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 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
- Peter Dorey
- Anastasia Lam
- Joseph Harrison
- Kuoshi Hu
- Sanny Boy Afable
- Parth Pandya
- Adarsh .
- Jiseon Baek
- Adarsh .
Selected publications
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Open access
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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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
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Cognitive impairment and partnership status in the United States, 1998-2016, by sex, race/ethnicity, and education
Sharma, S., Hale, J. M., Myrskylä, M. & Kulu, H., 22 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Population Studies. Latest Articles, 11 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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Competing family pathways for immigrants and their descendants in Germany
Liu, C. & Kulu, H., 6 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Migration Review. OnlineFirst, 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality in Scotland: a register-based individual-level longitudinal study
Abed Al Ahad, M., Demsar, U., Sullivan, F. & Kulu, H., 1 Dec 2023, In: Environmental Research. 238, 2, 10 p., 117223.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Partnership and fertility trajectories of immigrants and their descendants in the United Kingdom: a multilevel multistate event history approach
Mikolai, J. & Kulu, H., 1 Sept 2023, In: Population Studies. 77, 3, p. 359-378 20 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., 10941414.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spatial patterns of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 mortality across waves of infection in England, Wales, and Scotland
Mikolai, J., Dorey, P., Keenan, K. & Kulu, H., Dec 2023, In: Social Science and Medicine. 338, 116330.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review