Posted 09/04/2014 12:13
The ESRC Centre for Population Change carries out research into the key drivers and implications of population change. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council the Centre brings together expertise from the universities of Southampton, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Strathclyde and Stirling as well as the National Records for Scotland and the Office for National Statistics.
Posted 09/04/2014 12:12
As well as hosting 15 CPC seminars, CPC members have been busy attending many events over the last few months - here are just a few of the highlights:
Posted 09/04/2014 12:04
As well as our regular seminar series, CPC will be hosting or taking part in the following events:
Posted 09/04/2014 11:58
Here are some of the media activities CPC members have contributed to over the last few months. You can now also view CPC media coverage on our new Scoop.it! page 'Population change in the news':
Posted 09/04/2014 14:44
We have published five CPC Briefing Papers since Autumn 2013:
Posted 09/04/2014 11:45
CPC has produced eight new working papers since our last newsletter in Autumn 2013. We hope you like the new-look covers launched at the start of 2014, as well as the improved listings on the CPC website:
Posted 09/04/2014 11:23
On 25 February 2014, Professor Jane Falkingham was invited to give evidence to the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) on the future of the Census.
Posted 09/04/2014 11:15
Professor Peter Smith, leader of CPC's Modelling strand and Director of the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, is leading a consortium that has been awarded £7.6 million to help launch and run a project to give access to government data for academic research.
Posted 09/04/2014 11:12
There are still spaces left on our economics of international migration short course, a one-week course designed for PhD students. It will be led by Professor Hillel Rapoport and will take place between 12-16 May. Please pass on to interested colleagues and students. Find out more and register.
Posted 09/04/2014 11:10
Significant issues affecting every individual's life course are often hard to discern behind abstract figures like the number of births, the mortality rate, or net migration. To address this CPC has been successful in gaining ESRC funding to bring a major European exhibition to the UK. The exhibition aims to unravel the challenges and opportunities associated with demographic research. Through ten topical exhibition stands, interactive activities, information and games we will present this abstract knowledge in a way that allows visitors to recognise and reflect on how these demographic issues affect, and will affect, their own lives.
Posted 09/04/2014 11:09
After successfully gaining renewed core funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 2013, CPC started its second phase of research on 1 January 2014. We are now undertaking work across five, instead of four, broad themes: fertility and family change; increasing longevity and the changing lifecourse; new mobilities and migration; integrated demographic estimation and forecasting; and understanding intergenerational relationships and exchange. Early 2014 has seen CPC in a planning and recruitment phase - look out for our updated project information due to appear on the CPC website soon.
Continue Reading Posted 09/04/2014 11:04
We hope this Spring edition of our newsletter finds you well. CPC has just entered its second phase of ESRC centre funding so we've had a busy few months.
