Prof Hill Kulu
Professor of Human Geography and Demography
Biography
I was trained in economic geography and demography and received a PhD from the University of Helsinki (Finland) in 1997. Since then I have occupied the following positions: from 1997 to 2002, I was Researcher/Senior Researcher at the University of Tartu (Estonia); I spent a year as Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (US) in 1999; from 2003 to 2007, I worked as Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Rostock, Germany); I was Leader of the Research Team on Interdependencies in the Life Course (2005-2007) and Deputy Head of the Laboratory of Contemporary European Fertility and Family Dynamics (2007). From 2008 to 2016, I was employed by the University of Liverpool, first as Senior Lecturer/Reader and then as Professor of Demography and Quantitative Geography. Since 2017, I am Professor of Human Geography and Demography at the University of St Andrews.
I am Honorary President of the European Association for Population Studies, a Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change & Connecting Generations and a Co-Editor of Population Studies. I am also a member of the Expert Advisory Group on Population and Migration at the Scottish Government and have advised the Scottish Government on the effect of Brexit on Scotland’s economy and population. Last but not least, I enjoy teaching population and methods courses to geography students at the University of St Andrews and supervising an international team of research fellows and PhD students.
PhD supervision
- Md. Anwer Hossain
- Joseph Harrison
- Sanny Boy Afable
- Jiseon Baek
- Adam Anthony
- Adarsh .
- Parth Pandya
- Shuqi Lyu
Selected publications
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Family formation and employment changes among descendants of immigrants in France: a multi-process analysis
Delaporte, I. & Kulu, H., Dec 2024, In: European Journal of Population. 40, 1, 77 p., 27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Family trajectories among immigrants and their descendants in three European countries: a multistate approach in comparative research
Kulu, H., Mikolai, J., Delaporte, I., Liu, C. & Andersson, G., 1 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Population Studies. Latest Articles, 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inequalities in disability-free and disabling multimorbid life expectancy in Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States
Lam, A., Keenan, K. L., Cezard, G. I., Kulu, H. & Myrskylä, M., 24 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intergenerational transmission of fertility in the UK: a parity-specific investigation using the 1970 British Cohort Study
Keenan, K. L., Mikolai, J., King, R. & Kulu, H., 5 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Population Studies. Latest Articles, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intermarriage and housing upon separation. A matter of resources and bargaining power?
Lacroix, J., Mikolai, J. & Kulu, H., 14 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Marriage and Family. Early View, 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Racial, Ethnic, Nativity, and Educational Disparities in Cognitive Impairment and Activity Limitations in the United States, 1998-2016
Sharma, S., Hale, J. M., Myrskylä, M. & Kulu, H., 1 Oct 2023, In: Demography. 60, 5, p. 1441-1468 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multimorbid life expectancy across race, socioeconomic status, and sex in South Africa
Lam, A., Keenan, K. L., Myrskylä, M. & Kulu, H., 16 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Population Studies. Latest Articles, 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On the timing of marriage and childbearing: family formation pathways among immigrants in Switzerland
Lacroix, J., Mikolai, J. & Kulu, H., 22 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Population. 40, 32 p., 14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Partnership status, health and mortality: selection or protection?
Kulu, H., Mikolai, J. & Franke, S., 1 Feb 2024, In: Demography. 61, 1, p. 189-207Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A longitudinal analysis of the association between long-term exposure to air pollution and cognitive function among adults aged 45 and over in China
Hu, K., Hale, J. M., Kulu, H., Liu, Y. & Keenan, K., 4 Mar 2023, In: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 78, 3, p. 556-569 14 p., gbac162.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review