Ingrid van Dijk
@ingridvandijk.bsky.social
Associate Professor Economic Demography. Health inequality in families and improvements 1800s-today with register and survey data. Sweden, Netherlands, the rest of Europe. ERC starting grant holder. www.ingridvandijk.com
I predict a cheese sandwich for lunch. Nice cup though!
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I predict a cheese sandwich for lunch. Nice cup though!
Ahhh we can do our retirement party together! 🎈
April 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ahhh we can do our retirement party together! 🎈
Reposted by Ingrid van Dijk
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
And, not sure who brought it up, but that US data on stillbirths is problematic because of a financial incentive to register a newborn as a live birth. There's an interesting parallel to the problems in historical data in Catholic regions (where a newborn needs to be born alive to be baptized). 👀
April 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
And, not sure who brought it up, but that US data on stillbirths is problematic because of a financial incentive to register a newborn as a live birth. There's an interesting parallel to the problems in historical data in Catholic regions (where a newborn needs to be born alive to be baptized). 👀
If you have questions about these vacancies, I'm happy to chat 😊
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I'm looking for 1-2 doctoral candidates in my ERC-funded project "Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations". These are 4-year, fully funded positions at Lund University. More info: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Doctoral student in Economic History – Inequalities in health and survival
The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department that employs about 100 people: researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and Ph.D. candidates. The department has a l
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April 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you have questions about these vacancies, I'm happy to chat 😊
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I'll present another poster on top survivors (maybe looking less nervous) this Saturday at 16, shared work with Niels van den Berg. Also on Saturday at 14, Isa Barraclough is presenting our paper on trends in intergenerational persistence of lifespan in Sweden 1860-2020.
April 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'll present another poster on top survivors (maybe looking less nervous) this Saturday at 16, shared work with Niels van den Berg. Also on Saturday at 14, Isa Barraclough is presenting our paper on trends in intergenerational persistence of lifespan in Sweden 1860-2020.