Research subject Mortality, Health and Ageing
Mortality is at the core of topics in demography, and many of the methods that demographers rely on have been developed in research on longevity and mortality.
Social demographers focus on social inequalities in the risk of dying at different stages of the life course and how mortality patterns change over time. Increases in life expectancy produce higher fractions of elderly in the population and motivates research on the living conditions of the elderly, including in relation to retirement, work, family life, and health. Some of our recent research within this research area focused on mortality patterns during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our research on health and how different aspects of poor health is related to mortality risks is often carried out in collaboration with colleagues in epidemiology and public health.
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Researchers
Gunnar Andersson
Professor of Demography
Siddartha Aradhya
Researcher, Docent
Kieron James Barclay
Researcher, Docent in Sociology
Sunnee Billingsley
Professor of Sociology
Maria Brandén
Researcher, Docent
Filip Dabergott
Acting Lecturer
Sven Drefahl
Senior Lecturer, Docent
Lisa Harber-Aschan
Researcher
Linda Nathalié Kridahl
Docent in Demography
Martin Kolk
Researcher, Docent
Anastasia Lam
Gästforskare
Eleonora Mussino
Researcher, Docent
Stefanie Möllborn
Professor of Sociology
Livia Olah
Senior Lecturer, Docent
Elena Pupaza
Researcher
Jiaxin Shi
Guest PhD Student
Sarah Schmauk
Visiting PhD student
Isaac Sasson
Guest Researcher
Miska Simanainen
Doktorand
Caroline Uggla
Researcher
Frankseco Junior Yorke
Phd student
Matthew Wallace
Researcher, Docent
Ben Wilson
Researcher, Docent