Posted 31/01/2020 10:45
David Bell meets UK government health adviser at Downing Street
CPC member, Professor David Bell, was last week invited to Downing Street to meet with William Warr, health adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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Posted 28/01/2020 11:22
MAC report released on immigration system post-Brexit
Tuesday 28 January sees the release of the latest Home Office Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report on ‘A points-based system and salary thresholds for immigration’.
Posted 13/01/2020 13:09
Call for abstracts: Third international conference on migration and mobilities
Registration and abstract submissions are now open for the Third international conference on migration and mobilities (iMigMob), taking place from 8-10 July 2020.
Posted 05/12/2019 12:00
Call for applications: Short course on Agent-based modelling for social research, 6-10 July 2020
The ERC Bayesian Agent-based Population Studies project team, based at the University of Southampton and the University of Rostock, in collaboration with the ESRC Centre for Population Change and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, are delighted to announce a call for applications for a short training course "Agent-based modelling for social research", to be held at the University of Southampton, on 6–10 July 2020.
Posted 13/11/2019 15:11
The Generation Game – Is it fair?
How can we tackle the increasing 'unfairness' opening up between generations in the UK? We challenged a group of year 10 students from The Henry Cort Community College, Fareham, to play our ‘Generation Game’ and find out. The event, which took place on Friday 8 November, was part of this year’s ESRC Festival of Social Science, an annual week-long celebration promoting UK social science research to new audiences.
Posted 08/10/2019 15:12
Video now available: 'SociaLab' with Peter Davis
Peter Davis gave a CPC seminar on Friday 04 October 2019 on 'SociaLab: A census-based simulation tool for public policy inquiry'.
Posted 22/08/2019 16:56
CPC at BSPS 2019
The British Society of Population Studies Annual Conference 2019 is taking place at Cardiff University 09-11 September 2019. CPC members will be out in force to represent the excellent population research undertaken over the last year. From PhD students to Directors, CPC members at all career points will be enjoying presenting and sharing knowledge with other attendees to the conference. It is an excellent opportunity to network and collaborate with others, and an important occasion for our researchers.
Posted 21/08/2019 14:11
ESRC funding to understand recent fertility trends in the UK
CPC Co-Director Professor Hill Kulu with a team of CPC researchers including Professor Ann Berrington, Professor Jakub Bijak, Dr Erengul Dodd and Professor Jane Falkingham, have been awarded new ESRC funding to investigate the causes of recent fertility fluctuations in the UK and forecast future trends.
Posted 25/07/2019 09:09
Peter W. F. Smith elected as Fellow of the British Academy
CPC member, Professor Peter W. F. Smith, has been appointed as a Fellow of the British Academy. Peter is Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Southampton, and jointly co-ordinates the modelling strand of CPC.
Posted 25/07/2019 09:29
Promotions success for Brienna Perelli-Harris
CPC member, Brienna Perelli-Harris, has been promoted to the role of Professor of Demography at the University of Southampton.
Posted 25/07/2019 10:17
CPC Director 'in conversation' with former Prime Minister of New Zealand
On 25 July, Rt Hon. Helen Clark ONZ, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, discussed ‘Women in Leadership’ with CPC Director, Professor Jane Falkingham, as part of the University of Southampton’s Distinguished Lecture series.
Posted 19/06/2019 17:39
World Population Day: Reproductive rights & gender equality
Thursday 11 July 2019 is World Population Day. This year’s theme is reproductive rights and gender equality, to mark 25 years since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, where 179 governments recognised that reproductive health and gender equality are essential for achieving sustainable development.
Posted 05/07/2019 16:16
China's Population Aging and Sustainable Economic Growth
Last week the University of Southampton welcomed visiting guest, Professor Chenganng Yang from the Southwestern University of Finance & Economics (SWUFE). Professor Yang is the Director of the Population Research Institute at SWUFE and Vice President of China Population Association, and spoke to University staff and students on the topic of ‘Population Ageing and Sustainable Economic Growth in China’.
Posted 13/06/2019 13:13
CPC at Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2019
CPC members will be attending the Understanding Society Scientific Conference between 2-4 July. Along with a CPC exhibition stand, members will be presenting their latest projects using data from Understanding Society and the British Household Panel Survey. Professor Hill Kulu, CPC’s newly appointed Co-Director, is one of this year’s keynote speakers.
Posted 19/06/2019 14:31
Policy Briefing: The Kenyan Older Persons Cash Transfer Programme: Understanding the impact and experiences Kenya
Researchers from the Centre for Research on Ageing and CPC have been working with colleagues at African Population Health Research Centre (APHRC) Kenya on the ESRC-DFID funded project examining the “Impacts of social pensions on multiple dimensions of poverty, subjective wellbeing and solidarity across generations”. The interdisciplinary project team led by Dr Gloria Chepngeno-Langat, includes CPC Directors Prof Maria Evandrou, Prof Jane Falkingham, and Research Fellow Dr Nele van der Wielen as well as Dr Isabella Aboderin, who leads the Ageing Programme at APHRC.
Posted 06/06/2019 10:29
CPC members meet with Department for Work & Pensions
Members of the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology were well represented at a meeting with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) at the University of Southampton on 22 May. The meeting, arranged by Public Policy|Southampton, saw 17 policymakers from the DWP attend to hear how researchers from across the Social Sciences at the University contribute to the DWP’s Areas of Research Interest.
Posted 06/06/2019 10:40
Research dissemination workshop at AgeUK in London
On 24 April, Professor Maria Evandrou, CPC Co-Director, chaired a research dissemination workshop at the charity AgeUK in London for the ESRC project on ‘Informal carers in mid-life’. The project was funded under the Secondary Data Analysis Initiative and led by Professor Athina Vlachantoni with Dr Ning Wang, Dr Zhixin Frank Feng and Professor Jane Falkingham. Journal articles are being prepared to be submitted.
Posted 31/05/2019 10:51
Video now available: 'Fertility under fundamental uncertainty' with Daniele Vignoli
Daniele Vignoli gave a CPC seminar on 16 May 2019 on his study exploring macro- and micro-level evidence on the relation between economic uncertainty and fertility.
Posted 25/04/2019 12:21
CPC Director launches House of Lords Select Committee report on tackling intergenerational unfairness
CPC Director, Professor Jane Falkingham OBE, was in London today (25 April) to chair a seminar launching the House of Lords Select Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision report on ‘Tackling intergenerational unfairness’.
Posted 25/04/2019 11:57
Households where the woman is the sole earner are significantly poorer
The term ‘female breadwinner’ conjures images of power-dressing corporate businesswomen who are bucking traditional gender norms to ‘have it all’. However, high-earning women make up only a small proportion of female breadwinners, the majority of which tend to work less hours than their male counterparts do, and are less likely to be in managerial positions.
Posted 12/04/2019 13:28
CPC Showcase: Ann Berrington and Brienna Perelli-Harris, PAA session organisers
PAA is a large gathering of international researchers – and a large gathering means a lot of organisation is required! Two CPC staff members, Ann Berrington and Brienna Perelli-Harris have been working hard to ensure that PAA 2019 is a success. The call for submissions covered 11 topics representing a diverse range of research. This resulted in the 151 session organisers reviewing almost 4,000 submissions (that’s 150 submissions per organiser!). View the online programme.
Posted 29/03/2019 14:11
PAA Showcase: Nicholas Campisi
Nicholas Campisi is a St. Andrews-Max Planck funded PhD student researching spatial variation in urban-rural fertility patterns across Europe. He is supervised by Hill Kulu and Julia Mikolai at the University of St Andrews, Mikko Myrskylä, and Sebastian Klüsener at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
Posted 08/04/2019 11:23
Ann Berrington appointed to ESRC Strategic Advisory Network
Congratulations to CPC member Ann Berrington who has been appointed to the ESRC Strategic Advisory Network (SAN).
Posted 08/04/2019 11:09
Video now available: 'Immigration and its effect on the local area' with Corrado Giulietti
Corrado Giulietti gave the CPC seminar on 4 April 2019 on his study exploring the impact of local-level immigration on the location choices of UK-born residents.
Posted 28/03/2019 11:20
CPC at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting
CPC members will be heading to Austin, Texas, for the Population Association of America (PAA) 2019 Annual Meeting between 10-13 April. The meeting brings together demographers, social and health scientists from the United States and abroad. Since PAA’s first conference in 1930, much important research has been presented and discussed on topics ranging from migration to sexual reproductive health to race and gender issues.
Posted 29/03/2019 09:22
Video now available: 'Online footprints of family change: A study based on Twitter' with Nicolò Cavalli
Nicolò Cavalli visited CPC on on 21 March 2019 to give a seminar on his study using Twitter data to study family change. This approach provides an innovative way to map the cultural footprints that underlie family change, updating the Goffmanian research project concerned with the presentation of self in everyday life to the “Internet era”.
Posted 12/03/2019 14:07
CPC at Science & Engineering Day
The Southampton Science & Engineering Festival (SOTSEF) - including Science & Engineering Day - is back for 2019 with more exciting hands-on activities, shows, demonstrations, talks and tours!
Posted 25/02/2019 11:07
BSPS Conference 2019: Call for papers
The British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) is now accepting papers for its 2019 conference, with a deadline of 29 April 2019.
Posted 15/02/2019 10:08
CPC celebrates 10 years
In 2019, the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC) celebrates its 10th anniversary year. Since 2009, CPC researchers have been busy investigating society’s most critical questions about population change. Here, we take a look back at some of the highlights and achievements of the last 10 years.
Posted 14/02/2019 08:55
How to live to 100 and tell people about it!
CPC is set to showcase its highly successful ‘How to get to 100’ exhibition on the international stage, as today marks the start of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington DC.
Posted 25/01/2019 13:19
International students in Scotland, Brexit and beyond
CPC member David McCollum has published a blog post on the The UK in a Changing Europe analysis website. His post, ‘International students in Scotland, Brexit and beyond’ considers Scotland’s position in attracting and continuing to attract international students in the face of stiff competition, and the current climate of immigration policy, rhetoric and Brexit. It presents findings from a recent roundtable meeting, attended by representatives from key stakeholder organisations, which took place in Edinburgh at the end of 2018.
Posted 22/01/2019 16:36
Gerontology and Ageing Distance Learning Courses at the University of Southampton led by CPC member
CPC member Maria Evandrou is leading a Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarship programme for MSc Gerontology/ Global Ageing at the University of Southampton in 2019-20.
Posted 24/01/2019 13:11
Video now available: 'Sustainability of public pension systems' with Jonas Radl
CPC welcomed Dr Jonas Radl on 17 January 2019, who gave a seminar on the effects of the perceived sustainability of public pension systems on social policy preferences, with evidence from a survey experiment in Germany, Spain and the United States.
Posted 22/01/2019 10:07
Jackie Wahba reappointed to Migration Advisory Committee
CPC member, Professor Jackie Wahba, has been reappointed to the UK Home Office sponsored Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) for a further two years until November 2020.
Posted 22/01/2019 10:59
The age divide: CPC in ESRC Society Now magazine
A feature article on Albert Sabater, Elspeth Graham and Nissa Finney's research has been published in the winter 2018 issue of ESRC Society Now magazine.
Posted 22/01/2019 11:27
Video now available: 'Why do older people fall in love' with Anna Rotkirch
CPC welcomed Dr Anna Rotkirch on 23 November 2018, who gave a seminar on why older people fall in love.
Posted 01/02/2019 10:56
Can social media help us investigate migration?
CPC PhD student Francesco Rampazzo is using social media data to provide a clearer picture of the numbers of migrants in the UK. International migration to the UK has become a hot topic both in research and in the media, but there are still huge limitations on the availability of timely data for measuring migration. Detailed data on migrants’ characteristics are also much needed for producing accurate statistics and informing policy. Facebook is a nonrepresentative source of data for the whole population of a country, but it is a digital source updated in real time, with numerous possibilities to filter information.
Posted 01/02/2019 10:43
Predicting births and deaths
Forecasts of mortality provide vital information about our future population of elderly citizens, with implications for pension and health-care policy as well as for decisions made by private companies about life insurance and pensions. Fertility is a dynamic social process that is influenced by a range of economic and cultural factors. This complicates the process of forecasting future numbers of births, as the direction and magnitude of changes in fertility rates are consequently much less predictable than they are for death rates.
Posted 01/02/2019 10:27
Relations between the young and old
Extending the work of CPC’s ‘Exchange between the generations’ strand, Professor Jane Falkingham has recently been appointed as Special Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on Intergenerational Fairness & Provision.
Posted 01/02/2019 09:24
The Brexit effect
Researchers Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham, Athina Vlachantoni and Zhixin Frank Feng have been exploring partnerships between individuals of different nationality in the UK against the background of an impending Brexit. The study, which uses data from the UK Census and Understanding Society, is also examining the association between the type of partnership and the preferences of respondents on whether the UK should remain in, or leave the European Union.
