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
Connect with Christian

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
Connect with Traute

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

Injury mortality in rural South Africa 2000 – 2007: rates and associated factors
2011, Tropical Medicine & International Health, 16(4), 439-446
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02730.x
Type: article
Why are married men working so much? Relative wages, labor supply and the decline of marriage
2011
Type: workingPaper
The relationship between women’s work histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany
Tom Sefton, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham & Athina Vlachantoni, 2011, Journal of European Social Policy, 21(1), 20-36
DOI: 10.1177/0958928710380475
Type: article
High fertility regions in Bangladesh: A marriage cohort analysis
Sabina Islam, Mohammad Amirul Islam & Sabu S. Padmadas, 2011
Type: workingPaper
Exploring gender and pensions in Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam
Athina Vlachantoni & Jane Falkingham, 2011
Type: workingPaper
Differences in mental health between adults in stepfamilies and 'first families'
2011
Type: workingPaper
Reported childlessness: a further look at cohort estimates based on survey time-series data
2011
Type: workingPaper