The Herczeg Institute on Aging at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (University of Southern Denmark) and the Leverhulme Center for Demographic Science (Oxford University), is pleased to announce its upcoming webinar on New…
Aging and COVID-19 mortality: What do we currently know?
COVID-19 is often portrayed as a “disease of the elderly,” but is this portrayal supported by the evidence? How does the risk of dying from COVID-19 vary by age? How does it compare with other causes of death? And how…
Persistent regional inequalities in mortality in Finland and Sweden: New article in Population, Space and Place
“Regional trajectories in life expectancy and lifespan variation: Persistent inequality in two Nordic welfare states” published in PSP (with SUDA researchers Ben Wilson, Sven Drefahl, Paul Henery, and Caroline Uggla). Key finding: In both Finland and Sweden, life expectancy increased…
Postdoctoral vacancy in demography lab
Recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join my demography lab, currently focusing on social inequalities in health and mortality. The position is for 1 to 2 years and will start on October 2020. For additional information see the call for applications.
New article in Middle Eastern Studies
My first foray into historical sociology published in Middle Eastern Studies (with Ronen Shamir). Our study traces the politics of census-making in British-ruled Palestine surrounding the question of Arab landlessness. Based on archival work, we demonstrate how Jewish statistical expertise and…
Workshop on Inequalities in Health, Longevity and Aging
I am pleased to announce the 2nd Tel Aviv Workshop on Inequalities in Health, Longevity, and Aging. The workshop is organized in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics at the University of Southern Denmark and the Herczeg Institute…
Visit at the European University Institute in Florence
I will be spending the fall semester at the EUI’s Department of Political and Social Sciences and Comparative Life Course and Inequality Research Centre (CLIC) as Visiting Fellow. Special thanks to Fabrizio Bernardi and Juho Härkönen for inviting me and…
“Association between Educational Attainment and Causes of Death Among White and Black US Adults, 2010–2017” published in JAMA (with Mark Hayward)
“The social shaping of uncertainty in length of life” presented at the Healthy Aging Symposium (Tel Aviv University)
Forecasting Israeli mortality and life expectancy in 2065 (research report for Bituah Leumi)
Long-term mortality forecasts are critical for government planning and welfare provision, because life expectancy has direct implications for health expenditure and old-age state pensions, among other factors. Yet, forecasting Israeli life expectancy has proven especially challenging for several reasons. First,…
“The case for monitoring life-span inequality” published in Science (with Alyson van Raalte & Pekka Martikainen)
The case for monitoring life-span inequality is over-whelming: https://t.co/fRHw3KS1qK (DOI: 10.1126/science.aau5811) pic.twitter.com/mUSVRwS8ob — PRU HelsinkiUni (@PRUhelsinkiuni) January 18, 2019
Concluded the first Tel Aviv Workshop on Inequality and Uncertainty in Length of Life
Special thanks to the ECSR for supporting the workshop and to all the participants for presenting their research.
Upcoming seminar on Population Health in the Middle East at the University of Pavia (February 26-27)
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