📣Pre-Conference EPC Workshop:
Demographic Microsimulation in R using SOCSIM – Modelling Population and Kinship Dynamics
📅June 03, 2026
🗺️Bologna #EPC2026
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Graphs show age-specific fertility and mortality rates, as well as total fertility and life expectancy from 1750 to 2000.
👓Recommended Reading📚Analysing Biases in Genealogies: Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal Diego Alburez & Emilio Zagheni investigated the accuracy of data from ascending genealogies for estimating fertility and mortality rates.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/RRead
I am thrilled to announce that my first PhD paper, 'Analysing biases in genealogies using demographic microsimulation', co-authored with @demography.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, has already been published in the European Journal of Population. rdcu.be/eTImq
🦘#IPC2025 – Day 4
We're not tired of conferencing yet! Meet Carolina Coimbra Vieira, @vinodjosephkj.bsky.social (Poster), Alyson van Raalte, @lpcalderonb.bsky.social and @conteristo.bsky.social. @iussp.bsky.social
I will present this research at IPC, Session 170 on Kinship. Patterns, Changes and Determinants, on the 17-07 at 17h (Brisbane time)
I'm happy to share that the 2nd paper of my PhD "Assessing the validity of microsimulated kinship networks using Swedish population registers", with @demography.bsky.social, @martinkolk.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, is available as an MPIDR Working Paper share.google/g0nVmiSI6huB...
Workshop: Demographic Microsimulation in R using SOCSIM: Modelling Population and Kinship Dynamics Date and time: 13 July 2025, 10am-1.30pm Location: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Organisers: Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal – Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Aasli Abdi Nur and Ridhi Kashyap – University of Oxford Description Join us for an interactive workshop on SOCSIM demographic microsimulation using the "rsocsim" R package. SOCSIM is a powerful open-source tool for modelling individual demographic events and producing synthetic populations with plausible age and kinship structures, using population-level demographic rates as input. It has supported demographic research for decades. By simulating individual life courses that are consistent with macro-demographic rates, microsimulation enables the study of complex demographic phenomena, such as kin availability, kin loss, generational overlap, and the long-term effects of changing fertility and mortality rates on kinship networks. This approach is particularly useful for studying heterogeneous populations and understanding variation in demographic experience at both the individual and the population levels. In this workshop, we will cover the basics of demographic microsimulation with SOCSIM, including the process of setting up, running, and verifying a microsimulation in R using ‘rsocsim’ (https://github.com/MPIDR/rsocsim) and publicly available data from the World Population Prospects (WPP) 2024. From there, you will explore how to interpret and analyse the simulation output through practical examples of estimating kin loss and kin availability. Whether you are new to demographic modelling or looking to deepen your expertise, this workshop will provide valuable skills and insights for researchers interested in studying kinship dynamics. Requirements - Own laptop If you wish to attend this workshop, please fill out the online form here: https://forms.gle/nqyKrNaXzMSEmgWf6
#IPC2025! Workshop by @lpcalderonb.bsky.social @aasli.bsky.social & @ridhikashyap.bsky.social in Brisbane: "Demographic Microsimulation in R Using SOCSIM:Modeling Population & Kinship Dynamics."
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Applicants will be notified by the end of June.
Some good news to brighten up your feed: Our #R package 📦 DemoKin for the demographic analysis of kinship has a new website with extensive documentation and literature 🎉🎈 @mpidr.bsky.social If you don't know it yet, why not check it out? ivanwilli.github.io/DemoKin/inde...
With a little delay we learned that @lpcalderonb.bsky.social, who could not attend #PAA2025, won a Best Poster Award! Her colleagues put up the poster and a note from Liliana and co-author @martinkolk.bsky.social jumped in to present the research. Congrats Liliana! @popassocamerica.bsky.social
you after the PAA. If you win, you can pick up Pinky at the booth on Sunday until noon. You can come to the booth and meet Pinky there and apply, but you can also already apply here:
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Max is currently hosting a guest alpaka for a short research stay at MPIDR. The pink Alpaka will also be attending PAA and is looking for a travel buddy to explore other academic institutions around the world. If you would like to offer "Pinky" a research stay, you can apply here to take her with
#PAA2025 – we are on our way! 🛫🚄🎒🛄
Who else is starting to pack for Washington D.C.?
If you want to know where & when to meet us at the conference, check out our MPIDR program: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/PAA2025
Meet us at booth 212 in Liberty.
Max, the MPIDR Alpaka will be there and bring a friend.
Feliz de haber concluido nuestro taller sobre "Modelos de Parentesco para América Latina y el Caribe" en el Congreso #ALAP2024 junto a @lpcalderonb.bsky.social @amandamalmeida.bsky.social e Ivan Williams. Todas las slides, código y materiales están en linea: amandamartinsal.github.io/ALAP24_paren...
#ALAP2024 en Bogotá @mpidr.bsky.social estará allí! @demography.bsky.social @amandamalmeida.bsky.social @lpcalderonb.bsky.social organizan la escuela "Familia,parentesco y hogares en América Latina y el Caribe". ¡Inscríbase antes del 18 de agosto!
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