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Aasli Abdi Nur
@aasli.bsky.social
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Social and Computational Demographer
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at
@OxfordSociology and @OxfordDemSci
Fertility | Gender | Health | Kinship | Life Course
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mpidr.bsky.social
#IPC2025! Workshop by @lpcalderonb.bsky.social @aasli.bsky.social & @ridhikashyap.bsky.social in Brisbane: "Demographic Microsimulation in R Using SOCSIM:Modeling Population & Kinship Dynamics."
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Workshop: Demographic Microsimulation in R using SOCSIM: Modelling Population and Kinship Dynamics Date and time: 13 July 2025, 10am-1.30pm Location: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Organisers: Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal – Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Aasli Abdi Nur and Ridhi Kashyap – University of Oxford Description Join us for an interactive workshop on SOCSIM demographic microsimulation using the "rsocsim" R package. SOCSIM is a powerful open-source tool for modelling individual demographic events and producing synthetic populations with plausible age and kinship structures, using population-level demographic rates as input. It has supported demographic research for decades. By simulating individual life courses that are consistent with macro-demographic rates, microsimulation enables the study of complex demographic phenomena, such as kin availability, kin loss, generational overlap, and the long-term effects of changing fertility and mortality rates on kinship networks. This approach is particularly useful for studying heterogeneous populations and understanding variation in demographic experience at both the individual and the population levels. In this workshop, we will cover the basics of demographic microsimulation with SOCSIM, including the process of setting up, running, and verifying a microsimulation in R using ‘rsocsim’ (https://github.com/MPIDR/rsocsim) and publicly available data from the World Population Prospects (WPP) 2024. From there, you will explore how to interpret and analyse the simulation output through practical examples of estimating kin loss and kin availability. Whether you are new to demographic modelling or looking to deepen your expertise, this workshop will provide valuable skills and insights for researchers interested in studying kinship dynamics. Requirements - Own laptop If you wish to attend this workshop, please fill out the online form here: https://forms.gle/nqyKrNaXzMSEmgWf6
June 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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jasminabdelghany.bsky.social
More than 9,000 studies, reports, & book chapters published based on 400+ DHS surveys that were conducted in 91 countries, according to our bibliometric analysis (by @aasli.bsky.social). The termination could set the global research community back for years or even decades.
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May 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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jasminabdelghany.bsky.social
The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program was central in improving the evidence base for health policies and interventions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central & Southern Asia - figure by @aasli.bsky.social.
Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
May 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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oxforddemsci.bsky.social
🚨 The end of an era for global health data — and a defining crossroads.

In Jan 2025, the DHS Program—the backbone of health & demographic data in 90+ countries—was terminated after US aid cuts of up to 84%.

Our researchers & global collaborators reflect on it in a recent pre-print🧵
May 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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sociologyoxford.bsky.social
To mark 50 years of Population and Development Review, Prof @ridhikashyap.bsky.social & Dr @aasli.bsky.social analysed its research themes & authorship trends over the last half-century 📚🌎

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<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
To mark the Population and Development Review's (PDR) 50th anniversary, we analyze its contributions to the landscape of population research. We examine the trajectory of research published in PDR an....
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March 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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imprs-phds.bsky.social
Pleasure to have inquisitive students from all over the world attending our hybrid course on Digital and Computational Demography this week, presented by our researchers @akbaritabar.bsky.social, @ezagheni.bsky.social, Tom Theile, @jiisu.bsky.social and Risto Conte Keivabu!
December 7, 2023 at 5:46 PM