Project overview

Research in CPC-II is organised around the five thematic areas of:
1. Fertility and family change
2. Increasing longevity and the changing life course
3. New mobilities and migration
4. Understanding intergenerational relations & exchange
5. Integrated demographic estimation and forecasting

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Jane Falkingham

VP Engagement and International
Connect with Jane

Email: J.C.Falkingham@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

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

Professor Jakub Bijak

Professor of Statistical Demography
Connect with Jakub

Email: J.Bijak@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 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 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 Peter Smith

Professor in Social Statistics
Connect with Peter

Email: P.W.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Professor Traute Meyer

Professor of Social Policy
Connect with Traute

Email: T.Meyer@soton.ac.uk

Dr Hector Calvo-Pardo

Reader
Connect with Hector

Email: H.F.Calvo-Pardo@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Caught in the middle in mid-life: provision of care across multiple generations
Athina Vlachantoni, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham & Madelin Gomez-Leon, 2020, Ageing & Society, 40(7), 1490-1510
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X19000047
Type: article
Ethnicity and grandparental child care in the United Kingdom
Valeria Bordone, Maria Evandrou & Athina Vlachantoni, 2020, Ageing & Society, 40(4), 713-734
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X18001265
Type: article
The return of citizenship? An empirical assessment of legal integration in times of radical sociolegal transformation
Chris Moreh, Derek McGhee & Athina Vlachantoni, 2020, International Migration Review, 54(1), 147-176
DOI: 10.1177/0197918318809924
Type: article
Stakeholder identities in Britain’s neoliberal ethical community
Derek Mcghee, Chris Moreh & Athina Vlachantoni, 2019, British Journal of Sociology, 70(4), 1104-1127
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12485
Type: article
Unmet need for social care among older people
Athina Vlachantoni, 2019, Ageing & Society, 39(4), 657-684
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X17001118
Type: article