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📽️ NEW #CPCGCWebinar video with Shuang Chen from the Department of Social Policy, LSE

Catch up on Shuang's discussion around explanations for low #fertility ideals in urban #China. In the seminar, Shuang presents two recent papers examining the puzzle.

https://youtu.be/taB28AdrTak?si=1Z2daSQ9jA2ZcRao

#demography #fertility #lowfertility #socialpolicy #populationstudies #China #urbanChina #onechildpolicy #fertilitydecline #familynorms #onlychild #fertilitypreferences #populationchange #policyimpact #fertilityresearch

Explaining low desired fertility in urban China - Dr Shuang Chen

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE May 2

The article examines how the so-called gender friendship gap varies across ethnoracial groups, finding that the gap is mainly driven by white men rather than representing a universal difference between all men and women.

The piece highlights why variations in friendship closeness and emotional support across racial groups matter for understanding psychological processes and social dynamics, illustrating how context and identity shape interpersonal relationships.

Article Title: The gender friendship gap is driven primarily by white men, not a universal difference across groups

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/the-gender-friendship-gap-is-driven-primarily-by-white-men-not-a-universal-difference-across-groups/

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#psychology #relationships #friendships #genderdifferences #ethnoracialidentity #socialcontext #emotionalsupport #interpersonalrelationships #psychresearch #populationstudies

CBC Technology Science Apr 13

Conservation groups call for 'science-based' approach to Alberta grizzly bear hunt proposal
Conservation groups say recent calls for the provincial government to legalize the hunting of threatened grizzly bears in Alberta aren't justified by science due to a lack of up-to-date population studies.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/grizzly-hunt-proposal-alberta-9.7160632?cmp=rss

Centre for Population Change Mar 13

🧑‍🏫 Join us next week on 19 March for our #CPCCGWebinar with Julia Behrman of @northwesternu.

Julia will discuss mapping the strength and character of the norm to have #children, drawing on evidence from the #US.

Join us online - register at: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/956/CPC_CG_Webinar__Julia_Behrman

#fertilitydecline #demography #childbearing #populationchange #lowfertility #socialscience #reproductivebehaviour #USresearch #families #populationstudies

Centre for Population Change Feb 16

📑 A new paper by CPC-CG members introduces the first method that can predict how many relatives of any kind a person is likely to have at different points in their life, and how likely each outcome is:
https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/9

#demography #kinship #mathematicaldemography #populationstudies #lifeCourse #mortality #fertility #probability #matrixalgebra #combinatorics #convolution #kin #familyStructure #analyticModel #populationResearch #population #family #familystructures #demographicforecasting

Science Newsroom - FSE - UG Nov 14, 2025

🍼More children, shorter #lifespan?

UG researcher Euan Young found clear evidence in #parishrecords from the Great Finnish Famine.📖

'Our findings suggest that under harsh conditions, reproductive effort certainly affects lifespan.’

Published in #ScienceAdvances

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom
#reproduction #research #evolution #evolutionarybiology #biology #populationstudies #science #ScientistsOnMastodon
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Centre for Population Change Oct 20, 2025

THIS WEEK -#CPCCGWebinar on Thurs 23 Oct

Jiaxin Shi, Associate Professor of #SocialScience at The #HongKong University of #Science and #Technology presents 'Internal #migration and #longevity in the #US' - research using newly available #populationdata with over 12mn #death records for cohorts born between 1912-1930.