In the Media

This study, led by the Centre's Hampton Gaddy, finds that the 1918 influenza pandemic had a much longer negative effect on fertility than previously thought. The results, published in the journal Population Studies, change our understanding of the social and demographic history of the 1918 pandemic.

In this podcast, Professor Jennifer Dowd explores what is meant by the term life expectancy, how is it calculated, and how it has changed after the pandemic.

Nature cover Xinyi Zhao and Professor Ridhi Kashyap's recent study on A gender perspective on the global migration of scholars. Find out more here.

This news story summarises research from the Centre's Director Professor Melinda Mills, Dr Evelina Akimova, and Dr Xuejie Ding which finds that having the genetics of a night owl protects night shift workers against sleep loss.

Some people have a genetic predisposition to being an ‘evening person’ and new research led by University of Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, published in the journal Sleep, finds this protects regular night shift workers against sleep penalties.

Our GWAS Diversity Monitor features in the National Academies recent report on rethinking how race, ethnicity, and ancestry labels are used in genomics and genetics research.

An article on Xinyi Zhao and Professor Ridhi Kashyap's study that finds female academics migrate shorter distances and to fewer countries than men.

An article on Professor Melinda Mills, Dr Evelina Akimova and Dr Xuejie Ding's new study which finds that having the genetics of a night owl protects night shift workers against sleep loss.

How many children an individual may have is influenced by reproductive biology and human behaviour, according to the largest study to date, which identifies genetic determinants. The study, led by researchers at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Pennsylvania, also identified that the human genome has been influenced by natural selection for thousands of years and continues to affect fertility today.