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Joseph Harrison

@jharrison37.bsky.social
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Sociological Demographer Research Fellow in the @MigrantLife.bsky.social & @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social Immigrants / Assimilation / Mortality / Health / Longitudinal Methods

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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Final chapter from my PhD was published today in Dem Res. See below! Many thanks to supervisors and collaborators @migrantlife.bsky.social project and new role in @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social project for giving me the time to finish it.
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We (@para-mor-ukri.bsky.social) published a paper! Life expectancy & Disabilty Free Life Expecyancy by country of origin in England & Wales. Interesting findings, showing the change over time for some groups, including some groups now living longer in worse health. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Immigrant life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy by detailed country of birth in England and Wales: A total population, repeated cross-sectional approach
Research regularly reports lower mortality among migrants, leading to conclusions of a “Healthy Immigrant Effect”. However, evidence on migrant health is less consistent, suggesting a disconnect betwe...
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Using register data from France, @jharrison37.bsky.social & H. Kulu, together with I. Delaporte & A. Pailhé, find that immigrants from North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa & their descendants are less likely to own a home & instead more likely to move to social renting compared to the native group.
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Another study led by @jharrison37.bsky.social finds persistent gaps in residential mobility and homeownership between the native population and immigrants + their descendants. @jmikolai.bsky.social @ischiathere.bsky.social @maryabedalahad.bsky.social
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Who said Bluesky didn’t have personality?
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
My first working paper from the @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social project is now available. Co-authored with PI @mjwdemography.bsky.social wallace-demography.weebly.com/uploads/5/4/... @salforduni.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social @ukri.org
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🚨 🚨 Publication 🚨 🚨 My work on residential relocation of Immigrants and their descendants in France has been published in Population, Space and Place. This work was part of my time in @standrewssgsd.bsky.social with the @migrantlife.bsky.social project. Available here 👇👇👇 dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp....
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Residential Relocations and Housing Changes Among Immigrants and Their Descendants: An Analysis of Longitudinal Register Data From France
This paper investigates residential mobility and housing changes among immigrants, their descendants, and the native population, alongside the association between family and household characteristics....
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 Pleased to have been part of the first review paper to look at the paradox of immigrants living longer in worse health. Produced as part of the @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social project. Can be found here in the British Medical Bulletin academic.oup.com/bmb/article/...
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Long lives, poor health? A comprehensive review of the evidence among international migrants
AbstractIntroduction. Empirical evidence on migrant morbidity suggests that migrant populations have a higher burden of disease compared to non-migrants in
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Great to see @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social colleague Courtney Franklin do the first presentation of research coming out of our project at #BSPS2025
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MigrantLife @migrantlife.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
@jharrison37.bsky.social is next presenting his work on #births, #partnerships & residential #mobility of #immigrants & #descendants in #France! He shows that African immigrants exhibit higher event intensity, some fertility convergence across generations & that residential barriers persist.
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Happy BSPS week to all those who celebrate. My office for the afternoon is a table seat on the Transport to Wales service en route to Swansea. Looking forward to catching up with everyone there!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
What does a reviewer mean when they say “the results section is too descriptive”? I’m at a bit of a loss about what else should be in a results section if not a description of the results
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Graduation ✔️
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MigrantLife @migrantlife.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🚨Great #postdoc opportunity to work with Hill Kulu and the rest of the team on #migrant #family #housing research using #microsimulation! We look forward to receiving your applications! ✍️
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PARA-MOR (ERC/UKRI) @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
📢 We are hiring! 📢 Are you a UK home student with (or nearing) a Master's degree in Demography, Public Health, Sociology or a related discipline? Do you have a strong interest in ethnicity and inequality? 📈🌍 If so, come and do a PhD @salforduni.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Living longer in worse health? Understanding the immigrant morbidity-mortality paradox in the U.K. at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Living longer in worse health? Understanding the immigrant morbidity-mortality paradox in the U.K. at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Excited to be a part of this team, and involved in a really interesting project!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Thanks @popassocamerica.bsky.social for a phenomenal (IYKYK) time at #PAA2025. My two sessions were great and both my discussants gave great insight! Great to be here alongside my @migrantlife.bsky.social and @phrg-standrews.bsky.social colleagues. Until next time!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Final day at #PAA2025! I’m presenting on the migrant mortality advantage in England and Wales compared to Norway at 9am in the Magnolia room on the mezzanine. Start your Sunday out right by listening to me!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Our team is busy busy busy today!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Busy day at #PAA2025 for me! Catch me in session 36 in the cherry blossom room at 9:30 talking about @migrantlife.bsky.social work! And also in Poster session 4!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
PAA 2025 is off to a great start; as I find myself with not one, but two rows to myself on my Icelandair flight!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I am heading to DC next week for PAA 2025. Come catch me talk about migrant mobility and housing in Europe as part of the @migrantlife.bsky.social Friday 11th @ 9:30 in the Cherry Blosson Room Then again on Sunday 13th at 9am in Magnolia Room where I’ll be talking about migrant mortality!
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CeLSIUS @celsiusnews.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The ONS Longitudinal Study has transformed our understanding of immigration & health in the UK. This thread explores 4 key insights from the latest #LinkingOurLivesPod with @mjwdemography.bsky.social and @jharrison37.bsky.social highlighting the LS' contribution to research in this field. 🧵 1/7
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This was a lot of fun to record. If anyone wants to listen to me talk about immigrant morality and cancer using the England and Wales Longitudinal Study - here is your chance!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🚨 ‼️ 🚨 Deadline Day‼️ 🚨 ‼️ Put this at the top of your to do list!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Time is running out 🕰️ 🚨 There is only one day left to submit to the @migrantlife.bsky.social symposium held in St Andrews in June. We would love to see you there. Submit your abstract here 👇👇👇👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/1aP4...
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3rd Migrant Life Symposium Abstract Submission
Thank you for your interest in attending the 3rd MigrantLife Symposium in St Andrews on 25th and 26th June 2025. Please complete the form below to submit your paper.
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Your two week warning for the deadline to submit to the 2025 @migrantlife.bsky.social symposium!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Landed in Paris ready for another week of analysis of the French Permanent Demographic Survey as part of the @migrantlife.bsky.social project. Grateful to be hosted by @ined.bsky.social Always looking for recommendations for restaurants, cafes and weekend activities.
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Today I successfully defended my thesis passing without corrections. 🥂🥳 It’s been quite a journey but grateful to Professors Gunnar Malmberg and Helga de Valk for the discussion of my work and the topic of migrant incorporation! A great day despite the storm! ⛈️ 💨
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
🚨 Call for abstracts!! 🚨 Come and join the @migrantlife.bsky.social team in St Andrews for two days of talks about migration studies. Submit here: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... Any area of migration research is welcome! With some funding available for ECRs. Please share!
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I had a paper published! A study if all-cancer incidence and subsequent mortality of Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and their descendants in England and Wales bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Joseph Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Every new social media, never ceases to confuse me. I suspect this will be no different. But i don’t want to miss out, so here goes.
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