Historical Economic Demography Group

The LSE Historical Economic Demography (HED) Group is an interdisciplinary network of researchers at LSE that explores changes in population, health, migration, living standards, human capital and social mobility over time. Group members work on a very wide range of topics covering the medieval period to the present and all continents.
Workshops and events
Other events 2024-25
Seminars, workshops and other events

Research
The Irish in England
This column compares the wealth at death and infant mortality of the Irish in England with the English average from 1838 to 2018.

Latest Research
Recent articles and working papers

Data
Helping answer important questions about the past

Study Historic Economic Demography
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PhD Study
PhD pathways at LSE

Pop@LSE
The population studies research group at LSE