Check out the blogpost of @lshtm-laors.bsky.social on LSHTM's inaugural #OpenResearch Awards 2026 featuring two of our PhD students, Maria Gargiulo (@thegargiulian.bsky.social) and Rahaf Abu Koura (@rabukoura.bsky.social), who are the winners of the student category! 🥳

LSHTM Library, Archive & Open Research Services@lshtm-laors.bsky.social · 2w ago

We are delighted to announce the winners of LSHTM's inaugural #OpenResearch Awards! 🎉 The award recognises the amazing work performed by LSHTM students and staff to advance health research through the use of open methods and practices. blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/library/2026...

Congratulations to PSG's PhD students Maria Gargiulo (@thegargiulian.bsky.social) and Rahaf Abu Koura (@rabukoura.bsky.social), joint winners of LSHTM Open Research Awards 2026! So proud of you both 🎉

Join us tomorrow for the last London Universities Population Seminar of this academic year! We are looking forward to hosting Aasli Abdi Nur (@aasli.bsky.social), who will present her work "Progress or Polarization? A Computational Analysis of Trends in Global Family Planning Research. Details 👇

📢 New publication from PSG members Maria Gargiulo (@thegargiulian.bsky.social) and Anushé Hassan (@anushe.bsky.social), and alumna Ursula Gazeley is out in BMJ Public Health! The study shows how violent deaths during pregnancy and postpartum are an overlooked cause of maternal mortality.

Mark your calendars for two exciting seminars coming up next week at LSTHM and PSG! 📆

“Estimates of Under-Five Mortality From a Mobile Phone Survey”: This study by Julio Romero-Prieto et al. represents “one of the first attempts to collect survival data via mobile phones and to randomize different survey instruments.” @lshtm.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Congratulations to Poppy Cooper (@poppycooper.bsky.social) for winning the Best Poster Prize for the Epidemiology and Population Health faculty at the LSHTM Doctoral College Festival last week! 🎉🎉

The latest blogpost of @lshtm-crises.bsky.social covers our PhD student Maria Gargiulo's (@thegargiulian.bsky.social) work on capturing undercounted maternal deaths in Mexico! Find it here👇

Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM@lshtm-crises.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Across Latin America, crises don’t happen in isolation. Violence, climate shocks & fragile systems intersect, reshaping health in complex ways. New blog: @lshtm.bsky.social researchers unpack hidden risks, from undercounted maternal deaths to climate-driven disease ⬇️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

“Measurements count, because if it’s not counted, it’s assumed to be unimportant” – Joni Seager A little preview of some ongoing work on violent maternal deaths in Mexico. These deaths are not currently captured by relevant health indicators, but they’re still important!

Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM@lshtm-crises.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Across Latin America, crises don’t happen in isolation. Violence, climate shocks & fragile systems intersect, reshaping health in complex ways. New blog: @lshtm.bsky.social researchers unpack hidden risks, from undercounted maternal deaths to climate-driven disease ⬇️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

📢 Check out these two new publications involving PSG members Maria Gargiulo (@thegargiulian.bsky.social) and José Manuel Aburto!

📢 New paper out in the European Journal of Population (@eaps.bsky.social)! With Nicoletta Balbo and Francesco Billari, we investigated how Romania's 1960s abortion ban shaped the next generation's family formation outcomes.

I contributed to a @euronews.com article by @servetyanatma.bsky.social exploring the fertility decline Turkey has been experiencing and why the story behind it is more complex than it seems. www.euronews.com/health/2026/...

Declining fertility in Europe: Why Turkey is leading the drop

Turkey’s total fertility rate fell from 2.11 to 1.51 between 2013 and 2023. Beyond long-term structural and cultural changes, experts point to economic instability and institutional constraints as key...

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📈 New preprint on life expectancy trajectories in high-income countries since 2020. 📉 Joint work with a great team from @mpidr.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @psglshtm.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social Link below. 👇

Jonas Schöley@jschoeley.com · 5mo ago

"Temporary shock or lasting scar?" By 2024 nearly all high-income countries remained below their pre-pandemic life expectancy trends. We identify four distinct mortality shock patterns since 2020. Full analysis in our preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Next in London Universities Population Seminars 📢 Liliana Andriano (@uossocstatdemo.bsky.social) presents her work "Timing matters: Heterogeneous effects of climatic events on school attendance in Nigeria". Join us on Feb 26 at 12.45 📍 G05 LSHTM or online: lshtm.zoom.us/s/82310981248

Surveys are important for miscarriage research, yet questionnaire design and sample characteristics can influence reported miscarriage prevalence We compared miscarriage reporting across British surveys with @mccompans.bsky.social & @heinivaisanen.bsky.social - take a look at our pre-print here ⬇️

SOC-MISC@soc-misc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 New preprint alert: #Miscarriage reporting in longitudinal and cross-sectional surveys in #GreatBritain! We compare miscarriage questions and prevalence estimates in British cohort, panel & cross-sectional surveys. More info below 👇 osf.io/preprints/so... 1/3

Tomorrow at 12.45pm, join us for Marília Nepomuceno (@marilianep.bsky.social) and Ugofilippo Basellini (@ugobas.bsky.social) and their joint seminar on Human Longevity and Mortality Forecasting. In person at the Manson Lecture Theatre or online. For more details 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Human longevity and mortality forecasting | LSHTM

This joint seminar brings together two research talks exploring global mortality patterns. The first examines old-age mortality beyond high-income countries, investigating whether older adults in low

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PSG seminars continue 📈 Up next on Jan 28 at 12:45, Research Fellow @jacalazans.bsky.social will give a talk on how tobacco control policies influenced adult mortality patterns in Brazil. Join us in person (LG24, Keppel Street) or online. Find more details 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Tobacco control policies and changes in adult mortality patterns in Brazil

Over recent decades, Brazil has experienced profound changes in its mortality patterns, characterized by a sharp decline in infectious diseases, population ageing, and the growing prominence of

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The first London Universities Population Seminar of 2026 is tomorrow! Francisco Rowe (@fcorowe.bsky.social) is joining us to present his work "Correcting Distorted Human Population Data from Mobile Phone Location Data" Tomorrow 13.00 at LSE, CON.1.01.

Up next in the London Universities Population Seminar Series: On 25 November at 12:45, Dr Isadora Cruxên (QMUL) will present “Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide.” Join us in G08 (Keppel Street) or online: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide

How can technology support social justice struggles against gender-based violence and feminicide? This talk explores this question through the work of “Data Against Feminicide”, a collaborative

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We’re happy to welcome two new researchers to the Mortality and Inequalities Research Group at PSG 🙌 Yu Chen has joined us as a Research Fellow, and Jacob Martin, a PhD student at @ined.bsky.social , is visiting for the next two months. A very warm welcome to both!

What happens when abortion access becomes restricted even without a law officially passing? With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.

Kicking off London Universities Population Seminars for the new academic year! Join us Oct 28 in person (LSE, KSW.G.01) or online to hear from Prof Karen Glaser (KCL) on mental & physical health changes among adults aged 50-69 in England. Full schedule & sign up: sites.google.com/view/londonp...

Eric Schneider@ericbschneider.com · 10mo ago

Join us for the London Universities Population Seminar on 28 October at noon UK time at LSE. Prof Karen Glaser (Kings) will present 'Changes in mental and physical health among adults aged 50 – 69 in England: Implications for economic inactivity'. The seminar will be in-person and online.

Tomorrow @farid-flici.bsky.social will talk about population ageing and social security sustainability in Algeria. Join us! 👇

Population Studies Group, LSHTM@psglshtm.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join us next week to hear from @farid-flici.bsky.social on population ageing and social security sustainability in Algeria 🇩🇿 🗓 Wednesday, 22 October 2025 🕐 12:45–13:45 (BST) 📍 KS-LG19 💻 Zoom: lshtm.zoom.us/j/89990670777 ℹ️ More details: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Join us next week to hear from @farid-flici.bsky.social on population ageing and social security sustainability in Algeria 🇩🇿 🗓 Wednesday, 22 October 2025 🕐 12:45–13:45 (BST) 📍 KS-LG19 💻 Zoom: lshtm.zoom.us/j/89990670777 ℹ️ More details: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

New week, new publication 📝 Our visiting researcher @farid-flici.bsky.social examines the migrant mortality advantage in Spain by region of origin, now out in Genus. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How does origin affect migrant mortality advantage in Spain? - Genus

In high-income countries, migrants tend to have lower mortality compared with natives. It is necessary to understand such a phenomenon, known as “the migrant mortality paradox”, to design better socia...

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Sunny skies over London and PSG☀️ We’re happy to welcome three colleagues to the Mortality and Inequalities Research Group. Julia Calazans @jacalazans.bsky.social‬ & Felipe Sánchez join as Research Fellows, while Rahaf Abu Koura @rabukoura.bsky.social as Research Assistant. A warm welcome to all!

🗣️Exciting PhD opportunity! Join @lshtm.bsky.social PSG and @mpidr.bsky.social as a PhD student/Research Assistant on an 3-year project leading to a funded PhD. The role focuses on developing cutting-edge methods to model health & mortality in low-income countries. jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Assistant

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

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Our MSc RSHR alum Rosa Mackay has just published her MSc dissertation! 🎉 Co-authored with PSG members @rachelhvscott.bsky.social and Melissa Palmer, the paper explores how people in Britain find and use online information during the abortion process. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“I'm Pregnant, What Do I Do?”: Exploring How People Having Abortions in Britain Find and Use Online Sources of Information

Background Accurate, timely, and supportive information is important for high-quality abortion care. Limited research explores how people find and use online sources of information (OSI) during the ...

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Deadline for the EvoDemoS conference 2 wks away! Join us at @PembrokeOxford @UniofOxford to discuss the breath and depth of demographic theory and applications in Sept evodemo2025.weebly.com Please retweet @biology.ox.ac.uk @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

EvoDemoS 2025

EvoDemoS 2025 International Conference. The local organising committee welcomes you to the 10th International Conference of the Evolutionary Demography Society, hosted at Pembroke College, Oxford, bet...

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PSG member Isolde Birdthistle spoke to The Independent about the impact of cuts to US-funded HIV services on young women in South Africa: 📰 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-march.bsky.social

How sexual violence survivors in Africa are now collateral damage of Trump’s aid cuts

Rape crisis services are suffering the knock-on effect of US funded HIV services being cut, writes Rachel Schraer

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