HIGHLIGHT: ESRC CPC-Connecting Generations

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

Email: j.c.falkingham@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Peter Smith

Professor in Social Statistics

Email: p.w.smith@soton.ac.uk

Professor Ann Berrington

Professor-Demography&Social Statistics

Email: a.berrington@soton.ac.uk

Professor Jackie Wahba

Professor of Economics

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

Email: maria.evandrou@soton.ac.uk

Professor Jakub Bijak

Professor of Statistical Demography

Email: j.bijak@soton.ac.uk

Professor Erengul Dodd

Professor of Actuarial Math & Statistics

Email: e.dodd@soton.ac.uk

Mrs Teresa McGowan

Research Manager

Email: t.mcgowan@soton.ac.uk

Professor Corrado Giulietti

Head of School

Research interests

Labour Economics
Development Economics

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

Email: a.vlachantoni@soton.ac.uk

Dr Jason Hilton

Lecturer in Social Stats & Data Science

Research interests

Demographic Forecasting
Bayesian Statistics
Human Mortality

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.