The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science will be back at this year’s Population Association of America conference in Columbus Ohio, 17-20 April, with more demographic talks and branded goodies at booth 312.
Join us for another packed programme of presentations and poster sessions as we continue to disrupt and realign demography to tackle the most challenging demographic and population problems of our time. Take a look at the images below for an overview of our sessions at PAA 2024. All times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time
You can find us at booth 312 where you can chat to the team, learn about our different programmes, and win some Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science goodies. Our infamous #PopPyramid temporary tattoo competition will also be returning, read on to find out more.
You can also view and download our PAA 2024 flyer.
Wednesday 17 April
Celebrate the start of PAA 2024 with us at booth 312 in the Regency Ballroom, 18:00-21:00, and collect a #PopPyramid temporary tattoo. Simply follow and tag us in a photo on X or BlueSky of you showing off the temporary tattoo. The best photo and winner will be announced at 16:45 on Friday 19 April at our booth 312 in the Regency Ballroom.
Thursday 18 April
Our researchers will open PAA 2024 with presentations on a variety of different topics including COVID-19, climate change, and sociodemographic contexts and health in Low- or Middle-Income Countries. There will also be poster sessions in the Regency Ballroom on life expectancy in England and Wales, mortality trends in post-communist countries, and fertility of emigrants via online retail data.
- View Qiuyue Lin's poster on Online-seeking Behavior in China and Self-rated Health: An Empirical Study From the Perspective of Trust Transfer
- View Francesco Rampazzo's poster on Fertility of Emigrants via Online Retail Data: The Case of MammaPack
Friday 19 April
Our researchers will present on a variety of different topics including mortality and morbidity, innovative applications of satellite and spatial data, and mate selection. There will also be poster sessions in the Regency Ballroom on new data and methods, family demography, and education, employment and inequality.
- View Daniel Valdenegro's poster on Introducing Robustify: A Multiversal Library With Model Selection, Averaging, and Out-of-Sample Analysis
- View Jiani Yan's poster on Death Predictions From Social Determinants: Holistically and Precisely With Explainable AI
- View Ridhi Kashyap's posters on Access to Technology and Secondary Educational Outcomes: Empirical Evidence From India and From Mobile Wallets to Stable Wages: Assessing the Employment Impact of Mobile Money in Developing Countries
Saturday 20 April
Our researchers will conclude PAA 2024 with talks on the PhD parenthood dilemma in academia and estimating structural inequalities in the cost of care.
