January 29, 2013 | News | Suessmilch Lecture

Changing living arrangements

Demographer Jane Falkingham from the University of Southampton will give a lecture at the MPIDR titled “Changing living arrangements across the live course; a focus on the UK”.

Vita
Jane Falkingham is Professor of Demography and International Social Policy at the University of Southampton (UK) and Director of ESCR Centre for Population Change.

Her research interests are:

• population ageing and social security, in particular the design of pension systems and their impact upon resources in later life
• the redistributive effect of the welfare state, in particular how it varies both across the life-cycle for an individual and also between cohorts with changes in the life course
• the impact of economic transition on living standards within the countries of the former Soviet Union, particularly Central Asia and especially Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
• the relationship between poverty and health in low income settings, with a particular focus on the slums of Nairobi and Accra

Time and Venue
Tuesday, February, 5, 4.p.m, in the Institute´s Auditorium