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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Gunnar Andersson
Professor of Demography
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Siddartha Aradhya
Researcher, Docent
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Kieron James Barclay
Researcher, Docent in Sociology
Sunnee Billingsley
Professor of Sociology
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Maria Brandén
Researcher, Docent
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Filip Dabergott
Acting Lecturer
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Sven Drefahl
Senior Lecturer, Docent
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Lisa Harber-Aschan
Researcher
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Linda Nathalié Kridahl
Docent in Demography
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Martin Kolk
Associate Professor
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Anastasia Lam
Gästforskare
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Eleonora Mussino
Researcher, Docent
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Stefanie Möllborn
Professor of Sociology
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Livia Olah
Senior Lecturer, Docent
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Elena Pupaza
Researcher
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Jiaxin Shi
Guest researcher
Sarah Schmauk
Visiting PhD student
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Isaac Sasson
Guest Researcher
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Miska Simanainen
Doktorand
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Caroline Uggla
Researcher
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Frankseco Junior Yorke
Phd student
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Matthew Wallace
Researcher, Docent
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Ben Wilson
Researcher, Docent
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