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Guy Abel

@guyabel.bsky.social
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Professor at HKU. Statistical demographer working on estimating #migration and demographic forecasting, mainly using #rstats.

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Guy Abel @guyabel.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🚨Out today in @nature.com our new paper uses deep learning to map four decades of global human migration. By building the first comprehensive, four-decade dataset of annual flows (1990-2023), we reveal that global migration has nearly tripled since 2000. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nature @nature.com · 10/06/2026
Global migration has increased from 13 million people per year in 2000 to around 35 million in 2023. The data, published in Nature today, come from the most detailed maps of global migration produced in the 33 years. go.nature.com/4uCpkxy
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Human migration has surged since 2000 — these maps reveal where people are going
Modelling with artificial-intelligence tools has filled gaps in migration data, revealing detailed global population movements from 1990 to 2023.
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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...
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Guy Abel @guyabel.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
📢New paper out on measuring global #migration flows using online data in @pnas.org We use privacy-protected records from over 3 billion Facebook users to estimate migration flows between 181 countries, accounting for biases in social media usage 🔗https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2409418122
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Guy Abel @guyabel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The @nytopinion.nytimes.com today features a #dataviz of our new global migration flow estimates. nytimes.com/interactive/... Using privacy protected records from three billion Facebook users, we estimated country-to-country #migration flows at monthly granularity for 181 countries.
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Opinion | To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First
These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.
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Guy Abel @guyabel.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Updated global #migration flow estimates to match new @UNDESA stock data 📄Bilateral: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... 📄Bilateral by sex: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... 🖥️Update details: guyabel.com/publication/... 📔Original @ScientificData papers: nature.com/articles/s41... & www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Guy Abel @guyabel.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are recruiting for multiple Research Assistant Professor (RAP) / Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF) positions in the HKU Research Hub of Population Studies. jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53127... #demography #population #poptwitter #hongkong
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Chris Levesque @cmlevesque.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
In a new open-access article in Population and Development Review, our team provides a much-needed empirical starting point for future research on the globalization of international migration. Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #sociology #demography #migration
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Guy Abel @guyabel.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Updated country-to-country #migration flow estimates for WPP2024 📄Bilateral: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... 📄Bilateral by sex: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... 🖥️Update details: guyabel.com/publication/... 📔Original Nature Scientific Data papers: nature.com/articles/s41... & nature.com/articles/s41...
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Guy Abel @guyabel.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
Updated post on visualizing the evolution of squad compositions at UEFA European Championships #EURO2024 #rstats guyabel.com/post/uefa-ec...
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