Overview
Francesco Billari is a Professor of Demography at Bocconi University in Milan, where he has served as Rector since November 2022, following his tenure as Dean of the Faculty. Previously, he was a Professor at the University of Oxford, where he also led the Department of Sociology and was a Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College. Moreover, he has served as Research Director at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
His research focuses on population change, fertility and family dynamics, the transition to adulthood, life cycle analysis, population forecasting, and the intersection of digitalization and demography. He has published extensively in top journals spanning demography, economics, epidemiology and public health, geography, sociology and statistics and has led numerous international projects, including as Principal Investigator of a European Research Council Advanced Grant.
A recognized leader in the field, he has served as President and Secretary General/Treasurer of the European Association for Population Studies and received the Clogg Award from the Population Association of America in 2012. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy and an Affiliate of the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.