Modeling Kinship Structure: Demographic Projections and Population Heterogeneity
This project studies the structure and evolution of kinship networks by describing their size and composition by age, sex, type of kin, and other characteristics. It produces cross-national projections of kinship structure, emphasizing how kinship is shaped by demographic change and heterogeneity.
The Demography of Bereavement: Quantifying the Dynamics of Kin Loss
This project explores how individual deaths translate into experiences of kin loss among surviving relatives. We conceptualize bereavement as a demographic process using methods from kinship demography, and quantify its dynamics at the individual and population levels.
Queer and Chosen Kinship: Family Diversity Across the Globe
The project considers the social and kinship networks of queer people, focusing on network structure and relationship quality. It aims to understand the individual-, family-, and society-level impacts on inter- and intragenerational solidarity and resource exchange between queer people and their kin.
Analyzing Migration Behavior From the Perspective of Kin (Dissertation)
Doctoral dissertation by Andrea Colasurdo
This project analyzes the influence of kin networks on individuals' migration behaviors and migration patterns across countries, time, and generations by combining established and novel data sources and methods.
The Years We Share: Mother-Child Shared Lifetime, Health, and Intergenerational Transfers
Doctoral dissertation by Amanda Martins de Almeida
This dissertation explores the mother-child dyad from a demographic perspective, focusing on how the overlap of maternal and child life courses relates to bidirectional intergenerational support.
Generational Placement Trajectories and Social Inequality
This project explores patterns of generational placements (i.e., individuals’ roles as children, parents, or grandparents) over the life course (i.e., the timing and ordering in which they happen) and their associations with social inequality.