R.I.P. Zakir Hussain, March 9, 1951 – December 15, 2024. Here he is improvising at a restaurant then playing tabla at a concert with Cuban percussionist Tata Güines. From the 1993 film “Fity Fity” directed by Patrick Glaize for French television.

What happens to companies who get more powerful institutional shareholders? CEO pay falls by a cumulative 60% over 5 years Top execs by 40% Striking endorsement of the view that strong shareholders help solve the principal agent problem Paper by Falato, Kim & Till von Wachter

🧬 Our recent Nature Human Behaviour study examines the complex interplay of genetics, family environment and childhood aspirations on later life course outcomes buff.ly/4fvsM5u The Leverhulme Trust Oxford Population Health (OxPop) Melinda Mills Eva Akimova 🇺🇦 Nuffield College

Child poverty in the US is four times as likely to lead to adult poverty than in Denmark and Germany, and twice as likely than in the UK and Australia. Why? I write about our findings on "the intergenerational persistence of poverty" today in The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

in the past, birth rates in the US fell because couples had fewer kids. today they're falling because people aren't coupling up at all. fantastic piece by John Burn-Murdoch ft.com/content/43e2b4…

🤝 We've established the Collaborative Group on Nowcasting Populations to foster collaboration among leading academic institutions and research centres in demographic science buff.ly/40jy0vx The Leverhulme Trust Sociology at Oxford UoM School of Social Sciences CPC University of Liverpool

Replacing "I hope this email finds you well" with "Failure to respond to this email will be taken as a resignation." in all emails from now on.

Loved working with Nicole Kapelle on this one! Check out our latest in JHSB

Big news! We have two new #demography vacancies open and three others on the way, stay tuned buff.ly/SSPCs5z 😎 The Leverhulme Trust Oxford Population Health (OxPop) Nuffield College Reuben College, Oxford Melinda Mills

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Two new Phd positions at Uni Oxford (LCDS). Work with my colleague Charlie on 1 )data science & health outcomes or 2) LLMs, parliamentary speeches & health policy In 2) I will be part of your team 1️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/HDS_2026.html 2️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/pophealth_2026…