Dr Hannaliis Jaadla

Senior Research Associate

Historical demography

Biography

Career

• 2022–present: Senior Research Associate, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
• 2015–2022: Research Associate, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
• 2017–present: Research Associate, Estonian Institute for Population Studies, Tallinn University
• 2014–2015: Research assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford
• 2013–2015: Teaching assistant, School of Governance, Law and Society, Estonian Institute for Population Studies, Tallinn University

Qualifications

• 2017: PhD in Demography, School of Governance, Law and Society, Estonian Institute for Population Studies, Tallinn University
• 2013: European Master in Demography, Centre for Demographic Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona – European Doctoral School of Demography
• 2010: MA in History, Institute of History and Archaeology, University of Tartu
• 2007: BA in History, Institute of History and Archaeology, University of Tartu

Research

My main areas of interest are the determinants and patterns of variation in long-run mortality and fertility change in Europe with special focus on Great Britain and Estonia. My work draws on the increasing availability of historical ‘big data’ to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the fertility and mortality transitions of the 19th and early 20th century. This also involves trying to incorporate spatial analysis into the study of historical demographic change to understand diffusion mechanisms linked to the spread and variation of demographic behaviours.

Publications

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