Adapting in a fair way: In light of the new Demography Report by the European Commission, our experts present their key points for an adaptation strategy. "These policies are meant as a full life-course package, not a menu": www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...

Our paper "Sleeping With the Enemy" is featured in the Süddeutsche Zeitung in "Wie viel Gegensatz verträgt die Liebe?" (how much opposition can love bear?), Sebastian Herrmann uses our study to make a point that political difference between partners has stopped being only a matter of taste.

New #Debate piece! Nina Dippold and Éva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social summarize the views from five experts on what assisted reproductive technology (ART) means for the future of reproduction at the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2024 1/5👇: @demographyvienna.bsky.social austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572_0...

UPF Ciències Polítiques i Socials@politiquesupf.bsky.social · 3w ago

🏅 El nostre Departament ha estat reconegut oficialment com a Unitat d'Excel·lència "María de Maeztu"! Avui hem recollit l'acreditació de mans de la ministra Diana Morant @dianamorantr.bsky.social en l'acte oficial celebrat a València. @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social @upf.edu 😀

🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.

I'm Matt Wallace and this is my TEDx talk 👇🏻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCMA... @uos-health-society.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social @ukri.org @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social

Healthy migration, sustainable populations | Matt Wallace | TEDxUniversityofSalford

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Assistant professorship in political science at the @eui-sps.bsky.social! Come and work with us. www.eui.eu/About/JobOpp...

📢 Applications are now open for the PhD Programme in Life Course Research! We offer 10 PhD scholarships in Demography & Social Statistics. 🗓️ Deadline: August 6, 2026. A great opportunity to join a stimulating research environment! 🌍

Our department just announced a new Associate Professor position in quantitative research methodology 🇳🇴 One of the favorable qualifications is experience with open science practices + R/Python experience www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Associate Professor in Quantitative Research Methodology (302697) | University of Oslo

Job title: Associate Professor in Quantitative Research Methodology (302697), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, September 1, 2026

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Conference Recap: Researchers Discuss Kinship, Care, and Inequality Call for papers for special issue in Demographic Research https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/researchers_discuss_kinship_care_and_inequality_15594

I am hiring! A postdoctoral position (100%, 3 years, renewable) is available at the University of Potsdam. The successful candidate will contribute to research on education and the life course and to teaching. Application deadline: August 15, 2026. See: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/socedlico...

Remarquable contre-attaque de François Héran au @lefigaro.fr qui ouvre sans complexe ses colonnes à l'extrême droite. www.lagrandeconversation.com/societe/line...

L’Ined et la démographie en péril, ou le mythe du fossoyeur

Le 9 juin dernier, Le Figaro publiait un long « récit » mettant en cause François Héran dans son intégrité scientifique, et le prenant à partie comme ancien directeur de l’Ined. Le professeur au Collè...

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Measuring the human cost of an ongoing conflict is exceptionally difficult. Researchers from our network have developed a demographic framework to estimate population loss in Gaza more accurately. Read it now: tinyurl.com/ycyh3ark

💡New European Demographic Datasheet 2026 available! The datasheet explores, visualizes and compares population indicators for European countries. It highlights demographic divides in fertility, health, work and welfare. Available as printed poster and online. 🔗 More: eds2026.populationeurope.org/en/

📨 The first newsletter of June is now out! 📨 🎉 The European Population Conference (EPC) 2026 is behind us, what an incredible event it was! We hope you enjoyed Bologna as much as we did. 📸 The photos from the conference are now online, so relive all the highlights! lnkd.in/enENGSuF

“Childcare Services & Ukrainian Refugee Mothers in Germany”: Gambaro @mathiashuebener.bsky.social et al explore whether refugee mothers benefit from childcare, finding that it leads to ↑ employment & ↑ German language skills & social contact. @unimainz.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Curious about the recent claims that the iPhone led to huge declines in births? @drjenndowd.bsky.social breaks down the analyses and brings some much needed skepticism.

Did the iPhone Cause the Baby Bust?

I'm not so convinced. An interesting new paper highlights the power and pitfalls of simple stories

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Would you like to do a #PhD on #family #complexity and #inequalities in #children’s lives in #Scotland'? New #BAME PhD Scholarships available @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. More info www.st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-su... (current funded opportunities tab) and www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Read more about the incredible work being done by @drjenndowd.bsky.social and her team in the context of her ERC grant on mortality 👇

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · 2mo ago

Year after year, life expectancy rose. Until it didn’t ⏳ ERC grantee Jennifer Dowd @ox.ac.uk investigates the social, economic, and biological forces shaping mortality trends today. 🔗 Read the full story here: buff.ly/BH8l63N #LifeExpectancy #PopulationHealth #FrontierResearch

💼 Job opportunities 3 x Research Fellows to work on @ukri.org ESRC-funded Connecting Generations projects, based @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social 📨 Apply by 29 June. More info: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/vacanci... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @eapsphd.bsky.social

Our latest publication presents policy advice from the Age-It programme. Age-It is perhaps the largest research initiative ever funded on ageing in Europe, by the European Commission and the Italian Ministry of Research, and led by demographer Daniele Vignoli. Read it now: tinyurl.com/ms8bd7bb

New preprint: WorldPop researchers detail the methodology behind the subnational population dataset powering Global 2. The research highlights a growing global population alongside increasingly diverse demographic futures. Learn more: www.worldpop.org/blog/mapping...

Mapping a World in Transition: New Study Lays Foundation for WorldPop Global 2 Population Data

WorldPop reveals the methodology behind Global 2, harmonising 716,000+ subnational units to map population change at 100m resolution worldwide.

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Thanks to all the experts with whom we got to chat at #EPC2026 in Bologna. Check out policy take-aways from the conference on our Linkedin! Skills mismatch: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... "Age of Inheritance": www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Health & wealth: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🎉 Congratulations to Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz on receiving the prestigious EAPS Award for Population Studies, the highest award of @eaps.bsky.social! 🔗 More: tinyurl.com/432fte86 Previous laureates: www.eaps.nl/page/EAPS-aw...

Congratulations to Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz on receiving the prestigious EAPS Award for Population Studies!

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Is Germany's middle class eroding? In this piece, 3 experts give a differentiated answer, among them our director @steffenmau.bsky.social. He warns that faith in progress has faded: under 10% think the next generation will fare better. He points to 'clear fault lines' that could deepen polarization

Erosion der Mitte: Experten über Wege aus der Verunsicherung

Viele Deutsche fürchten sozialen Abstieg und Spaltung. Forscher erklären die Ursachen – und zeigen, wie Politik und Bürger gegensteuern können.

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The Scholarly Migration Database 2.0 is now online! Just in time for the European Population Conference 2026 in Bologna! See the working paper here: dx.doi.org/10.4054/MPID... @ezagheni.bsky.social @theiletom.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

Are you working with FReDA, pairfam, and/or GGS Data? Yes 👉 Consider applying for the FReDA User Conference in Cologne until 21 June No 👉 Check out our Data (now including Wave 4 from 2024) More Info on www.freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/Startseite.html

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften@gesis.org · 2mo ago

Extended proposal submission deadline - #CfA for the 4th Int. #FReDA User Conference 26–27 November 2026 in Cologne, Germany Extended Submission deadline: 21 June 2026 Submission: Abstracts (max. one DIN-A4 page) should be sent by to freda.conference@gesis.org www.freda-panel.de/F...

“Countries sharing very low fertility levels increasingly follow divergent demographic trajectories. A single threshold no longer captures this diversity, calling for a less fertility-centered, more multidimensional perspective on population change”

IUSSP@iussp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

N-IUSSP: The end of lowest-low as we knew it: one threshold, many futures, by Ignacio Pardo and Stuart Gietel-Basten www.niussp.org/fertility-an... #demography #populationstudies

Check out our newest #PopDigest by @mimmilou.bsky.social and find out why employment uncertainty does not translate into lower fertility intentions in a uniform way across populations. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc4ftnxa

| Just released | Historically low fertility in the Maghreb A new study of this issue presented in the latest issue of #Population&Societies www.ined.fr/en/publicati... #INEDJournal