Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary research center based at the University of Oxford and Oxford Population Health - disrupting and realigning #demography. Funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social
https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/
https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/
But...
You can see below the rebound is modest and not enough to undo long-term declines driven by broader social and economic change.
The study highlights the need for policy that supports both gender equality and family life.
Full Study: www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol5...
You can see below the rebound is modest and not enough to undo long-term declines driven by broader social and economic change.
The study highlights the need for policy that supports both gender equality and family life.
Full Study: www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol5...
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
But...
You can see below the rebound is modest and not enough to undo long-term declines driven by broader social and economic change.
The study highlights the need for policy that supports both gender equality and family life.
Full Study: www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol5...
You can see below the rebound is modest and not enough to undo long-term declines driven by broader social and economic change.
The study highlights the need for policy that supports both gender equality and family life.
Full Study: www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol5...
A pleasure to host @philipncohen.com this week for a fantastic talk on pronatalism & many more engaging discussions about open science, public engagment, and more!
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A pleasure to host @philipncohen.com this week for a fantastic talk on pronatalism & many more engaging discussions about open science, public engagment, and more!
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
Key findings from Greve’s study:
🧠 Mental-health care use ↑ sharply around a parent’s diagnosis and death
👩👧 Effects strongest for daughters
💼 Earnings largely unchanged
The talk ended with a rich discussion on elderly & patient care in Denmark.
🧠 Mental-health care use ↑ sharply around a parent’s diagnosis and death
👩👧 Effects strongest for daughters
💼 Earnings largely unchanged
The talk ended with a rich discussion on elderly & patient care in Denmark.
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Key findings from Greve’s study:
🧠 Mental-health care use ↑ sharply around a parent’s diagnosis and death
👩👧 Effects strongest for daughters
💼 Earnings largely unchanged
The talk ended with a rich discussion on elderly & patient care in Denmark.
🧠 Mental-health care use ↑ sharply around a parent’s diagnosis and death
👩👧 Effects strongest for daughters
💼 Earnings largely unchanged
The talk ended with a rich discussion on elderly & patient care in Denmark.
On Tuesday, we hosted Jane Greve (VIVE – Danish Centre for Social Science Research) for a fascinating seminar on “Family Spillovers of Dementia.” Using 20 years of Danish register data, she explored how parental dementia affects adult children’s lives.
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
On Tuesday, we hosted Jane Greve (VIVE – Danish Centre for Social Science Research) for a fascinating seminar on “Family Spillovers of Dementia.” Using 20 years of Danish register data, she explored how parental dementia affects adult children’s lives.
Bill Morneau's roadmap:
✅ Manage debt and deficits prudently
✅ Invest in people, infrastructure & innovation
✅ Simplify regulation & build policy durability
✅ Be pragmatic on climate
Growth, he said, is built “not by eureka moments, but by small wins, sustained with honesty.”
✅ Manage debt and deficits prudently
✅ Invest in people, infrastructure & innovation
✅ Simplify regulation & build policy durability
✅ Be pragmatic on climate
Growth, he said, is built “not by eureka moments, but by small wins, sustained with honesty.”
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Bill Morneau's roadmap:
✅ Manage debt and deficits prudently
✅ Invest in people, infrastructure & innovation
✅ Simplify regulation & build policy durability
✅ Be pragmatic on climate
Growth, he said, is built “not by eureka moments, but by small wins, sustained with honesty.”
✅ Manage debt and deficits prudently
✅ Invest in people, infrastructure & innovation
✅ Simplify regulation & build policy durability
✅ Be pragmatic on climate
Growth, he said, is built “not by eureka moments, but by small wins, sustained with honesty.”
The talk fromer Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau gave at our centre yesterday focussed on the current growth and productivity challenge.
His main message: sustainable prosperity depends on growth grounded in consent, investment, and execution—not ideology.
His main message: sustainable prosperity depends on growth grounded in consent, investment, and execution—not ideology.
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The talk fromer Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau gave at our centre yesterday focussed on the current growth and productivity challenge.
His main message: sustainable prosperity depends on growth grounded in consent, investment, and execution—not ideology.
His main message: sustainable prosperity depends on growth grounded in consent, investment, and execution—not ideology.
Tomorrow at 2 pm we have a very special seminar:
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tomorrow at 2 pm we have a very special seminar:
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
Bill Morneau, the former Canadian Minister of Finance will be talking about "The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge"
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcomin...
4/ Jasmin was part of the @imprs-phds.bsky.social training programme at @mpidr.bsky.social & we are delighted that she will remain part of the LCDS community in Oxford as a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social! Congrats Jasmin!! 👏🎉#demography
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
4/ Jasmin was part of the @imprs-phds.bsky.social training programme at @mpidr.bsky.social & we are delighted that she will remain part of the LCDS community in Oxford as a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social! Congrats Jasmin!! 👏🎉#demography
3/ Jasmin's stellar supervision team included @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, @melindacmills.bsky.social & her viva assessors included @drjenndowd.bsky.social & Florencia Torche @ftorche.bsky.social who made the trip all the way from Princeton!
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
3/ Jasmin's stellar supervision team included @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, @melindacmills.bsky.social & her viva assessors included @drjenndowd.bsky.social & Florencia Torche @ftorche.bsky.social who made the trip all the way from Princeton!
2/ Her important work highlights the risk that rising temperatures will impede global progress on maternal and infant health, and also emphasizes the importance of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), whose recent defunding Jasmin has written about here: osf.io/preprints/so...
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
2/ Her important work highlights the risk that rising temperatures will impede global progress on maternal and infant health, and also emphasizes the importance of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), whose recent defunding Jasmin has written about here: osf.io/preprints/so...
1/ HUGE congratulations to @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social for passing her DPhil viva w/ no corrections with her dissertation "The impact of in-utero exposure to ambient temperature on maternal health, infant health, and population composition." @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1/ HUGE congratulations to @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social for passing her DPhil viva w/ no corrections with her dissertation "The impact of in-utero exposure to ambient temperature on maternal health, infant health, and population composition." @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
thinking about your next academic home? 🏡✨
imagine: an office where people actually show up, hang out, and do brilliant research on #Demography in Oxford!
that’s us 👋
#EarlyCareerResearchers #ResearchFellowships See below 👇
📅 deadline: 15 Dec 2025
🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
imagine: an office where people actually show up, hang out, and do brilliant research on #Demography in Oxford!
that’s us 👋
#EarlyCareerResearchers #ResearchFellowships See below 👇
📅 deadline: 15 Dec 2025
🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
thinking about your next academic home? 🏡✨
imagine: an office where people actually show up, hang out, and do brilliant research on #Demography in Oxford!
that’s us 👋
#EarlyCareerResearchers #ResearchFellowships See below 👇
📅 deadline: 15 Dec 2025
🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
imagine: an office where people actually show up, hang out, and do brilliant research on #Demography in Oxford!
that’s us 👋
#EarlyCareerResearchers #ResearchFellowships See below 👇
📅 deadline: 15 Dec 2025
🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
nonparametric. multiply robust. semiparametrically efficient.
💥the Avengers lineup of causal estimators
Felix Elwert, 8 Oct, 2pm
📍 Butler Room, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Nonparametric Causal Decomposition of Group Differences
w/metrics-and-models.github.io
🔗 demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcoming-…
💥the Avengers lineup of causal estimators
Felix Elwert, 8 Oct, 2pm
📍 Butler Room, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Nonparametric Causal Decomposition of Group Differences
w/metrics-and-models.github.io
🔗 demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcoming-…
October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
nonparametric. multiply robust. semiparametrically efficient.
💥the Avengers lineup of causal estimators
Felix Elwert, 8 Oct, 2pm
📍 Butler Room, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Nonparametric Causal Decomposition of Group Differences
w/metrics-and-models.github.io
🔗 demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcoming-…
💥the Avengers lineup of causal estimators
Felix Elwert, 8 Oct, 2pm
📍 Butler Room, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Nonparametric Causal Decomposition of Group Differences
w/metrics-and-models.github.io
🔗 demography.ox.ac.uk/news/upcoming-…
Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social on the 'impotence' of pronatalist policies 📉: “Silver bullets, quick cash & gimmicks won’t change #Fertility.” Read more 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/what-russians-really-think-about-putins-baby-boom-drive/
#Demography #Policy
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/what-russians-really-think-about-putins-baby-boom-drive/
#Demography #Policy
September 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social on the 'impotence' of pronatalist policies 📉: “Silver bullets, quick cash & gimmicks won’t change #Fertility.” Read more 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/what-russians-really-think-about-putins-baby-boom-drive/
#Demography #Policy
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/what-russians-really-think-about-putins-baby-boom-drive/
#Demography #Policy
Our star bakers @andreatilstra.bsky.social & @sanderwagner.bsky.social Wagner met Dame Prue Leith at the grand opening of Life Changing Bakes in Oxford! 🍰✨ A bakery giving people with learning disabilities & autism work experience—& every crumb of profit goes to charity: www.yellowsubmarine.org.uk
September 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Our star bakers @andreatilstra.bsky.social & @sanderwagner.bsky.social Wagner met Dame Prue Leith at the grand opening of Life Changing Bakes in Oxford! 🍰✨ A bakery giving people with learning disabilities & autism work experience—& every crumb of profit goes to charity: www.yellowsubmarine.org.uk
Our Deputy Director @drjenndowd.bluesky.social
gave the Keynote Lecture today at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium
Has progress stalled? Reflecting on the uncertain future of #mortality in high income countries
👉more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/people/jenni...
✍️Substack: jenndowd.substack.com
gave the Keynote Lecture today at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium
Has progress stalled? Reflecting on the uncertain future of #mortality in high income countries
👉more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/people/jenni...
✍️Substack: jenndowd.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our Deputy Director @drjenndowd.bluesky.social
gave the Keynote Lecture today at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium
Has progress stalled? Reflecting on the uncertain future of #mortality in high income countries
👉more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/people/jenni...
✍️Substack: jenndowd.substack.com
gave the Keynote Lecture today at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium
Has progress stalled? Reflecting on the uncertain future of #mortality in high income countries
👉more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/people/jenni...
✍️Substack: jenndowd.substack.com
📊 Over 9,000+ studies rely on DHS data.
🗺️ The figure below shows decades of global data use. That’s what’s at risk if we don’t act.
🗺️ The figure below shows decades of global data use. That’s what’s at risk if we don’t act.
May 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📊 Over 9,000+ studies rely on DHS data.
🗺️ The figure below shows decades of global data use. That’s what’s at risk if we don’t act.
🗺️ The figure below shows decades of global data use. That’s what’s at risk if we don’t act.
10/ "Why is life expectancy in England and Wales falling behind? A cause-of-death decomposition approach."
w/ @andreatilstra.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @luyinz.bsky.social #mortality #demography @polizzan.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
Congrats Antonino! 👏🥂
w/ @andreatilstra.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @luyinz.bsky.social #mortality #demography @polizzan.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
Congrats Antonino! 👏🥂
May 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
10/ "Why is life expectancy in England and Wales falling behind? A cause-of-death decomposition approach."
w/ @andreatilstra.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @luyinz.bsky.social #mortality #demography @polizzan.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
Congrats Antonino! 👏🥂
w/ @andreatilstra.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @luyinz.bsky.social #mortality #demography @polizzan.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
Congrats Antonino! 👏🥂
4/ You set the bar incredibly high for all of us, Antonino, and we can't wait to watch your continued successes and your next chapter at the @mpidr.bsky.social!
@polizzan.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
@polizzan.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
4/ You set the bar incredibly high for all of us, Antonino, and we can't wait to watch your continued successes and your next chapter at the @mpidr.bsky.social!
@polizzan.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
@polizzan.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
3/ Antonino's DPhil was supervised by Prof. @drjenndowd.bsky.social & Prof. @cmonden.bsky.social at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social & he worked as a key team member of Dowd's @erc.europa.eu MORTAL project.
May 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
3/ Antonino's DPhil was supervised by Prof. @drjenndowd.bsky.social & Prof. @cmonden.bsky.social at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social & he worked as a key team member of Dowd's @erc.europa.eu MORTAL project.
2/ Antonino made incredible contributions to our LCDS community during his time here, in addition to publishing work in Nature Communications, PNAS & winning the Günther Beyer Award for Best Paper by an Early Career Scholar at the 2024 European Population Conference. @populationeu.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
2/ Antonino made incredible contributions to our LCDS community during his time here, in addition to publishing work in Nature Communications, PNAS & winning the Günther Beyer Award for Best Paper by an Early Career Scholar at the 2024 European Population Conference. @populationeu.bsky.social
1/ A huge congrats to Dr. Antonino Polizzi @polizzan.bsky.social, who passed his DPhil viva for his thesis “The Causes and the Consequences of Growing Life Expectancy Shortfalls” on Friday, examined by Prof. @ridhikashyap.bsky.social & Dr. Iñaki Permanyer. @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #demography
May 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
1/ A huge congrats to Dr. Antonino Polizzi @polizzan.bsky.social, who passed his DPhil viva for his thesis “The Causes and the Consequences of Growing Life Expectancy Shortfalls” on Friday, examined by Prof. @ridhikashyap.bsky.social & Dr. Iñaki Permanyer. @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #demography
Join us 15 May for seminar by Iñaki Permanyer, CED @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Multimorbidity & mortality in random sample of 20% of Catalan population using Electronic Health Records….
Over 10 years!
Across socioeconomic groups!
@leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social
Multimorbidity & mortality in random sample of 20% of Catalan population using Electronic Health Records….
Over 10 years!
Across socioeconomic groups!
@leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Join us 15 May for seminar by Iñaki Permanyer, CED @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Multimorbidity & mortality in random sample of 20% of Catalan population using Electronic Health Records….
Over 10 years!
Across socioeconomic groups!
@leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social
Multimorbidity & mortality in random sample of 20% of Catalan population using Electronic Health Records….
Over 10 years!
Across socioeconomic groups!
@leverhulme.ac.uk @oxpop.bsky.social
#PAA2025 isn't over yet 😎 Join us for our final sessions buff.ly/JjRIQ19 #InDataWeTrust @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @drjenndowd.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#PAA2025 isn't over yet 😎 Join us for our final sessions buff.ly/JjRIQ19 #InDataWeTrust @popassocamerica.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @drjenndowd.bsky.social