Congratulations to four European demographers who have been awarded prestigious Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council (ERC):
Guido Alfani (Dondena Centre at Bocconi University, Population Europe Partner) for the project "Social Mobility and Inequality across Italy and Europe: 1300-1800";
Jakub Bijak (University of Southampton, Population Europe Partner) for the project "Bayesian Agent-based Population Studies: Transforming Simulation Models of Human Migration";
Marc Luy (Wittgenstrein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, Population Europe Partner) for the project "Levels and Trends of Health Expectancy: Understanding its Measurement and Estimation Sensitivity"; and
Daniele Vignoli (University of Florence) for the project "Economic Uncertainty and Fertility in Europe".
Read the full press release by the ERC here.