New blog: @jmikolai.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social and Hill Kulu @standrewssgsd.bsky.social – children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have similar partnership, fertility, and employment paths to natives – and family-friendly policies could erode conservative gender roles
I am really pleased to join the editorial team of the 'European Studies of Population' book series - please do reach out if you are thinking of publishing a book!
The MigrantLife project officially comes to an end this month! Earlier today, together with our colleagues at @phrg-standrews.bsky.social, we looked back on and celebrated our achievements—and the many people who contributed to the project’s success 🍾
A recent study by Michaela Šťastná, @jmikolai.bsky.social, Nissa Finney, and Katherine Keenan typologises complex family trajectories in the UK from the perspective of children up to age 10. @childlives.bsky.social
@cpc-cg.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
New paper on #UK #children's diverse #family pathways using #sequenceanalysis on @usociety.bsky.social data shows:
* More than 25% of children do not grow up with biological parents
* Children of more educated, Asian, and migrant mothers tend to grow up with married parents
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DL to apply for one of two funded PhD positions is 9 Feb. Among the topics is Family complexity and children's lives in Scotland; links below for details and how to apply
Paper co-authored by CPC-CG's Kulu, @jmikolai.bsky.social, @maryabedalahad.bsky.social @migrantlife.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social
Investigates immigrants & their descendants' residential mobility & housing changes in 5 European countries with different housing markets & migrant populations
Another study led by @jharrison37.bsky.social finds persistent gaps in residential mobility and homeownership between the native population and immigrants + their descendants. @jmikolai.bsky.social @ischiathere.bsky.social @maryabedalahad.bsky.social
Finally, a study led by @jmikolai.bsky.social looks at the link between fertility and employment changes among migrant groups in Europe. It was published in October this year 👇
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🔖NEW article
Highlights that second #demographic transition determinants (e.g. #education, marital status, gender equality) are more appropriate than #economic development and #urbanisation to explain #fertility change spatial variation in #China from 2000-2010 - by Hu, Kulu & @jmikolai.bsky.social
Image shows person wearing headphones sitting at a desk attending a webinar on a computer screen. Text advertises: This CPC-CG webinar will take place on Thursday 6 November 2025 at 14:00 UK Time. Krista K. Westrick-Payne, Assistant Director at the National Center for Family & Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University will be delivering a presentation, entitled, "The context of connection: Linking partnership, place, and population data".
🧑🏫 NEXT WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 6 Nov
Krista K. Westrick-Payne @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social will discuss how institutional, cultural, & policy contexts shape #marriage & #divorce in the #US, drawing on the Theory of Conjunctural Action.
Register to join: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @bspsuk.bsky.social
📢 Vienna Institute of Demography @demographyvienna.bsky.social is seeking a Postdoc Researcher in Population Data and Projections RG 📈 📊
I can't recommend enough working at VID, especially with Anne!
💯 friendly, supportive environment with world-class researchers.🤓
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New publication ✍️ Recent work by @jmikolai.bsky.social, Hill Kulu, and @ischiathere.bsky.social, together with Isaure Delaporte, unveils the interrelationship between fertility and employment changes among migrant populations across three major migrant recipient countries in Europe.
Hot off the press 🔥 My first PhD chapter is now published as a research article in Population, Space and Place! @mpidr.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
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Come along to this @cpc-cg.bsky.social webinar today at 1pm UK time if you are interested in #family #complexity and the #lifecourses of #children in #Europe
To find out more about the @childlives.bsky.social project, visit the website childlives.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
@phrg-standrews.bsky.social
We are hiring a Posd-Doctoral Research Fellow @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social to work on #family and #housing #projections using #microsimulation. DL: 1 October. More info: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Image shows screen grab of publication information: Advances in Life Course Research Available online 29 August 2025, 100703 In Press, Journal Pre-proof Advances in Life Course Research Heterogeneity or disadvantage? Partnership, childbearing, and employment trajectories of the descendants of immigrants in the United Kingdom Júlia Mikolai, Hill Kulu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100703 Highlights • European/Western descendants and natives have similar trajectories. • Caribbeans have diverse family patterns, but similar employment to natives. • South Asians have conservative family patterns and low labour market attachment. • Heterogeneous family trajectories co-exist with low labour market participation.
📕 NEW @migrantlife.bsky.social paper by @jmikolai.bsky.social and Hill Kulu, published in Advances in Life Course Research
Investigates how #partnership, #fertility, and #employment changes interact in the lives of #immigrants’ descendants in the UK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna.
💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...
Great day #BSPS2025, incl. @migrantlife.bsky.social's Baek on #fertility & #employment of UK women with #migrant backgrounds; Harrison & @maryabedalahad.bsky.social on migrants' life events in France & Sweden; @sarahchristison.bsky.social on UK family & housing transitions by migrant group & origin
Our PI, @jmikolai.bsky.social presented preliminary results at the @bspsuk.bsky.social annual conference.
Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow at my @bspsuk.bsky.social conference presentation tomorrow.
Thrilled that my new @childlives.bsky.social project now has a Bluesky account and website. Follow us and check out the website!
#ISPP2025 folks please share these 2 #postdoc opportunities with your networks
2 of 2 due this Friday 11July—>
Still a few days left to apply to this postdoc job 👇
Postdoc job opening! Come and work with us. DL: 8 July @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @cpc-cg.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
Check out this Centre for Population Change webinar on pension reforms & public pension adequacy.
Our Emerging Researchers in Ageing Chair, Dr Lisa Davison, presents on their work with colleagues from Southampton using Luxembourg Income Study data.
@cpc-cg.bsky.social @lisadavisonphd.bsky.social
Image shows front cover of the ESRC Centre for Population Change Report: Working from home: Impacts on residential mobility and spatial inequality The report cover has an image of Birmingham Centenary Square, Image credit istock.com/holgs 2022. With logos from the ESRC, CPC, Connecting Generations, University of Southampton, University of St Andrews, University of Birmingham, City-REDI, De Montfort University and UAL. Authors list: David McCollum (University of St Andrews, CPC-CG) Ian Taylor (University of the Arts London) Jonathan Payne (De Montfort University, Institute for Responsible Business and Social Justice) Anne Green (University of Birmingham, City-REDI) Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton, CPC-CG) Armine Ghazaryan (University of Southampton, CPC-CG) Published May 2025
🔖 #Workingfromhome has not meant greater geographical spread of talent to level up #economy
Findings from CPC-CG's @jackiewahba.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social & McCollum @standrewssgsd.bsky.social + @unibirmingham.bsky.social, @dmuleicester.bsky.social, UAL
▶️ www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...
Delighted to have contributed a chapter on the #partnership context of #childbearing to this #OpenAccess book.
📢 Reminder: Submit your paper or extended abstract for the Comparative Population Studies special issue on “Migration Trajectories Over the Life Course”! 🧳
🗓️ Deadline: May 15
📄 Call for papers: www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
#Migration #Lifecourse
