Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Jane Falkingham

VP Engagement and International
Connect with Jane

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

Other researchers

Professor Jackie Wahba

Professor of Economics
Connect with Jackie

Email: J.Wahba@soton.ac.uk

Professor Jakub Bijak

Professor of Statistical Demography
Connect with Jakub

Email: J.Bijak@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 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

Dr Christian Schluter

Reader
Connect with Christian

Email: C.Schluter@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

Professor Traute Meyer

Professor of Social Policy
Connect with Traute

Email: T.Meyer@soton.ac.uk

Dr Elisabeth Schroeder-Butterfill

Head of Department

Research interests

  • Care in later life
  • Long-term care
  • Older people's social and support networks
Connect with Elisabeth

Email: E.Schroeder-Butterfill@soton.ac.uk

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

Research outputs

The Rise in Divorce and Cohabitation: Is There a Link?
Brienna Perelli-Harris, Ann Berrington, Nora Sanchez Gassen, Paulina Galezewska & Jennifer Holland, 2017, Population and Development Review, 43(2), 303-329
DOI: 10.1111/padr.12063
Type: article
Youth social citizenship and class inequalities in transitions to adulthood in the UK
Ann Berrington, Adriana Duta, Paul Wakeling & Teresa Mcgowan, 2017
Type: workingPaper
Bayesian population forecasting: extending the Lee-Carter Method
Arkadiusz Wisniowski, Peter W.F. Smith, Jakub Bijak, James Raymer & Jonathan J. Forster, 2015, Demography, 52(3), 1035-1059
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-015-0389-y
Type: article
An approach to measuring dispersed families with a particular focus on children 'left behind' by migrant parents: findings from rural South Africa
Rachel Bennett, Victoria Hosegood, Marie-Louise Newell & Nuala McGrath, 2015, Population, Space and Place, 21(4), 322-334
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1843
Type: article
Welfare magnet hypothesis, fiscal burden and immigration skill selectivity
Assaf Razin & Jackline Wahba, 2015, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 117(2), 369-402
DOI: 10.1111/sjoe.12092
Type: article