News | Leverhulme Centre For Demographic Science, Oxford

1 Jun 2022

Polygenic scores for Plasticity: A new tool for studying gene-environment interplay

New work r ecently published in the journal Demography, by our LCDS and Nuffield College Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Sociology, Ramina Sotoudeh.

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30 May 2022

Do Black Lives Matter to Employers?

Did Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer yield tangible benefits to racial progress and reduce discriminatory practices in the US? New experimental research by LCDS researchers, Dave Kirk and Marti Rovira reveals that at least temporarily, levels of employment discrimination against Black applicants to entry-level jobs declined in the aftermath of the 2020 protests.

Screenshot of Dear Pandemic WHO campaign

26 May 2022

Jenn Dowd's Dear Pandemic chosen as WHO case study for innovative science communication

Congratulations to our own LCDS Deputy Director Jenn Dowd Editor in Chief and Founding Member of Dear Pandemic, for being chosen as a case study by the World Health Organisation for innovative science communication!!

Ridhi appointed as new Editorial Committee member

26 May 2022

Ridhi Kashyap appointed as Editorial Member Population and Development Review

Our own Ridhi Kashyap, Associate Professor of Social Demography and core member of LCDS has been appointed as a new Editorial Committee member of one of demography's flagship journals Population and Development Review.

16 May 2022

Lecturer in Demography

The L everhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford seek to appoint a Departmental Lecturer in Demography.

12 May 2022

Become our new Centre Manager!

We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative Centre Manager to oversee the operation of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS).

12 May 2022

Creative Media and Communications Officer wanted

The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) is looking for a creative and talented Media and Communications Officer to lead and develop communications for the Centre.

22 Apr 2022

We're hiring! Personal and Administrative Assistant

The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is looking for a new Personal and Administrative Assistant.

Melinda Mills at European Parliament’s Special Committee on COVID-19 pandemic

21 Apr 2022

LCDS Director Melinda Mills appointed as special advisor to the European Commission

Professor Melinda Mills, Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, has been appointed as of one three Special Advisors to Paolo Gentiloni, the European Commissioner of the Economy.