The latest blogpost of @lshtm-crises.bsky.social covers our PhD student Maria Gargiulo's (@thegargiulian.bsky.social) work on capturing undercounted maternal deaths in Mexico! Find it here👇

“Measurements count, because if it’s not counted, it’s assumed to be unimportant” – Joni Seager

A little preview of some ongoing work on violent maternal deaths in Mexico. These deaths are not currently captured by relevant health indicators, but they’re still important!

Changes in Fertility Trends and Women’s Fertility Desires in the Wake of the Homicide Surge in Mexico - Population Research and Policy Review Since 2006, Mexico has experienced a surge in homicides due to national policies and international influences on drug trafficking activities. Although the effects of the so-called “Drug War” have been...

In @prpr-journal.bsky.social: "Changes in Fertility Trends and Women's Fertility Desires in the Wake of the Homicide Surge in Mexico" finds fertility outcomes remained largely unchanged despite the dramatic rise in homicides in Mexico.

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library Click on the title to browse this journal

Out now in Population and Development Review: "Weaponizing Kinship: A Demographic Analysis of Bereavement in the Colombian Conflict" showing that nearly 40% of Colombians lost at least one family member to conflict-related killings or disappearances.

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1728...

📢 Check out these two new publications involving PSG members Maria Gargiulo (@thegargiulian.bsky.social) and José Manuel Aburto!

📢 New paper out in the European Journal of Population (@eaps.bsky.social)! With Nicoletta Balbo and Francesco Billari, we investigated how Romania's 1960s abortion ban shaped the next generation's family formation outcomes.

Declining fertility in Europe: Why Turkey is leading the drop Turkey’s total fertility rate fell from 2.11 to 1.51 between 2013 and 2023. Beyond long-term structural and cultural changes, experts point to economic instability and institutional constraints as key...

I contributed to a @euronews.com article by @servetyanatma.bsky.social exploring the fertility decline Turkey has been experiencing and why the story behind it is more complex than it seems.

www.euronews.com/health/2026/...

📈 New preprint on life expectancy trajectories in high-income countries since 2020. 📉

Joint work with a great team from
@mpidr.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @psglshtm.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social

Link below. 👇

LondonPopSeminar About the Seminar Series The London Universities Population Seminar Series is a collaboration between the population groups at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the London School ...

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We co-host this seminar with Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health at LSHTM @lshtm.bsky.social and we co-organize these seminar series with @clscohorts.bsky.social and LSE' Pop@LSE and Historical Economic Demography Research Groups.

Next in London Universities Population Seminars 📢

Liliana Andriano (@uossocstatdemo.bsky.social) presents her work "Timing matters: Heterogeneous effects of climatic events on school attendance in Nigeria".

Join us on Feb 26 at 12.45 📍 G05 LSHTM or online: lshtm.zoom.us/s/82310981248

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We co-host this seminar with Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health at @lshtm.bsky.social and co-organise London Universities Population Seminer series with
@clscohorts.bsky.social and LSE' Pop@LSE and Historical Economic Demography Research Groups.

Surveys are important for miscarriage research, yet questionnaire design and sample characteristics can influence reported miscarriage prevalence

We compared miscarriage reporting across British surveys with @mccompans.bsky.social & @heinivaisanen.bsky.social - take a look at our pre-print here ⬇️

Human longevity and mortality forecasting | LSHTM This joint seminar brings together two research talks exploring global mortality patterns. The first examines old-age mortality beyond high-income countries, investigating whether older adults in low

Tomorrow at 12.45pm, join us for Marília Nepomuceno (@marilianep.bsky.social) and Ugofilippo Basellini (@ugobas.bsky.social) and their joint seminar on Human Longevity and Mortality Forecasting.

In person at the Manson Lecture Theatre or online.

For more details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Tobacco control policies and changes in adult mortality patterns in Brazil Over recent decades, Brazil has experienced profound changes in its mortality patterns, characterized by a sharp decline in infectious diseases, population ageing, and the growing prominence of

PSG seminars continue 📈

Up next on Jan 28 at 12:45, Research Fellow @jacalazans.bsky.social will give a talk on how tobacco control policies influenced adult mortality patterns in Brazil.

Join us in person (LG24, Keppel Street) or online. Find more details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

LondonPopSeminar About the Seminar Series The London Universities Population Seminar Series is a collaboration between the population groups at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the London School ...

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The first London Universities Population Seminar of 2026 is tomorrow!

Francisco Rowe (@fcorowe.bsky.social) is joining us to present his work "Correcting Distorted Human Population Data from Mobile Phone Location Data"

Tomorrow 13.00 at LSE, CON.1.01.

LondonPopSeminar About the Seminar Series The London Universities Population Seminar Series is a collaboration between the population groups at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the London School ...

We organise London Universities Population Seminer series together with @clscohorts.bsky.social and LSE' Pop@LSE and Historical Economic Demography Research Groups.

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This seminar is part of 16 Days of activism against gender-based violence and co-organised with @lshtm-march.bsky.social and Gender and Violence Health Centre.

Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide How can technology support social justice struggles against gender-based violence and feminicide? This talk explores this question through the work of “Data Against Feminicide”, a collaborative

Up next in the London Universities Population Seminar Series:

On 25 November at 12:45, Dr Isadora Cruxên (QMUL) will present “Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide.”

Join us in G08 (Keppel Street) or online: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

We’re happy to welcome two new researchers to the Mortality and Inequalities Research Group at PSG 🙌

Yu Chen has joined us as a Research Fellow, and Jacob Martin, a PhD student at @ined.bsky.social , is visiting for the next two months. A very warm welcome to both!

What happens when abortion access becomes restricted even without a law officially passing?

With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.

Kicking off London Universities Population Seminars for the new academic year!

Join us Oct 28 in person (LSE, KSW.G.01) or online to hear from Prof Karen Glaser (KCL) on mental & physical health changes among adults aged 50-69 in England.

Full schedule & sign up:
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Tomorrow @farid-flici.bsky.social will talk about population ageing and social security sustainability in Algeria.

Join us! 👇

Join us next week to hear from @farid-flici.bsky.social on population ageing and social security sustainability in Algeria 🇩🇿

🗓 Wednesday, 22 October 2025
🕐 12:45–13:45 (BST)
📍 KS-LG19
💻 Zoom: lshtm.zoom.us/j/89990670777

ℹ️ More details: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

How does origin affect migrant mortality advantage in Spain? - Genus In high-income countries, migrants tend to have lower mortality compared with natives. It is necessary to understand such a phenomenon, known as “the migrant mortality paradox”, to design better socia...

New week, new publication 📝

Our visiting researcher @farid-flici.bsky.social examines the migrant mortality advantage in Spain by region of origin, now out in Genus.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Sunny skies over London and PSG☀️

We’re happy to welcome three colleagues to the Mortality and Inequalities Research Group.

Julia Calazans @jacalazans.bsky.social‬ & Felipe Sánchez join as Research Fellows, while Rahaf Abu Koura @rabukoura.bsky.social as Research Assistant.

A warm welcome to all!

The position is split across 18 months at @lshtm.bsky.social and 18 months at @mpidr.bsky.social. Apply by Sep 25!

💬 Feel free to DM us or get in touch with José Manuel Aburto or Emilio Zagheni (@ezagheni.bsky.social) to chat more about the opportunity.