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IOE academic receives British Society for Population Studies Early Career Award

Dr Alina Pelikh (Centre for Longitudinal Studies) has received the British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) Early Career Award for her contributions to the field of family demography and transitions to adulthood.

Alina Pelikh in front bookcases. Permission via Alina Pelikh.

The BSPS Early Career Award recognises the achievements of academics at the beginning of their careers. It acknowledges their potential to make significant contributions to population studies. 

The BSPS highlighted Dr Pelikh’s strong empirical and theoretical contributions, particularly her research on how life course trajectories of young people in England and Wales have changed over the last 25 years. 

They also commended the potential of her future research on the impact of early life health and wellbeing on individuals’ future family transitions – particularly in relation to policymaking on reproductive health and socioeconomic inequality. The BSPS also noted her engagement with policymakers and the public and her contributions to citizenship in the demographic community. 

Dr Pelikh is a quantitative social demographer who works at the intersections of demography, social policy and public health. Her research interests include a range of topics including the life course, families and fertility, the transition to adulthood, mental health, social inequalities, and residential mobility. 

Her most recent work explores the social and health effects of Medically Assisted Reproduction on children and adults. She is also a recipient of the Understanding Society Fellowship, which enabled her to investigate the role of early adolescent experiences in explaining differences in school-to-work trajectories between siblings. 

She also co-hosts the Academia et al. podcast series, produced by early career academics about life in academia. 

Dr Pelikh recently said:

“I’m very honoured and happy to receive the award from the BSPS, which has played a significant role in my academic life since the early days when I was a PhD student.”

The BSPS is a non-profit society based at the London School of Economics.

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Original article link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2024/sep/ioe-academic-receives-british-society-population-studies-early-career-award

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