Livia Elisa Ortensi
@leortensi.bsky.social
Demographer @ University of Bologna
Head of the Stat Unit @ ISMU Foundation - Milan
PI CERV-2022-DAPHNE DORA
Migration and Refugees Studies, Gender-based Violence, Traditional Harmful Practices, FGM/C, Fertility
Head of the Stat Unit @ ISMU Foundation - Milan
PI CERV-2022-DAPHNE DORA
Migration and Refugees Studies, Gender-based Violence, Traditional Harmful Practices, FGM/C, Fertility
📢 New publication announcement 😊
Coauthored with Veronica Riniolo "Is there an integration paradox in Italy? Empirical evidence on youths with a migrant background" is out on @youthstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Coauthored with Veronica Riniolo "Is there an integration paradox in Italy? Empirical evidence on youths with a migrant background" is out on @youthstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
📢 New publication announcement 😊
Coauthored with Veronica Riniolo "Is there an integration paradox in Italy? Empirical evidence on youths with a migrant background" is out on @youthstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Coauthored with Veronica Riniolo "Is there an integration paradox in Italy? Empirical evidence on youths with a migrant background" is out on @youthstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📢 The EAPS Working Group on Fertility and Family Dynamics in Migrant and Minority Groups will hold its fourth international conference, this time in collaboration with “Age-It – Ageing Well in an Ageing Society”.
📍 2–3 Oct 2025 | University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/35h3kp5y
📍 2–3 Oct 2025 | University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/35h3kp5y
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September 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📢 The EAPS Working Group on Fertility and Family Dynamics in Migrant and Minority Groups will hold its fourth international conference, this time in collaboration with “Age-It – Ageing Well in an Ageing Society”.
📍 2–3 Oct 2025 | University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/35h3kp5y
📍 2–3 Oct 2025 | University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/35h3kp5y
📢 Bologna Calling! 🙂
The call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 is now open! EPC 2026 is organized by EAPS in collaboration with the University of Bologna and will be held from 3-6 June 2026 in Bologna.
#EPC2026
The call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 is now open! EPC 2026 is organized by EAPS in collaboration with the University of Bologna and will be held from 3-6 June 2026 in Bologna.
#EPC2026
EAPS.nl |
Call for Submissions
EAPS.nl
www.eaps.nl
September 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
📢 Bologna Calling! 🙂
The call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 is now open! EPC 2026 is organized by EAPS in collaboration with the University of Bologna and will be held from 3-6 June 2026 in Bologna.
#EPC2026
The call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 is now open! EPC 2026 is organized by EAPS in collaboration with the University of Bologna and will be held from 3-6 June 2026 in Bologna.
#EPC2026
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Data & Policy call for papers: Counting what matters: The role of sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics in social policy.
Deadline for full paper 9 January 2026.
Deadline for full paper 9 January 2026.
Call for Papers in sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics in social policy
Call for Papers on Sex-disaggregated Data and Gender Statistics in Social Policy
www.cambridge.org
August 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Data & Policy call for papers: Counting what matters: The role of sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics in social policy.
Deadline for full paper 9 January 2026.
Deadline for full paper 9 January 2026.
Is there a female advantage in asylum application outcomes in Europe? We will be discussing our results this afternoon at #IPC2025 Session 74
Forced Migration and Statelessness in Host Countries
@avrai.bsky.social
Forced Migration and Statelessness in Host Countries
@avrai.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Is there a female advantage in asylum application outcomes in Europe? We will be discussing our results this afternoon at #IPC2025 Session 74
Forced Migration and Statelessness in Host Countries
@avrai.bsky.social
Forced Migration and Statelessness in Host Countries
@avrai.bsky.social
We are on our way ✈️
📢 Explore the #IPC2025 program! 🌏✨
Join the world’s largest population science event this July in Brisbane. With 24 themes—fertility, migration, climate, health & more—it’s unmissable.
Preview the program 👉 ipc2025.iussp.org/final-program/
#Demography #PopStudies #VisitBrisbane
#populationstudies
Join the world’s largest population science event this July in Brisbane. With 24 themes—fertility, migration, climate, health & more—it’s unmissable.
Preview the program 👉 ipc2025.iussp.org/final-program/
#Demography #PopStudies #VisitBrisbane
#populationstudies
July 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We are on our way ✈️
📢 Tomorrow June 25th, from 14:00 to 14:45 CEST
Fondazione ISMU is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the 30th Italian Report on Migration, which traces the trend of migration flows that, over the last 30 years, have seen the population with a migrant background grow to nearly six million.
Fondazione ISMU is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the 30th Italian Report on Migration, which traces the trend of migration flows that, over the last 30 years, have seen the population with a migrant background grow to nearly six million.
June 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📢 Tomorrow June 25th, from 14:00 to 14:45 CEST
Fondazione ISMU is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the 30th Italian Report on Migration, which traces the trend of migration flows that, over the last 30 years, have seen the population with a migrant background grow to nearly six million.
Fondazione ISMU is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the 30th Italian Report on Migration, which traces the trend of migration flows that, over the last 30 years, have seen the population with a migrant background grow to nearly six million.
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That’s a wrap for #PopDays2025!
A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions.
The atmosphere was truly inspiring!
See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨
A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions.
The atmosphere was truly inspiring!
See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨
June 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
That’s a wrap for #PopDays2025!
A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions.
The atmosphere was truly inspiring!
See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨
A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions.
The atmosphere was truly inspiring!
See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨
📢New paper announcement! Exploring support for medicalized female genital mutilation/cutting: A study on migrant women living in Italy written with P. Farina, D. Carrillo and E. Ripamonti is out on @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour... contributing to the debate on the medicalization of #FGM
doi.org/10.1371/jour... contributing to the debate on the medicalization of #FGM
May 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📢New paper announcement! Exploring support for medicalized female genital mutilation/cutting: A study on migrant women living in Italy written with P. Farina, D. Carrillo and E. Ripamonti is out on @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour... contributing to the debate on the medicalization of #FGM
doi.org/10.1371/jour... contributing to the debate on the medicalization of #FGM
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What is demography for?
Nice explainer here: “Demography provides a lens that community leaders, policymakers, business leaders, advocates, and residents can use to allocate resources effectively and plan for a thriving future”
www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/4/...
Nice explainer here: “Demography provides a lens that community leaders, policymakers, business leaders, advocates, and residents can use to allocate resources effectively and plan for a thriving future”
www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/4/...
Because We Need Good Data to Predict the Future — Why Social Science?
Where do you live? How old are you? Did you finish college? Are you married? Do you have any children? Have you recently moved? What type of job do you have? These may seem like mundane questions, but...
www.whysocialscience.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What is demography for?
Nice explainer here: “Demography provides a lens that community leaders, policymakers, business leaders, advocates, and residents can use to allocate resources effectively and plan for a thriving future”
www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/4/...
Nice explainer here: “Demography provides a lens that community leaders, policymakers, business leaders, advocates, and residents can use to allocate resources effectively and plan for a thriving future”
www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/4/...
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! major development: Italian gov restricts by decree transmission of citizenship abroad to 2 generations:
From now on if you are born abroad only Italian if: parent or grandparent born in Italy. Or if parent has resided in 🇮🇹 2 yrs before you were born
+ other restrictions upcoming (see 🧵 & below)
From now on if you are born abroad only Italian if: parent or grandparent born in Italy. Or if parent has resided in 🇮🇹 2 yrs before you were born
+ other restrictions upcoming (see 🧵 & below)
March 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
! major development: Italian gov restricts by decree transmission of citizenship abroad to 2 generations:
From now on if you are born abroad only Italian if: parent or grandparent born in Italy. Or if parent has resided in 🇮🇹 2 yrs before you were born
+ other restrictions upcoming (see 🧵 & below)
From now on if you are born abroad only Italian if: parent or grandparent born in Italy. Or if parent has resided in 🇮🇹 2 yrs before you were born
+ other restrictions upcoming (see 🧵 & below)
Today we are presenting the 30th Report on Migration in Italy edited by ISMU Foundation www.ismu.org/convegno-pre...
Presentazione 30° Rapporto sulle migrazioni 2024 - 17 febbraio 2025 - Fondazione ISMU
www.ismu.org
February 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Today we are presenting the 30th Report on Migration in Italy edited by ISMU Foundation www.ismu.org/convegno-pre...
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Renouncing birthright citizenship is a major barrier to #naturalization, but how willing are migrants to do so? Using a unique dataset from Italy, E. B. di Belgiojoso & @leortensi.bsky.social examine three key factors: identity, socialization, and reasons for naturalization.
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
February 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Renouncing birthright citizenship is a major barrier to #naturalization, but how willing are migrants to do so? Using a unique dataset from Italy, E. B. di Belgiojoso & @leortensi.bsky.social examine three key factors: identity, socialization, and reasons for naturalization.
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
First paper announcement on Bluesky! "Exploring migrants’ willingness to renounce birthright citizenship in Italy: Do national identity, place of socialization, and instrumental approach matter?" is out on @migrationjrnl.bsky.social co-authored with Elisa Barbiano di Belgiojoso
February 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
First paper announcement on Bluesky! "Exploring migrants’ willingness to renounce birthright citizenship in Italy: Do national identity, place of socialization, and instrumental approach matter?" is out on @migrationjrnl.bsky.social co-authored with Elisa Barbiano di Belgiojoso
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Today is the International Day to #EndFGM
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls.
It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls.
It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
February 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today is the International Day to #EndFGM
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls.
It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls.
It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
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Over 200 million women, including at least 600,000 in Europe, underwent female genital mutilation.
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, let’s be clear: FGM must be universally condemned and eradicated.
Together with countries around the globe, we can make it happen ↓
europa.eu/!cqkMDd
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, let’s be clear: FGM must be universally condemned and eradicated.
Together with countries around the globe, we can make it happen ↓
europa.eu/!cqkMDd
February 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Over 200 million women, including at least 600,000 in Europe, underwent female genital mutilation.
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, let’s be clear: FGM must be universally condemned and eradicated.
Together with countries around the globe, we can make it happen ↓
europa.eu/!cqkMDd
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, let’s be clear: FGM must be universally condemned and eradicated.
Together with countries around the globe, we can make it happen ↓
europa.eu/!cqkMDd
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Apply apply apply. And if you have questions write me
Call for apps (in English and Swedish)--open Ph.D. position in sociological #demography at Stockholm University. Well-funded, great department, wonderful city. Due 1 Mar. Spread the word! su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
Doktorand i sociologisk demografi
Sociologiska institutionen grundad 1954, erbjuder en dynamisk forskningsmiljö med många ämnesöverskridande samarbeten och en stark internationell forskningsprofil. De engelskspråkiga master- oc
su.varbi.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Apply apply apply. And if you have questions write me
This is so bad
The Demographic Health Surveys Program is on pause. This is not surprising, but it's devastating on many levels. dhsprogram.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is so bad
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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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The USAID website is no longer functioning.
February 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The USAID website is no longer functioning.
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PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
February 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...