Melinda Mills
PhD scholarship Biopsychosocial Theme Moving Beyond Inequality
Leverhulme Trust Biopsychosocial Doctoral Scholarship Programme Moving Beyond Inequality Applications now open to apply for one PhD...
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Melinda Mills
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
Facebook data reveals that number of migrants in UK has been underestimated
By Francesco Rampazzo from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science Studying Facebook has helped to reveal that the number of...
Melinda Mills
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
Few signs of decline in US residential racial segregation from 1990 to 2020
Benjamin Elbers published a new article and data visualization mapping changes in U.S. residential racial segregation from 1990 to 2020...
Melinda Mills
- Nov 5, 2021
- 4 min
Showcasing ‘low-to-zero’ emission public transport solutions at COP26, Glasgow
If the UK expects to make serious CO2 emission cuts, to avoid 1.5 degrees of warming and safeguard population health, while also...
Melinda Mills
- Sep 27, 2021
- 4 min
COVID-19 has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II - new LCDS study
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered life expectancy losses not seen since World War II in Western Europe and exceeded those observed around...
Melinda Mills
- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
Covid-19: Life expectancy is down but what does this mean?
Animation by Dr. Jonas Schöley Read this comprehensive BBC article published 23 September 2021, which highlights LCDS's most recent work...
Melinda Mills
- Sep 22, 2021
- 2 min
LCDS wins Impact Prize for data driven policy interventions during COVID-19
Professor Melinda Mills, Dr Jennifer Beam Dowd, and team (Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Department of Sociology, University...
Melinda Mills
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Education and urbanisation boost women's control over health in sub-Saharan Africa
Women’s ability to make decisions about their own health increased in most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries in the early years of the...
Melinda Mills
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Andriano receives award to build database: demographic causes & consequences of conflict in Africa
Does conflict lead to demographic change? Do conflict-induced demographic changes further lead to conflict? If so, do these relationships...
Melinda Mills
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
LCDS seminar on how historical Big Data provide new insights
What can we learn by marshaling new data and approaches to study the past? That was the question in a successful webinar series launched...
Emma Fabian, News Editor
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
Revealing all? What people choose to disclose about their sexual identity on Facebook
What people do not say can be as interesting as what they do, says Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science Associate Professor Dr Ridhi...
Emma Fabian, News Editor
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
The Oxford Summer Institute in Computational Social Science – online and a resounding success!
The Oxford Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) took place online for the first time on Monday 14 to Friday 25 June...
Emma Fabian, News Editor
- Jul 20, 2021
- 3 min
Oxford Sociology and LCDS invite Expressions of Interest in MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme 2021
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 26 July 2021 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme applications close: 12 October 2021 The Marie...
Emma Fabian, News Editor
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Building back better and fairer employment after COVID-19
Professor Melinda Mills joined the Brussels Economic Forum to talk about the future of employment in Europe after the pandemic Our...
Emma Fabian, News Editor
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
Genetics plays important role in age at first sex and birth with links to dis-inhibition, longevity
Hundreds of genetic drivers affect sexual and reproductive behaviour Combined with social factors, these can affect longevity and health...
Emma Fabian, News Editor
- Jun 28, 2021
- 3 min
Previous unemployment influences voter turnout, says Oxford study
People who were unemployed in the past are less likely to vote, according to new Oxford research, which shows joblessness can ‘scar’...
Emma Fabian, News Editor
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
You cannot live forever: Ageing is unstoppable
We probably cannot slow the rate at which we get older, because of biological constraints, an unprecedented study of lifespan statistics...
Emma Fabian, News Editor
- Jun 16, 2021
- 7 min
Call me Spock - the dedicated and disruptive Melinda Mills takes a (quick) break
It is easy to believe Melinda Mills was a very disruptive child. She is clearly a disruptive adult...and that has proven to be a very...
Kayla Schulte
- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
Virtual event: What do we know about in-vehicle air quality?
Join us on Clean Air Day: 6-7PM (UK time), 17 June, 2021 Interactive, online, free Register here Indoor air quality has become a topic of...
Emma Fabian, News Editor
- Jun 4, 2021
- 3 min
Low trust in government, conspiracy beliefs and watching YouTube predicts vaccine hesitancy
People who look to social media for information, particularly YouTube, are less willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19
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