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Still time to apply to work w/ me & amazing peeps @oxforddemsci as PostDoc on European Research Council (ERC) MORTAL-deadline Jan 25! We want YOUR unique expertise to help understand the biological & social determinants of #mortality. #Econtwitter #Epitwitter don't be shy! tinyurl.com/ynnd735h

Richest five families in Florence 🇮🇹 from 1427 are still the richest today (archival data). Not only the top shows persistence. Any family who was in the (1427) top third is almost certain to still be there today. Likely many Florences out there Paper in Review of Econ Studies

O sadness— If you were a season, we would bear your cruel winds until the season of joy returns. —Khaled Juma ▪︎ Palestinian poet ▪︎

"The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and expand her sense of actual possibilities." -A. Rich Grateful on this #InternationalWomensDay to work with so many badass women who inspire me every day! Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science Those Nerdy Girls

A new IJE paper by Jenn Dowd Katarzyna Doniec Andrea Tilstra Luyin Zhang reveals that US working-age adults are dying at higher rates than their peers in high-income countries, with the UK also falling behind ➡️doi.org/10.1093/ije/dy… Oxford Population Health (OxPop) The Leverhulme Trust

IJE Jenn Dowd Katarzyna Doniec Andrea Tilstra Luyin Zhang Oxford Population Health (OxPop) The Leverhulme Trust 📽️ Katarzyna Doniec explains the troubling trends in midlife mortality facing the US and UK youtu.be/X5MvP_2HT-4

IJE Jenn Dowd Katarzyna Doniec Andrea Tilstra Luyin Zhang Oxford Population Health (OxPop) The Leverhulme Trust 📉 While most countries had experienced significant declines in #MidlifeMortality from all-cause #mortality during the past three decades, the US saw rates that were 2.5 times higher than the average of other high-income countries ➡️ demography.ox.ac.uk/news/troubling…

A study by Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science & Princeton University has found US working-age adults are dying at higher rates than their peers in high-income countries. Worsening US midlife mortality was driven by several causes, incl preventable deaths such as transport accidents, homicide & drug overdoses.

Germany’s economy is suffering from too little public investment.

Poster sessions will take place in the Regency Ballroom where you'll also find our booth 312, right next to MPIDR 😎

Our paper on whether PC adjustments in GWAS and PGI prediction are picking up direct genetic effects is out on bioarxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I was about to place bets with my fellow demographers on when US obesity rates would turn the corner due to GLP-1 drugs… I definitely didn’t think it would be this quick! And while I *hope* it’s true, I’m not popping my champagne quite yet. 1/ #ozempic #obesity #GLP1

Happy holidays from all of us at LCDS ☃️ See you in 2025 🥳 The Leverhulme Trust Nuffield College Oxford Population Health (OxPop) Melinda Mills Jenn Dowd

Look at this image of Dr. Hossam Abu Safia approaching the cowards hiding in the tanks; it is hard to believe. Where else would one see something like this?

“I tell my students, ‘When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else”. - Toni Morrison born Feb 18.

Tigers, snakes, plants - what if their last habitat stood in the way of a hospital? #LastHaven asks: how do we choose between protecting nature and meeting human needs? Take part in this citizen science project today. Learn more:last-haven.net #PhilosophyMatters

Explore our new research platform, Last Haven — a gamified experience where you make tough choices between protecting endangered species' habitats and advancing human needs. 👉 last-haven.net

Glad to see that The Guardian published my letter on one of the most urgent dilemmas we face today: how to balance housing needs with protecting nature. 📄 theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Deadly shootings at aid-distribution sites in Gaza are happening almost daily. Humanitarian workers say that more Palestinians are dying trying to collect food than in the fighting econ.st/4k30iSK

“80 summers” is easily the most insane way to describe how short life is.