Bio

Vladimir Canudas-Romo is an ANU demographer with an interest in mathematical demography, particularly on the development of new demographic measures of mortality and longevity. He was awarded his PhD in 2003 at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany, and the Univ. of Groningen, the Netherlands. In September 2017, he joined the School of Demography at the Australian National University as Associate Professor. Before that Vladimir had worked in the USA, at Pennsylvania State University, the University of California Berkeley and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and in Denmark he worked at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark. He has been awarded prestigious and highly competitive grants (e.g. the European Research Council) and has carried out research for the World Bank and for industry (e.g. American Insurance Group). He has mentored master and PhD students and enjoys an international reputation for his passion for demographic topics, particularly those related to mathematical demography.