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15 Feb 2023

Out now! Demography Day video

To celebrate Demography Day on Wednesday 15 February, the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science has launched a video with Oxford Sparks on how demographers are understanding and improving our world. Watch the video below!

6 Feb 2023

New study: The global impact of violence on lifetime uncertainty

A new international study led by the Centre’s Dr José Manuel Aburto finds that life expectancy for young people can be as much as 14 years shorter in violent countries compared to peaceful countries.

1 Feb 2023

Doctoral Position at Oxford in Population Health within the European Social Science Genetics Network

One University of Oxford PhD (DPhil) doctoral studentship is available in the sociogenomics group located in the Leverhulme Centre of Demographic Science and the Nuffield Department of Population Health, funded by the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) via UKRI.

Healthcare coworkers working in ICU during COVID-19

31 Jan 2023

Centre part of winning consortium to study excess mortality during COVID-19 in the Netherlands

Andrea Tilstra, Arun Frey, and Mark Verhagen are part of a winning consortium to study excess mortality using registry data, during the peak of COVID-19 in The Netherlands.

11 Jan 2023

Recruiting now! Two Postdoctoral Research Fellows

The University of Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Department of Sociology are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computational Social Science.

10 Jan 2023

Disentangling sex segregation in occupations

In a recent paper published in Social Networks, former LCDS Researcher and current Associate Member Per Block uses new network science methods to understand the self-organising mechanisms driving occupational sex segregation.

Melinda Mills at European Parliament’s Special Committee on COVID-19 pandemic

6 Jan 2023

Melinda Mills speaks at European Parliament’s Special Committee on COVID-19 pandemic

Our Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Professor Melinda Mills was invited to speak at the European Parliament’s Special Committee on COVID-19 pandemic on 29 November 2022.

16 Nov 2022

GWAS Diversity Monitor partners with Link23

Our GWAS Diversity Monitor has teamed up with a new global initiative Link23, to make genomic tools that work for everyone.

7 Nov 2022

PhD studentships available at new European Social Science Genetics Network

Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science has teamed up with seven other leading Universities in Social Science Genetics to establish the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN).