Growth
Several nice pieces in this #RadioLab episode on #Growth, including one on world #population. #Demography
https://radiolab.org/podcast/growth
Hey #population #postgraduate students - only TWO WEEKS left to submit your abstracts on all things #demography, #migration, #health, #data and #population for #PopFest2025.
Head to the info page for more about the research strands and to submit:
https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/popfest_2025/
You can also apply for a bursary to attend #PopFest2025, designed to support accepted presenters facing barriers to participation.
Submit your bursary application for consideration by 4 April at: https://southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3lLg3lPQJDbm5sW
Diaries at the ready - next week Christian Dudel is presenting our #CPCCGwebinar. Hear about findings from an analysis of the causal impact of #smoking on healthy working life expectancy at age 50 using US Health & Retirement Study data.
Register to join us online: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/full_events_calendar/892/CPC_CG_Webinar__Christian_Dudel
TODAY - Joint CPC-CG seminar with the University of St Andrews Population and Health Research Group.
Christina Victor, Professor of Gerontology and Public Health in the College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at Brunel University, will discuss whether #loneliness is really bad for #olderpeople, and consider what we should do about it.
Join us online: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/full_events_calendar/925/Joint_PHRGCPC_CG_Seminar__Christina_Victor
Check out the latest University of #Southampton Re:action Magazine - it features a deep dive on our #ESRC-funded Connecting Generations research, and celebrates the University’s long-standing excellence in research on #ageing.
#gerontology #socialpolicy #kinship #demography
https://issuu.com/university_of_southampton/docs/re_action_magazine_spring_2025/12
A quick illustrative #map on the implications of using different types of centroids in regional #demography #mobility and #migration studies.
Think about what you are emphasizing.
By using population-weighted centroids, you can emphasize the population perspective in the analysis instead of the geometry, potentially improving your analysis considerably. The distance difference is stronger in sparsely populated and remote regions.
Let's see how the police behave today on the #London #Palestine demo protesting #genocide by the rogue terrorist state of #Israel. Is starvation as a weapon of war (under supposed ceasefire) OK? Bombing #maternity #hospitals to increase maternal/child mortality rates?
Will they arrest more #Holocaust survivors today?
NEW paper - Finds an economic barrier to stable #partnerships and #marriage in the UK today, with young people delaying or foregoing marriage because of #economic uncertainty.
By Palumbo Lydia, Ann Berrington and Peter Eibich
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00324728.2024.2438692?src=exp-la
New post: is anything in "Slouching Towards Utopia" by economist Brad Delong wrong? https://www.bookandsword.com/2025/03/08/is-anything-in-slouching-towards-utopia-wrong/ #histodons #economics #demography #worldhistory
**Record drop in children being born in the EU in 2023**
_“In 2023, 3.67 million babies were born in the EU, a 5.4% decrease from the 3.88 million in 2022. This is the largest annual decline recorded since 1961.”_
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250307-1
New paper by Ewen Le Scornec et al.
Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of juvenile survival in emperor penguins
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-025-03369-7
New paper 
In "Frontiers of self-realisation. How (un)certainty and imaginaries shape fertility intentions in Italy and Norway", against the backdrop of low-fertility, Giacomo Bazzani, Lars Dommermuth, Trude Lappegard and Daniele Vignoli study fertility intentions and uncover a new type of children imaginary as ‘choice, pleasure, and social anchor’.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993241300434
#sociology #fertility #demography
@sociology @academicchatter @DemRes @demography
CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham CBE will speak about 'The new rush hour of life: Balancing paid and unpaid work in mid-life?' for the Sir Roger Jowell Memorial Lecture 2025 - hosted by City, University of London, the National Centre for Social Research, and The Social Research Association.
Full details and registration: https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2025/april/sir-roger-jowell-memorial-lecture-2025
Results of the study "Alternative paths to politics : How young people engage in #politics in Australia" are here -> https://giwl.anu.edu.au/files/2024-11/Alternative_paths_to_politics.pdf
A research paper of the follow up study ( ‘Risky visibility’: the online harassment of queer politicians) is published in the European Journal of Politics and Gender • vol XX • no XX.
The research paper can be found there -> https://cdn.theconversation.com/static_files/files/3695/ejpg-article-10.1332-25151088Y2025D000000075.pdf?1739851408
#Discrimination #Democracy #Harassment #Generations #Demography #Sociology
#Auspol #LGBT #Lgbtiq
#Published: "Parental social class and home-leaving in Italy: A changing landscape with persistent inequalities" by Elisa Brini, Giulia Corti, Francesca Zanasi & Giammarco Alderotti (https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-993). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #OpenScience #sociology #demography
Join #FutuRes in their last online Stakeholder Dialogue on 11 March when their researchers (incl. CPC-CG's Jakub Bijak) will present and discuss their latest data and findings on #Europe’s future, including on #automation, #resilience and #pensions.
Register: https://futu-res.eu/public-dialogue-demographic-resilience-uncertain-times
@europesays @UnitedStates @labplot@lemmy.kde.social @dataisbeautiful
Has the #FertilityRate in the #US been stable over the past two decades? And how does it compare to the #EU?
Boosts appreciated! 
Has the #FertilityRate in the #EuropeanUnion been stable over the past two decades?
A simple #XmR chart available in @LabPlot [2.12dev] can be used to track the stability of any process.
Boosts appreciated!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shewhart_individuals_control_chart
Hey #population #postgraduate students - submit your abstracts on all things #demography, #migration, #health, #data and #spatial issues for #PopFest2025 (6-8 July at the University of Southampton).
#Bursary applications are also open, designed to support accepted presenters facing barriers to participation.
Submit your abstract and bursary application for consideration by 4 April.
NEXT WEEK - CPC-CG/CRA Webinar on Thurs 13 Feb
Bo Hu of LSE explores how #housing improvements can reduce long-term #care costs in England, highlighting the synergies between health and housing policies.
Register to join us: http://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/full_events_calendar/880/CPC_CGCRA_Webinar__Bo_Hu
