Social Demography and Migration
This area encompasses faculty with research expertise in various aspects of population dynamics, including family demography, population health, and patterns of crime and violence. One area of particular strength lies in the study of migration, with faculty research in areas such as international migration, policy, and the economic and social integration of children of immigrants.
Research Stories
Current Projects
- Vulnerable families and individuals: Risk and resilience over the adult life course
Roderic Beaujot, Zenaida Ravanera and Jianye Liutopicspoverty, vulnerable population groups, family, life course, resilience
- The social, cultural and human capital factors that shape the children of immigrants' economic and social integration
Teresa Abadatopicsimmigrant integration, social factors, culture, human capital
- Gender, Interpersonal Risk and Childbearing
Roderic Beaujottopicsgender, fertility
- A Comparison of Filipino Immigrants’ Economic Integration in Canada and the United States
Teresa Abadatopicsimmigration policies, labour market, Canada, U.S., Filipino immigrants
- Welcoming Communities Initiative: Measuring Outcomes
Roderic Beaujottopicsimmigration, integration
- Population Change and Lifecourse
Roderic Beaujot, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Byron Spencer, Céline Le Bourdais, Kevin McQuillan, Paul Bernard, Susan McDaniel, Zheng Wutopicslife course, population change
- Population Change and Public Policy
Roderic Beaujottopicspopulation, immigration, public policy
Completed Projects
- Family Transformation and Social Cohesion
Roderic Beaujottopicssocial cohesion, gender, family, parents and children, intergenerational transmission of social capital
Faculty Experts in Social Demography and Migration
Teresa Abada, Associate Professor
- Social, cultural, human capital;
- Migration;
- Immigrant health;
- Immigrant integration;
- Economic and social integration of children of immigrants
SSC 5429
519-661-2111 x83690
tabada@uwo.ca
Faculty Profile
Kate H. Choi, Associate Professor
Director, Centre for Research on Social Inequality
- Social inequality;
- Social Stratification;
- International migration;
- Family demography;
- Racial and socioeconomic disparities
SSC 5331
519-661-2111 x85115
hchoi228@uwo.ca
Faculty Profile
Michael Haan, Associate Professor
Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at Western
Director, Collaborative Graduate Program in Migration and Ethnic Relations
- Demography;
- Immigrant settlement;
- Labour market integration;
- Migration;
- Data development;
- Longitudinal data analysis
SSC 5412
519-661-2111 x85110
michael.haan@uwo.ca
Faculty Profile
Rachel Margolis, Associate Professor
Undergraduate Chair, Department of Sociology
- Demography;
- Social inequality;
- Family change;
- Aging
SSC 5326
519-661-2111 x82850
rachel.margolis@uwo.ca
Faculty Profile
Howard Ramos, Professor
Chair, Sociology
- Political sociology;
- Immigration;
- Equity, diversity, inclusion;
- Social change;
- Media studies;
- Secondary cities
SSC 5316
519-661-2111 x85142
howard.ramos@uwo.ca
Faculty Profile
Andrea Willson, Associate Professor
- Social inequality over the life course;
- Aging and the life course;
- Health effects of socioeconomic status across generations;
- Quantitative research
SSC 5423
519-661-2111 x85132
willson@uwo.ca
Faculty Profile
Yoko Yoshida, Associate Professor
- Immigration and integration;
- Social statistics;
- Race and ethnicity;
- Social inequality;
- Inequality in health
SSC 5409
519-661-2111 x85045
yoko.yoshida@uwo.ca
Faculty Profile
Anna Zajacova, Associate Professor
- Social epidemiology;
- Health inequalities;
- Demography;
- Lifecourse and aging;
- Ethnicity;
- Quantitative methods
