Description

The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is seeking two to three Postdoctoral Researchers in Reproductive Demography. Successful applicants will join the UKRI (originally an ERC Consolidator Award) funded project SEXRATIO led by Dr. Joshua Wilde. The project seeks to understand variation in natural sex ratios at birth and their implications for maternal health, pre-natal demography, and the measurement of missing women and gender discrimination more broadly. The project particularly seeks to build an intellectually diverse multidisciplinary team, meaning applicants from many fields are welcome to apply, including demography, sociology, economics, public health, epidemiology, geography, statistics, computer science, and related fields. Quantitative and coding skills are particularly valued.

The post is full-time, fixed term for a period of 2 years. 

The postion closes on Sept 17, 2026 at noon UK time.  

For informal inquiries about the post, please feel free to contact: josh.wilde@dph.ox.ac.uk. 

For more information and to apply, please view the job description at https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs