News
Head of Social Sciences comments on how contraceptive pill changed Britain
7 December 2011
The contraceptive pill has now been available for 50 years and the BBC have explored what impact it has had.
Social Sciences hosts national debate on world population at 7-billion
26 October 2011
Social scientists at the University of Southampton are bringing together academics, policy-makers, teachers, young adults and other members of the public to debate what the birth of the 7-billionth person will mean for the world and the challenges ahead as the global population continues to grow.
Variety now the spice of mid-life
22 September 2011
The characteristics of mid-life have seen big changes over recent decades, according to our leading research, revealed in the final edition of Population Trends, a journal published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The UK experiences its highest annual population growth since 1962
3 July 2011
Professor Jane Falkingham comments on the trends and causes behind the 2010 mid-year high population growth.
ESRC Award for Research on Paradata (Field Process Data)
17 June 2011
Gabriele Durrant and Peter Smith (along with Frauke Kreuter from University of Maryland and IAB) have been awarded a three-year ESRC grant to work on the uses of paradata in sample surveys.
Poster presentation at ECAL 2011 Conference
27 May 2011
Jakub Bijak, and Eric Silverman (alongside fellow CLC member Jason Noble) have been invited to present a poster at the European Conference on Artificial Life 2011 in Paris in August.
Article published in the journal 'Demography'
23 May 2011
Professor Nyovani Madise has co-authored an article with Philippe Bocquier (Université Catholique do Louvain) and Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu (African Institute for Development Policy) that studies 'urban advantage' in child survival in 18 African countries.
17 May 2011
Professor Danny Pfeffermann has won the 2011 Waksberg Award.
Numbers living to 100 predicted to rise
19 April 2011
Professor Jane Falkingham comments on new statistics and builds on ideas put forward in the recent Population Europe policy briefing which she co-authored.
Upcoming workshop: The Determinants and Implications of Prosocial Behaviour
31 March 2011
Social Sciences will be hosting a workshop on 'The Determinants and Implications of Prosocial Behaviour'.