Rachel Scott
@rachelhvscott.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @LSHTM: sexual and reproductive health and rights | abortion | young people | digital intimacies
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We are looking for a postdoc to work for the @soc-misc.bsky.social project. The post is based at the University of At Andrews in Scotland and focuses on analysing administrative and census data on #miscarriage. Let me or Katy Keenan know if you have any questions. More info below 👇
🔎 The University of St Andrews research team led by Katherine Keenan and partner in the SOC-MISC project is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on analysing Scottish public data on miscarriages.
More information in the link below :
👉 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
More information in the link below :
👉 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Post-doctoral Research Fellow – AR3162
Post-doctoral Research Fellow – AR3162,
School of Geography and Sustainable Development,
Salary: £38,249 - £45,413 per annum,
Start: Earliest December 2025 (to be confirmed),
Fixed term for 18 mont...
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We are looking for a postdoc to work for the @soc-misc.bsky.social project. The post is based at the University of At Andrews in Scotland and focuses on analysing administrative and census data on #miscarriage. Let me or Katy Keenan know if you have any questions. More info below 👇
New paper by Rosa Mackay exploring how people in Britain find and use online sources of information about abortion. An excellent MSc thesis crafted into a thoughtful article 🎉
Our MSc RSHR alum Rosa Mackay has just published her MSc dissertation! 🎉 Co-authored with PSG members @rachelhvscott.bsky.social and Melissa Palmer, the paper explores how people in Britain find and use online information during the abortion process.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“I'm Pregnant, What Do I Do?”: Exploring How People Having Abortions in Britain Find and Use Online Sources of Information
Background Accurate, timely, and supportive information is important for high-quality abortion care. Limited research explores how people find and use online sources of information (OSI) during the ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
New paper by Rosa Mackay exploring how people in Britain find and use online sources of information about abortion. An excellent MSc thesis crafted into a thoughtful article 🎉
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Calling all abortion nerds! @whiterxbbit.bsky.social would love your submissions by 1st September! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
June 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Calling all abortion nerds! @whiterxbbit.bsky.social would love your submissions by 1st September! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...
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🗣️ Just two days left - send your applications for this exciting opportunity to work with José Manuel Aburto and be part of the interdisciplinary PSG team!
📢 Another exciting opportunity to join Mortality and Inequalities Research Group and work with José Manuel Aburto!
We're hiring a 3-year Research Fellow in Population Data Science. Apply by May 16!
🔗 Full details and application: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We're hiring a 3-year Research Fellow in Population Data Science. Apply by May 16!
🔗 Full details and application: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
May 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🗣️ Just two days left - send your applications for this exciting opportunity to work with José Manuel Aburto and be part of the interdisciplinary PSG team!
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Only three days left to submit @bspsuk.bsky.social paper in the Demography of health in conflict and crisis session! come along to the friendliest conference of the year www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... @thegargiulian.bsky.social
Annual Conference
The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.
www.lse.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Only three days left to submit @bspsuk.bsky.social paper in the Demography of health in conflict and crisis session! come along to the friendliest conference of the year www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... @thegargiulian.bsky.social
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Very excited to share that I'll be part of the @britishacademy.bsky.social Summer Showcase. ICA London will be screening Celina Escher's documentary Fly So Far on Wed 18 Jun 2025 at 18:45, after which journalist Divya Talwar and I will talk all things abortion.
UK Premiere - Fly So Far
This is the UK premier of documentary Fly So Far, which follows Teodora and The Seventeen in their struggle to regain their freedom from prison in El Salvador. Due to the criminalisation of abortion, ...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Very excited to share that I'll be part of the @britishacademy.bsky.social Summer Showcase. ICA London will be screening Celina Escher's documentary Fly So Far on Wed 18 Jun 2025 at 18:45, after which journalist Divya Talwar and I will talk all things abortion.
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📢 Another exciting opportunity to join Mortality and Inequalities Research Group and work with José Manuel Aburto!
We're hiring a 3-year Research Fellow in Population Data Science. Apply by May 16!
🔗 Full details and application: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We're hiring a 3-year Research Fellow in Population Data Science. Apply by May 16!
🔗 Full details and application: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
April 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📢 Another exciting opportunity to join Mortality and Inequalities Research Group and work with José Manuel Aburto!
We're hiring a 3-year Research Fellow in Population Data Science. Apply by May 16!
🔗 Full details and application: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We're hiring a 3-year Research Fellow in Population Data Science. Apply by May 16!
🔗 Full details and application: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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*JOB OPENING*: Researcher in Reproductive #Demography
Dr. Josh Wilde is recruiting a Post-doc to join his ERC-funded SEXRATIO project at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, focused on links b/t maternal stress & sex-biased conception & fetal loss. Deadline May 9 (noon UK time).
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
Dr. Josh Wilde is recruiting a Post-doc to join his ERC-funded SEXRATIO project at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, focused on links b/t maternal stress & sex-biased conception & fetal loss. Deadline May 9 (noon UK time).
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
Work with us
www.demography.ox.ac.uk
April 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
*JOB OPENING*: Researcher in Reproductive #Demography
Dr. Josh Wilde is recruiting a Post-doc to join his ERC-funded SEXRATIO project at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, focused on links b/t maternal stress & sex-biased conception & fetal loss. Deadline May 9 (noon UK time).
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
Dr. Josh Wilde is recruiting a Post-doc to join his ERC-funded SEXRATIO project at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, focused on links b/t maternal stress & sex-biased conception & fetal loss. Deadline May 9 (noon UK time).
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
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In this new study, we estimate that >2/3 of girls ages 13-17 live in states with abortion bans, restrictive gestational limits or parental involvement requirements. That's 7 million teens unable to control their lives and their futures
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Implications of Abortion Restrictions for Adolescents
This cross-sectional study examines the proportion of the adolescent population potentially facing barriers to abortion access owing to 3 types of state restrictions in the US.
jamanetwork.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In this new study, we estimate that >2/3 of girls ages 13-17 live in states with abortion bans, restrictive gestational limits or parental involvement requirements. That's 7 million teens unable to control their lives and their futures
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Wendy Sigle, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & I will be in conversation with Mary Borrowman (CGD) about the Si, and why we think this is a critical moment for engaging with these questions of FE & RJ.
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Wendy Sigle, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & I will be in conversation with Mary Borrowman (CGD) about the Si, and why we think this is a critical moment for engaging with these questions of FE & RJ.
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Date: 1st April 2025, 1500-1615 (UK) Spanish interpretation available. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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#Demographers! Run don't walk at the chance to work w/ the amazing José Manuel Aburto @lshtm.bsky.social.
3 year post working on mortality estimation & trends in life expectancy & lifespan inequality in low-& middle-income countries. Not to mention..LONDON!
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
3 year post working on mortality estimation & trends in life expectancy & lifespan inequality in low-& middle-income countries. Not to mention..LONDON!
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#Demographers! Run don't walk at the chance to work w/ the amazing José Manuel Aburto @lshtm.bsky.social.
3 year post working on mortality estimation & trends in life expectancy & lifespan inequality in low-& middle-income countries. Not to mention..LONDON!
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
3 year post working on mortality estimation & trends in life expectancy & lifespan inequality in low-& middle-income countries. Not to mention..LONDON!
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe is out today! Buy it wherever books are sold (but preferable from your local bookseller). I'm going to talk here about some of the selections I'm most excited were included.
Abortion Stories: 9780143138204 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A one-of-a-kind, intersectional volume of abortion representation in American literature before Roe v. Wade that compellingly proclaims: when abortion is illegal, women’s lives are always more precari...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe is out today! Buy it wherever books are sold (but preferable from your local bookseller). I'm going to talk here about some of the selections I'm most excited were included.
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Don't miss the next London Universities Population Seminar!
@mireilleleguen.bsky.social (UCLouvain) will discuss why men's contraceptive use remains understudied in demography.
📅 Feb 11 | 13.00-14.00 GMT
📍 LSE, Room CON 1.01, or join online
@mireilleleguen.bsky.social (UCLouvain) will discuss why men's contraceptive use remains understudied in demography.
📅 Feb 11 | 13.00-14.00 GMT
📍 LSE, Room CON 1.01, or join online
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Don't miss the next London Universities Population Seminar!
@mireilleleguen.bsky.social (UCLouvain) will discuss why men's contraceptive use remains understudied in demography.
📅 Feb 11 | 13.00-14.00 GMT
📍 LSE, Room CON 1.01, or join online
@mireilleleguen.bsky.social (UCLouvain) will discuss why men's contraceptive use remains understudied in demography.
📅 Feb 11 | 13.00-14.00 GMT
📍 LSE, Room CON 1.01, or join online
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In a new co-authored article, we - @eecoast.bsky.social, Andra Fry, Midanna de Almada, Heidi Johnston, Hazal Atay, Bela Ganatra, Antonella Lavelanet, Nurudeen Alhassan, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, & @luberropizzarossa.bsky.social- reviewed evidence on #abortion & #wellbeing 1/
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
February 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In a new co-authored article, we - @eecoast.bsky.social, Andra Fry, Midanna de Almada, Heidi Johnston, Hazal Atay, Bela Ganatra, Antonella Lavelanet, Nurudeen Alhassan, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, & @luberropizzarossa.bsky.social- reviewed evidence on #abortion & #wellbeing 1/
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
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Are you an early-career researcher looking for funding in #demography related fields? https://buff.ly/40tKZe0 Take a look at these upcoming calls and get in touch 😎
@leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
@leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Early-career funding
Are you an early-career researcher looking to progress your career to the next level? Thankfully there are a wide variety of funding opportunities available for you, including the following. Please…
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January 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Are you an early-career researcher looking for funding in #demography related fields? https://buff.ly/40tKZe0 Take a look at these upcoming calls and get in touch 😎
@leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
@leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
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New research is out today!
We interviewed 30 patients who had telehealth abortions. By reducing various logistical hurdles and the potential of stigma at a clinic, telehealth mitigates what call structural abortion stigma.
We interviewed 30 patients who had telehealth abortions. By reducing various logistical hurdles and the potential of stigma at a clinic, telehealth mitigates what call structural abortion stigma.
January 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New research is out today!
We interviewed 30 patients who had telehealth abortions. By reducing various logistical hurdles and the potential of stigma at a clinic, telehealth mitigates what call structural abortion stigma.
We interviewed 30 patients who had telehealth abortions. By reducing various logistical hurdles and the potential of stigma at a clinic, telehealth mitigates what call structural abortion stigma.
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‼️new Lucíta Nandarossa just dropped‼️
"#Abortion debt: revolutionary acts and reclamations of care" - in this, Dr Lucía Berro Pizzarossa & I explore "abortion debt" in different registers - what happens when abortion is a "debt of democracy"? 1/
blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2024/11/08/a...
"#Abortion debt: revolutionary acts and reclamations of care" - in this, Dr Lucía Berro Pizzarossa & I explore "abortion debt" in different registers - what happens when abortion is a "debt of democracy"? 1/
blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2024/11/08/a...
November 8, 2024 at 7:58 PM
‼️new Lucíta Nandarossa just dropped‼️
"#Abortion debt: revolutionary acts and reclamations of care" - in this, Dr Lucía Berro Pizzarossa & I explore "abortion debt" in different registers - what happens when abortion is a "debt of democracy"? 1/
blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2024/11/08/a...
"#Abortion debt: revolutionary acts and reclamations of care" - in this, Dr Lucía Berro Pizzarossa & I explore "abortion debt" in different registers - what happens when abortion is a "debt of democracy"? 1/
blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2024/11/08/a...
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The coolest postdoc I know is now accepting applications:
🧪🔬THE WITTIG POSTDOC IN FEMINIST BIOLOGY🧪🔬
Our interdisciplinary program @ UW Madison seeks to train the next generation of feminist scientists/scholars of science
Please share widely and read more here: crgw.gws.wisc.edu/scholarships...
🧪🔬THE WITTIG POSTDOC IN FEMINIST BIOLOGY🧪🔬
Our interdisciplinary program @ UW Madison seeks to train the next generation of feminist scientists/scholars of science
Please share widely and read more here: crgw.gws.wisc.edu/scholarships...
December 2, 2024 at 6:25 PM
The coolest postdoc I know is now accepting applications:
🧪🔬THE WITTIG POSTDOC IN FEMINIST BIOLOGY🧪🔬
Our interdisciplinary program @ UW Madison seeks to train the next generation of feminist scientists/scholars of science
Please share widely and read more here: crgw.gws.wisc.edu/scholarships...
🧪🔬THE WITTIG POSTDOC IN FEMINIST BIOLOGY🧪🔬
Our interdisciplinary program @ UW Madison seeks to train the next generation of feminist scientists/scholars of science
Please share widely and read more here: crgw.gws.wisc.edu/scholarships...