Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, led by Professor Melinda Mills, has been at the forefront of COVID-19-related research into patterns of COVID-19 mortality and excess mortality, ‘hotspots’ of infection, support bubbles, face coverings, and the deployment of vaccines – influencing both national and international policy.
Women’s ability to make decisions about their own health increased in most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries in the early years of the 21st century, but the picture varied greatly across the region, according to new research published in the journal Demography from LCDS researchers Liliana Andriano and Christiaan Monden, together with Julia Behrman, published today.
What can we learn by marshaling new data and approaches to study the past? That was the question in a successful webinar series launched by LCDS in the past year, the Nuffield Historical Social Mobility Seminar, organised by researcher Per Engzell.
What people do not say can be as interesting as what they do, says Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science Associate Professor Dr Ridhi Kashyap. Along with Connor Gilroy of the University of Washington, the Oxford demographer has been studying the disclosure of information on Facebook linked to sexuality in the United States.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme is now open and Oxford Sociology and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) are inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) to participate. The fellowships foster excellence in research and support researchers’ careers.
