We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the WG5 Communications Masterclass, taking place 24–28 August 2026 at the RSU Anatomy Museum and Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga….
The Special Collection ‘Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality in the Long-Run’ in Demographic Research aims to bring together research investigating long-run changes in socio-economic inequalities in mortality, with a particular focus
The 16th European Social Science History Conference will take place 21–24 April 2027 in Lyon, France, and is hosted by ENS. We are aiming for sessions on ‘Epidemics and Contagious
GREATLEAP members have the opportunity to publish their research free of charge in the Open Research Europe Special Collection “Multidisciplinary approaches to historical health inequalities, 1800–2022”, with publication fees fully
Cambridge, June 15-16 2026 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) interventions have saved millions of lives over the last century. The WHO estimates that three-quarters of the global population now has
We are offering an opportunity for a Short-term Scientific Mission (STSM) with Dr Catherine Drysdale (Lancaster University). The focus of the mission will be on “A Demographic Kernel Framework for
London School of Economics, 21-22 May 2026 Excess mortality methods are essential for quantifying the demographic and social impacts of contemporary and historical mortality crises. The excess mortality methods in
Dates: 2–3 July 2026Venue: University of the Balearic Islands (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) The consequences of epidemics extend far beyond their immediate effects on public health and the resulting
University of Copenhagen, August 20th to 21st 2026 It has long been recognized that the mortality transition was shaped by spatial dynamics. The idea of the ‘urban penalty’, for example,
We are pleased to invite contributions to the GREATLEAP Conference which will take place on 11-13 May 2026 at Babeș-Bolyai University, Centre for Population Studies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The event will
