Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health
@pophel.bsky.social
Health and mortality, population ageing, social disadvantage, family dynamics.
@University of Helsinki.
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-institute-demography-and-population-health
@University of Helsinki.
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-institute-demography-and-population-health
A new study providing a comprehensive assesment of different behavioral, psychological and social polygenic indices on mortality by @pophel.bsky.social researchers @hlaht.bsky.social, Kaarina Korhonen, Karri Silventoinen and Pekka Martikainen, among others, out in @elife.bsky.social .
Our new paper "Heterogeneous associations of polygenic indices of 35 traits with mortality: a register-linked population-based follow-up study" doi.org/10.7554/eLif... now published in eLife!
PGIs related to the established mortality risk phenotypes had the strongest associations with mortality.
PGIs related to the established mortality risk phenotypes had the strongest associations with mortality.
February 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
A new study providing a comprehensive assesment of different behavioral, psychological and social polygenic indices on mortality by @pophel.bsky.social researchers @hlaht.bsky.social, Kaarina Korhonen, Karri Silventoinen and Pekka Martikainen, among others, out in @elife.bsky.social .
PopHel Talks: Next Monday, 2nd of February, @xuzong.bsky.social presents with title: AI in Health Inequality Research - Promises, Challenges, and an Agenda.
2nd of February, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
2nd of February, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
January 28, 2026 at 9:15 AM
PopHel Talks: Next Monday, 2nd of February, @xuzong.bsky.social presents with title: AI in Health Inequality Research - Promises, Challenges, and an Agenda.
2nd of February, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
2nd of February, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
We led an international effort to analyse changes in the parental socioeconomic composition of babies conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic across 15 countries. The results may have long-term implications for these birth cohorts. Read more here ->
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Parental socioeconomic composition of birth cohorts changed during the COVID-19 pandemic - Nature Communications
The authors show that babies conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic have a different parental socioeconomic composition than expected had the pandemic not occurred.
doi.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:14 PM
We led an international effort to analyse changes in the parental socioeconomic composition of babies conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic across 15 countries. The results may have long-term implications for these birth cohorts. Read more here ->
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
PopHel Talks: Next Monday, Elina Einiö will be presenting with title: Gendered housing consequences of divorce - An analysis of marital dyads from different-sex and female same-sex couples 🌈
8th December, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
8th December, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
PopHel Talks: Next Monday, Elina Einiö will be presenting with title: Gendered housing consequences of divorce - An analysis of marital dyads from different-sex and female same-sex couples 🌈
8th December, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
8th December, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
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🎓🎓🎓Congratulations, @philippdierker.bsky.social🎉🎉🎉
He successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Partnership Dynamics and Changes in Health and Well-Being: A Bidirectional Relationship”. His findings are relevant to family sociology, public health, social policy.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
He successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Partnership Dynamics and Changes in Health and Well-Being: A Bidirectional Relationship”. His findings are relevant to family sociology, public health, social policy.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🎓🎓🎓Congratulations, @philippdierker.bsky.social🎉🎉🎉
He successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Partnership Dynamics and Changes in Health and Well-Being: A Bidirectional Relationship”. His findings are relevant to family sociology, public health, social policy.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
He successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Partnership Dynamics and Changes in Health and Well-Being: A Bidirectional Relationship”. His findings are relevant to family sociology, public health, social policy.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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A new pre-print from @soc-misc.bsky.social project!
We compare the number of self-reported miscarriages to healthcare records in Finland to better understand the quality of #miscarriage data.
More info 👇
My co-authors: Hanna Remes, Lara Lehtoranta, @mccompans.bsky.social, Pekka Martikainen
We compare the number of self-reported miscarriages to healthcare records in Finland to better understand the quality of #miscarriage data.
More info 👇
My co-authors: Hanna Remes, Lara Lehtoranta, @mccompans.bsky.social, Pekka Martikainen
📣New pre-print from SOC-MISC: Measuring miscarriages: A comparison of self-reported and healthcare register data in Finland.
More info below 👇🧵
Read full paper here: osf.io/preprints/so...
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More info below 👇🧵
Read full paper here: osf.io/preprints/so...
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OSF
osf.io
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A new pre-print from @soc-misc.bsky.social project!
We compare the number of self-reported miscarriages to healthcare records in Finland to better understand the quality of #miscarriage data.
More info 👇
My co-authors: Hanna Remes, Lara Lehtoranta, @mccompans.bsky.social, Pekka Martikainen
We compare the number of self-reported miscarriages to healthcare records in Finland to better understand the quality of #miscarriage data.
More info 👇
My co-authors: Hanna Remes, Lara Lehtoranta, @mccompans.bsky.social, Pekka Martikainen
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♻️🧠Thrilled to publish my first sole-authored paper in Socail Science & Medicine. This study revealed the link of childhood indoor air pollution with later-life cognitive health and its mechanisms, using national data and a machine learning approach. @pophel.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
♻️🧠Thrilled to publish my first sole-authored paper in Socail Science & Medicine. This study revealed the link of childhood indoor air pollution with later-life cognitive health and its mechanisms, using national data and a machine learning approach. @pophel.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
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Our new study finds a strong association between voting in elections and subsequent mortality risk.
Not formally open access, unfortunately but the publisher has generously made this (temporarily?) free to read!
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
Not formally open access, unfortunately but the publisher has generously made this (temporarily?) free to read!
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Our new study finds a strong association between voting in elections and subsequent mortality risk.
Not formally open access, unfortunately but the publisher has generously made this (temporarily?) free to read!
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
Not formally open access, unfortunately but the publisher has generously made this (temporarily?) free to read!
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
@pophel.bsky.social members @hlaht.bsky.social, Isa Yang, Lasse Tarkiainen and Pekka Martikainen published apparently the first population-based individual-level survival analysis assessing to what extent voting in an election predicts future mortality.
It strongly does.
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
It strongly does.
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
Voting is a stronger determinant of mortality than education: a full-electorate survival analysis with 21-year follow-up
Background Although voting is recognised as a social determinant of health, the association between electoral participation and subsequent mortality at an individual level has not been established.
O...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@pophel.bsky.social members @hlaht.bsky.social, Isa Yang, Lasse Tarkiainen and Pekka Martikainen published apparently the first population-based individual-level survival analysis assessing to what extent voting in an election predicts future mortality.
It strongly does.
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
It strongly does.
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
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✝️ Our study found: While religion may help those raised in difficult family environments to cope, it cannot fully offset the health risks associated with childhood adversity (e.g,parental mental health issues). @pophel.bsky.social @helsinki.fi @share-eric.bsky.social
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Religious upbringing linked to better physical health in old age | University of Helsinki
Could a religious upbringing offer a path to healthier ageing? While religion may help those raised in difficult family environments to cope, it cannot fully offset the health risks associated with po...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
✝️ Our study found: While religion may help those raised in difficult family environments to cope, it cannot fully offset the health risks associated with childhood adversity (e.g,parental mental health issues). @pophel.bsky.social @helsinki.fi @share-eric.bsky.social
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/fair...
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/fair...
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📣Excited to share that our paper on widowhood, its gender and educational inequalities, and evolution over time in Finland is out now in @readdemography.bsky.social !✨
In “Evolution of Widowhood Lifespan," @morettimarg.bsky.social K Korhonen, @alysonvanraalte.bsky.social @timriffe1.bsky.social & P Martikainen find widowhood is less common & occurs later in life. @pophel.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @opik-ikerketa.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📣Excited to share that our paper on widowhood, its gender and educational inequalities, and evolution over time in Finland is out now in @readdemography.bsky.social !✨
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In “Evolution of Widowhood Lifespan," @morettimarg.bsky.social K Korhonen, @alysonvanraalte.bsky.social @timriffe1.bsky.social & P Martikainen find widowhood is less common & occurs later in life. @pophel.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @opik-ikerketa.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In “Evolution of Widowhood Lifespan," @morettimarg.bsky.social K Korhonen, @alysonvanraalte.bsky.social @timriffe1.bsky.social & P Martikainen find widowhood is less common & occurs later in life. @pophel.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @opik-ikerketa.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
📢Doctoral Defence:
Ulla Suulamo - "Long-term trends in mortality differences - Register-based studies in Finland, 1970–2020"
16 October 2025 at 12:00
Address: Porthania, PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
Ulla Suulamo - "Long-term trends in mortality differences - Register-based studies in Finland, 1970–2020"
16 October 2025 at 12:00
Address: Porthania, PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
October 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
📢Doctoral Defence:
Ulla Suulamo - "Long-term trends in mortality differences - Register-based studies in Finland, 1970–2020"
16 October 2025 at 12:00
Address: Porthania, PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
Ulla Suulamo - "Long-term trends in mortality differences - Register-based studies in Finland, 1970–2020"
16 October 2025 at 12:00
Address: Porthania, PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
PopHel Talks: Next Monday, 13th October, Joonas Pitkänen will be presenting at PopHel Talks on family-based designs in childhood adversity research.
13th October, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link:
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
13th October, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link:
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
October 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
PopHel Talks: Next Monday, 13th October, Joonas Pitkänen will be presenting at PopHel Talks on family-based designs in childhood adversity research.
13th October, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link:
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
13th October, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link:
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
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📣 Our new preprint used machine learning across 30 countries to reveal key life-course social determinants of loneliness among older adults. We also developed a Streamlined Loneliness Predictive Model for future applications.
@pophel.bsky.social @share-eric.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@pophel.bsky.social @share-eric.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Machine Learning to Investigate Life-Course Social Determinants of Loneliness among Older Adults in the US, England, Israel, and 27 European Countries during the Pandemic
Background: Loneliness in later life is common and shaped by social determinants, with the COVID-19 pandemic and regional contexts further influencing disparities. Yet the role of life-course social d...
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
📣 Our new preprint used machine learning across 30 countries to reveal key life-course social determinants of loneliness among older adults. We also developed a Streamlined Loneliness Predictive Model for future applications.
@pophel.bsky.social @share-eric.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@pophel.bsky.social @share-eric.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🚨Job alert!🚨
Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata
Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata
Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities
Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities
jobs.helsinki.fi
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🚨Job alert!🚨
Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata
Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata
📢 PopHel Newsletter for March - September 2025 is out!! 📰
To receive our newsletter you can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to mila.lyytinen@helsinki.fi 📩
You will also receive information on upcoming public talks 👩🏫 and open positions at PopHel‼️
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To receive our newsletter you can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to mila.lyytinen@helsinki.fi 📩
You will also receive information on upcoming public talks 👩🏫 and open positions at PopHel‼️
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PopHel Newsletter | Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health | University of Helsinki
This newsletter shares our research activities at the Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health (PopHel).
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October 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
📢 PopHel Newsletter for March - September 2025 is out!! 📰
To receive our newsletter you can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to mila.lyytinen@helsinki.fi 📩
You will also receive information on upcoming public talks 👩🏫 and open positions at PopHel‼️
www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...
To receive our newsletter you can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to mila.lyytinen@helsinki.fi 📩
You will also receive information on upcoming public talks 👩🏫 and open positions at PopHel‼️
www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...
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🚆🚀 Thrilled to share our paper has been published in Social Science & Medicine, as well as my second paper in this journal. We first reveal the olders' cognitive health externalities of high-speed rail and related mechanisms using ML causal approach and national data. @pophel.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🚆🚀 Thrilled to share our paper has been published in Social Science & Medicine, as well as my second paper in this journal. We first reveal the olders' cognitive health externalities of high-speed rail and related mechanisms using ML causal approach and national data. @pophel.bsky.social
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🔥Suomi rakentaa maailman parasta rekisteritutkimuksen
alustaa!
#FIRE syntyy #FIONA juurille yhteistyössä @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi i @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social @helsinki.fi #Tampereenyliopisto
👉 invest.utu.fi/fi/news/fire...
#rekisteritutkimus
alustaa!
#FIRE syntyy #FIONA juurille yhteistyössä @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi i @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social @helsinki.fi #Tampereenyliopisto
👉 invest.utu.fi/fi/news/fire...
#rekisteritutkimus
FIRE-hanke tehostaa suomalaista rekisteritutkimusta vahvistaen sen kansainvälistä asemaa - INVEST
Suomeen rakennetaan uusi FIRE-infrastruktuuri vauhdittamaan ihmisten elämästä kertovien rekistereiden käyttöä tutkimuksessa. FIRE kehittää rekisteriaineistoja, kouluttaa tutkijoita rekisteriaineistoje...
invest.utu.fi
September 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🔥Suomi rakentaa maailman parasta rekisteritutkimuksen
alustaa!
#FIRE syntyy #FIONA juurille yhteistyössä @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi i @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social @helsinki.fi #Tampereenyliopisto
👉 invest.utu.fi/fi/news/fire...
#rekisteritutkimus
alustaa!
#FIRE syntyy #FIONA juurille yhteistyössä @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi i @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social @helsinki.fi #Tampereenyliopisto
👉 invest.utu.fi/fi/news/fire...
#rekisteritutkimus
📢Doctoral Defence:
Juha Luukkonen: Alcohol Reforms and Health - Register studies about exposure to changing alcohol policies in adolescence and pregnancy
26 September 2025 at 12:00
University Main Building, room 3003 (Tekla Hultin), Fabianinkatu 33.
Juha Luukkonen: Alcohol Reforms and Health - Register studies about exposure to changing alcohol policies in adolescence and pregnancy
26 September 2025 at 12:00
University Main Building, room 3003 (Tekla Hultin), Fabianinkatu 33.
September 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
📢Doctoral Defence:
Juha Luukkonen: Alcohol Reforms and Health - Register studies about exposure to changing alcohol policies in adolescence and pregnancy
26 September 2025 at 12:00
University Main Building, room 3003 (Tekla Hultin), Fabianinkatu 33.
Juha Luukkonen: Alcohol Reforms and Health - Register studies about exposure to changing alcohol policies in adolescence and pregnancy
26 September 2025 at 12:00
University Main Building, room 3003 (Tekla Hultin), Fabianinkatu 33.
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Nuorempana alkoholia laillisesti ostaneet henkilöt ovat sairastuneet ja kuolleet kroonisiin alkoholiperäisiin sairauksiin useammin kuin henkilöt, jotka saivat laillisesti ostaa alkoholia 21–vuotiaana.
Nuoruudessa koettu alkoholipolitiikka yhteydessä myöhempään terveyteen | Helsingin yliopisto
Vapaammalle alkoholipolitiikalle nuoruudessaan altistuneet henkilöt olivat keski-ikään mennessä sairastuneet ja kuolleet alkoholiperäisiin sairauksiin useammin kuin tiukemmalle alkoholipolitiikalle nu...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Nuorempana alkoholia laillisesti ostaneet henkilöt ovat sairastuneet ja kuolleet kroonisiin alkoholiperäisiin sairauksiin useammin kuin henkilöt, jotka saivat laillisesti ostaa alkoholia 21–vuotiaana.
New study in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry by Lotta Volotinen, Hanna Remes, Pekka Martikainen and Niina Metsä-Simola found that low parental education is more strongly associated with increased ADHD diagnosis only in families without identified history of ADHD.
Read more: rdcu.be/eG9eY
Read more: rdcu.be/eG9eY
September 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New study in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry by Lotta Volotinen, Hanna Remes, Pekka Martikainen and Niina Metsä-Simola found that low parental education is more strongly associated with increased ADHD diagnosis only in families without identified history of ADHD.
Read more: rdcu.be/eG9eY
Read more: rdcu.be/eG9eY
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Co-convenor of my first symposium at #SLLS2025 @sllshome.bsky.social "Leveraging Nordic Register Data to Study Health Inequalities" with my colleagues at @pophel.bsky.social and presented forthcoming research on peer influence on substance use, which uses the biological linking within registry data.
September 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Co-convenor of my first symposium at #SLLS2025 @sllshome.bsky.social "Leveraging Nordic Register Data to Study Health Inequalities" with my colleagues at @pophel.bsky.social and presented forthcoming research on peer influence on substance use, which uses the biological linking within registry data.
Our symposium from #SLLS2025 @sllshome.bsky.social consisted of research from Shubh Sharma @eugeniopaglino.bsky.social @olivia-mcevoy.bsky.social mcevoy.bsky.social @moberndorfer.bsky.social orfer.bsky.social Lauren Bishop and registry data expertise from Hanna Remes.
Thanks to all who attended!
Thanks to all who attended!
September 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Our symposium from #SLLS2025 @sllshome.bsky.social consisted of research from Shubh Sharma @eugeniopaglino.bsky.social @olivia-mcevoy.bsky.social mcevoy.bsky.social @moberndorfer.bsky.social orfer.bsky.social Lauren Bishop and registry data expertise from Hanna Remes.
Thanks to all who attended!
Thanks to all who attended!
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New winds are blowing 🌬⛵️
After submitting my PhD at @eui-sps.bsky.social this summer, I've started working at the MaxHel @pophel.bsky.social. Grateful for my new colleagues who make every lunch break memorable—like sailing together yesterday! Ready to embrace new horizons in my academic journey.
After submitting my PhD at @eui-sps.bsky.social this summer, I've started working at the MaxHel @pophel.bsky.social. Grateful for my new colleagues who make every lunch break memorable—like sailing together yesterday! Ready to embrace new horizons in my academic journey.
September 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
New winds are blowing 🌬⛵️
After submitting my PhD at @eui-sps.bsky.social this summer, I've started working at the MaxHel @pophel.bsky.social. Grateful for my new colleagues who make every lunch break memorable—like sailing together yesterday! Ready to embrace new horizons in my academic journey.
After submitting my PhD at @eui-sps.bsky.social this summer, I've started working at the MaxHel @pophel.bsky.social. Grateful for my new colleagues who make every lunch break memorable—like sailing together yesterday! Ready to embrace new horizons in my academic journey.