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Prof Hill Kulu

Director of Research

Professor of Human Geography and Demography

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3902

Email

Hill.Kulu@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Biography

I was trained in economic geography and demography and received a PhD from the University of Helsinki (Finland) in 1997. Since then I have occupied the following positions: from 1997 to 2002, I was Researcher/Senior Researcher at the University of Tartu (Estonia); I spent a year as Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (US) in 1999; from 2003 to 2007, I worked as Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Rostock, Germany); I was Leader of the Research Team on Interdependencies in the Life Course (2005-2007) and Deputy Head of the Laboratory of Contemporary European Fertility and Family Dynamics (2007). From 2008 to 2016, I was employed by the University of Liverpool, first as Senior Lecturer/Reader and then as Professor of Demography and Quantitative Geography. Since 2017, I am Professor of Human Geography and Demography at the University of StÌýÌÇÐÄlogo.

I am Honorary President of the European Association for Population Studies, a Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change & Connecting Generations and a Co-Editor of Population Studies. From 2018 to 2024, I was a member of the Expert Advisory Group on Population and Migration at the Scottish Government and advised the Scottish Government on the effect of Brexit on Scotland’s economy and population. Last but not least, I enjoy teaching population and methods courses to geography students at the University of St ÌÇÐÄlogo and supervising an international team of research fellows and PhD students.

PhD supervision

• AdamÌýAnthony
• AnwerÌýHossain
• ShuqiÌýLyu
• AijieÌýZhang

Selected publications

• Open access
  Afable, S. D., Evans, M., Korhonen, K., Vierboom, Y., Martikainen, P., Myrskylä, M. & Kulu, H., 30 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Forces. Advance article, 26 p., soag043.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Christison, S., Kulu, H., Keenan, K. & Fiori, F., 1 Oct 2026, In: Population, Space and Place. 32, 7, 12 p., e70363.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Abed Al Ahad, M., Andersson, G. & Kulu, H., 10 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Housing Studies. Latest Articles, 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Pandya, P., Kulu, H. & Liu, C., 9 Jun 2026, In: Demographic Research. 54, p. 1159-1202 44 p., 36.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Harrison, J., Sullivan, F., Keenan, K., Kravdal, Ø. & Kulu, H., 29 Sept 2026, In: Demographic Research. 55, p. 533-572 40 p., 18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Afable, S. D., Mikolai, J., Evans, M., Korhonen, K., Vierboom, Y., Martikainen, P., Kulu, H. & Myrskylä, M., Apr 2026, Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 47 p. (MPIDR working papers; no. WP-2026-013).

  Research output: Working paper

• Open access
  Ibbetson, A., Kulu, H., Afable, S. & Mikolai, J., 21 Oct 2026, In: Demographic Research. 55, p. 767-810 46 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Harrison, J., Delaporte, I., Pailhé, A. & Kulu, H., 1 Jan 2026, In: Population, Space and Place. 32, 1, 15 p., e70163.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Christison, S. & Kulu, H., Jan 2026, Online: University of Göttingen. 53 p. (We-ID project reports; no. D4.1)

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Open access
  Li, S., Kulu, H. & Demšar, U., 1 Oct 2026, In: Population, Space and Place. 32, 7, 14 p., e70373.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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