In the latest #ChangingPopulations, read about how CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham has been working with #BusinessSouth to share #demographic research - providing critical context for future #housing policies locally, nationally and globally.
Go to section 6: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/urKHaLPBnmc5tC1p?ref=Link
Hopes that #workingfromhome would help struggling UK regions attract high-skilled workers are not being realised, and home working isn't significantly changing where people live.
Read the full story in section 4 of the latest #ChangingPopulations
The number of Japanese nationals in Japan fell by around 910,000 during 2024, to 120.7 million, while the population of foreign residents rose 10.65%, to 3.68 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/society/japan-population-foreign-residents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #population #depopulation #expats #foreignworkers
https://www.europesays.com/2305961/ Ireland needs to prepare for public spending rise as population ages – watchdog #Government #healthcare #ifac #ireland #pensions #Population #spending
Also under the #ChangingPopulations spotlight is PhD student Yifan Ge
In section 12, she tells us about her #PhD journey so far, sharing insights into her research identifying the subgroups of women most affected by recent increases in the UK #StatePension age 
New open access article by Brienna Perelli-Harris and Orsola Torrisi
Examines how language and exposure to violence may have influenced trajectories of forced #migration shortly after #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, using unique data from a rapidly deployed online #survey conducted throughout Ukraine and #Europe from April to July 2022.
New #vacancy - #Postdoctoral #ResearchFellow for:
Social Inequalities in the Risk and Aftermath of #Miscarriage (SOC-MISC)
The successful applicant will have (or near completion of) a #PhD in a #quantitative discipline such as #demography, #sociology, applied #socialstatistics, #economics, #epidemiology, with expertise in #population-based analyses and interest in #demographic and #reproductivehealth.
Based at the University of St Andrews. Apply by 29 August 
Head to section 12 of the new #ChangingPopulations to read about just some of our researchers' achievements and awards over the last six months in our Researcher Spotlight
Congratulations to all 
OUT NOW - Issue 16 of our newsletter #ChangingPopulations
A handy round-up of our activities from 2025 so far, including all things #demography, #population #ageing, #pensions, #fertility, #family, #geography, #economics, #socialpolicy and more...
Grab some lunch and take a look 
How Randomness Can Flip Evolution: New Study Uncovers Surprising Role of Population Noise
Summary & Analysis by Tahirah Williams of “Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics for Finite Populations and the Noise-Induced Reversal of Selection” by Bhat et al.
https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Jan-2025-Bhat.html
Yes In My Bamako Yard
Over the next 25 years, Africa is expected to add 900 million people to its cities, the largest wave of urban population growth the world has ever seen. How can the continent begin to prepare today?
The proportion of foreign residents in Japan could surpass 10% of the population as early as 2040, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/society/japans-foreign-population-10-2040/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #keisukesuzuki #justiceministry #foreignworkers #population #depopulation
Inequality, pollution, and democracy levels shape how quickly populations age: Study
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-inequality-pollution-democracy-quickly-populations.html
A morning challenge for you - take The Growing Older Quiz
A 5-minute challenge of your #demographic trivia. Find out how much you know 
Created by #FutuRes - A Resilient Future of #Europe, a research project funded by the #EU. #population #demography #ageing
My inner geek loves crunching #numbers! 
Fears that falling #birthrates in US could lead to #population collapse are based on faulty assumptions https://theconversation.com/fears-that-falling-birth-rates-in-us-could-lead-to-population-collapse-are-based-on-faulty-assumptions-261031
Prefectural governors have urged the central government to give top priority to measures against Japan's shrinking population, calling for a national campaign involving private companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/politics/japan-governors-meet-population/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #localgovernment #population #taxes #consumptiontax #aomori #2025upperhouseelection
"Camino alterno entre las lomas"... 
South Korea reverses birth rate decline with its fastest growth in 40 years https://www.byteseu.com/1221827/ #BirthRate #childcare #FertilityRate #Immigration #Japan #KangHyunYoung #marriage #Population #PropertyPrices #SouthKorea #StatisticsKorea #women
How does environmental age affect the chronological age-specific phenology and reproductive success senescence in a Corsican wild blue tit bird population?
Summary & Analysis by Shatarupa Sarkar of “Age-Specific Phenology and Reproductive Success Senescence Vary with Environmental Age in a Wild Bird” by Bonamour et al.
Read now! https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Jan-2025-Bonamour.html
Omar Two Tone
