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Diego Alburez

@demography.bsky.social
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Social scientist leading the Kinship Inequalities Research Group at @mpidr.bsky.social & Associate Editor at journal "Demographic Research"; population ✧ kinship ✧ generations ✧ death ✧ inequality

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
📣 Call for Papers‼️ Our colleagues @demography.bsky.social and @elenapojman.com are calling for papers for a special issue on 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 in Demographic Research. Submissions will be open from June 15 to December 15, 2026.
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Jonas Schöley @jschoeley.com · 29/04/2026
How many siblings does a recently born child in China likely have? @demography.bsky.social etal have estimated global kinship by age since 1950 and can answer the question (and a million others). Check out their results as interactive heatmaps on demoscapes.org. demoscapes.org/collections/...
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Elena Pojman @elenapojman.com · 29/04/2026
how do we feel the age-sex pattern of queer identification in our kinship networks? check out our preprint or come see us present in the queer family demography section at PAA! dx.doi.org/10.4054/MPID... (w/ carolyn hong & @demography.bsky.social)
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” In a new study, we show that decades of violence mean that four out of ten Colombians alive today have lost family members as a result of the Colombian Armed Conflict. This 'demographic memory' of war has implications for post-conflict reconciliation 👇
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Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal @lpcalderonb.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I am thrilled to announce that my first PhD paper, 'Analysing biases in genealogies using demographic microsimulation', co-authored with @demography.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, has already been published in the European Journal of Population. rdcu.be/eTImq
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Analysing Biases in Genealogies Using Demographic Microsimulation
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Check out this conference if you work on topics related to kinship structure and dynamics (within and beyond the household), caregiving, intergenerational processes, family bereavement, LGBTQ+ & chosen kinship, etc. @iussp.bsky.social Submit by 21 Jan 2026 👇 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
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MPIDR - Kinship Structures, Dynamics, and Inequalities
This conference will bring together scholars from various disciplines to consider how large-scale sociodemographic shifts reshape family systems within and beyond the household and how these changes contribute to, reproduce, or mitigate social and economic inequality.
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🎉🎊A week full of celebrations ✨Two ERC Starting Grants for the MPIDR✨ We are thrilled to announce that @marilianep.bsky.social and @ugobas.bsky.social have each been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu. #ERCStG www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even... #ERCStartingGrant #longevity
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Signe Svallfors @signesvallfors.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
📣 Job alert! 📣 2 fully funded PhD positions in sociology/demography in the ERC Starting Grant SeRO, which studies the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health in Mexico. Please share and apply! PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Ewa Batyra @ewabatyra.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11/08/2025
“If I live to 80, what percentage of my life will I have spent as someone’s sister? What percentage as no one’s sister?” Liz Krieger on the “grief math” that’s preoccupied her ever since her brother’s death: theatln.tc/5jIeBQIz
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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Great presentations by A Colasurdo, N Panichella and J Wu at Session 96, "Internal Migration as a Life Course Trajectory", organized by the IUSSP Panel on Lifetime Migration at #IPC2025. Papers from this session—and others—will appear in a Special Issue of Comparative Population Studies in 2026.
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🆕📰Rapid Demographic Changes Reshape Family Structures: Accelerated demographic change is creating significant differences in the number of relatives between peers of similar ages shows a study by @shajiang.bsky.social et al. in @readdemography.bsky.social. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rapidchange
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I was happy to speak to @faith-hill.bsky.social about the rise of great-grandparenthood in the US and elsewhere. Check out her piece, which is delightful as always 👇
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Today's the 2nd day of our symposium "Demographic & Health Consequences of Violence & Armed Conflict" where international scholars present research on the impact of armed conflict & violence on mortality, migration, fertility, the environment, & population health. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🔦[SPOTLIGHT] Should you Claim Your #Pension Early or Wait? Retiring later increases the monthly pension amount in the US. @shajiang.bsky.social et al. have investigated whether this is optimal, given the uncertainties surrounding #LifeSpan. What they found: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/USApension
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Congrats, @shajiang.bsky.social and colleagues for this important contribution to the study of kinship in demography! Tl;dr: The speed at which birth and death rates change in a population affects the degree to which individuals have living kin (and how old these relatives are).
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Some good news to brighten up your feed: Our #R package 📦 DemoKin for the demographic analysis of kinship has a new website with extensive documentation and literature 🎉🎈 @mpidr.bsky.social If you don't know it yet, why not check it out? ivanwilli.github.io/DemoKin/inde...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
👓Recommended Reading📚Estimating Kinship Size of Older Adults in Europe With Models and Surveys In a paper recently published in @readdemography.bsky.social, @demography.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social and his colleagues, @maikevd.bsky.social and @afcastr0t.bsky.social (CED), compared ... 🧵1/5
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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Ghanaian data shows weak support for the nuclear convergence hypothesis. Urbanisation hasn't led to the dominance of nuclear families—extended types persist. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @josephineabaafi.bsky.social @rebeccasear.bsky.social @anushe.bsky.social
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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
1/ A huge congrats to Dr. Antonino Polizzi @polizzan.bsky.social, who passed his DPhil viva for his thesis “The Causes and the Consequences of Growing Life Expectancy Shortfalls” on Friday, examined by Prof. @ridhikashyap.bsky.social & Dr. Iñaki Permanyer. @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #demography
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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
How do demographic trends shape kinship networks? This replication study compares Swedish & Dutch kinship networks, showing how fertility patterns & divorce rates impact family ties across generations. #Replication #Kinship #POPNET. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @bokanyie.bsky.social
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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
*JOB OPENING*: Researcher in Reproductive #Demography Dr. Josh Wilde is recruiting a Post-doc to join his ERC-funded SEXRATIO project at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, focused on links b/t maternal stress & sex-biased conception & fetal loss. Deadline May 9 (noon UK time). www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
With a little delay we learned that @lpcalderonb.bsky.social, who could not attend #PAA2025, won a Best Poster Award! Her colleagues put up the poster and a note from Liliana and co-author @martinkolk.bsky.social jumped in to present the research. Congrats Liliana! @popassocamerica.bsky.social
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Starting with #rayshader and I love it but find it frustrating that the first column of data consistently appears washed out or overly bright 🫠 Any advice on how to fill this edge with the column's colour (see below)? @tylermorganwall.bsky.social..? Full question: stackoverflow.com/questions/79...
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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
In historical and conflict demography, it is common to estimate a large death toll as the discontinuity between two observed or projected population estimates. @hggaddy.bsky.social and @thegargiulian.bsky.social show why this method creates important problems for demographic and econometric work.
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Adrian Raftery @adrianraftery.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Our short course on Subnational Probabilistic Population Projections at PAA 2025 (description attached) will now be hybrid. To ask to join remotely, email raftery@uw.edu from your professional email by April 7 with subject “Join PAA workshop”, saying why you want to.
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
On Monday next week, I'll present new evidence on how armed groups weaponise kinship as a strategy to maximise suffering, as part of the @hertieschool.bsky.social Social Policy Colloqium. Register for the event in Berlin (only in-person unfortunately) 👇 www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...
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The social demography of war-related bereavement in Colombia, 1985–2018
<p>A presentation by <strong>Diego Alburez-Gutierrez (MPIDR Rostock).&nbsp;</strong>This event is part of the&nbsp;<i>Social Policy Research Colloquium</i>. For registration, and if you have any quest...
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
In Rostock today to talk about how academia is facilitating the resurgence of eugenic ideology 👇
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Elena Pojman @elenapojman.com · 24/03/2025
Our (@stephzzhang.bsky.social @monjalexander.bsky.social @demography.bsky.social) working paper on the migrant mortality advantage among 18th and 19th century United Kingdom & Ireland emigrants has been updated -- spoiler, we find an advantage in this context too! doi.org/10.4054/MPID...
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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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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#Demographers! Run don't walk at the chance to work w/ the amazing José Manuel Aburto @lshtm.bsky.social. 3 year post working on mortality estimation & trends in life expectancy & lifespan inequality in low-& middle-income countries. Not to mention..LONDON! jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow
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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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social! 📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025 📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va... 🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I'm extremely proud to have @rebeccasear.bsky.social as a speaker @mpidr.bsky.social. Rebecca has been a powerful and vocal critic of the resurgence of eugenic ideologies in contemporary academia and society. Her message is more important than ever. Join the lecture online 👇
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Bruno Masquelier @brunomasquelier.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Our study estimates excess deaths in children and parental loss due to the war in Gaza in 2023. From Oct 8 to Dec 31, 2023, 8120 children <18 were killed due to the conflict, 15127 children lost a father, and 9886 children lost a mother -in 3 months pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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A demographic assessment of the impact of the war in the Gaza Strip on the mortality of children and their parents in 2023 - Population Health Metrics
Background Following Hamas’s 7 October attack, Israel launched extensive aerial bombardments in the Gaza Strip, followed by a large-scale ground invasion. During the first 3 months of the conflict, up...
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Doing research on the consequences of war? Join our two-day symposium "Demographic and Health Consequences of Violence and Armed Conflict" at @mpidr.bsky.social in Germany, July 01–02, 2025. Deadline: March 14. More info 👇 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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MPIDR - Demographic and Health Consequences of Violence and Armed Conflict
This two-day symposium invites scholars across disciplines, including demography, public health, sociology, political science, and economics, to submit original research examining the short- and long-...
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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open! This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography. Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon). More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🚨Job Alert🚨 Don't miss this chance to join the great @loisilvia.bsky.social at the Migration and Health Inequalities Research Group @mpidr.bsky.social! Open call for 1 PhD and 1 postdoc; deadline: 28 February 2025.
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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Research by @stefaniamolina.bsky.social examines the role of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the association between mothers' partnership status and infant health in Colombia. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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Demographic Research - Unmarried motherhood and infant health: The role of intimate partner violence in Colombia (Volume 52 - Article 6 | Pages 141–178)
Volume 52 - Article 6 | Pages 141–178
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New study (in Spanish) combines demographic models of kinship and household survey data to quantify family resources available to young women in three Latin American countries 👇
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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🧵1/ Our second chapter for the @ehbea.bsky.social textbook is on what makes a family and a household – basically it depends, of course 🙃 Led by the wonderful @anushe.bsky.social You can find the pre-print here 👇 @brunelcce.bsky.social @brunelpsy.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
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Danish Demographic Society @demografi.dk · 09/01/2025
👋 #AcademicSky and especially #demography We are delighted to join bsky 🙌 Danish Demography Society was established in 1972 and was reborn in 2022 after almost a decade of inactivity 🇩🇰 This summer we are honored to host Nordic Demographic Symposium, please apply 🔗 demografi.dk/aktiviteter/...
Call for papers – Nordic Demographic Symposium 2025
Published: 2024-12-23
Updated: 2024-12-23
The symposium brings together leading population scholars and stakeholders across the Nordic countries to present cutting-edge demographic research and discuss recent trends in population development and policy. We particularly encourage the participation of producers of register data to join this important dialogue. Keynote speakers are Jennifer Dowd (Oxford University), Tomáš Sobotka (Vienna Institute of Demography), and Ulla Muller (UNFPA).
The event aims to enhance the integration of research and data into policy, support young researchers, and strengthen the demographic field across the Nordic countries.
We welcome abstracts of 250-300 words from all areas of demographic research. The deadline for submission is February 10, 2025. Notification of participation will be sent on March 1, 2025.

We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium.
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Amanda Whitmire @thalassalib.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I don't know who needs to know this, but @archive.org has thousands of knitting & crafting books you can "check out" & sometimes download. E.g., as a machine knitter (amongst other things), I have found an amazing trove of very helpful out-of-print books. 🙏 Check it out! 🧶
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Last call! If you're a student interested in demography and data science, u can apply to spend a summer at @mpidr.bsky.social for the 2025 Incubator Programme. This year, I'll be mentoring a group working on mortality estimation in the context of armed conflict. Deadline this Wednesday!! More info 👇
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Happy to see that our research on evolving family networks - using demographic analysis to map future kinship patterns - was selected among @maxplanck.de's top 12 breakthroughs of 2024! @mpidr.bsky.social www.mpg.de/23923353/res...
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Research highlights 2024
The year 2024 saw Max Planck scientists publishing exceptional research across disciplines. We have selected twelve highlights to share.
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Feliz de haber concluido nuestro taller sobre "Modelos de Parentesco para América Latina y el Caribe" en el Congreso #ALAP2024 junto a @lpcalderonb.bsky.social @amandamalmeida.bsky.social e Ivan Williams. Todas las slides, código y materiales están en linea: amandamartinsal.github.io/ALAP24_paren...
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
In a study highlighting the enduring human costs of armed conflict, @demography.bsky.social, Enrique Acosta, @ezagheni.bsky.social, and @um-psc.bsky.social alum Nathalie E. Williams quantify bereavement and its lasting effects.
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Andy Lim @andysaulim.com · 03/12/2024
In light of the martial war declaration in South Korea, here are some people you should follow for informed analyses & news about the developing situation. Koreanists: go.bsky.app/U3Nm5FX Korea watchers: go.bsky.app/9SrguSU Korean studies scholars: go.bsky.app/8nRZ5tp + @koreajoongangdaily.com
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"Homecoming After Brexit," by @ebrusanliturk.bsky.social @samin.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @ezagheni.bsky.social & F Billari, uses Scopus data to assess “immediate effects of the 2016 Brexit referendum on the mobility of top talent in British academia.” @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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Tiziana Leone (she/her) 🍉🏳️‍🌈 @tizianaleone.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Interested in Demography PhD @LSE? 1. Identify potential supervisor in pop@LSE group www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/... 2. Contact a potential supervisor or PhD coordinator @eecoast.bsky.social to discuss a possible project 3. Scholarships are available. Deadline 15/1/2025 www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...
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Philipp Lersch @pmlersch.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Hi 👋 I'm a social demographer leading the 'Kinship Inequalities Group' at @mpidr.bsky.social. I use simulation & mathematical models to study how family structures (including noncoresident extended kin) shape societal processes like informal care, bereavement & wealth inequalities. Happy to be here!
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