
Unravelling ‘deaths of despair’ across countries
Researchers from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, and Universities of Sheffield and Western Ontario, have explored the pre-pandemic rise of 'deaths of despair' – attributed to drugs, alcohol, and suicide – and its impact on mid-life mortality in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

Uncovering footprints in genetics data: Addressing participation bias
A new paper published today in Nature Genetics by Stefania Benonisdottir and Professor Augustine Kong sheds light on the impact of ascertainment bias on genetic studies and the role of footprints in genetic data to overcome it.

Francesco Rampazzo receives honourable mention for Valeria Solesin award
Congratulations to Dr Francesco Rampazzo, Lecturer in Demography at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, who has received an honourable mention for the Italian Society of Statistics’ (Società Italiana di Statistica) award for best thesis in demography.