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Project overview

The Connecting Generations (CG) Centre aims to increase our understanding of the connections and inequalities between and within generations so that policy measures and resources can be efficiently and fairly allocated.

Staff

Lead researcher

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

Professor Maria Evandrou FAcSS

PROFESSOR OF GERONTOLOGY

Research interests

  • Inequalities in later life, particularly inequalities in the incomes of older people, equity in health and social care, and inequalities amongst ethnic elders in the UK
  • Informal carers, paid employment and resources
  • The retirement prospects of future generations of elders, particularly the building and use of different types of policy tools for modelling income, pensions, health, incapacity, demand and supply of formal and informal care amongst older people in the future
Connect with Maria

Email: maria.evandrou@soton.ac.uk

Professor Jakub Bijak

Professor of Statistical Demography
Connect with Jakub

Email: J.Bijak@soton.ac.uk

Professor Erengul Dodd

Professor of Actuarial Math & Statistics
Connect with Erengul

Email: E.Dodd@soton.ac.uk

Mrs Teresa McGowan

Research Manager
Connect with Teresa

Email: T.McGowan@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 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

Dr Jason Hilton

Lecturer in Social Stats & Data Science

Research interests

  • Demographic Forecasting
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Human Mortality
Connect with Jason

Email: J.D.Hilton@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.

Centre for Research on Ageing

The Centre for Research on Ageing is an international and multi-disciplinary research centre examining key issues in ageing and the lifecourse, informing policy and debate at the national and local level.

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.

Demographic and Migration Modelling

The Demographic and Migration Modelling research group develop innovative methods for estimating and forecasting demographic change.

Family and Social Demography

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

Methodological Innovation: Survey Methods and Official Statistics

Experts in the design and use of surveys, with particular relationships with official statistics, the use of administrative data sources, longitudinal surveys and modelling with survey data.

Research outputs

Exploring the associations between number of children, multi-partner fertility and risk of obesity at midlife
Sebastian Stannard, Ann Berrington & Nisreen A. Alwan, 2023, PLoS ONE, 18(4 April)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282795
Type: article
Investigating immersion and migration decisions for agent-based modelling: A cautionary tale
Jakub Bijak, Ariana Modirrousta-galian, Philip A. Higham, Toby Prike, Martin Hinsch & Sarah Nurse, 2023, Open Research Europe, 3
DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.15581.1
Type: article
Has COVID-19 been the great leveler? The changing use of intergenerational digital communications amongst older people in England during the pandemic
Athina Vlachantoni, Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou & Min Qin, 2023, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42(7), 1517-1529
DOI: 10.1177/07334648231153385
Type: article
Nowcasting daily population displacement in Ukraine through social media advertising data
Douglas R. Leasure, Ridhi Kashyap, Francesco Rampazzo, Claire A. Dooley, Benjamin Elbers, Maksym Bondarenko, Mark Verhagen, Arun Frey, Jiani Yan, Evelina T. Akimova, Masoomali Fatehkia, Robert Trigwell, Andrew J. Tatem, Ingmar Weber & Melinda C. Mills, 2023, Population and Development Review, 49(2), 231-254
DOI: 10.1111/padr.12558
Type: article
For better or worse
Brienna Perelli-Harris, Shih-Yi Chao & Ann Berrington, 2022, Journal of Marriage and Family
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12906
Type: article