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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🌡️ Extreme heat during pregnancy can reduce antenatal care in low-and middle-income countries. Join @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social to learn more about the unequal impacts of intensifying heat on antenatal healthcare use in LMICs. 📆 13 October at 12:45 BST 📍LSHTM & Online 👉 bit.ly/4zwexb5

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A warm welcome to Alyson van Raalte (@alysonvanraalte.bsky.social) as a new Honorary Professor at @lshtm.bsky.social 🎉 Alyson leads the Mortality Inequalities group at @mpidr.bsky.social and is the new co-Editor-in-Chief of Population Studies. Thrilled to have her as part of the LSHTM community!

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Join us tomorrow for the last London Universities Population Seminar of this academic year! We are looking forward to hosting Aasli Abdi Nur (@aasli.bsky.social), who will present her work "Progress or Polarization? A Computational Analysis of Trends in Global Family Planning Research. Details 👇

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CPIPR @popresearchctrs.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

What happens to miscarriage care when abortion is banned? A new study from Texas shows blood transfusions during pregnancy loss rose 15% above expected levels after the state's total abortion ban took effect. PRB breaks down the findings 🔗

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Texas Abortion Ban Linked to Rise in Severe Complications From Pregnancy Loss - Population Reference Bureau

When Texas enacted a total abortion ban in 2022, it changed the legal landscape for pregnancy care. Because the medications and procedures used to treat miscarriage are also used in abortion care,…

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

📢 New publication from PSG members Maria Gargiulo (@thegargiulian.bsky.social) and Anushé Hassan (@anushe.bsky.social), and alumna Ursula Gazeley is out in BMJ Public Health! The study shows how violent deaths during pregnancy and postpartum are an overlooked cause of maternal mortality.

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Mark your calendars for two exciting seminars coming up next week at LSTHM and PSG! 📆

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I’m sure you have, but if you haven’t, check out Istanbul (autobiographic) and Cevdet Bey and his sons (allegedly autobiographic) for more details on Pamuks!

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I liked it, but not as much as I liked the book, but that’s the usual drill I guess.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Our results reveal diverging patterns by gender and socioeconomic background, visible among women born under the ban to parents from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, who left parental home later, married later, and were less likely to marry at all. Full paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Abortion Ban and the Next Generation’s Family Formation Decisions: Evidence from Romania - European Journal of Population

European Journal of Population - This study examines how the introduction of an abortion ban can shape the next generation’s family formation trajectories, and whether the influence of the...

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The immediate consequences of abortion bans or restrictions are widely studied and discussed. What remains more overlooked are the long-term consequences, and how the effects can be carried across generations.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

📢 New paper out in the European Journal of Population (@eaps.bsky.social)! With Nicoletta Balbo and Francesco Billari, we investigated how Romania's 1960s abortion ban shaped the next generation's family formation outcomes.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We should advocate for greater use of cohort fertility measures and to encourage statistical offices to publish these regularly so researchers, policymakers, and the public can track fertility trends with greater accuracy.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

One thing I feel strongly about is that the fertility trends cannot be fully understood through a single period measure. Looking solely at the TFR can overstate the declines we are currently observing in Turkey.

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Next in London Universities Population Seminars 📢 Liliana Andriano (@uossocstatdemo.bsky.social) presents her work "Timing matters: Heterogeneous effects of climatic events on school attendance in Nigeria". Join us on Feb 26 at 12.45 📍 G05 LSHTM or online: lshtm.zoom.us/s/82310981248

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Ozan Aksoy @aksoyundan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A new publication at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We find that religious markers (esp. beards) can reduce perceived trustworthiness in Turkey. (That's why you often see me clean shaven ;-)

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Religious markers reduce perceived trustworthiness in a Muslim-majority country | PNAS

First impressions often hinge on visible cues, leading people to infer the trustworthiness of strangers from their appearance and dress. While reli...

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Surveys are important for miscarriage research, yet questionnaire design and sample characteristics can influence reported miscarriage prevalence We compared miscarriage reporting across British surveys with @mccompans.bsky.social & @heinivaisanen.bsky.social - take a look at our pre-print here ⬇️

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

1/ A nice summary of the current trends in cohort fertility and how period measures may be overstating recent drops. #demography #birthrates #fertility

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Up next in the London Universities Population Seminar Series: On 25 November at 12:45, Dr Isadora Cruxên (QMUL) will present “Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide.” Join us in G08 (Keppel Street) or online: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide

How can technology support social justice struggles against gender-based violence and feminicide? This talk explores this question through the work of “Data Against Feminicide”, a collaborative

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Hello, I’d love to join this group! I research on social and economic inequalities influencing different forms of pregnancy loss and endings.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Our full paper is now online in Journal of Critical Public Health (forthcoming in the Special Issue on Reproductive Vulnerabilities, edited by Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager). journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

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Anti-abortion politics and changes in abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey | Journal of Critical Public Health

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

These findings reveal how anti-abortion campaigns restrict access even without changing laws. They also suggest potential underreporting of abortions as miscarriages, as stigma intensifies for both women seeking care and providers offering it.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

After 2012, we found: - Reported abortions declined ⬇️ while miscarriages increased ⬇️ - Declines in abortion observed across all socioeconomic groups, strongest among lower-SES women - Increases in miscarriage primarily driven by lower-educated women and those outside the richest quintile

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

In 2012, Turkey launched an anti-abortion campaign and drafted restrictive legislation. The law never passed, but prior academic and journalistic evidence pointed to a de-facto ban emerging. Using all Turkish DHS waves, we investigated how abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth rates changed.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

What happens when abortion access becomes restricted even without a law officially passing? With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Congratulations Jasmin!!! ❤️❤️

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨 Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography! Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

We're hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher in Demography, deadline: 30 September 2025

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SOC-MISC @soc-misc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

🔎 The University of St Andrews research team led by Katherine Keenan and partner in the SOC-MISC project is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on analysing Scottish public data on miscarriages. More information in the link below : 👉 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

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Post-doctoral Research Fellow – AR3162

Post-doctoral Research Fellow – AR3162, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, Salary: £38,249 - £45,413 per annum, Start: Earliest December 2025 (to be confirmed), Fixed term for 18 mont...

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SOC-MISC @soc-misc.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

📢 The SOC-MISC project will be at #BSPS2025 in Swansea! 📅 3 Sept 🎤 @selinkoksal.bsky.social : miscarriage measurement & reporting in UK surveys 🎤 @mccompans.bsky.social : hospital-care seeking after a miscarriage in France ➡️ Full programme: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

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The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Thinking about a PhD? Don’t miss this opportunity from the amazing @psglshtm.bsky.social and @mpidr.bsky.social, apply by Sep 25! 👇

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🗣️ Just two days left - send your applications for this exciting opportunity to work with José Manuel Aburto and be part of the interdisciplinary PSG team!

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It was amazing to be part of this insightful and stimulating workshop on miscarriage measurement. Huge thanks to the SOC-MISC team for organising it! Heading back to London with lots to reflect on 🧐

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Planning a career in demographic research?🌍 This studentship scheme may be of interest if you're looking to study MSc Demography & Health or MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research @‌LSHTM this September. Apply by 26 May 2025 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

📢 Next in the London Universities Population Seminar Series (co-hosted with @lshtmhistory.bsky.social) 🗓️ Thurs 15 May | 🕐 12:45–14:00 📍 LSHTM G24, Keppel St. Dr. Rachell Sánchez-Rivera will talk about state-sponsored population control in 20th century Mexico www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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State-sponsored population control programmes: A new ph(f)ace of eugenics in

In this seminar, Dr. Sánchez-Rivera discusses the changeover from eugenics to population control programs and capitalist ventures during the second half of the 20th Century in Mexico. Special

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FemQuant @femquant.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

May 2025 Newsletter with FemQuant response to the UK Supreme Court ruling. FemQuant will remain a collective by and for those interested in trans-inclusive Feminist Quantitative Science.

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May 2025 Newsletter & Statement on UK Supreme Court Ruling

FemQuant response to the UK Supreme Court ruling In light of the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on gender, the FemQuant organising collective wishes to express its support and solidarity to tr…

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Joe Strong @joestrong.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

FINAL WEEK [deadline May 9th] to apply to this year's BSPS Demography Conference @bspsuk.bsky.social Strands on: 💚 Fertility and Sexual and Reproductive Health 🧡 Critical Demography Friendliest conference in town. Only 250 word abstract. Go go go!!! tinyurl.com/ueuyb9xj

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The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

4 more days to go! Don’t forget to submit your abstracts to the Fertility and SRH strand at #BSPS2025 (@bspsuk.bsky.social). @joestrong.bsky.social and I will be reading them with care 🧡

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

📢 Another exciting opportunity to join Mortality and Inequalities Research Group and work with José Manuel Aburto! We're hiring a 3-year Research Fellow in Population Data Science. Apply by May 16! 🔗 Full details and application: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Kazuyo Machiyama @kmachiyama.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

In this article the korean professor says this. So well said. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

What a way to kick off #PAA2025! Our paper with Riccardo Omenti and Orsola Torrisi offering a global perspective on violence and adolescent fertility received the poster award, so proud 🥇🏆

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

📢 Spread the word! The call for papers for #BSPS2025 is now open. I’m co-organising the Fertility and Sexual & Reproductive Health strand with @joestrong.bsky.social and we can't wait to read your fascinating work. 📝 Submit your abstracts by May 9, 5 PM (BST).

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Applications are open for the Basia Zaba Scholarship for the MSc in Demography and Health @lshtm.bsky.social @psglshtm.bsky.social! Find out more 👇

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

📣Reminder! Join us tomorrow for an exciting London Universities Population Seminar! We are hosting Joshua Wilde (@oxforddemsci.bsky.social) who will present his work on climate change and fertility. More details below 👇

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Population Studies Group, LSHTM @psglshtm.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

📢 Next in the London Universities Population Seminars! We're excited to host Joshua Wilde (@oxforddemsci.bsky.social) presenting on #ClimateChange and #Fertility 📅 4 March | 12:45 GMT 📍 Manson Lecture Theatre, LSHTM 🔗 lshtm.zoom.us/j/98684293654 co-organized by @clscohorts.bsky.social and pop@LSE

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out. In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%. Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages. Links below.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Spread the word, we joined the Bluesky party 🥳

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Don't miss the next London Universities Population Seminar! @mireilleleguen.bsky.social (UCLouvain) will discuss why men's contraceptive use remains understudied in demography. 📅 Feb 11 | 13.00-14.00 GMT 📍 LSE, Room CON 1.01, or join online

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