Do not forget our first #LunchSeminar of the week today! ⏬

REMINDER: submit your proposal for the 2026 #QueteletSeminar before 01/05!

More information on the call: www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts...

On Thursday, Maria Rita Testa (LUISS Guido Carli University) will talk about #fertility ideal, intentions & actual fertility based on machine learning analysis
📆 16/04 at 1pm
🖥️Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/87199604242

😲Next week, we'll have not one but two #LunchSeminar!

On Tuesday, Detlev Lück (BiB) will present on the effects of #data collection modes on measuring demographic indicators, using #GGS data.

📆 14/04 at 1pm
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Reminder: we have a #lunchseminar today at 1pm!

🎓"Educational expansion plays a substantial but highly context-dependent role in fertility decline, even if it is not the dominant driver."

Read more: doi.org/10.1111/sifp...

<em>Studies in Family Planning</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library Educational expansion is widely regarded as a central mechanism in fertility transitions, yet some research suggests its role may be more modest. This study analyzes birth histories from 414 surveys ....

🔔New publication from our colleague @brunoschoumaker.bsky.social & David Sanchez-Paez on the contribution of educational changes to #fertility declines in low-& middle-income countries.
🔎Their analysis reconstructs fertility trends by educational level in 72 countries using 414 surveys

"Reducing the duration of postpartum infecundability without offsetting it with an increase in contraceptive use leaves open the possibility of further fertility stalls or longer-lasting current stalls."
Discover more in the full paper!

Fertility Transition Across Subnational Areas of Sub‐Saharan Africa: Where do They Stand and What has Contributed Most? Stylized models of fertility transition predict that fertility declines first in urban areas and then in rural areas. Although capital cities are assumed to be at the forefront of a country's fertili...

Check this new publication on #fertility transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa, using 155 DHS surveys, by David Sanchez-Paez & our colleague @brunoschoumaker.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1002/psp....

One more day to submit your proposal for the 2026 Demog-Crazy Award! ⏬

Join our next #LunchSeminar!
Emmanuel Pont (INED) will present on the carbon footprint of procreation.

How much does having a child really impact the #climate? His talk revisits this widely debated topic.

📆 7/04 at 1pm
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A new session of our #LunchSeminar is happening today! ⏬

[EN] Single mothers are among those most affected by the reforms currently being debated in Belgium. Our colleague Denise Musni (DEMO-UCLouvain) and Olivier Malay (ACV-CSC) highlight the structural challenges faced by single parents and the policies that could better support them.

Deux jobs, un salaire, zéro répit : quelle politique pour les parents solos ? | Lava Lorsqu’on élève seul des enfants, la parentalité est un vrai défi. Aperçu de qui sont les parents solos, des difficultés structurelles auxquelles ils font face et des éléments qui pourraient améliorer...

🔎 Lisez l'article ici: lavamedia.be/fr/deux-jobs...

[FR] Les mamans solos comptent parmi les plus touchées par les réformes actuellement débattues en Belgique. Denise Musni (DEMO) et Olivier Malay (ACV-CSC) mettent en lumière les défis structurels rencontrés par les parents solos ainsi que les politiques qui pourraient mieux les soutenir ⏬

Join us for our next #LunchSeminar!

Juliette De Vestel will present research on how #gender attitudes shape #fertility ideals and how these relationships vary across social contexts among young women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

📆 17/03 at 1pm
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Reminder: join us today for our #LunchSeminar!⏬

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For students and professionals, the Population Studies Group at @lshtm.bsky.social offers a self-study course: "Introduction to Demographic Methods and Population Analysis".

See if any of the 28 interactive lectures are for you! No prior training required.

www.population-europe.eu/resources/te...

📢 Call for Papers!
We invite you to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demography and Human Capital", taking place from Dec 1-2, 2026 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna.
📆 Deadline: April 30, 2026
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
#demography

Read the paper: ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/Qu...

NEW PUBLICATION in Quetelet Journal:
Can we move beyond grand narratives & micro-causal blind spots?
🔍 Andreu Domingo argues for a #CriticalDemography —intersectional, systemic, and politically engaged.
Time to challenge the 'demographic common sense'! 📊✊ #PopulationStudies #SocialTheory ⏬

👀Little sneak peek into his research results: "Over the period 2000–2019, reductions in winter mortality contributed substantially more than reductions in summer mortality to overall gains in e₀"

Join us next week for a new #LunchSeminar!
We'll learn more about the work of our colleague Ilia Klimkin @klimkin.bsky.social on Seasonal Components of Life Expectancy Change in Belgium 🇧🇪

📆 24/02 at 1pm
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📢CALL FOR PAPERS
Bold, unconventional, theoretically sharp? Submit your abstract to the Demog-Crazy 2026 Award by 1 April 2026 😜.
Quetelet Journal rewards the paper that first amuses... then truly enlightens. Shortlisted authors submit full papers by 1 July 2026. ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/Qu...

📆Deadline for paper submissions: May 1
📍November 18-20, in Louvain-la-Neuve 🇧🇪
🔎Read more about the 2026 Quetelet Seminar & the call for papers: www.uclouvain.be/fr/system/fi...

📢CALL FOR PAPERS #QueteletSeminar 2026: historical, comparative, spatial analyses, advanced methodologies, interdisciplinarity, conceptual frameworks, policy responses... on inequalities in & through #health across past, present, & future societies.

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4️⃣Last but not least, Marina Vergeles (@vergeles.bsky.social) will present a poster on lifespan inequality among migrants and natives in 🇧🇪, 🇳🇴, 🇸🇪, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

We wish them stimulating discussions and great feedback!

2️⃣Ilya Klimkin (@klimkin.bsky.social) is presenting a poster entitled "Seasonal Components of Life Expectancy Change in Belgium (2000-2019)"

3️⃣Emma Kuijt will share her work on educationnal attainment & mortality associated to non-optimal temperatures in Belgium

This week, 4 DEMO PhD students are attending the #YoungDemographers conference in Prague! They'll be presenting posters from their thesis research

1️⃣ Ibraheem Ahmed's poster is entitled "Identifying Attributable Risk Factors of Age-Specific Mortality in Older & Adolescents"

Reminder: Join us at 1pm! ⏬