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Kieron Barclay
@kieronbarclay.bsky.social
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Demographer at Stockholm University. https://kieronbarclay.weebly.com/
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signesvallfors.bsky.social
📣 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/...
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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mpidr.bsky.social
🚨Open Positions!🚨
Postdoc/Research Scientist Positions
Migration | Population Dynamics | Computational Demography
Application Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
See job description here:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
#Postdoc #Jobs
@ezagheni.bsky.social @perrottadaniela.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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aresherman.bsky.social
IN OTHER NEWS: check out our new COIN paper on immigrant--native pay gaps in advanced economies published in @nature.com this afternoon! Specifically, we study the relative contribution of within-job unequal pay vs between-job segregation to earnings disparities across immigrant generations. 1/9
Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs - Nature
Data from nine European and North American countries reveal that the disparity in earnings between immigrants and natives is largely a result of segregation of immigrant workers into lower-paying jobs...
www.nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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mpidr.bsky.social
‼️ #JobOpening ‼️ #Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck | University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health in #Rostock
📅Deadline: May 4, 2025
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
#Postdoc #SocialInequalities #Population #Demography #Epidemiology #Health @pophel.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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ridhikashyap.bsky.social
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...
<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
To mark the Population and Development Review's (PDR) 50th anniversary, we analyze its contributions to the landscape of population research. We examine the trajectory of research published in PDR an...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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freddyschenk.bsky.social
PhD position in history with focus on climate history @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and @bolincentre.bsky.social with Prof. Ljungqvist:
"Adaptations to climate change in the northern Baltic region ca 1500–1900". More info here: su.se/english/rese... (deadline 15.03.2025) 🧪🌍 #ScienceJobs
Sleigh in a snow storm, Gustaf Brandelius 1878. County Museum of Gävleborg through Digitalt museum.
February 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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kbkarlson.bsky.social
We're hiring a fully funded PhD student in #sociology here in wonderful Copenhagen!

Please share!

Learn more 👇

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
PhD scholarship at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
employment.ku.dk
February 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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mpidr.bsky.social
🆕📰 @dsusielee.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social & @kieronbarclay.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social have investigated how changes in the age distribution of #mothers are associated with changes in #twinbirth rates in low-income countries. #demograohy #data #fertility
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/twinbirth
February 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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dsusielee.bsky.social
Will twinning rate ⬆️ in low-income countries, even if the spread of IVF remains slow? Polyovulation rate increases w/maternal age (Evolved trait) + Maternal age structure is shifting upward (Demographic trend) = More twins expected! ✌️ doi.org/10.1093/humr... with wonderful @kieronbarclay.bsky.social
More twins expected in low-income countries with later maternal ages at birth and population growth
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. How are the changing maternal age structure and population growth expected to shape future twinning rates in low-income countries?S
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February 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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fabianpfeffer.bsky.social
Sociologists working on inequality:

Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)

EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...

Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
Picture of the main campus of the LMU Munich with students sitting on the grass and talking
January 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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demografi.dk
👋 #AcademicSky and especially #demography
We are delighted to join bsky 🙌
Danish Demography Society was established in 1972 and was reborn in 2022 after almost a decade of inactivity 🇩🇰
This summer we are honored to host Nordic Demographic Symposium, please apply
🔗 demografi.dk/aktiviteter/...
Call for papers – Nordic Demographic Symposium 2025 Published: 2024-12-23 Updated: 2024-12-23 The symposium brings together leading population scholars and stakeholders across the Nordic countries to present cutting-edge demographic research and discuss recent trends in population development and policy. We particularly encourage the participation of producers of register data to join this important dialogue. Keynote speakers are Jennifer Dowd (Oxford University), Tomáš Sobotka (Vienna Institute of Demography), and Ulla Muller (UNFPA). The event aims to enhance the integration of research and data into policy, support young researchers, and strengthen the demographic field across the Nordic countries. We welcome abstracts of 250-300 words from all areas of demographic research. The deadline for submission is February 10, 2025. Notification of participation will be sent on March 1, 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium.
January 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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philippdierker.bsky.social
New paper just out in @actasociologica.bsky.social with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä, looking at the selective nature of re-partnering among single mothers in terms of their well-being in Germany and the UK. Read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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January 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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readdemography.bsky.social
“Revisiting the J-Shape: Human Development & Fertility”--New findings from this H Schubert @cdudel.bsky.social M Kolobova & M Myrskyla study “support the Myrskyla et al. reversal hypothesis for the U.S. at the subnational level when applied to historical periods.”
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
December 4, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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mpidr.bsky.social
@angelacar.bsky.social, @Aapo Hiilamo and Mikko Myrskylä recently hosted a workshop to "demystify machine learning for population researchers" @mpidr.bsky.social. More than 50 researchers came together to learn about new research techniques.
demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
November 20, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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sunnyx9.bsky.social
Do we understand the social processes we think we do, particularly for the vulnerable groups? Paper out now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#computationalsocialscience #machinelearning #sociology #lifecourse
October 17, 2024 at 8:02 AM
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mpidr.bsky.social
🚨💡🚨Job Alert!🚨💡🚨
@mpidr.bsky.social invites applications for a #Postdoc or statistical #analyst in the Department of Social #Demography & the Research Group on #Labour Demography, headed by Director Mikko Myrskylä.
📅 Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2024
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
#BigData #Data
October 16, 2024 at 8:27 AM
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crestsociology.bsky.social
New article by CREST's @ppraeg.bsky.social in @readdemography.bsky.social: "The Total Effect of Social Origins on Educational Attainment: Meta-analysis of Sibling Correlations From 18 Countries"

Link: doi.org/10.1215/0070...

Preprint at @socarxivbot.bsky.social: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
October 2, 2024 at 8:42 AM
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jenchanfreau.bsky.social
The midlife health of only children in the UK - new publication with Katy Keenan, @kieronbarclay.bsky.social & Alice Goisis - out now open access in International Journal of Epidemiology doi.org/10.1093/ije/... A quick summary 🧵👇
The midlife health of only children: chronic disease indicators and biomarkers by sibship size in three nationally representative UK cohorts
AbstractBackground. Despite persistent concerns about only children’s disadvantage relative to individuals with siblings, existing health-related evidence
doi.org
September 4, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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aksoyundan.bsky.social
📢 Vacancy: permanent lectureship (Assistant Prof) in our centre. We are a cohesive quant social science group with great UG programmes and students. Post open to any social science

details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

#Sociology #SocialScience #QuantitativeResearch #MachineLearning #NLP #BigData
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 27, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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ikashnitsky.phd
Mark the dates for the Nordic Demographic Symposium, 10-12 June 2025, 🤩 Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, DK. It's going to be three hyggelig days filled with high-quality #demography. The call for papers in in Jan'25 on our website (demografi.dk). Demography in getting back to Denmark😍
June 27, 2024 at 5:57 AM
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antonbandersson.bsky.social
We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in sociology.
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology
The Swedish Institute for Social Research, SOFI, is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The institute is an internationally leading research institute in the field of socia
su.varbi.com
June 26, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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nateschenkkan.bsky.social
This cartoon has not been improved upon.

August 29, 2016
A Paul Noth cartoon from August 29, 2016. A billboard of a wolf saying “I am going to eat you.” Sheep are looking at it and one says “He tells it like it is.”
June 19, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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minekuhn.bsky.social
PhD Alert 📣 We are seeking a PhD candidate to work on our interdisciplinary project focusing on women’s retirement trajectories and their impact on health 👩‍⚕️🕵️‍♀️👩‍💻👩‍🔧👩‍🚒

If you have questions or are interested, please reach out to me. Feel free to share this post!
kturek.bsky.social Konrad Turek @kturek.bsky.social · May 31
PhD vacancy at Tilburg University! Together with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Jeroen Vermunt, we are looking for a talented PhD candidate for the project ‘The Changing Landscape of Women’s Retirement: Physical and Mental Health Consequences of Working Longer’. Apply bf 26.06: tiu.nu/22309
Job opening: PhD researcher (22309)
tiu.nu
May 31, 2024 at 9:36 AM
kieronbarclay.bsky.social
New paper! We take a relatively novel approach to examining whether the extended family influences educational achievement by looking at whether cousin group characteristics (cousin order, cousin group size) are associated with test scores. Take a look!

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The Influence of Extended Kin on Educational Achievement: An Examination of Cousin Order and Cousin Group Size1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 129, No 6
Despite growing interest in the potential influence of grandparents on grandchild status attainment, research has not addressed whether the ordinal position or number of grandchildren affects outcomes...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
May 22, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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mpidr.bsky.social
🙌Congratulations to Steffen Peters‼️ As participant of the
@imprs-phds.bsky.social
he successfully defended his Phd thesis about “Who starts a family? The prospective association between psychological factors and family formation processes” at Stockholm University. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
May 21, 2024 at 7:30 AM