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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 03/12/2025

What is your Spotify age? “Age is just a number, so don’t take it personally.” Great to see Spotify assigning a ‘demographic age’ based on the music users listen to.

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 04/11/2025

Listening to the Henley & Partners Global Citizenship Conference after Rachel Reeves’ announcement, with @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social, James Quarmby and Dan Neidle, was a reminder that even small migration shifts can shape economies. We need good data to understand these impacts.

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 07/10/2025

If you’re into population pyramids of intentions (+ other nice plots, + more), this one’s for you. With K. Schwanitz, @vferraretto.bsky.social & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social, we explore how young Europeans plan adulthood using @ggp.bsky.social + @ess-survey.bsky.social data. doi.org/10.12765/CPo...

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 18/06/2025

Honoured to receive a teaching award from @socsci.ox.ac.uk. Grateful to @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, @oxforddemsci.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social. Proud to have contributed to the Human Sciences degree & supervised students in @sociologyoxford.bsky.social. www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 12/06/2025

Grateful to have Vanshika Keshwani (UniPD) and Sabina Bercovich Szulmajster (CED) visiting @sociologyoxford.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social for their PhDs. Vanshika works on mobility in Venice with e-sharing data; Sabina explores sexuality via dating apps. Learning a lot from both!

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 14/04/2025

Now that #PAA2025 is over, why not think about submitting your work to the Queer Demography session I'm co-organising with @mortenkthomsen.bsky.social at @bspsuk.bsky.social? We welcome abstracts on LGBTQIA+ populations at any stage of development. Deadline: May 9th www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 20/01/2025

We kicked off the @sociologyoxford.bsky.social departmental seminar series with the enthusiasm of Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social, who presented on time-use patterns in adolescence. Her talk featured research from her PhD + findings from the GenTime projects led by Prof. @manyeekan.bsky.social.

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 21/11/2024

Users primarily download these apps for tracking menstrual cycles (61%), achieving pregnancy (22%), engaging with a community (9%), and avoiding pregnancy (8%). Interestingly, low-income countries with higher fertility rates see more downloads relative to internet access levels.

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 21/11/2024

We found that Clue, Flo, and Period Tracker dominate the market with 250M+ downloads. While usage is highest in high-income countries, low-income areas with unmet family planning needs also show significant engagement, particularly in South America.

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 21/11/2024

Thrilled to share our study in Digital Health! With Alyce Raybould, @peterampazzo.bsky.social, Ross Barker & Doug Leasure, we explore the global use of menstrual tracking apps across income levels. Key trends revealed! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 17/04/2024

Join us for session 40 tomorrow at 11.00 am in the Madison Room on how newspapers 🗞️ , LinkedIn 👔, mobile phones 📱, uni admissions 🎓 and everything in between can help us understand demographic behaviours. #PAA2024

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 30/09/2023

The sky isn’t as blue, but this makes my first post on this new platform. I truly hope this can be a more stable digital migration (in comparison to mastodon), as Twitter has played a significant role in providing academic information throughout my career.

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