Project overview

The Connecting Generations (CG) Centre aims to increase our understanding of the connections and inequalities between and within generations so that policy measures and resources can be efficiently and fairly allocated.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Jane Falkingham

VP Engagement and International
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Other researchers

Professor Peter Smith

Professor in Social Statistics
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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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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 Erengul Dodd

Professor of Actuarial Math & Statistics
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Mrs Teresa McGowan

Research Manager
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Professor Corrado Giulietti PhD

Head of School

Research interests

  • Labour Economics
  • Development Economics
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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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Dr Jason Hilton

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Demographic Forecasting
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Human Mortality
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Terror headlines and voting
Armine Ghazaryan, Corrado Giulietti & Jackline Wahba, 2022, Economics Letters, 216
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110562
Type: article
Did the socio-economic gradient in depression in later-life deteriorate or weaken during the COVID-19 pandemic? New evidence from England using path analysis
Min Qin, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham & Athina Vlachantoni, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(11), 6700
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19116700
Type: article
Understanding the early life mediators behind the intergenerational transmission of partnership dissolution
Sebastian Stannard, Ann Berrington & Nisreen Alwan, 2022, Advances in Life Course Research, 52(6)
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2022.100468
Type: article
Caring trajectories and health in mid-life
Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham, Madelin Gomez-Leon & Athina Vlachantoni, 2022, Ageing & Society
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X22000484
Type: article
Return versus onward migration: go back or move on?
Govert E. Bijwaard & Jackline Wahba, 2022, Review of Income and Wealth, 69(3), 640-667
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12590
Type: article