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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@prbdata.bsky.social's 2026 World Population Data Sheet is here! It's interactive and lovely and full of all sorts of wonderful demographic data!

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World Population Data Explorer (2026 Data)

Explore population and health indicators for 200+ countries and territories.

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Introducing PDR special issue, Social and Demographic Consequences of Political Conflict and Violence, Mathis Ebbinghaus, Liliana Andriano & I ask how to build cumulative knowledge from heterogeneous findings on the effects of conflict on demographic outcomes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Population and Development Review | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library

Political conflict and violence shape the core demographic processes of mortality, migration, and fertility, while also influencing union formation, health, and kinship networks. Existing studies hav....

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Shelley Clark @shelleydclark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Registration is open (and required) for this UN General Assembly sideline event next Tuesday: "Fertility in Transition: Causes, Consequences, and Choices" www.eventbrite.com/e/fertility-...

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Nathan Hoffmann @nathanihoff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My paper "Double robust, flexible adjustment methods for causal inference: An overview and an evaluation" is out in Social Science Research. Spoiler: In simulations, double robustness appears less important than flexibility, and OLS does pretty well! 🧵👇 1/7 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

New work by Stephanie Koning, @goleensamari.bsky.social & Abigail Weitzman introduces a typology of displacement from conflict-related insecurities—anticipatory, chronic & imminent—and examines their consequences for women displaced from Myanmar to Thailand doi.org/10.1111/padr...

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Population and Development Review | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library

Protracted armed conflicts increasingly drive long-term displacement, yet demographic frameworks often treat forced migration from conflict settings as a response to acute, singular events. This stud...

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A great write-up on brand-new research I was involved in. We used a really different approach from the ones that we & many others have used previously to estimate how many Covid deaths there *really* were--almost 20% more than known. Our results broadly accord w others but add new demographic detail

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

New paper by Maya Luetke, @signesvallfors.bsky.social & Liz Boyle identifies key considerations re: transparency, validity & reproducibility when conducting quant research on armed conflict and health based on combinations of data (DHS + UCDP-GED or ACLED) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Population and Development Review | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library

The humanitarian impact of armed conflict remains a significant international issue, with an estimated 2 billion people residing in fragile or conflict-affected settings. Despite increasing attention...

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Society for Social Medicine & Population Health @socsocmed.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

While John Snow is often credited with founding modern epidemiology, William Farr built the machinery that allowed it to scale. Working at the General Register Office in London, Farr developed one of the world’s first systems for routine mortality surveillance, standardised causes of death.

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

1/ Has life expectancy fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic? In a new pre-print, we find that 31 of 34 high-income countries had still not returned to their expected life expectancy trajectories five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... #demography

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

As "conflict-related mortality is on the rise and displacement has surpassed levels not seen since World War II", a timely editorial on Demography and War: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Introduction: Demography and War—Research on Population and Health in Contexts of Armed Conflict - Population Research and Policy Review

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Berkeley Population Sciences @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Call for Abstracts: Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs. Sponsors: UC Berkeley Center on Economics and Demography of Aging & USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health Deadline: Dec 15 2025 populationsciences.berkeley.edu/conferences/...

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Call for Abstracts: Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs - Population Sciences

The Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs is co-sponsored by the NIA-supported UC Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging-CEDA (William Do...

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Study finds fertility response to extreme weather events diff b/w nuclear and joint family structures in Bangladesh & authors conclude "family structure represents an important but underexplored variable in understanding climate-fertility associations in vulnerable regions" doi.org/10.1080/1948...

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From floods to cyclones: Family structure and fertility preferences across climate-exposed regions of Bangladesh

Bangladesh experiences frequent extreme weather events (EWEs) that are associated with various dimensions of human life, including fertility preferences. This study examines associations among EWEs...

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I’m recruiting a postdoctoral associate at NYU Abu Dhabi. Position is for 3 years with excellent salary, housing and benefits. Please share widely. For more information and application, link ⬇️ apply.interfolio.com/177935

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

In new study on domestic violence in Vietnam, Hanbo Wu argues "normalization of and desensitization to violence in the domestic sphere as well as war trauma likely play an important role in explaining the effect of conflict exposure on the justification of IPV" doi.org/10.1007/s001...

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Does exposure to armed conflict affect women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence? Evidence from Vietnam - Journal of Population Economics

This study combines individual-level survey data and province-level data on wartime bombing to assess the long-term impact of the Vietnam War on Vietnamese women’s attitudes toward intimate partner vi...

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The Dorothy S. Thomas Award is presented annually for the best graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables. Nominations now open! Submit a nomination by January 31, 2026. buff.ly/sMThJ6E

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

IMHO too little attention to mortality-fertility interactions in highly-specialized demography (was once asked "Are you a mortality demographer or a fertility demographer?"), so really enjoyed article on extrinsic mortality & life history traits w/ 30 (!) peer commentaries : doi.org/10.1017/S014...

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Two tiers, not one: Different sources of extrinsic mortality have opposing effects on life history traits | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Two tiers, not one: Different sources of extrinsic mortality have opposing effects on life history traits - Volume 48

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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

👀 We are thrilled to have @um-psc.bsky.social alumnus @angabridged.bsky.social join us for our next Brown Bag session: Shannon Ang of NTU Singapore joins us presenting on ways older adults stay socially connected online. #sociology Live and on Zoom: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/ang/

Online ways for older adults to stay socially connected: Lessons from Singapore

Shannon Ang
Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Nov. 17, 2025
PSC Brown Bag Series 2025
Join us live or on Zoom
ISR (Thompson St.) Room 1430 | Mondays at noon

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Eric Schneider @ericbschneider.com · 05/11/2025

Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊 Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data. 🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s... Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.

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Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE. The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...

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Courtney Boen @courtneyboen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The Brown Population Studies & Training Center is accepting applications to our Global Fellows Program. The program is for early- & mid-career demographers. We are especially interested in applications from scholars from low & middle-income countries. Share & apply! pstc.brown.edu/programs-and...

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Global Fellows Program in Demography

The PSTC has a long-standing tradition of hosting scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse corners of the globe.

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Csaba G. Tóth @tothgcsaba.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

📢My paper is out in Population and Development Review.😀Central and Eastern Europe’s population change isn’t just about fertility, mortality, and migration — the age structure also an important factor. #demography #ageing #fertility #Hungary #Poland #Romania #migration doi.org/10.1111/padr...

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California Center For Population Research @ccpratucla.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

CCPR Miniconference 10/17: “Fertility and Demographic Change” #CCPR #UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #miniconference

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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

job TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN HEALTH AND THE LIFE COURSE OR WORK AND THE ECONOMY Department of Sociology, Western University csn-rec.ca/job-postings... @westernu.ca #cdnsoci

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Very excited to announce that @srhayford.bsky.social, @lesja.bsky.social, and I will be guest-editing a special volume of @prpr-journal.bsky.social on "Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context"! Submissions due March 1, 2026. link.springer.com/collections/...

Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context
Participating journal: Population Research and Policy Review

Call for Papers

Low and declining birth rates across the world have consequences for countries’ population size and structure. Concerns over the potential economic effects of population aging have spurred many countries to engage in efforts to raise birth rates. At the same time, there is growing concern about the social and cultural causes and consequences of low birth rates. Pronatalism – an ideology based on the belief that birth rates are too low, and societies should work to raise them in the interest of economic productivity and cultural preservation – has re-emerged as an increasingly visible and powerful force across different settings. The dynamics of low fertility – such as fertility decline, postponement, and changing patterns of family formation – have been common topics in population science over the last 25 years, but pronatalism has received considerably less attention from the field.

This Special Issue will provide an opportunity for population scientists to contribute to the conversations about pronatalism throughout the world. We welcome critical, theoretical, descriptive, and empirical submissions that explicitly focus on some aspect of pronatalism. Further research is needed on the evidentiary base upon which pronatalism rests; the social, political, and cultural inspirations and implications of pronatalism; and the support for, and effects of, pronatalist policies. Evaluation of alternative approaches (besides raising birth rates) for addressing changes in population size and composition is also warranted. Submissions that discuss the causes and consequences of low fertility but do not directly engage with pronatalism fall outside of the scope of this issue.

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Peter Catron @petercatron.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

New working paper. Comments always welcome osf.io/preprints/so...

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Jennifer Hook @jenlhook.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

There's still time to join us in Montreal for the 2026 @wfrn.bsky.social conference - the deadline is extended until October 15!

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Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here: apply.interfolio.com/174709

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

"The probability of first birth within marriage has become increasingly similar across social classes, while cohabiting and single parenthood have become more strongly stratified," finds @aledinal.bsky.social in new DR article

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n) www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...

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One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

"Women with children increased their [desired family size] in response to growing COVID-19 mortality" in Pernambuco, Brazil, find @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social & Kumar in: read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Dynamic Family Size Preferences During the COVID-19 Mortality Crisis: A Research Note | Demography | Duke University Press

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

📊Next Thursday, our colleague @phbocquier.bsky.social will present a #IneqKill paper, "Identifying small-area diffusion of #mortality transitions using non-linear modelling in 19th-century Belgium" for the Formal Demography Working Group. Register here: formaldemography.github.io/working_group/

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

"Sociology recognizes social relationships are fundamental to the structure and organization of society, yet the discipline has shown limited interest in the dissolution of social ties through death," top-notch, agenda-setting read by E. Smith-Greenaway, A. Verdury & D. Carr: doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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The New Sociology of Bereavement | Annual Reviews

Bereavement—the loss of a loved one through death—is a common and consequential life course experience. Although bereavement, and the topic of death and dying more broadly, has remained on the margins...

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European Association for Population Studies @eaps.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna. 💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Following major European pandemics and wars of the 19th and 20th centuries, "recovery times across events averaged approximately seven years and showed no significant statistical differences by event type or sex," find Silva & Aburto in new article: doi.org/10.1007/s426...

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Life Expectancy Loss and Recovery by Age and Sex Following Catastrophic Events in Europe during the 19th and 20th Centuries - Canadian Studies in Population

Canadian Studies in Population - Following catastrophic events such as pandemics or wars, a systematic loss in life expectancy at birth ( $$\:{e}_{0}$$ ) can be observed. This study aims to...

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California Center For Population Research @ccpratucla.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Janet Currie, Princeton University, “Investing in Children to Address the Child Mental Health Crisis” CCPR Seminar today at 12:00pm! #CCPR #JanetCurrie #UCLA @UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Seminar

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

🚨 New paper: when researchers study epidemics, disasters, or conflicts but don't know how many people died, they often subtract pre and post population estimates or do a crude projection. Unfortunately, this almost never provides an accurate death toll 🧵 www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol5...

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Demographic Research - Can we estimate crisis death tolls by subtracting total population estimates? A critical review and appraisal (Volume 52 - Article 23 | Pages 741–796)

Volume 52 - Article 23 | Pages 741–796

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

High-quality, open-access overview chapters, great resource for courses such as Sociology of the family

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California Center For Population Research @ccpratucla.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Emma Zang, Yale University, “Life-Course Exposure to State Policy Liberalism Contexts and Later-Life Cognitive Health” CCPR Seminar today at 12:00pm! #CCPR #EmmaZang #UCLA @UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Seminar

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California Center For Population Research @ccpratucla.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Applications are open for the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science SICSS 2025 at UCLA! Apply by May 2! Free, 2-wk institute in comp social science for grad students, postdocs & early-career faculty. sicss.io/2025/ucla/ @ianlundberg.bsky.social @jenniebrand.bsky.social

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Michael S. Pollard @sociologian.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

RAND's Postdoctoral Program in the Study of Aging is recruiting fellows! This program provides an opportunity for junior scholars in demographic and aging research to sharpen their research skills at @rand.org. Application deadline is May 23. Learn more: www.rand.org/well-being/s...

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RAND Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging

The RAND Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging enables outstanding junior scholars in demographic and aging research to sharpen their analytic skills, learn to communicate research resul...

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

58,500 Russian fatalities in the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2022–2023 according to new article by @hippopedoid.bsky.social & co-authors in Demography, would equal American fatalities during entire war in Vietnam doi.org/10.1215/0070...

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War Fatalities in Russia in 2022–2023 Estimated Via Excess Male Mortality: A Research Note | Demography | Duke University Press

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

50 years ago today, Khmers Rouges seized power in Cambodia. As we see attacks on education & medical knowledge re-emerging, remembering the massive number--likely >20% of the pop. at risk--of deaths from executions, exhaustion, starvation & treatable diseases in the next 3 years, 8 months & 20 days

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