Patrick Gerland
@pgerland.bsky.social
Focus on demographic estimation problems/methods and projections, especially in Africa and Asia. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Patrick_Gerland/
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European Union Events
Human Planet Forum
The Human Planet Forum 2025 is a flagship event of the GEO Human Planet Initiative (GHP) which works to understan...
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/events/human-planet-forum-2025-2025-11-19_EUROPA_CURRENT_LANG
#EU #European #Union #Events
Human Planet Forum
The Human Planet Forum 2025 is a flagship event of the GEO Human Planet Initiative (GHP) which works to understan...
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/events/human-planet-forum-2025-2025-11-19_EUROPA_CURRENT_LANG
#EU #European #Union #Events
October 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
European Union Events
Human Planet Forum
The Human Planet Forum 2025 is a flagship event of the GEO Human Planet Initiative (GHP) which works to understan...
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/events/human-planet-forum-2025-2025-11-19_EUROPA_CURRENT_LANG
#EU #European #Union #Events
Human Planet Forum
The Human Planet Forum 2025 is a flagship event of the GEO Human Planet Initiative (GHP) which works to understan...
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/events/human-planet-forum-2025-2025-11-19_EUROPA_CURRENT_LANG
#EU #European #Union #Events
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This morning Andy Tatem is speaking at the #humanplanetforum sharing our Global 2 new high-resolution population datasets - as the UN launches World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
Watch live: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/geo-human-planet-forum-2025-25-11-19
Watch live: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/geo-human-planet-forum-2025-25-11-19
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This morning Andy Tatem is speaking at the #humanplanetforum sharing our Global 2 new high-resolution population datasets - as the UN launches World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
Watch live: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/geo-human-planet-forum-2025-25-11-19
Watch live: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/geo-human-planet-forum-2025-25-11-19
The 2025 revision introduces a major innovation: integrating geospatial methods via the harmonized Degree of Urbanization with national urban definitions. This dual approach ensures consistent global measurement and sharper insights into settlement patterns for sustainable development
Today, launching the World Urbanization Prospects 2025 with new UN estimates and projections of urbanization for
237 countries and areas of the world & 12,000+ cities with 50,000+ inhabitants in 2025. www.un.org/development/... - see also new online datasets and plots: population.un.org/wup/
237 countries and areas of the world & 12,000+ cities with 50,000+ inhabitants in 2025. www.un.org/development/... - see also new online datasets and plots: population.un.org/wup/
Launch: World Urbanization Prospects 2025 | Population Division
The World Urbanization Prospects 2025 will be launched on Tuesday, 18 November 2025 at 12:45 (EST).
www.un.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The 2025 revision introduces a major innovation: integrating geospatial methods via the harmonized Degree of Urbanization with national urban definitions. This dual approach ensures consistent global measurement and sharper insights into settlement patterns for sustainable development
Today, launching the World Urbanization Prospects 2025 with new UN estimates and projections of urbanization for
237 countries and areas of the world & 12,000+ cities with 50,000+ inhabitants in 2025. www.un.org/development/... - see also new online datasets and plots: population.un.org/wup/
237 countries and areas of the world & 12,000+ cities with 50,000+ inhabitants in 2025. www.un.org/development/... - see also new online datasets and plots: population.un.org/wup/
Launch: World Urbanization Prospects 2025 | Population Division
The World Urbanization Prospects 2025 will be launched on Tuesday, 18 November 2025 at 12:45 (EST).
www.un.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today, launching the World Urbanization Prospects 2025 with new UN estimates and projections of urbanization for
237 countries and areas of the world & 12,000+ cities with 50,000+ inhabitants in 2025. www.un.org/development/... - see also new online datasets and plots: population.un.org/wup/
237 countries and areas of the world & 12,000+ cities with 50,000+ inhabitants in 2025. www.un.org/development/... - see also new online datasets and plots: population.un.org/wup/
UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub: Funding Opportunity: Mortality Estimation in Humanitarian Crises - Systems Innovation Partnership: To apply and/or share - Call for Expressions of Interest (lnkd.in/e7cv_VUS) - UKHIH Website (www.ukhih.org/news/now-ope...).
► EOI deadline: 11 August 2025, 5pm UTC
► EOI deadline: 11 August 2025, 5pm UTC
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
July 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub: Funding Opportunity: Mortality Estimation in Humanitarian Crises - Systems Innovation Partnership: To apply and/or share - Call for Expressions of Interest (lnkd.in/e7cv_VUS) - UKHIH Website (www.ukhih.org/news/now-ope...).
► EOI deadline: 11 August 2025, 5pm UTC
► EOI deadline: 11 August 2025, 5pm UTC
A recent interview with BBC Radio 4 - More or Less: Behind the Stats, Is the UN underestimating the global fall in fertility? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... and online TFR plots to browse more countries: population.un.org/wpp/graphs?l...
BBC Radio 4 - More or Less: Behind the Stats, Is the UN underestimating the global fall in fertility?
How one graph shows the conservative side of the United Nations’ population estimates
www.bbc.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A recent interview with BBC Radio 4 - More or Less: Behind the Stats, Is the UN underestimating the global fall in fertility? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... and online TFR plots to browse more countries: population.un.org/wpp/graphs?l...
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🚨Job Offer🚨
St Andrews–Max Planck PhD Studentship in Population, Health and Data Science
3.5-year St Andrews–Max Planck PhD studentship in Population, Health and Data Science.
Deadline: June 11
@mpidr.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @imprs-phds.bsky.social
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
St Andrews–Max Planck PhD Studentship in Population, Health and Data Science
3.5-year St Andrews–Max Planck PhD studentship in Population, Health and Data Science.
Deadline: June 11
@mpidr.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @imprs-phds.bsky.social
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
May 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🚨Job Offer🚨
St Andrews–Max Planck PhD Studentship in Population, Health and Data Science
3.5-year St Andrews–Max Planck PhD studentship in Population, Health and Data Science.
Deadline: June 11
@mpidr.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @imprs-phds.bsky.social
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
St Andrews–Max Planck PhD Studentship in Population, Health and Data Science
3.5-year St Andrews–Max Planck PhD studentship in Population, Health and Data Science.
Deadline: June 11
@mpidr.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @imprs-phds.bsky.social
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
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🚨 New paper: when researchers study epidemics, disasters, or conflicts but don't know how many people died, they often subtract pre and post population estimates or do a crude projection. Unfortunately, this almost never provides an accurate death toll 🧵
www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol5...
www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol5...
Demographic Research - Can we estimate crisis death tolls by subtracting total population estimates? A critical review and appraisal (Volume 52 - Article 23 | Pages 741–796)
Volume 52 - Article 23 | Pages 741–796
www.demographic-research.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨 New paper: when researchers study epidemics, disasters, or conflicts but don't know how many people died, they often subtract pre and post population estimates or do a crude projection. Unfortunately, this almost never provides an accurate death toll 🧵
www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol5...
www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol5...
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Reminder that the Formal Demography Working Group is meeting tomorrow! Sign up to receive Zoom details: formaldemography.github.io/working_group/
May 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Reminder that the Formal Demography Working Group is meeting tomorrow! Sign up to receive Zoom details: formaldemography.github.io/working_group/
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Topical cluster map of terms used in recently cancelled NIH grants. No surprises there I guess. Data by grant-watch.us and NYT for the flagged terms. Source code available here github.com/jschoeley/gr....
May 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Topical cluster map of terms used in recently cancelled NIH grants. No surprises there I guess. Data by grant-watch.us and NYT for the flagged terms. Source code available here github.com/jschoeley/gr....
See also childmortality.org?indicator=SBR from UN-IGME for global and country data and internationally comparable estimates of stillbirth rates, neonatal and infant mortality available in an harmonized way. See also PDF reports and articles at the bottom of the home page.
May 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
See also childmortality.org?indicator=SBR from UN-IGME for global and country data and internationally comparable estimates of stillbirth rates, neonatal and infant mortality available in an harmonized way. See also PDF reports and articles at the bottom of the home page.
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Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying?
Seems simple to answer, but countries count live births and infant deaths slightly differently.
I look at the data in my latest article: ourworldindata.org/where-are-ba...
Seems simple to answer, but countries count live births and infant deaths slightly differently.
I look at the data in my latest article: ourworldindata.org/where-are-ba...
Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying?
It’s difficult to compare countries because they don’t always measure infant mortality in the same way.
ourworldindata.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying?
Seems simple to answer, but countries count live births and infant deaths slightly differently.
I look at the data in my latest article: ourworldindata.org/where-are-ba...
Seems simple to answer, but countries count live births and infant deaths slightly differently.
I look at the data in my latest article: ourworldindata.org/where-are-ba...
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🆕 study reveals global patterns of the migration of scientists shedding light on how researchers move both within and between countries.
A team of researchers @mpidr.bsky.social found large disparities in the appeal of various countries and regions to scientists.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/migration...
A team of researchers @mpidr.bsky.social found large disparities in the appeal of various countries and regions to scientists.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/migration...
May 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🆕 study reveals global patterns of the migration of scientists shedding light on how researchers move both within and between countries.
A team of researchers @mpidr.bsky.social found large disparities in the appeal of various countries and regions to scientists.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/migration...
A team of researchers @mpidr.bsky.social found large disparities in the appeal of various countries and regions to scientists.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/migration...
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We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science
📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden
⏰Deadline June 3
🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854
Please apply // help us spread the word
📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden
⏰Deadline June 3
🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854
Please apply // help us spread the word
May 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science
📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden
⏰Deadline June 3
🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854
Please apply // help us spread the word
📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden
⏰Deadline June 3
🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854
Please apply // help us spread the word
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2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) | IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
www.internal-displacement.org/global-repor...
www.internal-displacement.org/global-repor...
2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID)
The 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) report presents the data and analysis behind the 75.9 million people living in internal displacement as of the end of 2023. It is the ninth editi...
www.internal-displacement.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) | IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
www.internal-displacement.org/global-repor...
www.internal-displacement.org/global-repor...
Some potential funding support for UK students who are assessed as having a Home/UK fee status and who meet the residency requirements as defined by ESRC Studentship regulations.
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...
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...
May 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Some potential funding support for UK students who are assessed as having a Home/UK fee status and who meet the residency requirements as defined by ESRC Studentship regulations.
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Using satellite imagery and advanced spatial modelling we are collaborating with #UNHCR to innovate mapping of displaced populations and unlocking the power of registration data.
By WorldPop's Dr Sarchil Qader and Edith Darin, and others.
#refugees #geodata #mapping
medium.com/unhcr-innova...
By WorldPop's Dr Sarchil Qader and Edith Darin, and others.
#refugees #geodata #mapping
medium.com/unhcr-innova...
Smarter refugee surveys for a more effective humanitarian response
UNHCR and WorldPop are innovating the mapping of displaced populations and unlocking the power of registration data
medium.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Using satellite imagery and advanced spatial modelling we are collaborating with #UNHCR to innovate mapping of displaced populations and unlocking the power of registration data.
By WorldPop's Dr Sarchil Qader and Edith Darin, and others.
#refugees #geodata #mapping
medium.com/unhcr-innova...
By WorldPop's Dr Sarchil Qader and Edith Darin, and others.
#refugees #geodata #mapping
medium.com/unhcr-innova...
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📢 L’IR Progedo #recrute un ou une ingénieur·e d'études en production, traitement, analyse de données et enquêtes dans le cadre du projet ANR EXO-POPP, sous la direction de @sandrabree.bsky.social.
🔗 En savoir plus : exopopp.hypotheses.org
📌 Postulez avant le 1ᵉʳ juin 2025 : bit.ly/43hMBZV
🔗 En savoir plus : exopopp.hypotheses.org
📌 Postulez avant le 1ᵉʳ juin 2025 : bit.ly/43hMBZV
May 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
📢 L’IR Progedo #recrute un ou une ingénieur·e d'études en production, traitement, analyse de données et enquêtes dans le cadre du projet ANR EXO-POPP, sous la direction de @sandrabree.bsky.social.
🔗 En savoir plus : exopopp.hypotheses.org
📌 Postulez avant le 1ᵉʳ juin 2025 : bit.ly/43hMBZV
🔗 En savoir plus : exopopp.hypotheses.org
📌 Postulez avant le 1ᵉʳ juin 2025 : bit.ly/43hMBZV
East Asia demonstrates that financial incentives alone are insufficient to reverse declining birthrates. Deep-rooted issues like gender inequality in childcare, high living/education costs, and work-life imbalance need addressing for any profamily policy to succeed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | MAGA Natalism Is Doomed to Fail
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
East Asia demonstrates that financial incentives alone are insufficient to reverse declining birthrates. Deep-rooted issues like gender inequality in childcare, high living/education costs, and work-life imbalance need addressing for any profamily policy to succeed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
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[Recrutement]
Je recrute, sur l'ANR Exo-POPP (Extraction Optique des entités nommées manuscrites pour les actes de mariage de la population de Paris (1880-1940) (exopopp.hypotheses.org) un ou une ingénieur·e pour 12 mois (localisation : Paris, @progedo.bsky.social ).
Je recrute, sur l'ANR Exo-POPP (Extraction Optique des entités nommées manuscrites pour les actes de mariage de la population de Paris (1880-1940) (exopopp.hypotheses.org) un ou une ingénieur·e pour 12 mois (localisation : Paris, @progedo.bsky.social ).
EXO-POPP – Extraction Optique des entités nommées manuscrites pour les actes de mariage de la population de Paris (1880-1940)
exopopp.hypotheses.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
[Recrutement]
Je recrute, sur l'ANR Exo-POPP (Extraction Optique des entités nommées manuscrites pour les actes de mariage de la population de Paris (1880-1940) (exopopp.hypotheses.org) un ou une ingénieur·e pour 12 mois (localisation : Paris, @progedo.bsky.social ).
Je recrute, sur l'ANR Exo-POPP (Extraction Optique des entités nommées manuscrites pour les actes de mariage de la population de Paris (1880-1940) (exopopp.hypotheses.org) un ou une ingénieur·e pour 12 mois (localisation : Paris, @progedo.bsky.social ).
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Ever wondered why some charts are more effective and engaging than others?
I’ll be going through all the theory, evidence and principles behind compelling data storytelling from this Wednesday.
Free to watch for anyone who is interested: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fundam...
I’ll be going through all the theory, evidence and principles behind compelling data storytelling from this Wednesday.
Free to watch for anyone who is interested: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fundam...
May 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Ever wondered why some charts are more effective and engaging than others?
I’ll be going through all the theory, evidence and principles behind compelling data storytelling from this Wednesday.
Free to watch for anyone who is interested: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fundam...
I’ll be going through all the theory, evidence and principles behind compelling data storytelling from this Wednesday.
Free to watch for anyone who is interested: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fundam...
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Open call for Associate Editors at our journal!! To find out more about requirements and application procedures 👀 here www.demographic-research.org/files/Call_f...
May 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Open call for Associate Editors at our journal!! To find out more about requirements and application procedures 👀 here www.demographic-research.org/files/Call_f...
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Choose Science. Choose Europe.
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
May 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Choose Science. Choose Europe.
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
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"The foundation will close its doors, permanently, on Dec. 31, 2045, at least several decades before originally intended. In the meantime, it will be spending down its endowment, as well as almost all of Gates’s remaining personal fortune."
better than not
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/m...
better than not
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/m...
The $200 Billion Gamble: Bill Gates’s Plan to Wind Down His Foundation
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"The foundation will close its doors, permanently, on Dec. 31, 2045, at least several decades before originally intended. In the meantime, it will be spending down its endowment, as well as almost all of Gates’s remaining personal fortune."
better than not
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/m...
better than not
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/m...
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A Roadmap to Accessing Mobile Network Data for Statistics
www.data4sdgs.org/sites/defaul...
www.data4sdgs.org/sites/defaul...
May 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A Roadmap to Accessing Mobile Network Data for Statistics
www.data4sdgs.org/sites/defaul...
www.data4sdgs.org/sites/defaul...