Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University
Interdisciplinary research center based at the University of Oxford and Oxford Population Health - disrupting and realigning #demography. Funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social
demography.ox.ac.uk
- 👶 Do early life conditions shape how long/well we live? Find out w/ @Jasonmfletcher.bsky.social (UW-Madison): 🗓️ 27 May | 🕑 2–3:30pm | @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Oxford 👉https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/jason-fletcher-gives-lcds-seminar-moving-forward-looking-back-new-evidence-early-life-shapes
- Proud parent vibes! 🥹 Our brilliant PhD @polizzan.bsky.social is off to join the #Demography fam at @mpird.bsky.social 💼📊 More on Antonino ➡️ www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even... #PhDLife #AcademicTwitter #DemographyResearch #OxPop #MaxPlanck #AlumniWins #PopulationStudies
- Join us 15 May for seminar by Iñaki Permanyer, CED @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Multimorbidity & mortality in random sample of 20% of Catalan population using Electronic Health Records…. Over 10 years! Across socioeconomic groups! @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social
- 🚨 Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness 📍 Oxford with @melindacmills.bsky.social 💼 £38.6K–£46.9K | 3 yrs 📅 Deadline: 16 May 2025 Use digital, real-world data to future-proof pandemic response. 🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/ydvfanap 📣 Boost or tag! 1/2 #Postdoc #DigitalHealth #AcademicJobs #NowHiring
- 🧬 Postdoc – Digital Pandemic Preparedness 📍 With @melindacmills.bsky.social 💼 £38.6K–£46.9K | 3-years 📅 Deadline: 16 May 2025 Digital, demographic & behavioural data for real-world readiness. 🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/ydvfanap 📣 Share or tag! #Postdoc #ResearchJobs #DataScience #NowHiring
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- 🚨 Senior Research Fellow Demographic Science 📍 Oxford | LCDS + @reubencollege.bsky.social 💼 £64K–£74K + perks 📅 Deadline: 8 May 2025 Lead cutting-edge research, mentor grads, shape strategy 🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/ydvfanap 📣 Know someone great? Boost! #AcademicJobs #Demography #HigherEd #NowHiring
- 🚨 Researcher Reproductive Demography 📍 With @joshuawild.bsky.social 💰 £38.6–46.9k | fertility, maternal health, social, biological data 🧠 PhD (or close), 2 yrs, full-time. Big thinkers wanted. 🔗 Apply by 9 May → www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs #AcademicJobs #ReproHealth #Demography #Postdoc #OxJobs
- Have you applied to join @melindacmills.bsky.social and the team as a Senior Researcher in Geospatial Health and Digital Pandemic Preparedness? buff.ly/KiIvFFK Applications close noon UK time on Monday 28 April 😎 @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
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- 📝 A new study involving Dr José Manuel Aburto and Daniel Zazueta explores the impact of violence and COVID-19 on Mexico's life expectancy losses and recent bounce-backs between 2015 and 2022 buff.ly/G2SFOvt @leverhulme.ac.uk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
- *JOB OPENING* Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data. tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
- Scenes from our final few talks at #PAA2025 !
- #PAA2025 isn't over yet 😎 Join us for our final sessions buff.ly/JjRIQ19 #InDataWeTrust @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @drjenndowd.bsky.social
- Our director reflected on the contribution of #demography & our centre during COVID with @readdemography.bsky.social editor @mdhayward.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social president Bob Hummer & @wrigleyfield.bsky.social Long term funded population centres are crucial in times of emergency ‼️
- 🚨 There's still time to attend our #PAA2025 sessions and visit our booth 112 in Salon 1 buff.ly/9S3ZAlE #InDataWeTrust @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @nickirons.bsky.social @caseybreen.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @aasli.bsky.social
- We're in full swing at #PAA2025 😎 buff.ly/m0dNQ6C Check out our upcoming sessions and visit us at booth 112 in Salon 1 @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @wensu221.bsky.social @mkroberts.bsky.social @caseybreen.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social
- ⏰ Rise and shine for day two of #PAA2025, with #demography sessions from 8am by @drjenndowd.bsky.social @nickirons.bsky.social @ridhikashyap.bsky.social @mkroberts.bsky.social buff.ly/2I3HnxB #InDataWeTrust @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
- Stop by our booth at #PAA2025 & pick up our #InDataWeTrust temporary tattoo Easy to apply👇 available for different skintones & it transforms you instantly into one of the 😎 cool kids!
- Some great talks and posters from our students at #PAA2025! @leverhulme.ac.uk @mpidr.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social
- We have 5️⃣ sessions to choose from this afternoon, 14:00-15:15 🤯 buff.ly/1ceJH80 #InDataWeTrust @ridhikashyap.bsky.social @caseybreen.bsky.social @wensu221.bsky.social @aasli.bsky.social @haohao-lei.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
- Standing room only at #PAA2025 for @sanderwagner.bsky.social discussing new findings about firm specific motherhood penalties
- 💪 We're starting #PAA2025 off strong with a packed day of #demography talks and posters buff.ly/B6mEfxJ Here's what's in store this morning ⬇️ @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @mpidr.bsky.social
- Great kick off today at #PAA2025 Come & visit our booth in Salon 1 Pick up some info on the 5 #jobs we are advertising - join us in Oxford!! Get an #InDataWeTrust button or tattoo (and no we don’t have an in person tattoo artist…it is temporary!)
- Who's excited for the first day of #PAA2025? 🥳 buff.ly/nq1uCMy See you all at our booth 112 during the Welcome Mixer at 6pm 😎 @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
- We’ve landed with a huge team from Oxford excited & ready for #PAA2025 ….but first the passport line💪
- We're expanding the LCDS team 😎 Check out our four #demography vacancies and watch this space for a fifth! buff.ly/jGmcVjB @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
- Are you on your way to #PAA2025? 😎 Check out our programme and come say hi at booth 112 buff.ly/Ng5zLRU @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
- How can we reduce health inequities and improve maternal health? buff.ly/pacAIJZ 📽️ Dr Ursula Gazeley discusses findings from @who.int's first global update on the causes of maternal deaths in over a decade. #WorldHealthDay @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @lancetgh.bsky.social
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- Check out the Comicbook🦸♀️version of our new @naturehumbehav.bsky.social article on genetic & environmental influences Awesome artwork by @lizahaart.bsky.social Full comic here: communities.springernature.com/posts/are-we... Loving the cartoon version of @dr-appie.bsky.social
- Big news! We have two new #demography vacancies open and three others on the way, stay tuned buff.ly/Bi7dyix 😎 @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @reubencollege.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social
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- Nice thread from lead author @dr-appie.bsky.social about our paper out today on the complicated topic of socioeconomic status and genetics @naturehumbehav.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social
- In every civilization, people end up sorted into levels of socio-economic status (SES). We explore the history, present, and future of scientific research on the complicated relationship between SES and DNA in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social💰🧬🎓 Link: rdcu.be/efacK Thread below 👇🏽
- The Population and Development turns 50 this year! To mark the occasion, w/ @aasli.bsky.social, we conduct a computational analysis of research themes and author characteristics in PDR and compare with @readdemography.bsky.social and Population Studies. doi.org/10.1111/padr...
- 👏 Kudos to @andreatilstra.bsky.social @polizzan.bsky.social @sanderwagner.bsky.social and Eva Akimova whose @naturecomms.bsky.social paper is among the top 25 most downloaded in social science and human behaviour for 2024 buff.ly/NmynGFV
- From the early days of our Centre to the #SciComms lessons learned along the way, @drjenndowd.bsky.social offers a valuable retrospective five years on from the start of #COVID-19 ⬇️ www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/researc... @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
- 🎓 Congrats to Dr Ursula Gazeley who won the Cicely Williams Prize during her graduation ceremony at @lshtm.bsky.social 🥳 buff.ly/U1ndPD3 The prize is awarded to an exceptional doctoral student whose research advances the health of vulnerable populations. @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
- Five years since #COVID-19 began, we continue pandemic research from shaping Vatican health policies to advancing @oxmartinschool.bsky.social’s digital pandemic preparedness programme buff.ly/qFNqvFx @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social
- What are the leading causes of maternal deaths and how can we reduce health inequities? buff.ly/pacAIJZ 📽️ Dr Ursula Gazeley discusses findings from @who.int's first global update on the causes of maternal deaths in over a decade. @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @lancetgh.bsky.social
- Five years on since the start of #COVID-19, we take a look back at half a decade of research on the pandemic www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/researc... @melindacmills.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
- 🤔 How accurate can predictive machines be and is there a limit to their accuracy? buff.ly/O9DpCWu @crahal.com and Jiani Yan's recent @natcomputsci.bsky.social correspondence outlines a framework for understanding the limits of predictive accuracy @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
- How can we #AccelerateAction to improve women's health outcomes? buff.ly/pacAIJZ A new study co-authored by Dr Ursula Gazeley identifies the leading causes of maternal deaths globally and highlights the need to reduce health inequities in LMICs. @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social #IWD2025
- On #InternationalWomensDay, @ridhikashyap.bsky.social's Digital Gender Gaps team have launched an updated dashboard to #AccelerateAction by helping to ensure women are equal participants in digital society buff.ly/OSV35V8 @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
- 📝 A new @lancetgh.bsky.social study by the @who.int, and co-authored by the Centre's Dr Ursula Gazeley, provides the first global update on the causes of maternal deaths in over a decade buff.ly/SpdsVhh @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
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- A new study by @andreatilstra.bsky.social and @nicolekapelle.bsky.social examined the smoking and drinking habits of over 13,000 Australians to understand how people cope with the stress associated with marital separation buff.ly/NGgh38g @oxpop.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social
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- Thanks to Gabriella Conti, Professor of Economics at @ucl.ac.uk, for a fascinating LCDS and Biosocial Collective seminar that unraveled gene-environment interactions in child health and development buff.ly/prvaqk7 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social
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- The #PAA2025 preliminary program is online: submissions.mirasmart.com/PAA2025/Itin... Make sure you are registered before rates increase in March: www.populationassociation.org/paa2025/reg-...
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- How can women's leadership inspire the next generation of scientists? @rachelganly.bsky.social shares why role models matter. #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
- What challenges do women in science face? Xinyi's research into early-career researchers shows that men self-promote more on X, while women are less likely to have children during a PhD and at a later age than men. #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience @leverhulme.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
- How can we close gender gaps in science? @ridhikashyap.bsky.social's research shows that tracking #DigitalGenderGaps is crucial to ensuring women fully benefit from the digital revolution buff.ly/3EsSXNp #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience @leverhulme.bsky.social
- We've made the front page 😎 buff.ly/42ERVYB Congrats to @vincentjstraub.bsky.social and @melindacmills.bsky.social whose Comment inspired the cover of Nature Review Urology's January issue 📙 @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
- We've hit 2k followers 🥳 Thanks for being part of the growing #demography community. Follow the LCDS family using our starter pack buff.ly/4iuS1HG @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
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- #ICYMI #OurFutureHealth's database is open to researchers who conduct health research for the public good buff.ly/4jFXWdH @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @cpc-cg.bsky.social
