Project overview

Research in CPC-II is organised around the five thematic areas of:
1. Fertility and family change
2. Increasing longevity and the changing life course
3. New mobilities and migration
4. Understanding intergenerational relations & exchange
5. Integrated demographic estimation and forecasting

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Jane Falkingham

VP Engagement and International
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Other researchers

Dr Paul Bridgen

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • The impact of the environmental crisis on welfare states
  • Eco-social policy developments - theory and empirical evaluations
  • Energy/fuel poverty in the UK and EU
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Professor Maria Evandrou FAcSS

PROFESSOR OF GERONTOLOGY

Research interests

  • ESRC: Centre for Population Change (CPC): I am Co-Director of ESRC Centre for Population Change. My collaborative work focuses on a) Increasing longevity and the changing life course, and b) Understanding intergenerational relations & exchange. For more information, please visit the CPC website.
  • ESRC CPC - Connecting Generations: I am also Co-Director of the ESRC CPC-Connecting Generations research programme. The research will investigate areas such as changing intergenerational relationships; intergenerational flows of support in later life; and work-life balance, employment and caring responsibilities in mid-life. More information on the Connecting Generations research programme here.
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Professor Jakub Bijak

Professor of Statistical Demography
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Professor Ann Berrington

Professor-Demography&Social Statistics
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Professor Jackie Wahba

Professor of Economics
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Dr Christian Schluter

Reader
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Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Professor of Gerontology & Social Policy

Research interests

  • Informal care provision and receipt
  • Unmet need for social care
  • Pension protection
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Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris

Professor of Demography
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Professor Peter Smith

Professor in Social Statistics
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Professor Traute Meyer

Professor of Social Policy
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Dr Hector Calvo-Pardo

Reader
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Centre for Population Change

We examine the impact of population change on people, communities and government.

Research outputs

The changing meaning of old age
Jane Falkingham & Teresa McGowan, 2016
Type: report
Re-evaluating the link between marriage and mental well-being: how do early life conditions attenuate differences between cohabitation and marriage?
Brienna Perelli-Harris, Marta Styrc & Teresa McGowan, 2016
Type: workingPaper
Population dynamics in the context of environmental vulnerability: comparison of the Mekong, Ganges-Brahmaputra and Amazon delta regions
Sylvia Szabo, Eduardo Brondizio, Scott Hetrick, Zoe Matthews, Fabrice Renaud, Robert Nicholls, Zita Sebesvari, Sandra da Costa, John Dearing, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Alejandro Tejedor, Zachary Tessler & Teresa McGowan, 2016
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1072.2320
Type: workingPaper
Probabilistic population forecasts for informed decision making. Letter to the Editor.
Jakub Bijak, Isabel Alberts, Juha Alho, John Bryant, Thomas Buettner, Jane C. Falkingham, Jonathan J. Forster, Patrick Gerland, Nico Keilman, Thomas King, Anthony O'Hagan, Luca Onorante, Darragh Owens, Adrian E. Raftery, Hana Ševčíková & Peter W.F. Smith, 2015, Journal of Official Statistics, 31(4), 537-544
DOI: 10.1515/JOS-2015-0033
Type: article
The meaning of marriage vis-a-vis childbearing in Europe and the United States
Jennifer Holland & Teresa McGowan, 2015
Type: workingPaper