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American adults have significantly worse health in midlife compared to their British peers, especially in markers of cardiovascular health, according to a new study involving researchers from Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

Researchers from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Pandemic Sciences Institute, Ethox Centre, Department of Statistics, and Department of Biology ─ all affiliated with the Pandemic Sciences Institute ─ will co-lead a new programme of work to protect against future pandemics using digital tools.

Published in the Communication Methods and Measures journal, a recent study by the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science’s Oriol Bosch Jover investigates bias in digital trace data by looking at blind spots when obtaining data through web tracking.

A novel study published in Climate Policy, and co-authored by the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science’s Dr Daniel Valdenegro, exposes the dynamics of competing narratives on climate change between political parties in the UK and the influence that climate protests have on them.

Congratulations to our alumni Per Engzell and Bastian Betthaeuser who have both been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants in Social Sciences and Humanities.

A new study by the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science’s Morten Kjær Thomsen is the first-ever to document the diverse demographic outcomes of transgender individuals at the population level, using data from Danish population registers.

Linda Hong Cheng, DPhil student and co-founder of Mung!, hosted Oxford’s first-ever student-led event dedicated to addressing the digital exclusion of older people.

Published in Nature Reviews Urology, a Comment piece by the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science calls for researchers and policymakers to take a closer look at the relationship between male fertility, mental health, and sexual function.

A new study published in Population Studies looks at the impact of extreme temperatures on fertility across Spain between 2010 and 2019, covering some of the hottest years since records began.