Wen Su, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science recently won the Charles Price Prize in Demography.
The Charles Price Prize in Demography is awarded for the best thesis on a topic that is outstanding research in demography or in migration studies based in other disciplines within the Australian National University’s College of Arts and Social Sciences.
Wen’s dissertation aims to explore and quantify the relationship between the mortality changes at the national level and the mortality experiences of its subpopulations. The dissertation contributes to the understanding of the mathematical link between micro- and macro-levels of mortality.
Wen Su is a trained demographer specialising in formal demographic methods. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Researcher on Professor Jennifer Dowd’s MORTAL project. Wen’s primary research focus is on developing and refining formal demographic methodologies to measure and analyse mortality patterns in subpopulations below the national level. He is also interested in understanding gender differences in mortality.
Wen recently completed his PhD in Demography at the Australian National University (ANU). During his doctoral studies, he served as a research assistant at ANU’s School of Demography and as a casual sessional academic, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in demographic methods.
He also worked as a research officer at the Centre for Indigenous Policy Research, providing statistical support to projects aimed at improving living conditions for Indigenous populations in Australia. Wen’s research reflects his passion for applying mathematical and statistical methods to analyse and understand the mortality patterns of subpopulations, with a focus on identifying disparities and improving insights into their health outcomes globally.
