News | Leverhulme Centre For Demographic Science, Oxford

31 Aug 2023

See you at BSPS conference 2023!

The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Demographic Science Unit will be in full force at the fiftieth anniversary of the British Society for Population Studies annual conference at Keele University, 11-13 September. Take a look at our programme below and visit our stand in Chancellor’s Open Space to learn more.

18 Aug 2023

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.

3 Aug 2023

New Oxford-Berlin alliance to launch the Einstein Centre for Population Diversity

The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Oxford in Berlin are part of a winning consortium to develop the Einstein Center for Population Diversity. Funded by the Einstein Foundation, the new centre will become a leading institution in biosocial research.

1 Aug 2023

Launching the new Demographic Science Unit

We are excited to announce that the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science has launched a new Demographic Science Unit, led by Professor Melinda Mills, based at Oxford Population Health.

13 Jul 2023

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.

11 Jul 2023

World Population Day: Adapting to changing demographics

As the world's population surpasses eight billion people, a new era of challenges and opportunities unfolds. The shifting demographics, marked by slower population growth and regional variations, are bringing population issues such as gender inequality to the forefront.

6 Jul 2023

Mapping Inequalities: Empowering research through Mapineq Link

Researchers from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science are developing Mapineq Link, an open-access interactive data dashboard and database with API access that will revolutionise inequality and life course research.

Francesco and Orsola receiving their award

22 Jun 2023

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.

21 Jun 2023

New Digital Gender Gaps website

Researchers from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science have launched a new edition of their interactive web dashboard to monitor global digital inequality in real-time.