Dr Francesco Rampazzo is a Lecturer in Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Manchester. Prior to this, he held academic positions at the University of Oxford, including as Lecturer in Demography and Career Development Fellow at the Saïd Business School and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science. He completed his PhD in Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton, with prior training from the European Doctoral School of Demography and Stockholm University.
Francesco’s research sits at the intersection of demography, computational social science, and digital data. His work focuses on understanding demographic behaviour—including fertility, migration, and partnership dynamics—using a wide array of data sources, from traditional surveys to social media platforms, dating apps, and retail transaction data. He has published extensively in top journals such as Demography, Population and Development Review, International Migration Review, and Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.
Francesco has been invited to speak at leading research institutions across Europe and beyond, and he has received research funding from bodies such as the British Academy, the John Fell Fund, and the ESRC. He is also active in academic service, having served on the Steering Committee of the Department of Sociology at Oxford and as a reviewer for numerous international journals and funding agencies.
