John Hobcraft#
| Membership Number: | 1621 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/spsw/staff/hobcraft.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004- Anniversary Professor of Social Policy and Demography, University of York
- 1984 2004 Professor of Population Studies, London School of Economics
- 1980 1983 Chief, Comparative Analysis Section, World Fertility Survey, London
- 1978- 1979 Population Affairs Officer, United Nations Population Division, New York
- 1975- 1979 Lecturer in Demography, Social Statistics, University of Southampton
- 1967- 1975 Research posts at the Population Investigation Committee, LSE
Fields of Scholarship
- Pathways to adult social exclusion
- Life-course
- Gender and generations
- Human fertility and reproduction
- Partnership behaviour
- Population policies
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Understanding individual behaviour
- Biomarkers and behaviour
- Prospective cohort and panel studies
Honours and Awards
- Elected member of Academia Europaea
- Chair, ESRC/ MRC Birth Cohort Facility Development Group, Birth Cohort 2013, Interim Governance Group, 2011 and member of Birth Cohort 2013 Governing Board
- Chair, Consortium Board and Network of National Focal Points, Generation and Gender Programme
- Vice-Chair, Governing Board for Understanding Society and member of Data Access Committee
- Chair, CLS Birth Cohort Studies Scientific Committee and member of Governing Board
- Chair, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, Scientific Advisory Board
- Member, DNA Advisory Group, US Fragile Families Study, Princeton University
- Member International Advisory Board on ‘Microdata research on childhood for lifelong health and welfare (the Umeå Simsam-Node)
- Member, Centre for Longitudinal Studies and Governing Board
- Member, Governing Board for new UK Birth Cohort Study
- Member, University Research Committee, York
