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Laura Leone
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PhD Student in Sociology at University of Oxford & Nuffield College | IMPRS-PHDS 24 | EDSD 23-24
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From a humble master’s thesis to a published article! Thanks to my amazing co-authors and thoughtful reviewers, I learned so much about how (not) to write a scientific paper 😅 Really happy to see it out at @genus.bsky.social!
New in GENUS: how does parental relationship quality affect child wellbeing in step- vs. nuclear families? - By @lenacwt.bsky.social, @stefaniamolina.bsky.social, Alonso-Perez & Kreyenfeld

👉 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🙌 Important insights on global vaccine sentiment research ➡️ identifying inequities towards more equitable and inclusive health research and policy. You can find this and much more in our new paper, "Mapping inequities in global vaccine sentiment research"!

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Mapping inequities in global vaccine sentiment research
Introduction Negative public sentiment towards vaccination (PSV) poses significant challenges to the effectiveness of immunisation programmes, with dramatic effects on morbidity and mortality for vacc...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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🚀 New preprint alert!

“Advancing coupled behavioural-epidemic models: An interdisciplinary framework for the collection of empirical data”

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Advancing coupled behavioural-epidemic models: An interdisciplinary framework for the collection of empirical data
Infection control requires integrating behavioural dynamics into epidemic models. However, models often overlook behavioural complexity due to limited empirical data. We adopted an interdisciplinary a...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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When do people become parents—and in what unions? @aledinal.bsky.social studies the risks of first parenthood (15–50) by union status and parental class across cohorts. Read more: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

#FamilyFormation #ReproducibleResearch
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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🎉🎊A week full of celebrations
✨Two ERC Starting Grants for the MPIDR✨
We are thrilled to announce that @marilianep.bsky.social and @ugobas.bsky.social have each been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu. #ERCStG
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
#ERCStartingGrant #longevity
September 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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#LifeExpectancy rose rapidly in the first half of the 20th century. But will those born between 1939 and 2000 benefit from these rapid gains in #longevity? A recent study suggests that none of these #generations will reach 100 years of age on average. 1/2 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/LifeExpectancy2025
August 26, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Thrilled to announce that our @cpsjournal.bsky.social paper with Juan Masullo on the political legacies of Italy’s antifascist resistance won the NEPS Medal 2025 for Best Publication in Peace Science! 🥳
June 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Relationships are often built on shared values and beliefs, but what happens when political preferences create a divide?

@brunoarpino.bsky.social and I investigated how political (mis)match affects union dissolution in
@readdemography.bsky.social

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June 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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A team @mpidr.bsky.social examined professional migration of men and women in 48 countries using data from LinkedIn. It found that, although men aspire to migrate more often than women, globally, as many women as men migrate for a job.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/professional-migration
May 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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As we commemorate the 80th #VEDay, we reflect on the lasting impact of the Italian antifascist resistance. Read our new piece on @theconversation.com , where we dive into findings from our @cpsjournal.bsky.social article and ongoing research on its local political legacies 👇
May 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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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 📚🌎

Read now ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<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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Ever heard of the European Doctoral School of Demography? No? Here is your chance to learn about it first hand. At #PAA2025 Alex Sheridan, current participant, will be at the MPIDR booth #212 & inform about the program. Friday to Sunday: 10 am-12 pm. @eapsphd.bsky.social eaps.nl/page/europea...
April 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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“An Overlapping Cohorts Perspective of Lifespan Inequality”: Hector Pifarre i Arolas et al. introduce a new perspective "that fully incorporates cohort trajectories of all cohorts alive in the period of consideration.” @mpidr.bsky.social @pophel.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
March 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Just published on APSR First View: "Without Roots: The Political Consequences of Collective Economic Shocks" by Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social, Nicola Bariletto, and Catherine De Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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📢Calling all aspiring demographers! Apply for next year’s EDSD here: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-... and join us in Paris at INED! Deadline March 25 at noon
The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open!

This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography.

Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon).
More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🚨New paper forthcoming @apsrjournal.bsky.social!🚨

How do economic shocks shape politics?

We study a plant disease epidemic in Italy🌱—finding it fueled far-right support

It’s not just economic loss but how shocks uproot communities and interact with perceptions of state neglect

shorturl.at/ntKyt
January 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Say hello to the 2024 cohort! International Max Planck Research School for Population, Health and Data Science. We are having a lovely time here in Rostock 🇩🇪 @mpidr.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹

Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?

We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out

shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
December 5, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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💡💡💡We are delighted to welcome @imprs-phds.bsky.social students and their supervisors to the Annual Academy 2024 @mpidr.bsky.social. We're looking forward to two more days of student and faculty presentations, networking, and sharing future research endeavors. 🎓🎓🎓
#demography #phdlife #PhD
December 4, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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🚨 New paper 🚨 with @pstanig.bsky.social forthcoming at @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 about the political consequences of climate-related disasters 🌲💦⚠️

Pre-print 👉 osf.io/preprints/os...
Summary 🧵👇
November 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Exciting first day at the IMMUNE workshop on human #behavior and the spread of infectious diseases 🦠👥. More to come tomorrow, both in person and online! covidcrisislab.unibocconi.eu/workshop-inf...
November 21, 2024 at 4:45 PM