📢 Join us on Monday 2 Nov, 2–3.30pm, at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social! Marcin Kamecki (University of Warsaw) explores occupational change and industrialisation in 19th-century Poland. 🎓 All welcome - undergrads, postgrads, researchers and anyone interested! @oxpop.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

Upcoming seminar: Occupational Structure in the Congress Kingdom of Poland in the 19th Century with Marcin Kamecki

Join us for the upcoming seminar on Occupational Structure in the Congress Kingdom of Poland in the 19th Century with Marcin Kamecki, PhD candidate in Economics and Finance, University of Warsaw. On M...

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Being prepared for emergencies doesn’t mean expecting the worst. It’s about knowing what to do in unexpected situations. Prof @melindacmills.bsky.social joined @bbc5live.bsky.social with @mattchorley.bsky.social and Dr @chriscocking.bsky.social to discuss the Government’s Be Ready campaign 🧵

🎉 Congratulations to LCDS researcher Dr @wensu221.bsky.social on receiving a @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship! His project will explore how multiple health conditions at death can deepen our understanding of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality. #Demography #MortalityResearch

LCDS researcher Wen Su awarded Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship

Dr Wen Su, a postdoctoral researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS), has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship for his project, Rethinking socioe...

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🏆 Congratulations to LCDS PhD researcher @saicampbell.bsky.social on winning a Best Student Poster prize at this year's @oxpop.bsky.social Showcase! Her poster was recognised for its clear presentation of complex statistical findings and methodology, and its relevance to public health research.

This week at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social, Professor @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social from @ddc-sdu.bsky.social, presented research exploring the fiscal and ethical implications of free movement of workers in Europe. 📸 A few moments from Pieter's presentation @oxpop.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

📢 Registration is open! Join our short course, Bayesian Methods for Demography and Beyond: A Primer, 11–15 January 2027 at @reubencollege.bsky.social, University of Oxford. Explore applied Bayesian statistics and real-world applications. @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social @cpc-cg.bsky.social

Bayesian Methods for Demography and Beyond: A Primer

Date: January 11th through to lunchtime on January 15th, 2027By: Jakub Bijak and Guests

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🆕 What shapes our decisions to quarantine? A new study protocol for the Epi-Q study in @bmj.com, co-authored by LCDS Director Melinda Mills, explores how risk information and social norms influence quarantine decisions using app-based epidemic simulation games. @melindacmills.bsky.social

📰 The latest issue of our LinkedIn newsletter is published, rounding up some of our posts that you may have missed over the last month 👇👇 (@ukri.org @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social @uoscommsallison.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social)

The Population Post | October 2026

Welcome to The Population Post, a monthly round-up newsletter from the ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations, featuring just some of our latest research and activities that you ...

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The LCDS will welcome Professor @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social from the University of Southern Denmark for a seminar on the fiscal and ethical implications of free movement of workers. 📅 19 October 2026, 2pm 📍 Butler Room, Nuffield College @ddc-sdu.bsky.social #Demography #Migration #LCDS

Upcoming seminar: Importing Taxpayers for Free: What do destination countries owe origin countries to enhance free movement fiscal justice?

The LCDS will welcome Prof Pieter Vanhuysse, Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at the University of Southern Denmark, for an upcoming seminar exploring the fiscal and ethical implicatio...

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Last week, we welcomed Joseph Pold from @plos.org for a seminar on navigating academic publishing. Joe shared practical advice on open access, choosing journals, indexing, research impact, submission pitfalls and building a professional profile. #OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #ResearchCulture

Applications are open for 4 DPhil projects in Demographic Science for 2027 entry Topics include demographic forecasting, conflict related mortality, multimorbidity and LLM safety in population health research. 📅 Deadline: 1 Dec 2026 @oxpop.bsky.social #Demography #PopulationHealth #DPhil

Four DPhil projects in Demographic Science open for 2027 entry

Applications are now open for four University of Oxford’s DPhil in Population Health projects supervised by researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS). The projects span demog...

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Entries are open for the 2026 Julia Mead Knox Memorial Prize The prize honours Julia, a talented demographer and LCDS DPhil who tragically passed away and continues her legacy by supporting research in demography and population health. 🏆 £1,000 total prize 📅 Deadline: 9 November 2026

The Julia Mead Knox Memorial Prize 2026

Entries are open for The Julia Mead Knox Memorial Prize for Research in Demography and Population Health. The prize commemorates the talented demographer and Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science’...

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🗞️ Out now - the latest issue of our research magazine, Changing Populations We explore some of the major #demographic challenges shaping contemporary society, from falling #fertility and #population #ageing to #migration, integration and #family change @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

Changing Populations

Welcome to issue 18 of Changing Populations.

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Who shapes new technologies, and who ultimately benefits? LCDS DPhil researcher @vincentjstraub.bsky.social writes in the @financialtimes.com about what AI can learn from genomics, and why funding, representation & power matter when thinking about research ethics. 📰 www.ft.com/content/3e1c...

Letter: Ethics of science cannot be separated from who funds it

From Vincent Straub, Interdisciplinary researcher, University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford, UK

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The first Digital Pandemic Preparedness workshop brought together experts across public health, technology, ethics & social science to explore how digital tools can strengthen preparedness for future pandemics. LCDS Director Melinda Mills & Senior Researcher Thomas Rawson contributed ↓

Smoking’s mortality penalty appears to have risen over recent decades, but why? New research co-authored by Professor @drjenndowd.bsky.social finds much of the increase reflects a changing age distribution among smokers. “Demography strikes again.” 🔗 academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Why the mortality penalty of smoking is rising over time

Abstract. The adverse association between smoking and mortality is well known, yet estimated risks for smokers have risen markedly in recent decades. Expla

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Great to welcome colleagues from the @leverhulme.ac.uk rhulme.ac.uk to LCDS this week at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social 👏 We shared our research, discussed our sustainability strategy beyond 2029, and brought researchers together for conversations about the future of demographic science. 📸 ⬇️

📢 Early-career researchers: join us this Thursday for Tips and tricks for getting published with Joe Pold from PLOS Digital Health. 📅 1 October, 2pm 📍 Butler Room, Nuffield College, Oxford No registration required – places are first come, first served. 🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...

Upcoming seminar: Tips and Tricks for Getting Published as an Early Career Researchers with Joe Pold (Journal Development Manager, PLOS Complex Systems)

The LCDS will host its first seminar of term on Thursday 1st October at 2pm at Nuffield college. Bringing 10 years of experience from across the publishing industry, Joe will discuss some of the commo...

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1/ New in @pnasnexus.org: Demography strikes again! The mortality penalty associated w/ smoking has seemingly grown over time. Speculation centered on biological reasons, like more intensive smoking, or more negative selection of smokers on other characteristics. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Why the mortality penalty of smoking is rising over time

Abstract. The adverse association between smoking and mortality is well known, yet estimated risks for smokers have risen markedly in recent decades. Expla

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🦠 The @ox.ac.uk has been awarded €8m through Horizon Europe to coordinate PANDAI, a three-year initiative using AI to help detect and respond to infectious disease threats. 🔗 Read more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/pandemi... #PandemicPreparedness #PublicHealth

€8 million Horizon Europe grant to launch next-generation initiative to detect, assess and respond to pandemics - Pandemics AI Consortium (PANDAI)

Led by the University of Oxford in partnership with the World Health Organization and an international consortium of leading research, public health and technology partners, the three-year PANDAI proj...

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🏛️ At a Parliament event in the House of Commons, we shared an early look at our National Conversation research - exploring what unites and divides communities across the UK, with 100,000+ people taking part in the survey. Read more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/nationa... #NationalConversation

National Conversation research highlighted at Parliament event on community and cohesion

An early look at the University of Oxford’s National Conversation research was shared at a Parliament event exploring how communities across the UK can live well together.

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Join us for the second Climate x Health seminar on university strategy on 22 September at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social! There will be a chance for lots of discussion and... scones and coffee. 🍰☕️ Registration link below.

Congrats to LCDS researchers @mkroberts.bsky.social @rachelganly.bsky.social for sweeping the poster awards at the BSPS meeting in Canterbury! 👏👏 @bspsuk.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social #demography

New research led by Rosario Aronica and featuting @melindacmills.bsky.social finds that sleep patterns display much greater variability across individuals on the psychosis spectrum - variation that previous research on averages overlooked. Read more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/sleep-p...

Sleep patterns differ widely between individuals across the psychosis spectrum

Sleep patterns differ more between individuals at risk of psychosis, and between individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, than they do between healthy individuals, according to new research ...

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How robust are research findings to different modelling choices? 🔍📊 Our researchers developed RobustiPy, an open-source Python tool for large-scale robustness analysis for scientific findings across disciplines. Read more 🐍: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-ope...

New open-source tool helps researchers test robustness of findings

Oxford researchers launch RobustiPy, a new open-source tool designed to make scientific findings more robust and reliable.

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Why is life expectancy in England & Wales falling behind? New research by @polizzan.bsky.social @andreatilstra.bsky.social @luyinz.bsky.social and @drjenndowd.bsky.social traces this to weaker progress across several ages and causes of death. Read more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/why-lif...

Why is life expectancy in England & Wales falling behind?

Between 2011 and 2019, England & Wales saw slower life expectancy gains than other European countries, slippingdown in international rankings. New LCDS research explores what was going on underneath t...

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How can researchers ensure their research is as robust and reliable as possible? 📊 Researchers have developed RobustiPy a new open-source tool that will make it easier for researchers to perform large-scale robustness analysis ➡️ buff.ly/QcqEMNu @oxforddemsci.bsky.social

New research led by @francescorampazzo.com shows how combining Facebook and survey data can improve estimates of migrant populations by age and sex, helping to address gaps in traditional sources. Read more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/combini...

Combining Facebook and survey data improves estimates of migrant populations

A new study shows how digital trace data can be combined with traditional surveys to produce more detailed estimates of migrant populations by age and sex. The research, published in the Journal of th...

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Why are educational inequalities in life expectancy larger among men? New research co-authored by @jdzazueta.bsky.social shows that smoking and alcohol explain much of the difference — highlighting key opportunities to reduce health inequalities. www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/lifesty...

Lifestyle factors help explain why educational inequalities in life expectancy are larger among men

New research published in Annals of Epidemiology examines why educational inequalities in life expectancy tend to be larger among men than among women — and how much of this difference can be explaine...

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We'd like to thank @oxforddemsci.bsky.social + @sociologyoxford.bsky.social + @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social + @imprs-phds.bsky.social for their support! Read the full paper in Population Studies @bspsuk.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2026.2682462 7/N

Why is life expectancy in England & Wales falling behind? A cause-of-death decomposition approach

Life expectancy in England & Wales has diverged from that of its high-income peers since 2011, raising concerns that the country may become an international laggard like the United States (US). Usi...

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