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Gabriella Conti, Professor of Economics at University College London, will present at the next LCDS and Biosocial Collective seminar on 'Unraveling Gene-Environment Interactions in Child Health and Development: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence'.

Daphne Oluwaseun Martschenko, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, gives LCDS seminar on the ethics of sociogenomics 'The Acid We Inherit: Social and Behavioral Genomics in the Context of an Ugly History and Uncertain Future'

A study of occupational status published in Nature Human Behaviour identifies 106 genetic variants, the importance of the interplay of genetics and family environment, childhood educational and occupational aspirations, and differences across the life course and links to health.

An international study involving researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science has found significant effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on many causes of death across 24 countries.

Published today in Nature Aging, a new review by researchers from Oxford Population Health and the University of Iceland reveals how your DNA shapes reproductive health, fertility, and even life expectancy.

A study co-authored by the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science’s Dr Mark Verhagen offers valuable insights into the ethical dimensions of personalised pricing, a practice where prices are tailored to individual consumers based on their data.

Published recently in the Population and Development Review’s special issue on Contraceptive Transition Theories, a new study by the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Boston University explores the evidence on the relationship between economic development and contraception.

A new study by the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science's Dr Casey Breen finds that owning a home in early adult life adds approximately four months to the lives of male Americans born in the early twentieth century.