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Christiaan Monden is a Professor of Sociology and Demography and Director of Graduate Studies at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. His research focuses on social inequality, family dynamics, health, and demographic patterns. He leads major projects like the ERC-funded FamSizeMatters and the Norface ERA-NET CritEvents, exploring how social origins, family structures, and critical life events shape inequality. Monden also collaborates internationally on global family change through the Global Family Change Project and twin fertility studies.
His teaching includes advanced courses on family sociology, quantitative methods, and life course research. Monden has supervised numerous PhD students and postdocs, many of whom have secured academic and professional roles globally. He emphasizes mentorship, offering guidance beyond formal supervision.
Research interests include intergenerational mobility, health disparities linked to family background, and global demographic transitions. Notable projects analyze how family size impacts wealth distribution in Europe and fertility trends in Sub-Saharan Africa. His work often employs large-scale datasets and quantitative methods to address societal-level questions.
Publications highlight themes like educational inequality, twin birth rates, and the interplay between health and socioeconomic status. Collaborations span institutions in Europe, North America, and Asia, reflecting his commitment to interdisciplinary and global research.
Monden’s advisory work extends to policy-relevant topics such as retirement lifespan disparities and the causal effects of education on parental health. His lab fosters a collaborative environment for doctoral researchers and early-career scholars, emphasizing rigorous methodological training and innovative demographic analysis.
