What does a Demographer do?

Find out what some of our former students do today - and how they think that our Master's Programme in Demography helped them realize their professional goals.

Maria Hornung. Foto: Leila Zoubir/Stockholms universitet

"The Master’s Programme in Demography was a great foundation for the work I am doing now"

Our alumna Maria Hornung studied our Master's Programme in Demography and is now enrolled as a PhD student at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

"Thanks to the Master's Programme in Demography, I do what I do as a researcher"

Hélio Manhica graduated from our Master's Programme in Demography in 2009, and is now a postdoctoral fellow in social epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet.

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"In general, the SUDA community is super welcoming, friendly and helpful"

Our alumna Jeylan Erman is now in her final year of her PhD in Sociology and Demography at the University of Pennsylvania.

"My background in demography is fundamental to my current career"

Our alumnus Marcus Immonen Hagley is now a second year PhD researcher at the European University Institute.

"The Master's Programme in Demography was a foundation for further professional development"

Maxim Kan took his master's degree at the Stockholm University Demography Unit, SUDA, in 2012, and is now enrolled as a PhD-student with us. He has also worked several years as a regional research manager at a non-profit organization in Central Asia.

“The multidisciplinarity of the Master's Programme was one of the reasons I was hired"

Our alumna My Järnefelt studied our two-year Multidisciplinary Master’s Programme in Demography, and is now working as an analyst and forecaster at the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.

“The Master’s Programme in Demography was a great experience from the very beginning”

Our alumnus Sebastian Ruiz is heading to make a post doc at Shanghai University, after having finished his PhD in Spain.

"The skills I aquired helped me apply my academic knowledge to a political context"

Oskar Adenfelt studied our Multidisciplinary Master's Programme in Demography, and is now working as the acting program director of migration and integration at the green and liberal think tank FORES.

"The Master's Programme in Demography gave me the tools to find data, analyze and draw conclusions"

Matilda Rehn is a spatial planner and a demographer working as a regional planner at Region Stockholm. Our Master's Programme in Demography gave her the base knowledge needed about various aspects of the demographic development both in Sweden, Europe and the rest of the world.

"What I learned is highly valued in academia and the sphere of international development"

Ignacio Carrasco studied our two-year Multidisciplinary Master's Programme in Demography. He is now enrolled in a PhD programme at Pompeu Fabra University, after having worked at the UN-ECLAC in Chile for several years.

"The Master's Programme in Demography advanced me as a Population & Public Health scientist"

Nicholas Adjei is a young researcher with a research focus on population ageing and health inequalities. His educational background in Demography at SUDA paved the way for him and helped him form his research interest.

Stay in touch with the Department of Sociology after your studies!

There are plenty of good reasons for alumni to stay in touch with the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. Stay connected after you graduate, or reconnect with us now, to find out more about what possibilities are in store for you!

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Tel: +46-8-163190, room B982

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What does a Demographer do?

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