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Dr Mary

@maryabedalahad

Associate Lecturer at the University of St Andrews

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Examining data from Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland, J. Lacroix, @ischiathere.bsky.social, @maryabedalahad.bsky.social, H. Kulu, together with G. Andersson, show that immigrants and refugees tend to move to urban areas following initial settlement and dispersal policy.

08.12.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Another study led by @jharrison37.bsky.social finds persistent gaps in residential mobility and homeownership between the native population and immigrants + their descendants. @jmikolai.bsky.social @ischiathere.bsky.social @maryabedalahad.bsky.social

08.12.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The 13th International Conference on Population Geographiesβ€”ICPG 2026 Nanjing Join the 13th International Conference on Population Geographies (ICPG 2026) in Nanjing, China, June 23-26, 2026. Premier academic event for population geography and spatial demography researchers wor...

We are inviting submissions for the 13th International Conference on Population Geographies, held at Nanjing University, China, from June 23 to 26, 2026.

πŸ“… Deadline: 15 January 2026 for parallel sessions application; 10 February 2026 for abstract submission.
πŸ”— More information: icpg-nanjing2026.cn

05.01.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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We’ve got a strong contingent of PhD students and staff at the three-day @imprs-phds.bsky.social Annual Academy being held from 3-5 December @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock, Germany! πŸ’™ @maryabedalahad.bsky.social @ischiathere.bsky.social

04.12.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The first Health, Risk and Communities Nexus (HRCN) SAGES fora symposium on the 3rd of October 2025 at the University of St Andrews, discussing topics on pollution, waste & water management, urbanisation & community health.
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07.10.2025 22:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I am so happy to have presented in two sessions at #BSPS2025 conference on Life course trajectories of descendants of immigrants in Sweden and on Life satisfaction, health and air pollution.
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04.09.2025 09:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@maryabedalahad.bsky.social jumped from France to #Sweden to look at #homeownership, #marriage & #childbirth among #immigrants & their #descendants. She shows greater life event convergence to the Swedish natives across migrant generations & the importance of homeownership for other life events.

03.09.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow at my @bspsuk.bsky.social conference presentation tomorrow.

02.09.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I had the priviledge of chairing the session on life course of Immigrants regarding education and employment with four wonderful presenters at the British Society for Population Studies conference
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02.09.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Attending the Royal Geographical Society annual conference at the University of Birmingham, very interesting presentations including learning how research could be communicated through comics and arts!
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28.08.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You are What You Breathe? The Link Between Air Pollution & Hospitalizations, with Dr. Mary Abed Al Ahad - Causes or Cures In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks talks with Dr. Mary Abed Al Ahad about how long-term exposure to air pollution is quietly driving people to the hospital. Drawing from her recent study, Dr...

🎧 In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks talks with CPC member @maryabedalahad.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social about how long-term exposure to air #pollution is quietly driving people to the hospital, drawing on Mary's latest research.

24.04.2025 09:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The symposium delegates are enjoying the sun in St Salvator’s Quad outside the Lower College Hall symposium venue! We are pleased to have such a great turnout with enthusiastic participation in the sessions so far!

25.06.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Our current and past MigrantLife team members @maryabedalahad.bsky.social & @ischiathere.bsky.social chaired the first two sessions of the day on Health & Migrant mobility and dispersal!

25.06.2025 10:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Presented on air pollution and hospital admissions in Scotland at the annual meeting for Scottish Alliance for Geosciences, Environment and Society at Stirling University. And guess what, I won the Best Paper Award Yupee!
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22.05.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Poster session 04 at #PAA2025: there’s our poster about Climate change narratives and fertility in the UK - by Ewa Weychert, Vignoli & @amatysiak.bsky.social
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Come and say hi! πŸ‘‹

11.04.2025 20:24 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our poster at #PAA2025 on Climate Change Narratives and Fertility in the UK with Daniele Vignoli, @amatysiak.bsky.social & @florenceups.bsky.social
We found people who care about the climate are less likely to have a first child when exposed to more climate news
#ClimateChange #Fertility

12.04.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@maryabedalahad.bsky.social is presenting on #homeownership #marriage & #childbirth trajectories across the life course for #descendants in #Sweden #PAA2025

12.04.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@maryabedalahad.bsky.social is presenting #homeownership #marriage & #childbirth & what comes first for #immigrants & #descendants in #Sweden #PAA2025

11.04.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An outreach exhibition with Drs Jennifer Rao and Laura Maclean as part of SAGES network at Dynamic Earth Schools science event on how to design facilities around a hospital to cater for patient's needs using the Design Hopes Mosiac game.
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17.03.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Presenting my teaching experience in collaborative learning at the Teaching and Learning conference at the University of St Andrews
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23.01.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What a week!, I am so happy to be presenting my research on how air pollution impacts life satisfaction throught health impairment in the UK at the Medical Humanities conference organised by Medicine School at the University of St Andrews on Monday
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22.01.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am very proud to be part of the SAGES climate science podcast series where I talked about environmental justice and communities. Podcast launching event took place at Edinburgh climate change institute, podcasts can be found: sages.ac.uk/podcast/
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22.01.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0