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Are generations ageing less healthily over time? Find out what the latest register health & mortality data from Catalonia reveals: ije-blog.com

📝co-authored with Iñaki Permanyer, Jordi Gumà, Sergi Trias-Llimós

Full paper here: academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
IJEblog
The official blog of the International Journal of Epidemiology
ije-blog.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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💡Demograf Marc Luy im „1 Stunde 1 Thema“-Podcast: Gibt es eine natürliche Grenze der Lebenserwartung? Was haben Regionen mit besonders vielen 100-Jährigen gemeinsam? Und: Wie lebt er selbst, um gesund alt zu werden?
🔗 Hier nachhören: tinyurl.com/53xu5asb
@emanuelbroger.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social
Lebenserwartung: Sind 120 Jahre die natürliche Grenze? Demograf Dr. Marc Luy
YouTube video by 1 Stunde 1 Thema
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February 13, 2026 at 8:42 AM
The new EU-funded SoGreen project will make use of Europe’s leading social surveys to support a fair and inclusive green transition. Join their first webinar:

"Measuring Public Perceptions of the Green Transition"
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 from 2pm to 4pm CET
Register here: lnkd.in/efkvm9jv
February 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Call for applications: European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2026-2027

To be held at @mpidr.bsky.social and @sghwarsaweu.bsky.social
Application deadline: 27 March 2026 at 12 PM (noon)
Program start: 1 September 2026
Scholarships are available
Details: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
February 11, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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📢 Apply for the two-year Master Programme "Global Demography" at the University of Vienna!
The programme starts on 1 October 2026.
📅 Application period: 2 March to 7 April 2026
🔗 More information: demografie.univie.ac.at/studies/mast...
@univie.ac.at #demography
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Have you ever considered studying demography – also alongside your work?

Charles University in Prague is offering a part-time distance-learning programme leading to a Master's degree in Demography.

🔜 Application deadline: 28 February 2026

Read more here: lnkd.in/dHVw-3gR

Photo: Petr Jan Juračka
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Proximity can become pressure: The mental health of ageing parents tends to decline when their adult children are unemployed.

A new study shows that this correlation is stronger when both live under one roof.

Check it out: tinyurl.com/y5wvk6w9
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography
Marcus Ebeling will lead the team starting on 1 July 2026. The research group will be based at the MPIDR in Rostock. Read an interview with Marcus on his future research here: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rgmd (including link to job) #postdoc

February 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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PhD position in Norway

Focus: Using artificial intelligence (AI) to study intrinsic capacity - the combined physical and mental abilities that allow people to function and thrive as they age.

2411.webcruiter.no/Main2/Recrui...

Dr Zotcheva leads the project and I am a co-supervisor.
PhD-Candidate
  Ageing and Health The Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (Ageing and Health) is a publicly funded national centre of expertise in ageing and older people’s health in Norway. W...
2411.webcruiter.no
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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Out now - the new issue of Changing Populations, the @cpc-cg.bsky.social newsletter magazine.

Rounding up the last six months, we cover how we are contributing to the debate across the UK and Europe on the #demographic challenges affecting our society.

@bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social
Changing Populations
Welcome to issue 17 of Changing Populations.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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@ipdln.bsky.social is opening nominations for the role of Director (2027–2028 term) 💼

The role provides strategic leadership for the future of the network, including overseeing the 2028 IPDLN Conference.

For more info: edu.nl/egxdf
Nominations for the 2027-2028 IPDLN Directorship - IPDLN
IPDLN is seeking nominations for individuals interested in running for the new Director of the network for calendar years 2027 and 2028.
edu.nl
January 29, 2026 at 10:16 AM
What demography can do: inform the future.
The foresight experts at @vdivde-it.bsky.social took some projections of demographic trends, and created a Qualitative Scenario Building exercise for our Policy Lab. The goal: to imagine Europe in 2045. Here are the results: futu-res.eu/european-res...
January 27, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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📢 Register now!
Francesco C. Billari (Rector of Bocconi University, Milan): "Demography and Hyperdiversity".
📅 23 February 2026, 17:00h
📍 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Festive Hall
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/en/detail/ev...
Demografie und Hyperdiversität
Francesco Billari nimmt bei einer Karl Popper-Lecture an der ÖAW die hyperdiverse Welt in den Blick und analysiert die komplexen Einflussfaktoren, die für die zunehmende Diversität von Bevölkerungen v...
www.oeaw.ac.at
January 23, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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👩‍🏫 Join us on 22 Jan for our next #CPCCGWebinar

@shajiang.bsky.social from @mpidr.bsky.social will discuss how adverse #mortality resulted in a substantial increase in the number of individuals bereaved annually in the US

Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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The last chapter of my PhD thesis is out, just a few days before my defense 🎓

Read the new paper in Population Health Metrics with Andrea Nigri, Sergi Trias-Llimós (@sergitl.bsky.social), and Elisabetta Barbi on Deaths of Despair in Italy:

📄 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The decline of ‘Deaths of Despair’ in Italy: unveiling this phenomenon in a new context - Population Health Metrics
Background The term “Deaths of Despair” (DoD) refers to mortality due to alcohol consumption, drug use, and suicides. While extensively studied in the United States, where these deaths have markedly i...
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January 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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🎓 Scholarship announcement
Dept of Stat. Sciences awards a scholarship of 8.000,00 Euros, for students from Developing countries who will enrol in the Msc in Statistical Sciences in Padova for the a.y. 2026/27
🗓️Deadline 27/2/2026
🔗Details: tinyurl.com/4ubefexj
#Statistics #Scholarship #Padova
Premio di studio Nadia Baroni e Luciano Gaffo per studentesse e studenti provenienti da Paesi in via di sviluppo DIPSTAT2025PREM/03 - Scholarship Nadia Baroni and Luciano Gaffo for students from Devel...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
📢 SLLS 2026 Conference | 1–3 July, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Submit your paper by 13 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT!

🔗 tinyurl.com/yh242mm2
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Great opportunity for anyone working with longitudinal data and life course perspectives. Very much looking forward to #SLLS2026 in Brussels (hosted at the Free University of Brussels, ULB). Please consider submitting and sharing widely!

More information: www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...
📢 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

SLLS Annual Conference 2026
Structure & Change in Critical Times: Implications for the Life Course
Université Libre de Bruxelles
1 - 3 July 2026

For full details and to submit an abstract: www.sllsconference.com/callforabstr...

Deadline for submissions: 13 February 2026
January 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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📖 New publication: "Why do women live longer than men, but spend more time in poor health? A decomposition analysis of the gender gap in unhealthy life years across Europe".
@mmuszynskas.bsky.social et al. test the “longevity hypothesis".
🔗 Read now: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#demography
Why do women live longer than men, but spend more time in poor health? A decomposition analysis of the gender gap in unhealthy life years across Europe - European Journal of Epidemiology
This study tests the “longevity hypothesis,” which posits that women’s greater number of years spent in poor health is primarily a direct consequence of their longer survival. We analyse gender differ...
link.springer.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Join us on Tuesday, 20 January for a discussion on youth in Europe.

Following a presentation on demographic trends in the near future, Prof. Aassve will lead a discussion on possible ways to strengthen the voice of young people.

Register here: tinyurl.com/28jv36du
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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❄️ Freezing cold outside? Perfect timing to submit your work for our Family Diversity & Health summer workshop in Berlin ☀️

📅 June 29–30, 2026
📍 Hertie School, Berlin

🫶 No participation fees
🏨 1 hotel night covered

📨 1-page abstracts due: Jan 31, 2026
January 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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📖 New publication: "Trends in time with children in European countries: Intensification and gender convergence"!
Caroline Berghammer and @melissamilkie.bsky.social review studies investigating childcare trends in European countries.
🔗 Read now: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
#demography
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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Want to learn more about using the National Pupil Database, from experienced CEPEO researchers? Sign up for one (or both!) of our free courses this February...

Online, Feb 10-11th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

In person (central London), Feb 25th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
January 7, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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📢 PhD positions @univie.ac.at

Follow this link 👇 to apply for one of the 40 paid PhD positions @univie.ac.at and select #ViDSS also for available topics and supervisors in #Sociology @ifswien.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at is advertising 40 paid PhD positions in the Social Sciences, Humanities & Cultural Studies. ⭐

All information on the call here: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

Select the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (VIDSS) for available topics & supervisors in Communication. 😍
careers.univie.ac.at
January 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM