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Johan Junkka is an Associate Professor specializing in historical demography, with a focus on how factors such as disability and climate shape human lives over time. His research explores the intersection of social factors, climate, and disability in the context of population health and demographic change since the 1800s. He employs a combination of historical and modern population registers along with digital statistical methods to study fertility, migration, and health inequalities, while emphasizing the role of civil society in these dynamics. In addition to research, he is involved in teaching and supervising students in longitudinal methods and event history analysis, leveraging large-scale population data for historical social science research. His ongoing projects include DISTIME, which investigates ageing and disabilities in past, present, and future societies, offering insights into the risks and burdens affecting life outcomes through longitudinal studies of population data and applied quantitative approaches.
Umeå University • Umeå, Sweden
Associate Professor in the Section CEDAR, focusing on research and teaching in historical demography.
Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.