Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Jane Falkingham

VP Engagement and International
Connect with Jane

Email: J.C.Falkingham@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Peter Smith

Professor in Social Statistics
Connect with Peter

Email: P.W.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Professor Ann Berrington

Professor-Demography&Social Statistics
Connect with Ann

Email: A.Berrington@soton.ac.uk

Professor Jackie Wahba

Professor of Economics
Connect with Jackie

Email: J.Wahba@soton.ac.uk

Dr Paul Bridgen

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • The impact of the environmental crisis on welfare states
  • Eco-social policy developments - theory and empirical evaluations
  • Energy/fuel poverty in the UK and EU
Connect with Paul

Email: Paul.Bridgen@soton.ac.uk

Professor Traute Meyer

Professor of Social Policy
Connect with Traute

Email: T.Meyer@soton.ac.uk

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.
Connect with Maria

Email: maria.evandrou@soton.ac.uk

Professor Corrado Giulietti PhD

Head of School

Research interests

  • Labour Economics
  • Development Economics
Connect with Corrado

Email: c.giulietti@soton.ac.uk

Professor Jakub Bijak

Professor of Statistical Demography
Connect with Jakub

Email: J.Bijak@soton.ac.uk

Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris

Professor of Demography
Connect with Brienna

Email: B.G.Perelli-Harris@soton.ac.uk

Professor Erengul Dodd

Professor of Actuarial Math & Statistics
Connect with Erengul

Email: E.Dodd@soton.ac.uk

Dr Hector Calvo-Pardo

Reader
Connect with Hector

Email: H.F.Calvo-Pardo@soton.ac.uk

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Professor of Gerontology & Social Policy

Research interests

  • Informal care provision and receipt
  • Unmet need for social care
  • Pension protection
Connect with Athina

Email: A.Vlachantoni@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Centre for Population Change

We examine the impact of population change on people, communities and government.

Family and Social Demography

Our department is recognised for its use of quantitative and qualitative methods to study social processes and family change.

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics at Southampton spans a variety of research directions, and emphasises building models of aggregate behaviour by adding up the behaviour of individual economic agents.

Applied Economics

The Applied Economics group produces innovative research that furthers and deepens our understanding of economic behaviour and global economic challenges, that informs and influences economic policy.

Research outputs

Toward an early warning system for monitoring asylum-related migration flows in Europe
Joanna Napierała, Jason Hilton, Jonathan J. Forster, Marcello Carammia & Jakub Bijak, 2021, International Migration Review, 56(1), 33-62
DOI: 10.1177/01979183211035736
Type: article
Powered respirators are effective, sustainable, and cost-effective personal protective equipment for SARS-CoV-2
Alasdair Munro, Jacqui Prieto, Emmanouil Mentzakis, Mohammed AM Mansour, Nitin Mahobia, Peter Baker, Sarah Herbert, Trevor Smith, Matthew Hine, Joann Hall, Angie McClarren, Mike Davidson, Julie Brooks, Jane Fisher, David Griffiths, Hywel Morgan, Corrado Giulietti, Saul Faust & Paul Elkington, 2021, Frontiers in Medical Technology, 3(October 2021), 1-13
DOI: 10.3389/fmedt.2021.729658
Type: article
Syrian refugees and the migration dynamics of Jordanians: moving in or moving out?
Nelly Elmallakh & Jackline Wahba, 2021, Economic Development and Cultural Change
DOI: 10.1086/717281
Type: article
Latent class analysis for estimating an unknown population size - with application to censuses
Bernard Baffour, James J. Brown & Peter W.F. Smith, 2021, Journal of Official Statistics, 37(3), 673-697
DOI: 10.2478/jos-2021-0030
Type: article
Preface
Jakub Bijak, Johan Bryant, Elżbieta Gołata & Steve Smallwood, 2021, Journal of Official Statistics, 37(3), 533-541
DOI: 10.2478/jos-2021-0023
Type: article