create a funding model for implementation, and…
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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · last yr.🚨 Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness 📍 Oxford with @melindacmills.bsky.social 💼 £38.6K–£46.9K | 3 yrs 📅 Deadline: 16 May 2025 Use digital, real-world data to future-proof pandemic response. 🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/ydvfanap 📣 Boost or tag! 1/2 #Postdoc #DigitalHealth #AcademicJobs #NowHiring
🚨 Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness 📍 Oxford @oxforddemsci.bsky.social 💼 £38.6K–£46.9K | 3 yrs 📅 Deadline: 16 May 2025 Use digital, real-world data to future-proof pandemic response. 🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/ydvfanap 📣 Boost or tag! 1/2 #Postdoc #DigitalHealth #AcademicJobs #NowHiring
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"Science is an investment. We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world." — President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷
Great kick off today at #PAA2025 Come & visit our booth in Salon 1 Pick up some info on the 5 #jobs we are advertising - join us in Oxford!! Get an #InDataWeTrust button or tattoo (and no we don’t have an in person tattoo artist…it is temporary!)
REPOST #jobs @oxforddemsci.bsky.social 👨💻Senior Research Fellow Associate/Professor 👩💻Senior Researcher Geospatial Health 📲Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness 👶Postdoc Reproductive Demography 🤖 Programmer AI See: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs #Demography #Epidemiology #Health #Population
Had great time on #BBCRadio4 #FreeThinking @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social Discussed our @naturehumbehav.bsky.social SES articles w/ TV Writer @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social sky.social French Londoner @murielzagha.bsky.social @samfriedman.bsky.social Lord David Willets 👉 tinyurl.com/ybr6tjzw
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, The Middle Classes
Muriel Zagha, Prof Sam Friedman, Lord Willetts, Lisa Holdsworth and Prof Melinda Mills.
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Check out the Comicbook🦸♀️version of our new @naturehumbehav.bsky.social article on genetic & environmental influences Awesome artwork by @lizahaart.bsky.social Full comic here: communities.springernature.com/posts/are-we... Loving the cartoon version of @dr-appie.bsky.social
Are we born to succeed or are we made to succeed?
Genes and society shape each other. This comic, based on our Nature Human Behaviour article, shows how social inequality leaves genetic traces — and how social structures and genetics are linked acros...
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Big news! We have two new #demography vacancies open and three others on the way, stay tuned buff.ly/Bi7dyix 😎 @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @reubencollege.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social
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Find out more about our new Senior Research Fellow Demographic Science and Senior Researcher in Geospatial Health and Digital Pandemic Preparedness roles.
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This is interesting to read - 15 years ago I wrote a textbook using R for survival & event history analysis Many warned me not to focus on R, that it was a passing hype, that I would regret it. R is a great example of #OpenScience Good I didn’t listen (as usual 😆) uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/in...
Introducing Survival and Event History Analysis
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Matt Kmiecik@mattkmiecik.bsky.social · last yr.11 years ago, I thought R was unnecessary. Now, I can’t imagine life without it. The switch wasn’t easy, but it made me a better scientist. You can read my journey here: mattkmiecik.substack.com/p/my-start-w... #rstats #DataScience #OpenScience
Open Postdoctoral position! - ERC Advanced Grant project HOMME www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/276000/postdoctoral-fellow About the HOMME project www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/research/projects/homme
Postdoctoral Fellow (276000) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow (276000), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2025
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🎉Congratulations to @mortenkthomsen.bsky.social who successfully defended his Phd 📖 & thanks to @drcompton.bsky.social Important #demography work using register, survey & medical records to study the lives of sexual & gender minorities. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
