The Transformation of Asian Populations: Teachings from a Handbook
Seminar
The Routledge Handbook of Asian Demography was published in January this year. Asia is an immense continent with populations living in vastly different environments and presenting a striking array of population characteristics and stages of demographic transition. The Handbook is the first…
Decomposing the Changing Sex-Gap in Life Expectancy: An Extension Method; and Mortality Forecasting with Modified Lee-Carter Method: Adjusting for Smoothing and Lifespan Disparity
Seminar
In developed countries, males have higher mortality than females at almost all ages. Based on the recorded data, numerous studies observed that in many western countries the sex-gap in life expectancy at birth widens from the 1950s to the 1970s, followed by the sex-gap narrowing since the 1980s.…
Pathways into, out of and through homelessness
Seminar
James will be presenting his PhD mid-term seminar on the dynamics of housing and homelessness. In recent decades, research has revealed and sought to investigate the dynamic and often episodic nature of housing and homelessness among disadvantaged populations. Difficulties in identifying and…
Double Seminar: The impact of urbanisation on the evolution of life expectancy in Scotland, 1861-1910; and Modelling and forecasting human mortality
Seminar
Many European countries experienced rapid urbanisation and industrialisation during the 19th and early 20th centuries. In general, the onset of those processes occurred when the urban penalty – or excessive urban mortality – was still unsolved, increasing population pressure in the cities. In this…
Pathways to health: the role of socio-demographic homophily in non-kin networks of older people
Seminar
Social networks have a substantial effect on health outcomes, particularly among older people. The Berkman et al. (Social Science and Medicine 2000) framework for explaining the association of social networks with health has formed the basis of research in this area over the last two decades. Most…
Sweden 10 Million – with many well-recorded demographic events
Seminar
In January 2017, Sweden reached the benchmark of 10 million inhabitants. The Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA) took this as a cause for celebration and the opportunity to showcase the demography of Sweden. In this presentation I give a brief overview of Sweden’s journey from a country of…
The indirect and direct impacts of climatic and weather extremes
Seminar
From the tropics to the arctic, climate and weather have powerful direct and indirect impacts on human life. Climate determines the way we live our lives, and has driven migration and morbidity patterns throughout human history. As a major determinant of ecological productivity climate underpins…