Francesco Rampazzo
@francescorampazzo.com
Lecturer in Social Statistics & Demography, University of Manchester. Also affiliated with Oxford (Sociology & Nuffield), the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, and the Centre for Population Change.
Listening to the Henley & Partners Global Citizenship Conference after Rachel Reeves’ announcement, with @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social, James Quarmby and Dan Neidle, was a reminder that even small migration shifts can shape economies. We need good data to understand these impacts.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Listening to the Henley & Partners Global Citizenship Conference after Rachel Reeves’ announcement, with @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social, James Quarmby and Dan Neidle, was a reminder that even small migration shifts can shape economies. We need good data to understand these impacts.
How many times do you think of the Roman Empire?
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Italians mistakenly identify as Roma in Scotland's census
Italians born in Rome may have accidently selected the Roma ethnicity category in the country's last census, officials say.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
How many times do you think of the Roman Empire?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If you’re into population pyramids of intentions (+ other nice plots, + more), this one’s for you.
With K. Schwanitz, @vferraretto.bsky.social & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social, we explore how young Europeans plan adulthood using @ggp.bsky.social + @ess-survey.bsky.social data.
doi.org/10.12765/CPo...
With K. Schwanitz, @vferraretto.bsky.social & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social, we explore how young Europeans plan adulthood using @ggp.bsky.social + @ess-survey.bsky.social data.
doi.org/10.12765/CPo...
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If you’re into population pyramids of intentions (+ other nice plots, + more), this one’s for you.
With K. Schwanitz, @vferraretto.bsky.social & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social, we explore how young Europeans plan adulthood using @ggp.bsky.social + @ess-survey.bsky.social data.
doi.org/10.12765/CPo...
With K. Schwanitz, @vferraretto.bsky.social & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social, we explore how young Europeans plan adulthood using @ggp.bsky.social + @ess-survey.bsky.social data.
doi.org/10.12765/CPo...
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📣 Job alert! 📣 2 fully funded PhD positions in sociology/demography in the ERC Starting Grant SeRO, which studies the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health in Mexico. Please share and apply!
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PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📣 Job alert! 📣 2 fully funded PhD positions in sociology/demography in the ERC Starting Grant SeRO, which studies the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health in Mexico. Please share and apply!
PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Is it Mánchester or Manchéster? Either way, I need to learn. From today I’m a Lecturer in Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk - still Italian, still mispronouncing, but very excited for this new chapter!
September 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Is it Mánchester or Manchéster? Either way, I need to learn. From today I’m a Lecturer in Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk - still Italian, still mispronouncing, but very excited for this new chapter!
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👏Congrats @francescorampazzo.com @sociologyoxford.bsky.social on #TeachingExcellence Award for teaching #innovations
Dr Rampazzo's commitment to inclusivity includes:
- inspiring tutorial system reforms
- introducing Queer Demography to Sociology curriculum
More: www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
Dr Rampazzo's commitment to inclusivity includes:
- inspiring tutorial system reforms
- introducing Queer Demography to Sociology curriculum
More: www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
August 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
👏Congrats @francescorampazzo.com @sociologyoxford.bsky.social on #TeachingExcellence Award for teaching #innovations
Dr Rampazzo's commitment to inclusivity includes:
- inspiring tutorial system reforms
- introducing Queer Demography to Sociology curriculum
More: www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
Dr Rampazzo's commitment to inclusivity includes:
- inspiring tutorial system reforms
- introducing Queer Demography to Sociology curriculum
More: www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
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✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social !
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1/8 🧵
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1/8 🧵
August 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social !
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/8 🧵
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1/8 🧵
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Wonderful to hear @francescorampazzo.com first BBC interview which features his reseacrch on fertility apps carried out with (amongst others) HumSci alum @alyceraybould.bsky.social
I did my first BBC interview! I spoke to BBC World Service about my research on fertility apps, with @alyceraybould.bsky.social, @peterampazzo.com , Ross Barker & Doug Leasure. Have a listen - and please don’t tell me anything about my voice or grammar!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - What in the World, Why are period tracking apps getting so popular?
And are they a safe alternative to other contraceptive methods?
www.bbc.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wonderful to hear @francescorampazzo.com first BBC interview which features his reseacrch on fertility apps carried out with (amongst others) HumSci alum @alyceraybould.bsky.social
I did my first BBC interview! I spoke to BBC World Service about my research on fertility apps, with @alyceraybould.bsky.social, @peterampazzo.com , Ross Barker & Doug Leasure. Have a listen - and please don’t tell me anything about my voice or grammar!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - What in the World, Why are period tracking apps getting so popular?
And are they a safe alternative to other contraceptive methods?
www.bbc.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I did my first BBC interview! I spoke to BBC World Service about my research on fertility apps, with @alyceraybould.bsky.social, @peterampazzo.com , Ross Barker & Doug Leasure. Have a listen - and please don’t tell me anything about my voice or grammar!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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📻 Make sure to catch @francescorampazzo.com on BBC World Service's What In The World, discussing the global rise of menstrual tracking apps - and why so many users are turning to them 📱🌍
🕐 Tonight at 6:50pm
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🕐 Tonight at 6:50pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - What in the World, Why are period tracking apps getting so popular?
And are they a safe alternative to other contraceptive methods?
www.bbc.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📻 Make sure to catch @francescorampazzo.com on BBC World Service's What In The World, discussing the global rise of menstrual tracking apps - and why so many users are turning to them 📱🌍
🕐 Tonight at 6:50pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
🕐 Tonight at 6:50pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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🎉 Congrats to @francescorampazzo.com, winner of an @socsci.ox.ac.uk Teaching Excellence Award for his innovative and inclusive teaching!
His approach includes using creative data sources like digital trace data to enrich student learning 🧑🎓
Read more ➡️ socsci.web.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
His approach includes using creative data sources like digital trace data to enrich student learning 🧑🎓
Read more ➡️ socsci.web.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
July 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🎉 Congrats to @francescorampazzo.com, winner of an @socsci.ox.ac.uk Teaching Excellence Award for his innovative and inclusive teaching!
His approach includes using creative data sources like digital trace data to enrich student learning 🧑🎓
Read more ➡️ socsci.web.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
His approach includes using creative data sources like digital trace data to enrich student learning 🧑🎓
Read more ➡️ socsci.web.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
Honoured to receive a teaching award from @socsci.ox.ac.uk. Grateful to @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, @oxforddemsci.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social. Proud to have contributed to the Human Sciences degree & supervised students in @sociologyoxford.bsky.social.
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June 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Honoured to receive a teaching award from @socsci.ox.ac.uk. Grateful to @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, @oxforddemsci.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social. Proud to have contributed to the Human Sciences degree & supervised students in @sociologyoxford.bsky.social.
www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
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Grateful to have Vanshika Keshwani (UniPD) and Sabina Bercovich Szulmajster (CED) visiting @sociologyoxford.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social for their PhDs. Vanshika works on mobility in Venice with e-sharing data; Sabina explores sexuality via dating apps. Learning a lot from both!
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Grateful to have Vanshika Keshwani (UniPD) and Sabina Bercovich Szulmajster (CED) visiting @sociologyoxford.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social for their PhDs. Vanshika works on mobility in Venice with e-sharing data; Sabina explores sexuality via dating apps. Learning a lot from both!
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✍️ New @ox.ac.uk research by @francescorampazzo.com shows Facebook ads can be a cost-effective way to recruit survey participants - especially in the Global South.
Comparable data quality to commercial platforms, but at a fraction of the cost 📊
Read ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...
Comparable data quality to commercial platforms, but at a fraction of the cost 📊
Read ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...
April 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
✍️ New @ox.ac.uk research by @francescorampazzo.com shows Facebook ads can be a cost-effective way to recruit survey participants - especially in the Global South.
Comparable data quality to commercial platforms, but at a fraction of the cost 📊
Read ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...
Comparable data quality to commercial platforms, but at a fraction of the cost 📊
Read ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...
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QUEER DEMOGRAPHERS! 📊
Check out this call for proposals for @bspsuk.bsky.social, inviting abstracts for papers that explore LGBTQIA+ populations and related demographic issues.
Deadline: 9 May #LGBTQ #queerdata #data #population
Check out this call for proposals for @bspsuk.bsky.social, inviting abstracts for papers that explore LGBTQIA+ populations and related demographic issues.
Deadline: 9 May #LGBTQ #queerdata #data #population
Now that #PAA2025 is over, why not think about submitting your work to the Queer Demography session I'm co-organising with @mortenkthomsen.bsky.social at @bspsuk.bsky.social?
We welcome abstracts on LGBTQIA+ populations at any stage of development.
Deadline: May 9th
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
We welcome abstracts on LGBTQIA+ populations at any stage of development.
Deadline: May 9th
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
April 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
QUEER DEMOGRAPHERS! 📊
Check out this call for proposals for @bspsuk.bsky.social, inviting abstracts for papers that explore LGBTQIA+ populations and related demographic issues.
Deadline: 9 May #LGBTQ #queerdata #data #population
Check out this call for proposals for @bspsuk.bsky.social, inviting abstracts for papers that explore LGBTQIA+ populations and related demographic issues.
Deadline: 9 May #LGBTQ #queerdata #data #population
Now that #PAA2025 is over, why not think about submitting your work to the Queer Demography session I'm co-organising with @mortenkthomsen.bsky.social at @bspsuk.bsky.social?
We welcome abstracts on LGBTQIA+ populations at any stage of development.
Deadline: May 9th
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
We welcome abstracts on LGBTQIA+ populations at any stage of development.
Deadline: May 9th
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
April 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Now that #PAA2025 is over, why not think about submitting your work to the Queer Demography session I'm co-organising with @mortenkthomsen.bsky.social at @bspsuk.bsky.social?
We welcome abstracts on LGBTQIA+ populations at any stage of development.
Deadline: May 9th
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
We welcome abstracts on LGBTQIA+ populations at any stage of development.
Deadline: May 9th
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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New paper co-authored by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Associate Member @francescorampazzo.com #PoliSky 👇
⌨️Do you need a sample from the Global South—fast and on a budget?
➡️ L. R. Rosenzweig P. Bergquist K. H. Pham @francescorampazzo.com @mattomildenberger.bsky.social: survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️ L. R. Rosenzweig P. Bergquist K. H. Pham @francescorampazzo.com @mattomildenberger.bsky.social: survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New paper co-authored by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Associate Member @francescorampazzo.com #PoliSky 👇
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⌨️Do you need a sample from the Global South—fast and on a budget?
➡️ L. R. Rosenzweig P. Bergquist K. H. Pham @francescorampazzo.com @mattomildenberger.bsky.social: survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️ L. R. Rosenzweig P. Bergquist K. H. Pham @francescorampazzo.com @mattomildenberger.bsky.social: survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
April 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
⌨️Do you need a sample from the Global South—fast and on a budget?
➡️ L. R. Rosenzweig P. Bergquist K. H. Pham @francescorampazzo.com @mattomildenberger.bsky.social: survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️ L. R. Rosenzweig P. Bergquist K. H. Pham @francescorampazzo.com @mattomildenberger.bsky.social: survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
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Using Facebook advertising data to improve survey sampling: A project started at the Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements
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April 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Using Facebook advertising data to improve survey sampling: A project started at the Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
With Leah Rosenzweig, Parrish Bergquist, Katherine Hoffmann Pham & Matto Mildenberger, I co-authored a piece in
@psrm.bsky.social on Facebook ads for survey sampling in 🇲🇽, 🇰🇪 & 🇮🇩. We assessed sample quality, replicated a canonical experiment & explored trade-offs.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@psrm.bsky.social on Facebook ads for survey sampling in 🇲🇽, 🇰🇪 & 🇮🇩. We assessed sample quality, replicated a canonical experiment & explored trade-offs.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Survey sampling in the Global South using Facebook advertisements
www.cambridge.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
With Leah Rosenzweig, Parrish Bergquist, Katherine Hoffmann Pham & Matto Mildenberger, I co-authored a piece in
@psrm.bsky.social on Facebook ads for survey sampling in 🇲🇽, 🇰🇪 & 🇮🇩. We assessed sample quality, replicated a canonical experiment & explored trade-offs.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@psrm.bsky.social on Facebook ads for survey sampling in 🇲🇽, 🇰🇪 & 🇮🇩. We assessed sample quality, replicated a canonical experiment & explored trade-offs.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Great job opportunity: 3-year research fellow in José Manuel Aburto's Mortality and Inequalities Research Group at LSHTM: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
March 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Great job opportunity: 3-year research fellow in José Manuel Aburto's Mortality and Inequalities Research Group at LSHTM: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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It was a pleasure to present my latest research with @ercio.bsky.social and @alisto.bsky.social on attitudes toward sexual minorities in Chile at the University of Oxford today 🏳️🌈
February 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It was a pleasure to present my latest research with @ercio.bsky.social and @alisto.bsky.social on attitudes toward sexual minorities in Chile at the University of Oxford today 🏳️🌈
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📢Calling all aspiring demographers! Apply for next year’s EDSD here: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-... and join us in Paris at INED! Deadline March 25 at noon
The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open!
This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography.
Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon).
More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography.
Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon).
More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
📢Calling all aspiring demographers! Apply for next year’s EDSD here: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-... and join us in Paris at INED! Deadline March 25 at noon
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Huge thanks to Prof Fane Groes for delivering a captivating talk on the unequal battle against infertility at @sociologyoxford.bsky.social. Her research highlights a striking statistic: college-educated women have a 25% higher IVF success rate compared to those who didn’t graduate high school!
January 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Huge thanks to Prof Fane Groes for delivering a captivating talk on the unequal battle against infertility at @sociologyoxford.bsky.social. Her research highlights a striking statistic: college-educated women have a 25% higher IVF success rate compared to those who didn’t graduate high school!
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Only a few more days left to apply!
🚨 We're hiring a Postdoc to join a project led by @cbarrie.bsky.social, using AI, agent-based models & surveys to uncover ways social media algorithms might promote democratic norms, build trust & reduce polarisation.
✍️ Apply before 31 Jan 2025!
Find out more ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
✍️ Apply before 31 Jan 2025!
Find out more ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
January 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Only a few more days left to apply!