Jasmin Abdel Ghany
Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Sociology.
Environment | Fertility & Reproductive Health | Early Life Exposures
📍Nuffield College, Oxford @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social & Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science @oxforddemsci.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel Ghany🌍🌱 New #CLEAN 2026 Seminar Series ♻️🔥💡 #SocialScience seminar series with leading researchers to discuss topics ranging from #ClimateJustice and #Adaptation policies to #Energy transitions and #Health impacts of extreme heat 🏜️ 📆 #hybrid Get in touch for zoom link www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyNew paper, led by Estelle McLean, on the value of data from Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems. These data sources are particularly suitable for complex longitudinal analyses which require consideration of household and familial contexts, but their complexity may result in their under-use
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyLooking forward to the 18th INAS conference! Next year's edition will take place at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social. Check out Ozan's post below for more details.
- 📢 Analytical sociology is coming home! Call 4 INAS26 is open 🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔) ☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26 🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel Ghany📢 Analytical sociology is coming home! Call 4 INAS26 is open 🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔) ☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26 🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel Ghany📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Reproductive Ageing Interview with D. Susie Lee 이수지 Leader of the Group: demogr.mpg.de/go/RGRA Job: demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs…
- "Our findings support the claim that local government austerity cuts unequally restricted the right to have children amongst the most disadvantaged." This study highlights the negative impacts found for poorer households only and the disproportionate allocation of cuts to racially minoritized women.
- Our new paper: Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births? led by Laura Sochas is out now OA in @sfjournal.bsky.social
- UNDESA's report (Assessing the impact of the loss of the Demographic and Health Surveys on global pop & family planning data & estimates & on pop research) is out. "For some countries, there would be almost a complete absence of any fundamental demographic or family planning data without the DHS."
- Read the report here: www.un.org/development/...
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyGaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life & Life Expectancy Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel Ghany1/ Concerns about low birth rates & below "replacement" fertility have been in the news a lot lately. But what does "replacement fertility" mean exactly? (Throwback pic to that time I tried replacement fertility all in one go). jenndowd.substack.com/p/what-is-re... #demography #fertility
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyClimate Change, Environmental Hazards, & Population Dynamics: 1st Climate Conference @mpidr.bsky.social discusses connections between environmental #Hazards #Sustainability & the impact on #SocialInequalities #Mortality #Migration #Fertility #HumanCapital #Health: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
- We conducted a systematic review of the effect of in-utero exposure to ambient air pollution on the sex ratio at birth. Evidence is scarce and we need more studies employing rigorous causal inference designs. Work led by Ursula Gazeley @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, preprint available below.
- Ambient air pollution and the sex ratio at birth: a systematic review and narrative synthesis doi.org/10.1101/2025... @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social by Ursula Gazeley, Hallie Eilerts-Spinelli, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social post-doc @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social, Ana Bonell & Joshua Wilde
- Thank you @mpidr.bsky.social colleagues, @ezagheni.bsky.social and @conteristo.bsky.social for excellent and stimulating discussion points in the Department of Digital and Computational Demography's lab talk! Check out upcoming lab talks and events here: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
- Excited to come back to @mpidr.bsky.social for a short visit from next week! Presenting our work on the effect of temperature on sex ratios at birth on Nov 5, 10.00 Rostock time (ZOOM link below!) & excited for @iussp.bsky.social's Climate Change, Environmental Hazards & Pop Dynamics conference! 🍃
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel Ghany🚨 Earth's vital signs are flashing red. 🌡️ 2024 was the hottest year in recorded history. Read the latest Climate report from @williamripple.bsky.social and Christopher Wolf's team, published in BioScience. oxford.ly/47i6K5j
- Excited to come back to @mpidr.bsky.social for a short visit from next week! Presenting our work on the effect of temperature on sex ratios at birth on Nov 5, 10.00 Rostock time (ZOOM link below!) & excited for @iussp.bsky.social's Climate Change, Environmental Hazards & Pop Dynamics conference! 🍃
- To join the Lab Talk, the zoom link is here: demogr-mpg-de.zoom.us/j/9870831571...
- More info: www.demogr.mpg.de/de/news_even... Check out other interesting Lab Talks and upcoming events on the @mpidr.bsky.social website as well!
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyThe first half of 2025 was the costliest ever recorded for U.S. weather & climate disasters - info the public might never have learned b/c the Trump admin cut the NOAA program that tracked such events. A private group hired the researcher who'd handle it at NOAA to redevelop the database.
- Heart full of joy and gratitude for my depicted, literal superhero team 🦸🦸🦸🦸🦸🦸of incredible supervisors Josh Wilde, @ridhikashyap.bsky.social, @melindacmills.bsky.social, and excellent examiners @drjenndowd.bsky.social & @ftorche.bsky.social, as well as my terrific mentors, peers, & friends!!!
- 1/ HUGE congratulations to @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social for passing her DPhil viva w/ no corrections with her dissertation "The impact of in-utero exposure to ambient temperature on maternal health, infant health, and population composition." @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
- While the recent interim funding by the Gates Foundation for the DHS Program buys time for data collection of selected surveys and data availability, many countries don't benefit and the future of new surveys remains uncertain. Read the updated version of our preprint that got 1,000+ views now here:
- The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program was central in improving the evidence base for health policies and interventions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central & Southern Asia - figure by @aasli.bsky.social. Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
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- I'm excited to have started my Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowship in Sociology this month at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social. Grateful for this community - and for Oxford views... More work on environmental inequalities and also fertility to follow!!
- Looking forward to submissions to session "1310: Climate, Environmental Change, and Population Health" as part of the Mortality and Morbidity strand at PAA 2026 @popassocamerica.bsky.social! Call for papers is open until 5 Oct 2025 📮📮📮
- Join us for a 1-week course on the Demography of Fertility at beautiful @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social, 8-12 Dec! 📮 We'll cover theory, methods foundations, and many current issues at the intersection of fertility & maternal health! 🚼 Book your spot. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social
- Two exciting PhD positions at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social on predicting health outcomes at the population level and natural language of health and social care! Apply to work in a wonderful team.
- 🚨It's that exciting time of year!🚨 Our team has got TWO open DPhil (PhD) positions in #datascience + #health here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social for 2026🎉! See for details: 1️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/HDS_2026.html 2️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/pophealth_2026.html Please share and help us to find our future teammates ❤️!
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel Ghany📢Calling all sociology scholars, including social policy and demography: applications for the 2026-27 Sociology Visitorships at Nuffield College are now open. 🗓️Deadline: 29 Sep 2025 ℹ️More info & applications: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyAre you looking for easy to use temperature data for Europe from 1980 to 2024? If so, check out the Temperature Extremes in Europe (TEE) dataset! It includes 67 commonly used extreme temperature metrics at the NUTS 2 and 3 scales. See here for more info: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- This cycle on repeat... #fixedeffects #causalinference @oxforddemsci.bsky.social's Research Away Day 🙌
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel Ghany🚨 New paper out in @plosone.org w/ @lenacwt.bsky.social & Michaela Kreyenfeld! How does women’s economic independence shape their risk of physical IPV during separation in Germany? We find that mothers with low education who are unemployed face the highest risk. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyOfS guidance urges ‘very strong’ approach to permitting lawful speech on campus Strong "free speech" regulations benefit those with the power to (ab)use them: “this is not a neutral space but is linked to ‘culture war’ divisions – people will be motivated to use regulatory routes to make a point"
- How is the termination of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) impacting your work❓ Fill out this short questionnaire by #UNDESA by 30 June to inform future demographic and health data collection and dissemination! 📝 form.jotform.com/250913880478...
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel Ghany“While the future of existing DHS datasets remains in flux, the global health and demographic research community should diversify its use of data sources, invest in strengthening data infrastructure in LMICs, and share data management and use practices publicly to accelerate research progress”
- The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program was central in improving the evidence base for health policies and interventions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central & Southern Asia - figure by @aasli.bsky.social. Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyThis crisis is also an opportunity. Our team — including @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social , @aasli.bsky.social, Josh Wilde, Ursula Gazeley & global collaborators — calls for: ✅ LMIC-led data systems ✅ New investment in equitable infrastructure ✅ Research integrity, even in uncertainty
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel Ghany🚨 The end of an era for global health data — and a defining crossroads. In Jan 2025, the DHS Program—the backbone of health & demographic data in 90+ countries—was terminated after US aid cuts of up to 84%. Our researchers & global collaborators reflect on it in a recent pre-print🧵
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyMy colleagues & I have something to say! With the termination of the DHS Program, we must exercise good data governance & rebuild data infrastructure that respects country data owners, ensures data integrity, is equitable, & highlights LMIC research leadership.
- More than 9,000 studies, reports, & book chapters published based on 400+ DHS surveys that were conducted in 91 countries, according to our bibliometric analysis (by @aasli.bsky.social). The termination could set the global research community back for years or even decades. osf.io/preprints/so...
- How can we move towards equitable data infrastructure and research integrity after the termination of the Demographic and Health (DHS) Program? Our preprint is out: osf.io/preprints/so...
- The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program was central in improving the evidence base for health policies and interventions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central & Southern Asia - figure by @aasli.bsky.social. Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
- Reposted by Jasmin Abdel GhanyMoving towards equitable data infrastructure and research integrity after the termination of the DHS Program osf.io/preprints/so... SocArXiv preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social student @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social
