Other Events 2025-26

This series is a joint venture between LSE, LSHTM and UCL. There is a seminar each month rotating between the three institutions. You can get details on upcoming seminars here: https://sites.google.com/view/londonpopseminar/home

Pop@LSE is hosting this masterclass on 3 November 2025 for PhD students in Population Studies. The programme includes talks by LSE and external academics as well as networking and professional development sessions on applying for fellowships after the PhD. If you would like to reserve a space, please sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-an-academic-in-population-studies-a-masterclass-for-phd-students-tickets-1693083350879?aff=oddtdtcreator

11 November 2025, CKK 2.18 midday

Logan, T. D., & Parman, J. M. (2025). 'Racial Residential Segregation in the United States' Journal of Economic Literature, 63(3), 964–1010. doi: 10.1257/jel.20241373

The paper discusses how to measure segregation, what the drivers of segregation were and what the impact of segregation has been on demographic and economic outcomes. While the focus is on the United States, segregation is a feature of many cities and therefore has consequences for other historical contexts.

Faculty: Joan Roses
Student: Johann Ohler

We are pleased to announce that Paula Gobbi, Université Libre de Bruxelles, will deliver the Epstein Lecture on 21 May 2026. More details will follow when finalised.

12 November 2025, 3.15pm, Zoom

[In case you missed it, you can watch the recording here]

Census microdata has become a cornerstone for empirical research across the social sciences — from economics and demography to history, geography, and sociology.

Have you ever wondered what census microdata exist for different countries and historical periods, and how you can use them in your own research?

Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the leading global repository for harmonized census microdata, to learn how to access and analyze these invaluable datasets.

The event will open with an introduction to IPUMS International by members of the IPUMS team, followed by research presentations showcasing how scholars are using the data in innovative ways:

• Prof Mohamed Saleh will speak about the nineteenth-century Egyptian censuses that he contributed to IPUMS International and how he has analyzed them to understand slavery, marriage, fertility, religious conversion and residential segregation in historical Egypt.
• Dr Juliana Jaramillo Echeverri will discuss using IPUMS International micro data for Colombia to study the spatial pattern of fertility decline.
• Hampton Gaddy will present comparative analysis using IPUMS International data for 30 countries to investigate the relationship between polygamy and the proportion of unmarried males.