In the Media

A new study by researchers in the UK and Denmark, published in Digital Health, provides the first publicly accessible analysis of global downloads for menstrual tracking apps.

Professor Melinda Mills is quoted in this article on how 'low fertility combined with longer life expectancy results in aging populations' is causing 'strains in the labor market such as health care for older populations, the closing of schools, rethinking housing and infrastructure, and rethinking pension systems and age of retirement.'

Health experts fact-check RFK Jr's views on health policy in BBC Verify's article, including our Director Professor Melinda Mills on RFK Jr's widely criticised COVID claims

Professor Ridhi Kashyap is quoted in this article about her recent involvement in compiling the first ever ‘World Cybercrime Index’.

Listen to the Institute For Fiscal Studies podcast with Professor Melinda Mills on the demographic implications of record low birth rates in the UK.

Vincent Straub discusses the role of male malaise in fertility decline and the 'differences in the expectations of men and women.'

Professor Melinda Mills is quote in The Independent and other media outlets on how “People are actively postponing or forgoing children due to issues related to difficulties in finding a partner, housing, economic uncertainty, remaining longer in education and particularly women entering and staying in the labour force."

Professor Melinda Mills comments on how policies to encourage people to have more children, such as loans or tax incentives, "are not only expensive but have limited evidence they will raise the overall fertility rate".

Professor Melinda Mills is interviewed by Sky TV on Office for National Statistics (ONS) data that shows the fertility rate in England and Wales has dropped to a record low.