#bsps2025

View from the conference location towards Swansea and the Mumbles (Mumbles lighthouse just visible if you really squint)

View from the conference location towards Port Talbot (now decommissioned steelworks just visible if you squint)

Reflections on the #BSPS2025 conference, one of my favourites (after >20 years of conferencing). This year it was held at the beautiful campus on Swansea Bay (sadly didn’t get a pic of the delicious Welsh cakes that came out at afternoon tea!) 🧵

I had a great time at the British Society for Population Studies @bspsuk.bsky.social conference this week. I've written a blog post about what I learned - check it out at the link below!

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I enjoyed #BSPS2025 conference! #GenTime group @gczching.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @zhuofeilu.bsky.social, organised 2 sessions: #gender #timeuse & attitudes. We can't fully address demographic challenges eg low fertility tackling gender inequalities. @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

One more @bspsuk.bsky.social first: the 1st paper on which I collaborate with colleagues from @comeniusuni.bsky.social! It was so fun to chat about our methodological paper on the use of LLMs in coding large amounts of textual data (media), definitely a good decision to have a poster! #BSPS2025

@ruhuama.bsky.social presented her findings about gender ideologies in China and the likelihood of marriage. Women who are more gender equal are less likely to marry, even after controlling for financial situations. For men, this relationship is less pronounced. @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

There are so many things to love about @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025. I got to bond with my @phrg-standrews.bsky.social colleagues over insanely long train rides (but they made it fun). I (re)connected with people doing interesting work who also happen to be great people. Lovely to be home though.

Heading home following two fantastic weeks of sharing ideas, convening sessions and discussing research at #RGSIBG2025 in B’ham and #BSPS2025 in Swansea alongside colleagues from @cpc-cg.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

I was really happy to host the gender ideologies session, and do the first presentation of our work using the UK GGS on gendered division of labour and gender ideologies on wellbeing with @matthewhluo.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025 @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

We ♥️ #BSPS2025 - thanks @bspsuk.bsky.social!

Just some of the great talks: Hale on racism & loneliness in UK Asian communities; Finney on EVENS; Butterick on kin number probabilities; Li on intergenerational proximity; Lyu on parental support & homeownership; Nur on childlessness & kinlessness 👏👏

I am so happy to have presented in two sessions at #BSPS2025 conference on Life course trajectories of descendants of immigrants in Sweden and on Life satisfaction, health and air pollution.
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Great to see @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social colleague Courtney Franklin do the first presentation of research coming out of our project at #BSPS2025

PowerPoint slide reading: Family, reproductive health and global violence: Demographic perspectives beyond the immediate consequences of armed conflict. Orsola Torrisi McGill University & LSE Early Career Plenary British Society for Population Studies (BSPS), Swansea 3 September, 2025

Dr Orsola Torrisi giving a plenary talk on a podium

🔥 Peak conference moment at #BSPS2025 – An absolutely awe-inspiring Early Career Award plenary by Orsola Torrisi on family, reproductive health and global violence. This award is so well deserved for Orsola’s outstanding contributions to the field of demography.

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Proud winners of the #BSPS2025 conference quiz!

@mortenkthomsen.bsky.social discusses about intersex population and age-specific mortality using admin data from Denmark. Compared to endosex men, there is higher risk of mortality for intersex men in early years, and this risk decreases in later years @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

Binnaz on dating, sexual attitudes & behaviour of students in Turkey. Queer students are more likely to agree that casual dating is normal, & are more likely to disagree on patriarchal dating statements @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

@annacaprinali.bsky.social examines whether higher education relates to higher partnership among LGB people. They find that there is no benefit of higher education. Gay/lesbian also have slower transition into a first cohabitation. @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

Honorata in estimating Europe's non-binary population using the ESS. Non-binary are less likely to be married and have children, and more likely to report having received discrimination @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

Midanna about narrative and framings around contraceptive use amount individuals, healthcare workers & decision makers in Malawi. Contraception use is framed to bring health benefits, fertility decision making and poverty reduction, raise women's education @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

@selinkoksal.bsky.social discusses miscarriage reporting & variation in UK surveys. Definitions are unclear, social desirability bias & issues in recognising pregnancy. Discrepancies potentially due to framing effect, or potentially cohort effects @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025 @soc-misc.bsky.social

MC Compans @soc-misc.bsky.social examines factors for care seeking behaviours after miscarriages. Youngest and oldest women, women in larger towns are less likely to seek hospital care. Questions accessibility, supply of medical care, and medical preferences @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

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

Yujia on comparative APC effects on gender division of paid and unpaid work. Between 1985-2020, the gap in paid and unpaid work have significantly narrowed except for Japan. Gender gaps narrow across cohorts, but with some exceptions. Inverted U shape across age. @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

Shiyi examines how working from home shapes couple's housework division over time. Men working from home ⬇️ women's housework, but mainly pre-Covid, & among women with higher bargaining power. Changes are still task specific (e.g. cooking). Might show bargaining power @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

Heading west to talk about migrant mortality advantage at the conference of the British Society for Population Studies #BSPS2025

Maria Petrillo: UK cohort effects & deprivation on gender gap in unpaid care. Gender care gaps are persistent across cohorts, and likelihood of caring peaks at mid-age, probability of providing care is higher in deprived areas, below poverty line. Effects are additive @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025

At #BSPS2025, CPC-CG member Dr Jo Mhairi Hale provided useful practical tips on navigating #PhDs/#postdocs, as well as how to take advantage of training and opportunities. The session was co-organised with Rachel Wilkie and Alice Butler-Warke as part of the CPC-CG #ECR network

At #BSPS2025, CPC-CG member Dr Jo Mhairi Hale provided useful practical tips on navigating #PhDs/#postdocs, as well as how to take advantage of training and opportunities. The session was co-organised with Rachel Wilkie and Alice Butler-Warke as part of the CPC-CG #ECR network

At #BSPS2025, CPC-CG member Dr Jo Mhairi Hale provided useful practical tips on navigating #PhDs/#postdocs, as well as how to take advantage of training and opportunities. The session was co-organised with Rachel Wilkie and Alice Butler-Warke as part of the CPC-CG #ECR network

At #BSPS2025, CPC-CG member Dr Jo Mhairi Hale provided useful practical tips on navigating #PhDs/#postdocs, as well as how to take advantage of training and opportunities.

The session was co-organised with Rachel Wilkie and Alice Butler-Warke as part of the CPC-CG #ECR network
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@zhuofeilu.bsky.social on working from home pre-, during & after COVID on wellbeing in the UK. Mothers work from home less than any other groups. Mothers have lower enjoyment levels when working from home instead of working on site @bspsuk.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #bsps2025

Join us today #BSPS2025 1 –2.30, Great Hall 043, Ric Colasanti presents his work with Hugh Rice, @pmeierprof.bsky.social & Andreas Hoehn on predicting fertility by age, ethnicity & parity, and how it feeds into microsimulation for GB. Learn how modelling can inform better population health planning!

University of Glasgow Colleage Reese Green ‪‪OPTIMA presenting work on classifying neighbourhoods by service access – advancing our understanding of ‘20-Minute Neighbourhoods.

Excellent Day 1 @bspsuk.bsky.social Conf. Andreas Hoehn presented building a full-scale synthetic population dataset for Scotland, with a Poster on Inequalities in Life Expectancy in the UK & Germany. Our colleague from @uofgshw.bsky.social Reese Green spoke of 20-Minute Neighbourhoods #BSPS2025

👋 Head to the CPC-CG stand during the 10:30am refreshment break at #BSPS2025 for a coffee and a catch up, and to nab some conference stationery essentials ☕️🧋✏️🗒️ @bspsuk.bsky.social

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