Staff

Lead researchers

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

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 Traute Meyer

Professor of Social Policy
Connect with Traute

Email: T.Meyer@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

Professor Corrado Giulietti PhD

Head of School
Research interests
  • Labour Economics
  • Development Economics
Connect with Corrado

Email: c.giulietti@soton.ac.uk

Professor Jakub Bijak

Professor of Statistical Demography
Connect with Jakub

Email: J.Bijak@soton.ac.uk

Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris

Professor of Demography
Research interests
  • Family Demography
  • Marriage, Cohabitation, Fertility
  • Population change and forced displacement in Ukraine
Connect with Brienna

Email: B.G.Perelli-Harris@soton.ac.uk

Professor Erengul Dodd

Professor of Actuarial Math & Statistics
Connect with Erengul

Email: E.Dodd@soton.ac.uk

Dr Hector Calvo-Pardo

Reader
Connect with Hector

Email: H.F.Calvo-Pardo@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

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Return versus onward migration: go back or move on?
Govert E. Bijwaard & Jackline Wahba, 2022, Review of Income and Wealth, 69(3), 640-667
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12590
Type: article
The demographic challenge
Jane Falkingham & Athina Vlachantoni, 2022
Type: bookChapter
Peers, gender, and long-term depression
Corrado Giulietti, Michael Vlassopoulos & Yves Zenou, 2022, European Economic Review, 144
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2022.104084
Type: article
The mediating pathways between parental separation in childhood and offspring hypertension at midlife
Sebastian Stannard, Ann Berrington & Nisreen Alwan, 2022, Scientific Reports, 12(1)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11007-z
Type: article
Diagnostic testing: therapeutic mobilities, social fields, and medical encounters in the transnational healthcare practices of Polish migrants in the UK
Giuseppe Troccoli, Chris Moreh, Derek Mcghee & Athina Vlachantoni, 2022, Journal of Migration and Health, 5
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100100
Type: article
The impact of grandchild care provision on grandparents’ depressive symptoms across Europe using multi-level analysis: do the grandchild caring patterns and the country’s economy matter?
Yazhen Yang, Maria Evandrou & Athina Vlachantoni, 2022, Genus, 78
DOI: 10.1186/s41118-022-00160-y
Type: article
The Impact of Changing Social Support on Older Persons' Onset of Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom
Athina Vlachantoni, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham & Min Qin, 2022, The Gerontologist, 62(8), 1147-1159
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnac033
Type: article