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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LCDS researchers are presenting work across health, mortality, fertility, migration, family, digital demography, inequalities and new data methods at the European Population Conference 2026 in Bologna...

AbstractBackground. Understanding age-specific mortality patterns across historic influenza pandemics is crucial for future pandemic preparedness. Prior re

AbstractBackground. Understanding age-specific mortality patterns across historic influenza pandemics is crucial for future pandemic preparedness. Prior re

A major UK‑wide initiative is launching a national listening exercise to understand what people value in community life and the communities they want.

Researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) have released a new working paper examining mortality patterns in the intersex population, the first study of its kind to address th...

The Demographic Studies Center (Barcelona) was created in 1984 with three main aims: promote scientific research, training and dissemination of knowledge on population dynamics.

The Population Research Institute (PRI) at Väestöliitto – Family Federation of Finland and the University of Helsinki invite applications for three positions as Postdoctoral research fellow to study…

US mortality has long been considered exceptional. Since the mid-1980s, mortality in the US has been higher than in other wealthy nations, and over the last 15 years, that disadvantage has grown.1,2 M...

Assistant Professor of Sociology with an expertise in Criminology, tenure track, nine-month position beginning August 16, 2026. Competitive salary for an entry-level position. The Department offers un...

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Help Andrea Tilstra raise money to support The Gatehouse

The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.

A demography myth that won't die

We examine the effect of childbirth on parents’ environmental and climate concerns, focusing on potentially dynamic changes in concerns within a time span of 2 years before and up to 10 years after bi...

'It doesn't get measured and counted’: academic explains how HR can narrow gender pay gap by rethinking mentoring, feedback, promotions

<div style="text-align: justify;">The Demography and Health Group is seeking to appoint a full-time post-doctoral researcher to join t...

The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.