Proud (and a little sad to see him go): Jianji Chen defended last week his PhD in Demography at UAB—on family dynamics & older adults’ well-being. Congrats, Dr. Chen, and all the best ahead!
Also, big thanks to the committee: Karsten Hank, @elirenteria.bsky.social @marcoalbertini.bsky.social

Double participation of @lifelongmove.bsky.social members in a session of the @sllshome.bsky.social conference 2025.

Talks dealt with residential trajectories since early life and socio-economic and health outcomes in adulthood. Thank you to participants for useful tips to improve our research.

Excellent conference and powerful session on housing precarity organized by @lifecoursecentre.bsky.social. Homelessness, gender inequalities, and homeownership dynamics. I am grateful for the insights and discussion!

Great presentations by A Colasurdo, N Panichella and J Wu at Session 96, "Internal Migration as a Life Course Trajectory", organized by the IUSSP Panel on Lifetime Migration at #IPC2025.

Papers from this session—and others—will appear in a Special Issue of Comparative Population Studies in 2026.

Last Friday, Min Zhu successfully defended her PhD in Demography at UAB- @cedemografia.bsky.social with a dissertation on couple migration in China. Congratulations, Min, on this achievement - and best wishes for your career ahead!

Congratulations to @pertzikovitz.bsky.social team member of @lifelongmove.bsky.social for the successful defense of his doctoral thesis at Groningen University. Well done Dr. Pertzikovitz @popresgroningen.bsky.social

Today we had Naza Panichella visiting at @cedemografia.bsky.social UAB, and gave us a great lecture on couple's internal migration and gender inequality in six European country