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New study reveals the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on other causes of death

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.

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The genetic basis of fertility, family and longevity

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.

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The ethics of personalised pricing

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.

All publications

Nash, R. et al. (no date) “Ebola Virus Disease mathematical models and epidemiological parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis”, medRxiv.

Doohan, P. et al. (no date) “Lassa fever outbreaks, mathematical models, and disease parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis”, medRxiv.

Rawson, T. et al. (no date) “How and when to end the COVID-19 lockdown: an optimisation approach”, medRxiv.

Bonsall, M., Huntingford, C. and Rawson, T. (no date) “Optimal time to return to normality: parallel use of COVID-19 vaccines and circuit breakers”, medRxiv.

Reed, R. et al. (no date) “Addressing Social Determinants While Social Distancing: The Development of an Evidence-Based Social Needs Screening for a Telehealth Setting”, medRxiv.

Hole, G. et al. (no date) “A driftwood-based record of Arctic sea ice during the last 500 years from northern Svalbard reveals sea ice dynamics in the Arctic Ocean and Arctic peripheral seas”, ESSOAr.

Breen, C. et al. (no date) “Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data”, SocArXiv.

Clarke, P. et al. (no date) “Voting Patterns, Mortality, and Health Inequalities in England”, medRxiv.

McCain, K. et al. (no date) “A systematic review of Zika virus disease: epidemiological parameters, mathematical models, and outbreaks”, medRxiv.

Mood, C. and Jonsson, J. (no date) “Trends in child poverty in Sweden: parental and child reports”, Child Indicators Research [Preprint].

Breen, C. (no date) “Black-White Mortality Crossover: New Evidence from Social Security Mortality Records”, SocArXiv.

Rawson, T. et al. (no date) “A mathematical model of H5N1 influenza transmission in US dairy cattle”, medRxiv.

Morgenstern, C. et al. (no date) “Socioeconomic and temporal heterogeneity in SARS-CoV-2 exposure and disease in England from May 2020 to February 2023”, medRxiv.

Morgenstern, C. et al. (no date) “Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) mathematical models and disease parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis”, medRxiv.

Verhagen, M. (no date) “Computer age sociology.”

Breen, C. and Feehan, D. (no date) “New Data Sources for Demographic Research”, SocArXiv.

Breen, C. et al. (no date) “Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method”, SocArXiv.