GENUS is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal of population sciences. Website: genus.springeropen.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mkzdglayus2jWhile Sweden is making language a requirement for citizenship, new study shows immigrants engage with SFI differently, reflecting motivations, inequalities, and challenges in accessing SFI and integration opportunities. 👉 Check the new paper by Samaneh Khaef 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-026-00288-104 May 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzdglayus2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mjoju3zf722oNew publication! 🔥 Drawing on interviews with French same-sex couples, Carreira (@cris-sciencespo.bsky.social) analyses how social class shapes mothers’ stigma management in schooling, generating inequalities in access to protection against homophobia. 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-026-00284-517 Apr 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoju3zf722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mjjlj227ns2l📣 New publication by @mimmilou.bsky.social: 👉 In Sweden and Norway, non-Western migrants, especially men, are more likely to report positive fertility intentions under conditions of uncertainty - such as holding non-permanent contracts or anticipating job loss. 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-026-00287-215 Apr 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjlj227ns2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mjgpzwb63k2dFor trans people, parenthood rates vary by age, peaking at 41% for trans men aged 45–49 and 43% for trans women aged 50–64, about half the rates of cisgender peers. 👉 New publication by @ylvamoberg.bsky.social, Tilley, & von Essen about Sweden 🇸🇪 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-026-00285-414 Apr 2026 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgpzwb63k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mixudycmps2nDouble surnames have been legal in Italy since 2022. Why are they still rare? 👉 A new study by Carriero, Dotti Sani, Ladini & Molteni shows that social expectations, more than legal change, shape people’s choices. 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-026-00286-308 Apr 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixudycmps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mhaovdvqk22vNew publication by Ambrosetti (@elelona.bsky.social) & Hans Dietrich: 👉 The recent refugees’ inflow and the life satisfaction of residents in Germany Open access link: 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-026-00281-817 Mar 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaovdvqk22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mg2w4tu4r223📣 New publication by De Santis, Benassi, Carboni & Maltagliati 👇 From trends to spillover effects: an improved standardization method coupled with spatial analysis reveals hidden patterns in Italy’s municipal #mortality, 2002–2018. - #openaccess link: 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-025-00262-302 Mar 2026 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2w4tu4r223https://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mftny3nogk2bNew publication by Licari, Basile, Reynaud & Tucci 🔥 The uncertainty surrounding #Brexit has redirected Italian emigration: low-skilled Italian citizens and naturalized emigrants have chosen other destinations rather than the United Kingdom. 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-026-00282-727 Feb 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftny3nogk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mennkmt5hs24New paper by Carlsson & @wooseongkim.bsky.social available #openaccess! 👉 Using GGS data, this study links depression to reduced propensity to state positive fertility intentions among Norwegian women and lower realisation of such intentions among Swedish women. 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-026-00283-612 Feb 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mennkmt5hs24https://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mduiqaxyfc2kNew publication by Friedrich & Milewski shows that: 👇 Migrant women’s fertility mirrors that of natives in Nordic & German-speaking countries but men face high childlessness in the Nordics. Migration disrupts men’s childbearing careers more than women’s. 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-025-00280-102 Feb 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mduiqaxyfc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mccem4ewqs26Years of Life Expectancy with Care Needs (YLCN) allow cross-country comparisons of the average years individuals are expected to live in states combining healthcare & social care needs. 👉 New paper by Calderón-Jaramillo, Spijker, @elirenteria.bsky.social, Alves 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-025-00279-813 Jan 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccem4ewqs26https://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mbt3tlqj522lWhen uncertainty strikes, even a secure environment shakes: the childbearing advantage of secure employment fades once uncertainty enters one’s social context. 👉 New paper by @comochia.bsky.social & @marcoalbertini.bsky.social available on Genus! 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-025-00277-w07 Jan 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbt3tlqj522lhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3mbgizlf2g22nNew study on divorce by @elinaeinio.bsky.social & Ponkilainen shows that women divorcing men face larger losses in homeownership & in retaining the marital home than both their former husbands and women divorcing women. @pophel.bsky.social 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-025-00276-x PS. Happy New Year! 🥂02 Jan 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbgizlf2g22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3makzfn5ou222🔥 New paper by Lappegard, Kristensen & Dommermuth 👉 The authors use GGS data to show that reporting difficulties making ends meet is linked to a lower probability of realizing intended first births, net of employment status and income, in Norway. 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-025-00278-922 Dec 2025 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3makzfn5ou222https://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3ma4gjrlmwc2m📣 New paper by @agnese-vitali.bsky.social & M. Juni! 👉 Workplace-based family-friendly policies matter: flexible working arrangements are positively associated with #fertility intentions in Italy 🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-025-00261-416 Dec 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4gjrlmwc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m5iszxi3ck2fNew in GENUS: how does parental relationship quality affect child wellbeing in step- vs. nuclear families? - By @lenacwt.bsky.social, @stefaniamolina.bsky.social, Alonso-Perez & Kreyenfeld 👉 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00269-w13 Nov 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5iszxi3ck2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m5dxyb2re22wNew paper out in GENUS! 👉 "A recent fast change: diffusion and acceptance of homosexuality among university students in Northern Italy during the twenty-first century" - by Castiglioni, Dalla Zuanna & Colombo. Available #openaccess here: 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00265-011 Nov 2025 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dxyb2re22whttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m5be4fl5x22r📣 Check out this new publication: "Beyond conservative gender roles: exploring the division of paid and unpaid labour among Italian same-sex couples" - by Gioia Geremia & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00273-010 Nov 2025 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5be4fl5x22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m4dtnxiylc2cNew publication by @francescaluppi.bsky.social, Rosina & Testa: 👉 Parenthood and self-fulfilment: does having children matter to Italian young-adults? 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00272-129 Oct 2025 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dtnxiylc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m464pghkfs2pGlobal sequence analysis (1995–2023) of LGB+ rights across 193 countries identifies six distinct paths and suggests that first democratic transition is associated with when and how rights spread - by @lisadevries.bsky.social & @annakarmann.bsky.social 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00259-y27 Oct 2025 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m464pghkfs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m3rewwlci22t❓Do all non-binary people face the same barriers in education? Measuring gender in two dimensions—(1) cis/trans/something else and (2) binary/non-binary—uncovers new educational inequalities. 👉 New paper by @sabiberco.bsky.social available here: 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00271-222 Oct 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rewwlci22thttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m3mi5b7mv224How is separation after childbirth linked to the labour earnings trajectories of mothers in Sweden and West Germany? Are there differences by mothers’ socioeconomic position? 👉 New paper by @sschmauk.bsky.social & A.-K. Nylin! 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00270-320 Oct 2025 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mi5b7mv224https://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m3cej6ki322l🆕 Fresh in GENUS: A novel look at how migration changes what “replacement fertility” really means for European populations - by @nickparr.bsky.social. 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00268-x16 Oct 2025 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cej6ki322lhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m32wm44qlk2gNew evidence from Poland shows fertility fell with education after 1989, but women with strong cultural capital rebounded—highlighting the hidden role of class and culture in family patterns. 👉 New paper by Krzysztof Tymicki! 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00260-513 Oct 2025 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m32wm44qlk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3m253iusfrk2h👉Systematic review finds same-sex & different-sex parents show similar mental health, parenting stress & relationship quality. Same-sex parents face more stress related to discrimination and less family help. @yuxuanjin.bsky.social @denimazrekaj.bsky.social 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00266-z01 Oct 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m253iusfrk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/genus.bsky.social/post/3lzxoqnwcvk2b📣 New paper just published: "The influence of the documentation status on first employment outcomes in the host country: the case of Albanian returnees" - by Thaís García-Pereiro, Anna Paterno & Roberta Pace. 🔗 https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-025-00267-y29 Sep 2025 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:s57frk5wp6w663sly6ox6rdd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxoqnwcvk2b