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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group

@phrg-standrews.bsky.social
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We are one of the largest groups in the UK researching the geographies of population, health and housing. Our group is part of the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social populationandhealth.wp.st-andrews.a…

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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New publication ✍️ A PhD study led by @gauthierdulout.bsky.social shifts the discourse on the housing problem from one of shortage to a crisis of distribution, finding a “concentric mismatch” between where demographic pressures are strongest and where new homes are being built.
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Dr Mary @maryabedalahad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Presented on obesity, immigration, and determinants of life satisfaction at the British Society for Population Studies annual conference, at University of Kent #BSPS @cpc-cg.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICYMI: We were at the #BSPS2026 Conference! 🎉 Our members presented and chaired sessions covering a range of topics, including residential mobility, fertility and reproductive health, and ethnic and health inequalities. A great few days of exchanging ideas and catching up with colleagues!
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
✍🏻NEW WORKING PAPER: @jmikolai.bsky.social examines socioeconomic variation in children's experience of first and second parental separation in 20 European countries. Read on below to learn more. 👇 @childlives.bsky.social
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Want to work on family complexity and children's lives? St Andrews has opened applications for its BAME #PhD #Scholarships, which are available to UK-domiciled ‘Home’ fee applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. More information here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-su...
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Come work with CPC-CG colleagues in St Andrews!
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
New publication ✍️ @parthpandya.bsky.social and colleagues use 40 years of data to show that later migrant generations are more likely to move and become homeowners than first-gen immigrants in England & Wales. Some groups, however, remain disadvantaged. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
St Andrews is out in force at #EPC2026 in Bologna! ☀️ Great to see so many colleagues contributing to discussions, presenting research, and connecting with peers from across Europe and beyond. #demography #italy #research
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is an excellent opportunity to do a PhD on #health, #adolescence, and #emergingadulthood in two of the best places to study demography!
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Shuqi Lyu @shuqilyu.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
It was a wonderful experience to present our poster on “Who receives housing support from parents or relatives in the UK?” as well as our work on "Intergenerational solidarity and women's first, second and third births" in #PAA2026 conference. @cpc-cg.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Are you coming to @popassocamerica.bsky.social Annual Meeting? Check out these presentations from our St Andrews colleagues, with topics ranging from life course dynamics, housing support to child nutrition. #PAA2026 #Conference #Missouri
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We’re thrilled to have hosted Prof. Darren Smith (Loughborough University), who gave a talk on rural population change in England. Our very own Prof. Nissa Finney also presented her and her team’s work on internal migration and age diversity in England and Wales.
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New publication ✍️ A study led by @ischiathere.bsky.social shows that rapid educational expansion and declining marriage rates will change the demographic of older-age suicide in South Korea. Learn more: bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/2/...
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
📆 Save the date for our next #CPCCGWebinar with Albert Esteve @uab.cat and @cedemografia.bsky.social: How #livingarrangements are structured and evolve across #societies over time, reflecting #demographic dynamics, #family systems, and #economic conditions. Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...
Promotional graphic for a CPC‑CG seminar showing an audience seated in a bright lecture room listening to a speaker, alongside text reading “CPC‑CG seminar series,” “Albert Esteve, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics,” “Living arrangements in transition: Global patterns and regional idiosyncrasies,” CPC and Connecting Generations logos, and event details “Online, 30 April, 13:00–14:00 BST.”
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Congratulations to @maryabedalahad.bsky.social on this important achievement! 🥳
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
New publication ✍️ A study led by @maryabedalahad.bsky.social using the Swedish register data finds that immigrants from lower-income regions experience delayed entry into homeownership. But does this gap persist among their descendants? Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Check out this @usociety.bsky.social blog by @jmikolai.bsky.social & Hill Kulu: "Gendered patterns of partnership, family formation, and work are likely to have serious long-term implications for [...] female children of immigrants." www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2026/04...
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Diversity or disadvantage? Families and employment of immigrants’ children in the UK - Understanding Society
Children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have similar partnership, fertility, and employment trajectories to natives Children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have simil...
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The call for papers for the @cpc-cg.bsky.social Connecting Generations Symposium has been extended to April 20th! More details + how to submit here: cpc-cg-symposium-call-for-papers.tiiny.site
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
‼️Closing tomorrow (24 March) at 5pm GMT ‼️
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
📢 Call for papers The @cpc-cg.bsky.social Connecting Generations symposium on intergenerational change & support will take place on 23–24 June 2026 at the University of St Andrews. 🗓️ Abstract deadline: 13 April 2026 More details + how to submit here: cpc-cg-symposium-call-for-papers.tiiny.site
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We’re happy to have hosted today Prof Judith Sixsmith, who gave us an overview of #IncludeAge project’s work on #ageing among LGBT+ and persons with learning disabilities. Dr. @drmengxing.bsky.social also discussed her work and reflections on ageing & #loneliness among ethnic minorities in the UK 🔎
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A recent study led by @jo-hale.bsky.social finds causal evidence that reducing social isolation, especially among those living alone, has a protective effect against cognitive decline. The mechanism, however, goes beyond addressing loneliness. 🔗 Learn more: academic.oup.com/psychsocgero...
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MigrantLife @migrantlife.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The MigrantLife project officially comes to an end this month! Earlier today, together with our colleagues at @phrg-standrews.bsky.social, we looked back on and celebrated our achievements—and the many people who contributed to the project’s success 🍾
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Check out these three exciting #PhD studentships in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, fully funded by the @ukri.org @sgsss.bsky.social More information here: www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentships...
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
📻 Listen to lead author Rachel Wilkie discuss the findings from 'Changing #geographies of #ageing and age mixing across urban–rural areas in #Scotland, 2011–2022' on BBC Radio Scotland earlier this week ⬇️ @alicebutlerwarke.bsky.social @jo-hale.bsky.social @ukri.org @standrewssgsd.bsky.social
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Rachel Wilkie discusses population ageing and age mixing on BBC Radio Scotland Lunchtime Live
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
How age-diverse are Scotland's neighbourhoods? Colleagues at @cpc-cg.bsky.social, led by Rachel Wilkie, find that age segregation is highest in urban areas and lowest in remote small towns. Read more about how this diversity has changed — and why it matters: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Consider #education, #economic uncertainty & changing #gender roles to design effective policies around falling #fertility rates New article by CPC-CG's @ann-berrington.bsky.social @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social & Hill Kulu @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social (@bspsuk.bsky.social)
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Job alert 💼 The School of Geography and Sustainable Development is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to work on the project “Identities, Migration and Democracy” (We-ID) with Prof Hill Kulu and Dr. @sarahchristison.bsky.social. More details here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A recent study by Michaela Šťastná, @jmikolai.bsky.social, Nissa Finney, and Katherine Keenan typologises complex family trajectories in the UK from the perspective of children up to age 10. @childlives.bsky.social
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
It has been such a productive year for our research group members—including our very own Winifred Maduko, who is @onecampaign.bsky.social's Ambassador of the Year awardee! 🥳
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We are kicking off the week by celebrating several new publications ✍️ from the @migrantlife.bsky.social project -- all published in the last few weeks!
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We’ve got a strong contingent of PhD students and staff at the three-day @imprs-phds.bsky.social Annual Academy being held from 3-5 December @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock, Germany! 💙 @maryabedalahad.bsky.social @ischiathere.bsky.social
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University of St Andrews @uniofstandrews.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Happy St Andrew's Day ow.ly/KvqC50Xzv1r #EverToExcel #StAndrewsDay #Scotland
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Dr Mengxing J @drmengxing.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
@phrg-standrews.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @sdafable.bsky.social @parthpandya.bsky.social
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🕑Join us online TODAY at 2pm (UK time) - all welcome, simply register to get the link: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @bspsuk.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
New publication ✍️ A chapter from the PhD thesis of @anastasialam.bsky.social has recently been published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. Lam and colleagues examine how historical contexts and adult characteristics explain differences in disease counts across generations in South Korea.
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
New publication ✍️ Recent work by @jmikolai.bsky.social, Hill Kulu, and @ischiathere.bsky.social, together with Isaure Delaporte, unveils the interrelationship between fertility and employment changes among migrant populations across three major migrant recipient countries in Europe.
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
New publication ✍️ An article from the PhD thesis of Dr. @senli08.bsky.social, a postdoctoral researcher in our group, has just been published in Population, Space and Place! 🔗 Read the article here: doi.org/10.1002/psp....
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Dr Mengxing J @drmengxing.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Event: Join community members, organisations & researchers to explore challenges & opportunities in ethnic minority ageing in Scotland 💬 Panel • Discussion • Collaboration 20 Oct 2025, University of Edinburgh 🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/e/aFbe4JX3pu Funded by @britishgerontology.bsky.social
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
What a great symposium on health and environment organised by @maryabedalahad.bsky.social! Other PHRG colleagues Sen Li, @sdafable.bsky.social, @klarenpt.bsky.social and @jo-hale.bsky.social were also present 🙌
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
We are now live on LinkedIn as well! Follow us for updates 😀
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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Come along to this @cpc-cg.bsky.social webinar today at 1pm UK time if you are interested in #family #complexity and the #lifecourses of #children in #Europe To find out more about the @childlives.bsky.social project, visit the website childlives.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
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Investigating family complexity across children’s lives in Europe
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Congratulations to ever-prolific Mary!
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
UK #demographic divides are deepening. In #ChangingPopulations, discover how #inequalities between wealthier and poorer regions are widening, with #remoteworking and #migration reinforcing, not reducing, these disparities – page 10 @phrg-standrews.bsky.social ▶️ sway.cloud.microsoft/CmZy5IKeGpRN...
Image shows older couple walking down a shopping street in a coastal town, with the headline 'Ageing places face growing demographic divides'. Intro text reads: 
CPC-CG member Dr David McCollum has been exploring population sustainability and geographical inequalities amid the challenges of an ageing population. Dr McCollum's research has found that there is a growing demographic divide across the UK. Inequalities between wealthier and poorer regions are widening, with remote working and
migration patterns reinforcing rather than reducing these
disparities. In the UK context, the population ageing process started earliest in Scotland and has been the focus of Scottish policy attention for almost two decades. The most recent Census showed that Scotland’s population is at a record high of almost 5.5 million. However, its population is rapidly ageing, it is fully reliant on
migration for demographic stability,  and almost a third of its local
authorities are already experiencing decline.
Scotland’s experiences of, and responses to demographic
challenges can therefore provide lessons for other parts of the UK
which are expected to follow a similar trajectory.
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Edward Pomeroy @edwardpomeroy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The first paper from my PhD, co-authored with @francescafiori.bsky.social, is now published in SSM- Population Health. Fully open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... @cpc-cg.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social 1/4
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Redirecting
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Dr Mengxing J @drmengxing.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
🌟Excited to share: I am awarded the British Society of Gerontology Small Events Grant!🎉Event: Inclusive Ageing: Collaborating to Support Ethnic Minority Older Adults in Scotland, Looking forward to impactful discussions and collaborations. @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Big congrats to Joe who defended with flying colours!
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Dr Mary @maryabedalahad.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I am very proud to be part of the SAGES climate science podcast series where I talked about environmental justice and communities. Podcast launching event took place at Edinburgh climate change institute, podcasts can be found: sages.ac.uk/podcast/ @cpc-cg.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
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St Andrews Population & Health Research Group @phrg-standrews.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
A great opportunity for aspiring PhD students to join our group!
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
📢Calling all postgraduate students! There are 7 days to go until the call for papers will open for PopFest - the Annual Postgraduate Population Studies conference, taking place at @unisouthampton.bsky.social, 7 – 8 July 2025. Find out more about #PopFest25 👇 cpc.ac.uk/activities/p...
The British Society of Population Studies presents PopFest 2025, taking place from 6 - 8 July 2025 at the University of Southampton. The call for papers for this event opens on 13th January. The event is sponsored by BSPS, the ESRC Centre for Population Change - Connecting Generations, National Centre for Research Methods, South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership, University of Southampton, and Population Geography Research Group
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