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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Interested in intergenerational economic injustice? This episode of The Briefing Room features two of our Fellows @janefalkingham.bsky.social FAcSS and @bobbyduffy.bsky.social FAcSS discussing just that. Find out more and catch up ⬇️

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“Women are adopting male health-risk behaviours, so partly men’s life expectancy is improving, but also women’s isn’t going up as fast. Women were just so far ahead, men's increases are from a very low baseline” said @janefalkingham.bsky.social in The Telegraph on the latest ONS life expectancy data

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Research led by @janefalkingham.bsky.social, Evandrou & Vlachantoni has been used in the Work & Pensions Committee's new 'Transition to State Pension Age' report, which examines the impact of the increasing State Pension age on people approaching retirement: Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...

Front cover of the Work and Pensions Committee Transition to State Pension Age Second Report of Session 2026–27

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Today is @carers-uk.bsky.social #CarersRightsDay Find out how @ukri.org -funded CPC-CG research is uncovering #financial and #employment pressures on informal #carers and the urgent need for better recognition, support and planning. Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_... @uosmedia.bsky.social

A red graphic with speech bubbles that read “Know your rights” and “Use your rights,” alongside text stating support for Carers Rights Day on Thursday 20 November, with logos from organisations at the bottom: the Centre for Population Change, Connecting Generations, the Economic and Social Research Council and the University of Southampton.

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

✅ Find out how much you know - take The Growing Older Quiz A 5-minute challenge of your #demographic trivia 🤔 futu-res.eu/quiz Created by #FutuRes - A Resilient Future of Europe, a research project funded by the EU #population #demography #ageing @bspsuk.bsky.social @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social

Image shows green background with blue text reading 'The Growing Older Quiz' with a woman facing the camera with her hand to her face in a thinking pose.

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

📺 Missed the headline special report last week on #BBC South Evening News? Catch up below on the discussion of new CPC-CG research on rising public health #funerals, with @janefalkingham.bsky.social highlighting the need to prevent people finding themselves unable to afford funerals in later life.

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Jane Falkingham on Public Health Funerals - BBC South Today Evening News

YouTube video by Centre for Population Change Connecting Gens

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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Fantastic to see our Professor @janefalkingham.bsky.social and @cpc-cg.bsky.social academics in the news today, with research showing that tackling deprivation in older age can cut the rising cost of taxpayer-funded funerals. See more 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @bspsuk.bsky.social

bbc.co.uk

State-funded funerals on the increase across England

Tackling deprivation is crucial in reversing a rise in state-funded funerals, researchers say.

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

CPC-CG researchers analysed data about #publichealthfunerals (PHFs) from hundreds of Freedom of Information requests carried out by BBC South News. The study also highlights an urgent need for national PHF data coordination and further research to forecast demand as deprivation and kinlessness rise

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State-funded funerals on the increase across England

Tackling deprivation is crucial in reversing a rise in state-funded funerals, researchers say.

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

As we mark #WorldPopulationDay2025, find out more about recent CPC-CG research providing insights and policy evidence under this year's UN theme: "Empowering young people to create the #families they want in a fair and hopeful world" ➡️ www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_... @bspsuk.bsky.social #population

Image shows young office workers walking in the street on their lunch break next to a quote from Professor Jane Falkingham CBE, Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations (CPC-CG), who notes: "Fertility decline is not simply a matter of choice. It reflects economic uncertainty, unaffordable childcare, precarious housing, and a mismatch between fertility intentions and the means to realise them. If young adults are to have the families they desire, we must listen to them and address the barriers they face. CPC and CG research continues to provide the data and insight needed to shape those solutions.”

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

On 12 May, Intergenerational England launched “A Divided Kingdom: Steps Towards #Intergenerational Solidarity” laying out how to move from fragmentation to solidarity across generations Read and share: www.intergenerationalengland.org/adividedking... #ADividedKingdom #IntergenerationalSolidarity

“I welcome this timely report because it highlights the urgent need to reconnect generations at a moment when social, economic and political shifts have deepened divides across age groups. At Connecting Generations, we examine how intergenerational ties shape and are shaped by key life events, and how these dynamics have been disrupted by national challenges such as Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as broader global challenges. This report reinforces our view that intergenerational connection is vital to personal wellbeing, social resilience and long-term fairness, and must be central to future policy thinking.” Professor Jane Falkingham CBE, Director of ESRC Connecting Generations

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

📺 Did you catch @janefalkingham.bsky.social on BBC Politics South last Sunday? If not, catch up on BBC iplayer to hear Jane discuss #ageing #populations and falling #birth rates, and what this means for the region (from 05:48) ▶️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Professor Jane Falkingham, CPC-CG Director, sits on the studio sofa for her BBC Politics South interview with Peter Henley on Sunday 13 April 2025.

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

🗞️ New article on #pension reforms in @theconversation.com by @janefalkingham.bsky.social, Athina Vlachantoni & Yifan Ge @unisouthampton.bsky.social "The government could play a critical part in evening out gender differences for the #Waspi women – and for millions of others coming up after them."

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Denying compensation to ‘Waspi’ women over pension changes could be a missed opportunity

It could have been a first step in levelling the UK’s gender pension gap.

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social will speak about 'The new rush hour of life: Balancing paid and unpaid work in mid-life?' for the Sir Roger Jowell Memorial Lecture 2025 hosted by City University, @natcen.bsky.social, @thesra.bsky.social. Info & register: www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Sir Roger Jowell Memorial Lecture 2025

Wednesday, 9th April 2025, 18:00 – 19:30 (BST)

B200, Level 2, University Building, and Online via MS Teams

Public

Free

The new rush hour of life: Balancing paid and unpaid work in mid-life?
A drinks reception will follow in the Pavilion at City from 7.30-9pm.

This annual event is organised by City, National Centre for Social Research and the Social Research Association.

Professor Sir Ian Diamond, UK National Statistician, will chair the lecture.

Speaker: Professor Jane Falkingham CBE, University of Southampton and Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC)

More at: https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2025/april/sir-roger-jowell-memorial-lecture-2025

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

To round off this week's #MeetTheTeam Tuesday... Take a deeper look at the #demography and #population- based activities that @janefalkingham.bsky.social oversees @cpc-cg.bsky.social by reading the latest issue of our newsletter magazine #ChangingPopulations 🗞️🗞️ sway.cloud.microsoft/CmZy5IKeGpRN...

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Changing Populations

Welcome to issue 15 of Changing Populations.

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

As we #MeetTheTeam this Tuesday, read a recent @theconversation.com article where @janefalkingham.bsky.social and colleagues discuss the UK's ethnic #pension gap - people from minority ethnic communities are faring worse than white British people. Full article ⬇️ theconversation.com/why-theres-a...

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Why there’s an ethnic pension gap in the UK – and how the government could close it

The factors that feed into the pension gap begin much earlier than retirement.

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Let's find out more as we #MeetTheTeam... Recent research by @janefalkingham.bsky.social and colleagues' has highlighted the growing financial and employment pressures on informal #carers in Britain. Read the full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...

Image shows page from the lates ChangingPopulations magazine. Headline reads 'Pressures on informal carers' over an image of a younger couple taking care of an older woman in a wheelchair on a UK street. Intro text reads: Research led by CPC-CG Co-
Director Professor Maria Evandrou and CPC-CG Director
Professor Jane Falkingham CBE further highlights the growing
financial and employment pressures on informal carers in
Britain.

The findings from several recent studies by Professor Evandrou
and Professor Falkingham with Dr Min Qin and Professor Athina
Vlachantoni reveal a widening gap in long-term care
preparedness, the incompatibility of social care cuts with
extended working lives, and the disproportionate impact on lone
parents and women. While the demand for informal caregiving is
increasing, many individuals remain unprepared for their future
long-term care needs, and policies aimed at promoting workforce
participation are clashing with the realities of caregiving
responsibilities. See section 4 at: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/CmZy5IKeGpRNyfAy?ref=Link&loc=play

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

👋 It's #MeetTheTeam Tuesday ➡️ @janefalkingham.bsky.social is Director of @cpc-cg.bsky.social, Professor of #Demography and International #SocialPolicy @sspcatsoton.bsky.social, and VP @unisouthampton.bsky.social. 🔵Find out more about Jane's #population -based work: www.cpc.ac.uk/about_us/the...

Connecting Generations Meet the Team
Professor Jane Falkingham CBE
Professor of Demography and International Social Policy, University of Southampton
Role Summary: As PI of Connecting Generations, with my colleagues, I help shape the research we do and the impact it makes.
What inspired your work? Growing up, I became increasingly aware of inequalities, and how these accumulate across the life course. I wanted to do work that highlighted the changing needs of people at different stages of the life course and contributed to societal change.
What is the best part of your work? I still enjoy data analysis, especially when new findings are finally revealed.
What are you most proud of? Seeing my students grow and blossom and forge their own careers, both in academia and within the public and private sector.

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