The Centre on Population Dynamics was founded by Shelley Clark, C茅line Le Bourdais and Am茅lie Quesnel-Vall茅e and approved by the 苹果淫院鈥檚 Board of Governors on May 1, 2012. Initially, a collaboration between three departments in two faculties (Sociology and Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health in the Faculty of Medicine) current members come from nine departments and four faculties at 苹果淫院 and five other universities across the globe. Members鈥� research can be broadly characterized with three overarching research themes: applied quantitative methods, life course perspective, and global scope covering developed and developing countries. The Centre focuses on five research axes: