Felix Tropf

Felix Tropf is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Purdue University and holds a joint appointment in Population Data Science at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London. He is an Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford, and founded the interuniversity research group Social Science Genetics Paris in 2019.

• Current: Assistant Professor, Social Science Genetics, CREST/ENSAE, Paris
• Visiting Scientist, Queensland Institute for Medical Research, Australia

His research integrates sociology, genetics, and data science to study social demography, fertility behavior, educational attainment, and gene-environment interactions. Key themes include heritability, population genetics, and policy implications.

Recent publications highlight his work on fertility timing, educational expansion, and cross-national genetic studies, emphasizing computational demography and AI applications in sociogenomics. He received the European Demography Award for his PhD thesis.

He teaches courses in Social Science Genetics, demography, and computational methods, with prior engagements at Oxford, Turku, and Cologne. His work is funded by UKRI and other international grants.