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
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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
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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

Bayesian forecasting of immigration to selected European countries by using expert knowledge
Jakub Bijak & Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, 2010, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 173(4), 22-[pp]
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2009.00635.x
Type: article
District-level estimates of institutional births in Ghana: application of small area estimation technique using census and DHS data
F. Amoako Johnson, H. Chandra, J.J. Brown & S.S. Padmadas, 2010, Journal of Official Statistics, 26(2), 341-359
Type: article
Levels and determinants of population migration in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
W. Muhwava, V. Hosegood, M. Nyirenda, C. Newell, K. Herbst & M. Newell, 2010, African Population Studies, 24(3), 259-280
Type: article
Overcoming the problems of inconsistent international migration data: a new method applied to flows in Europe
2010, European Journal of Population, 26(4), 459-481
Type: article
Patterns and determinants of sub-regional migration: a case study of Polish construction workers in Norway
2010
Type: bookChapter