Alice M Reid

Professor Alice M Reid is a leading historical demographer at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Department of Geography and Churchill College. As Co-Director of CAMPOP and Editor of Population Studies, she bridges interdisciplinary research on fertility, mortality, and health from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Her work integrates demographic, statistical, and GIS methodologies to analyze social, economic, and environmental drivers of mortality patterns.

• Education: BA (Oxford), MSc (London School of Economics), PhD (Cambridge)
• Leadership: President of British Society for Population Studies (2021-2023), Vice-President of European Society of Historical Demography (2015-2016)

Her research focuses on maternal and child health, fertility decline, migration effects, and historical cause-of-death data. Key projects include developing the ICD10h classification scheme and mapping demographic trends via Populations Past. Recent work examines intergenerational cycles of disadvantage in South Asia using biosocial life-course frameworks.

Her publications span interdisciplinary journals in demography, public health, and geography, with a notable emphasis on spatial and socioeconomic disparities in maternal mortality and fertility transitions. Collaborations with health geographers and epidemiologists extend her impact to contemporary global health challenges.

Supervision includes PhD/MPhil students in historical demography and health geography, with funded projects on topics like Ethiopian healthcare equity and London childhood obesity. She actively engages in public policy through roles on the Population Investigation Committee and as a UK Data Service contributor.