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Ewa Batyra

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Associate Prof. in Social Demography | Fertility, Family, Education & Inequality | PI of ERC StG DIVREP | University of Oxford www.ewabatyra.com

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One more week left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in Demography (deadline: Sept 30, 12:00 midday UK time). Join me at the Sociology Department in Oxford to study global fertility change as part of the DIVREP project!πŸ‘‡

22.09.2025 11:43 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details belowπŸ‘‡

25.08.2025 09:30 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another job alert! Join us @sociologyoxford.bsky.social as a postdoc on @ewabatyra.bsky.social's ERC project. A great three-year position to work in the area of fertility and reproductive behaviour. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

21.08.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bocconi University in Milan is hiring in sociology at any level (open rank). Ideal candidate might focus on inequality, social policy, computational, labor markets, or similar. Happy to answer questions about my time there for anyone considering applying. More details: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu

31.07.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Diverging trends in the age of social and biological transitions to adulthood We discuss how different disciplines vary in their definitions of what constitutes the transition to adulthood and the age at which this transition is…

New publication:

The transition to adulthood is occurring later, despite the fact that puberty now begins earlier than in the past.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

26.06.2025 06:27 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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🚨#PhDopportunity Alert🚨

Apply or circulate:

A fully funded #PhDposition in #Sociology with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social at @tcdsociology.bsky.social to study "The Economics of Late-Life Divorce in High-Income Countries"

Deadline: July 21

www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...

@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

20.06.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ghanaian data shows weak support for the nuclear convergence hypothesis. Urbanisation hasn't led to the dominance of nuclear familiesβ€”extended types persist.
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

@josephineabaafi.bsky.social @rebeccasear.bsky.social @anushe.bsky.social

21.05.2025 06:28 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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The politics of pronatalism and the two-child benefit cap - British Politics and Policy at LSE Nigel Farage supports the scraping the two-child benefit cap as a way of encouraging people to have more children. But pronatalist policies that offer a one-off "baby bonus" are not effective.

Another excellent piece from a demographer, this time Stuart Gietel-Basten, on how "pronatalism is a dead end"

"Without addressing the root causes of low fertilityβ€”inequality, instability, and the incompatibility of work and family lifeβ€”top-down efforts to β€œencourage” childbearing will fail"

11.06.2025 06:41 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Wonderful report on #fertility. Time to reflect about those politicians using the argument of β€œcultural changes” as a way to save on public policies (and more sustainable societies).

Among the authors a fantastic @agnese-vitali.bsky.social ❀️

11.06.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Advert for job: Departmental Lecturer in Sociology. Deadline: 27 June 2025

Advert for job: Departmental Lecturer in Sociology. Deadline: 27 June 2025

🚨 Job alert! 🚨

We're looking for a Departmental Lecturer to teach on MSc, MPhil and BA programmes - leading on courses in life course research and quantitative methods, as well as examining.

Apply by 27 June ➑️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

11.06.2025 15:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Doing gender and the surname choices of married women Marital surname choices reflect deeply embedded, often unspoken gender norms. According to the marital exchange/bargaining approach, women are more li…

New paper: Wives with more education than husband are *more* likely to take his name than education-equal marriages.

As women outpace men in education & increasingly keep their names, name-taking provides symbolic way to compensate for her status superiority
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

28.05.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 222 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 19
Job ad for the Departmental Lecturer in Sociology position, deadline: 30 May 2025

Job ad for the Departmental Lecturer in Sociology position, deadline: 30 May 2025

🚨 We're hiring!

Oxford Sociology is looking for a Departmental Lecturer to teach on our MSc - leading on the qualitative methods and political & civil conflict papers, as well as supervising dissertations.

Apply by 30 May ✍️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

07.05.2025 14:28 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Figure showing the shares of women aged 45-50 in the US in 2024 with 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 or more children.

Figure showing the shares of women aged 45-50 in the US in 2024 with 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 or more children.

I want to talk population panic & understanding demography.

New estimates from @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social on completed fertility in the US show that, among women 45-50 in 2024, about 15% were childless. Two-thirds of women had 2 or more children. 1/ doi.org/10.25035/ncf...

09.05.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

La Red Latinoamericana de Estudios de Familia de ALAP invitan al Seminario virtual Encuestas longitudinales para el estudio de trayectorias familiares, conyugales y reproductivas en AmΓ©rica Latina πŸ“‰πŸ“Š
✏️ forms.gle/C7ujv8eiDXRD...
πŸ“† Jueves, 15 de mayo
πŸ•‘ 1pm(ARG/URY), 12pm(CHL), 10am(MEX)
#Demography

09.05.2025 04:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FINAL WEEK [deadline May 9th] to apply to this year's BSPS Demography Conference @bspsuk.bsky.social

Strands on:
πŸ’š Fertility and Sexual and Reproductive Health
🧑 Critical Demography

Friendliest conference in town. Only 250 word abstract. Go go go!!!

tinyurl.com/ueuyb9xj

06.05.2025 07:09 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ†•πŸ“° Low Fertility and Economic Sustainability
A study by Mikko MyrskylΓ€ et al. shows how money spent on education compensates for the influence of low birth rates on long-term economic sustainability.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/fertilitydecline
@angelorenti.bsky.social @readdemography.bsky.social

02.04.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The problem with β€˜too few’ UNFPA State of World Population 2023

As concerns over birth rates that are "too low" become mainstream, it's worth revisiting this excellent short explainer from @unfpa.bsky.social. www.unfpa.org/swp2023/too-...

08.04.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1