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A new study from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science reassesses whether rising gender equality can help reverse falling birth rates, a long-standing theory in demography. The research, published in Demographic Research, revisits a prominent 2019 study by Martin Kolk and offers fresh evidence that improvements in gender equality can lead to a modest fertility recovery, but only under specific conditions and not enough to counter broader declines.

A research team comprised of current and alumni members of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) has published a major new study in PNAS revealing where and to what extent women remain excluded from the digital world.

Philip Cohen, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, will deliver our final seminar of Michaelmas Term on Thursday 13th November 2:00-3:30pm, in the Butler Room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.

Hi talk is titled Authoritarian Pronatalism and the Pyrrhic Defeat.

Jane Greve, Professor MSO, Deputy head, Cand. polit., PhD. in Economics, The Danish Center for Social Science Research, will deliver our fifth seminar of Michaelmas Term on Tuesday 4th November, 2:00-3:30pm, in the Chester Room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.

She will speak on the topic: Family Spillovers of Dementia.

Bill Morneau, Nuffield College/LCDS Visiting Fellow will deliver our fourth seminar of Michaelmas Term on Wednesday 29th October, 2:00-3:30pm, in the Butler Room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. He will speak on the topic: The Reality of the Growth and Productivity Challenge - A Canadian Finance Minister's Perspective

Steven Alvarado, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, will deliver our third LCDS seminar of Michaelmas Term on Wednesday 22nd October, 3:15-4:30pm, in the Butler Room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. He will speak on the topic: Success by Address: Childhood Neighborhood Disadvantage and College Enrollment Across Demographic Cohorts 

We are delighted to announce our Michaelmas Term 2025 Seminar Series, featuring an exciting line-up of talks from leading scholars in demography, population health, and quantitative social science. We are also delighted to co-host the Metrics and Models seminars which have launched this term and are free to attend.

Timothy Adair, Principal Research Fellow at the Nossal Institute, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, will deliver our second LCDS seminar of Michaelmas Term on Monday 13 October, 2:00–3:30 pm, in the Redwood Room at the Malthouse, University of Oxford.

The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) and Nuffield College are delighted to welcome Bill Morneau as a Visiting Fellow for the coming academic year. Morneau will be working and meeting with our team and researchers to think about deeper connections with industry and government, strategic thinking and horizon scanning in demography.