I’m sure you have, but if you haven’t, check out Istanbul (autobiographic) and Cevdet Bey and his sons (allegedly autobiographic) for more details on Pamuks!

I liked it, but not as much as I liked the book, but that’s the usual drill I guess.

It’s already out in Netflix!

@ggp.bsky.social @psglshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-march.bsky.social @dondenacentre.bsky.social

Abortion Ban and the Next Generation’s Family Formation Decisions: Evidence from Romania - European Journal of Population European Journal of Population - This study examines how the introduction of an abortion ban can shape the next generation’s family formation trajectories, and whether the influence of the...

Our results reveal diverging patterns by gender and socioeconomic background, visible among women born under the ban to parents from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, who left parental home later, married later, and were less likely to marry at all.

Full paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The immediate consequences of abortion bans or restrictions are widely studied and discussed. What remains more overlooked are the long-term consequences, and how the effects can be carried across generations.

📢 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.

We should advocate for greater use of cohort fertility measures and to encourage statistical offices to publish these regularly so researchers, policymakers, and the public can track fertility trends with greater accuracy.

One thing I feel strongly about is that the fertility trends cannot be fully understood through a single period measure. Looking solely at the TFR can overstate the declines we are currently observing in Turkey.

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/...

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

A new publication at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We find that religious markers (esp. beards) can reduce perceived trustworthiness in Turkey.

(That's why you often see me clean shaven ;-)

@usociety.bsky.social @natsal.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social

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 ⬇️

1/ A nice summary of the current trends in cohort fertility and how period measures may be overstating recent drops. #demography #birthrates #fertility

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...

Hello, I’d love to join this group! I research on social and economic inequalities influencing different forms of pregnancy loss and endings.

Our full paper is now online in Journal of Critical Public Health (forthcoming in the Special Issue on Reproductive Vulnerabilities, edited by Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager).

journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

These findings reveal how anti-abortion campaigns restrict access even without changing laws. They also suggest potential underreporting of abortions as miscarriages, as stigma intensifies for both women seeking care and providers offering it.

After 2012, we found:

- Reported abortions declined ⬇️ while miscarriages increased ⬇️

- Declines in abortion observed across all socioeconomic groups, strongest among lower-SES women

- Increases in miscarriage primarily driven by lower-educated women and those outside the richest quintile

In 2012, Turkey launched an anti-abortion campaign and drafted restrictive legislation. The law never passed, but prior academic and journalistic evidence pointed to a de-facto ban emerging.

Using all Turkish DHS waves, we investigated how abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth rates changed.

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.

Congratulations Jasmin!!! ❤️❤️

We're hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher in Demography, deadline: 30 September 2025

🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨

Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!

Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

🔎 The University of St Andrews research team led by Katherine Keenan and partner in the SOC-MISC project is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on analysing Scottish public data on miscarriages.

More information in the link below :
👉 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Annual Conference The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.

📢 The SOC-MISC project will be at #BSPS2025 in Swansea!

📅 3 Sept
🎤 @selinkoksal.bsky.social : miscarriage measurement & reporting in UK surveys
🎤 @mccompans.bsky.social : hospital-care seeking after a miscarriage in France

➡️ Full programme: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Thinking about a PhD? Don’t miss this opportunity from the amazing @psglshtm.bsky.social and @mpidr.bsky.social, apply by Sep 25! 👇

🗣️ Just two days left - send your applications for this exciting opportunity to work with José Manuel Aburto and be part of the interdisciplinary PSG team!

It was amazing to be part of this insightful and stimulating workshop on miscarriage measurement. Huge thanks to the SOC-MISC team for organising it! Heading back to London with lots to reflect on 🧐

Planning a career in demographic research?🌍

This studentship scheme may be of interest if you're looking to study MSc Demography & Health or MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research @‌LSHTM this September.

Apply by 26 May 2025 👇

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...