As The Cranberries song goes, I feel like my life has been changing every day in every possible way over the last 3.5 years. Incredibly honored to have reached the finish line, but even more grateful for the journey at @mpidr.bsky.social and @standrewssgsd.bsky.social 🫶

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🎉PHD 🎓Congratulations, Sanny Afable successfully defended his thesis, "The Spatial Dynamics of Health and Intergenerational Ties in Later Life," @ University of St Andrews. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/congratulations_sanny_d_afable_15606 IMPRS-PHDS

On Sunday Switzerland votes on capping its population at 10 million. Called, without irony, the Sustainability Initiative. My essay in the Green European Journal's summer edition traces this (il)logic it: Too Many, Too Few: Malthusianisation and the Politics of Population Anxiety. Link in comments

Too Many, Too Few: Malthusianisation And The Politics Of Population Anxiety

The way societies measure and imagine populations profoundly shapes which futures become politically possible.

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Green European Journal@greeneujournal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our summer edition, Life Lines: Navigating Demographic Shifts, is out now. Read the articles online, and subscribe to support the Green European Journal and receive two print editions per year delivered directly to your door :

📣 New in Social Forces Most Finnish parents over 60 still live within a 30-minute drive of a child. But that distance has been creeping up, and the cause is demographic, not cultural. By Sanny D Afable & @megcevans.bsky.social et al ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/sf/soag043

📖 New publication in @bjireditor.bsky.social I analyzed parental leave provisions in the population of collective agreements in the Philippines. A policy reform did not induce short-term crowding-out effects + redundancy functionally raises the costs of non-compliance. doi.org/10.1111/bjir...

The call for papers for the @cpc-cg.bsky.social Connecting Generations Symposium has been extended to April 20th! More details + how to submit here: cpc-cg-symposium-call-for-papers.tiiny.site

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...

The MigrantLife project officially comes to an end this month! Earlier today, together with our colleagues at @phrg-standrews.bsky.social, we looked back on and celebrated our achievements—and the many people who contributed to the project’s success 🍾

How age-diverse are Scotland's neighbourhoods? Colleagues at @cpc-cg.bsky.social, led by Rachel Wilkie, find that age segregation is highest in urban areas and lowest in remote small towns. Read more about how this diversity has changed — and why it matters: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A recent study by Michaela Šťastná, @jmikolai.bsky.social, Nissa Finney, and Katherine Keenan typologises complex family trajectories in the UK from the perspective of children up to age 10. @childlives.bsky.social

Job alert 💼 The School of Geography and Sustainable Development is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to work on the project “Identities, Migration and Democracy” (We-ID) with Prof Hill Kulu and Dr. @sarahchristison.bsky.social. More details here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Delighted to share this very important article with sobering results relevant for all migration researchers worldwide. Lead by @carrasco-jig.bsky.social, together with @mariegodin.bsky.social, @cvar-sil.bsky.social and yours truly. Open Access here: doi.org/10.1057/s415...

We are kicking off the week by celebrating several new publications ✍️ from the @migrantlife.bsky.social project -- all published in the last few weeks!

Meanwhile, @sdafable.bsky.social presented the last chapter of his PhD, which examines how distance to adult children influences parental health in Finland. @cpc-cg.bsky.social

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Anyone else having trouble accessing the EPC2026 submission site? @eaps.bsky.social

New publication ✍️ Recent work by @jmikolai.bsky.social, Hill Kulu, and @ischiathere.bsky.social, together with Isaure Delaporte, unveils the interrelationship between fertility and employment changes among migrant populations across three major migrant recipient countries in Europe.

N-IUSSP: Families and households Socioeconomic inequalities and single women’s entry into parenthood in Belgium www.niussp.org/family-and-h... #demography #populationstudies

Socioeconomic inequalities and single women’s entry into parenthood in Belgium - N-IUSSP

Socioeconomic inequalities shape the ways in which people form families. Denise B. Musni and Christine Schnor show that these inequalities influence women’s likelihood of becoming a mother while singl...

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Visa applications are generally stressful, but for some reason it's a lot more difficult here in the UK. Today's experience was like being stripped naked in front of a colonial master. Thank heavens my day is saved by Edinburgh's mesmerizing autumn colors.

Job Offer: PhD Student Position The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the @mpidr.bsky.social + @imprs-phds.bsky.social invite applications for a 4-year PhD position. The studentship is not limited to specific topics. Apply until November 17! www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...

🚨 Another paper from my PhD is out! We looked at disease accumulation across birth cohorts in South Korea 📈 doi.org/10.1093/gero... ❗ Birth cohorts defined by historical context: Japanese annexation (1932-1944), Korean liberation (1945-1949), Korean War (1950-1953), and Post-war (1954-1961)

In Sweden, PhD students have similar rates of psychiatric medication use to a matched sample before starting their PhD; psychiatric medication use increases sharply during the PhD, but then drops after graduation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The impact of PhD studies on mental health—a longitudinal population study

Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship…

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📢 Publication Alert I am thrilled to share that a new article from my PhD thesis, Industrial Structure Rationalisation, Upgrading, and the Geography of Intercity Migration in China, has just been published in Population, Space and Place. 🔗 Read the article here: doi.org/10.1002/psp....

Industrial Structure Rationalisation, Upgrading, and the Geography of Intercity Migration in China

This study investigates the changing geographies of intercity migration in China and how various aspects of cities' industrial structure shape these patterns. Using microdata from the population cens...

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A strong quality for a good researcher is the ability to sometimes ignore small details, and sometimes delves into them with the greatest care, and more importantly to being able to switch wisely between the two modes.

Hot off the press 🔥 My first PhD chapter is now published as a research article in Population, Space and Place! @mpidr.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Health Decline and Residential Transitions Among Older Adults in Europe

Residential mobility is a possible strategy to cope with health challenges in later life. However, little research has examined whether and how health decline triggers residential mobility and whethe...

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Proud winners of the #BSPS2025 conference quiz!

📕 NEW @migrantlife.bsky.social paper by @jmikolai.bsky.social and Hill Kulu, published in Advances in Life Course Research Investigates how #partnership, #fertility, and #employment changes interact in the lives of #immigrants’ descendants in the UK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“We explain that secular transition happens in three steps: first, public ritual participation declines; second, the importance of religion to individuals declines; and third, people shed religious affiliation” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The three stages of religious decline around the world - Nature Communications

Religious decline is happening around the world. Here, the authors show that countries are at different stages of a common global sequence of decline in religious participation, personal importance of...

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I am happy to share that my second PhD chapter is now published as an @mpidr.bsky.social working paper. Using Finland's population register data, we study more recent trends in older parents' proximity to their adult children—a conduit of support in later life. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/publicati...

MPIDR - Publications

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock is one of the leading demographic research centers in the world. At the MPIDR, researchers from all over the world investigate demo...

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Where my fellow population researchers at?

a drag queen is standing in front of a microphone and says where my people at .

ALT: a drag queen is standing in front of a microphone and says where my people at .

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