People
The team at ESRC Centre for Population Change brings together experts from the Universities of Southampton, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Stirling and Strathclyde, the National Records of Scotland, the Office for National Statistics and the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. Our staff are leading experts in the fields of demography, economics, geography, gerontology, sociology, social policy and social statistics, with expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
Directors
Jane Falkingham is a Professor of Demography and International Social Policy, Head of Social Science at the University of Southampton and Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change. As Director of the Centre, Jane works with all Centre staff and contributes to all projects, in particular she has co-authored papers on the following:
- “Leaving and Returning Home in the UK”
- “The patterns, processes and impacts of post-student migration”
- “Living arrangements in mid-life”
- “The timing of parental divorce and filial obligations to care for parents later in life”
- “Understanding pathways into institutional care”
- “The transition to living alone and mental health in later life”
Maria Evandrou is a Professor of Gerontology at the University of Southampton, Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change. She is primarily working within the living arrangements strand of the CPC, for which she has worked on the following projects:
- “The patterns, processes and impacts of post-student migration”
- “Living arrangements in mid-life”
- “The timing of parental divorce and filial obligations to care for parents later in life”
- “Understanding pathways into institutional care”
- “The transition to living alone and mental health in later life”
Elspeth Graham is a Reader in Geography at the University of St Andrews and Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Population. Elspeth is mainly working within the fertility and migration strands of the ESRC Centre for Population Change, for which she has worked on the following projects:
