Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford

'Developing a method to classify the adult social care workforce in England.' Centre for Care Co-Investigator, Associate Professor Charlie Rahal, was asked to be part of a Methodological Advisory Group of experts for the Office for National Statistics, as they look to develop a Machine Language framework to estimate the size of the Adult Social Care workforce in the UK using 2021 Census data. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ezDZW9Zj Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford Social Sciences at The University of Sheffield ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council #socialcare #careworkers

Big news! We have two new #demography vacancies open and three others on the way, stay tuned https://buff.ly/AtI4bAJ 😎 1️⃣ The Senior Research Fellow Demographic Science will establish and develop their own research team and play a leading role in generating world class scientific research and the management and strategic direction of the Centre https://buff.ly/V3fZ1UE 2️⃣ The Senior Researcher in Geospatial Health and Digital Pandemic Preparedness will lead and develop innovative research in the area of geospatial and digital health, demography and pandemic preparedness https://buff.ly/vL6SpgG The Leverhulme Trust, Oxford Population Health, Nuffield College, Melinda Mills, MBE, Reuben College, University of Oxford

Looking for a change? On a #jobhunt? Watch this space! In the coming period we will be advertising 5 new #jobs at LCDS! #HiringNow Senior Researcher in Geospatial Health and Digital Pandemic Preparedness Based at our fabulous, innovative, inclusive, open, fun #demography research Centre in Oxford You will lead & develop innovative research in #geospatial & digital health, demography, emergency and pandemic preparedness. Working with Melinda Mills, MBE, Douglas Leasure & team. Deadline: 28 April 2025 For more information: https://lnkd.in/dHFEUmTj

👏 Congratulations to Andrea Tilstra, Antonino Polizzi, Sander Wagner and Evelina Akimova whose Nature Communications paper is ranked in the top 25 of the most downloaded social science and human behaviour articles for 2024 https://buff.ly/ot4XWQh The article, 'Projecting the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. population structure', has been viewed over 11k times ➡️ https://buff.ly/yj6sQ5p The Leverhulme Trust, Oxford Population Health, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

From the early days of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science to the science communications lessons learned along the way, Professor Jennifer Dowd offers a valuable retrospective five years on from the start of COVID-19 https://lnkd.in/dFd2M-ZP Find out more about half a decade of COVID-19 research at the Centre https://lnkd.in/euRXdcFf The Leverhulme Trust, Oxford Population Health, Nuffield College

🎓 https://buff.ly/U1ndPD3 Congratulations to Dr Ursula Gazeley who won the Cicely Williams Prize during her graduation ceremony at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London 🥳 The prize is awarded to an exceptional doctoral student whose research advances the health of vulnerable populations. Ursula's winning paper examines the reasons behind stalling maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the first five years of the World Health Organization’s Sustainable Development Goals https://buff.ly/AkAZWSt The Leverhulme Trust, Oxford Population Health

Five years since #COVID-19 began, our team continues to research the demographic implications of the pandemic https://buff.ly/qFNqvFx This includes Professor Melinda Mills, MBE's contribution to a Vatican statement on health policies and Oxford Martin School's pioneering programme on digital pandemic preparedness https://buff.ly/APJRk46 The Leverhulme Trust, Oxford Population Health, Nuffield College

What are the leading causes of maternal deaths globally and how can we reduce health inequities? https://buff.ly/pacAIJZ In this video, Dr Ursula Gazeley discusses findings from the World Health Organization's first global update on the causes of maternal deaths in over a decade. The Leverhulme Trust, Oxford Population Health

Five years on since the start of #COVID-19, we take a look back at half a decade of research on the pandemic https://lnkd.in/euRXdcFf Melinda Mills, MBE, The Leverhulme Trust, Oxford Population Health, Nuffield College

🤔 How accurate can predictive machines be and is there a limit to their accuracy? https://buff.ly/O9DpCWu In a recent Nature Computational Science correspondence, Associate Professor Charles Rahal and jiani yan explore the fundamental limits of prediction, and argue that in open and dynamic systems, we can never know if improvements are possible, unless predictions are already perfect https://buff.ly/m8270Q5 The Leverhulme Trust, Oxford Population Health, Nature Portfolio