Centre for Population Change wins second phase funding from ESRC
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in gaining renewed core funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to support a second phase of research until December 2018.
Professor Jane Falkingham, Director of the Centre, welcomed the funding: "Since our work started in 2009, the world has passed the landmark of a population of seven billion citizens, and it is likely that India will soon overtake China as the most populous country in the world. Fertility has continued to rise and, in England and Wales, there are no signs of this levelling out. Migration remains an important part of overall population growth and continues to play a significant role in shaping local communities. Life expectancy, particularly at older ages, has continued to improve.
This combined with changes in living arrangements, economic and social roles and resources across the life-cycle, continue to demand research attention - particularly as the large cohorts born after the Second World War begin to retire. Running across all these themes is the need for greater understanding of how demographic behaviours have been influenced by or have responded to the economic downturn since 2008.
The work we have already undertaken, and the work we are planning to undertake in the next five years, will address these emerging issues so that we might better plan for service need. We have already begun to use newly available data, and we will continue to make a positive contribution to the ESRC's mission of producing world class social science research that supports improving the lives of individuals, families and communities, not just in the UK, but also internationally." Read more.
Posted 23/09/2013 15:51
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