Michael Murphy is Emeritus Professor of Demography at the London School of Economics and Political Science, having joined the School in 1980.
He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. He has acted as an adviser to UK and US Governments, and international organisations, such as EU, UN and OECD.
Recent publications (since 2013) reflecting areas of interest include:
The formal dynamics of demographic systems:
Murphy, M. (2017) . Population and Development Review. ISSN 0098-7921
Murphy, M. (2016) Population and Development Review, 42 (2):225-244
Murphy, M. (2016) Population Studies, 70 (2):149-162
Determinants of mortality crises in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe:
Azarova,D et al. (2017) : a retrospective cohort study The Lancet Public Health, 2 (5). e231-e238. ISSN 2468-2667
Stefler, D et al. (2017) . Nicotine & Tobacco Research. ISSN 1462-2203.
Models for ageing populations:
Ding, YY, Kuha, J, Murphy, M. (2017) Biogerontology, 18 (2):237-252
Martikainen, P et al. (2014) The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 69 (2):303-310
Murphy, M, Martikainen, P (2013) . Social Science and Medicine, 88:39-47.
Fertility and reproductive trends:
Neels, K., Murphy, M, Ní Bhrolcháin, M, Beaujouan, E. (2017) Rising educational participation and the trend to later childbearing. Population and Development Review (forthcoming)
Väisänen, H, Murphy, M. (2014) Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 46 (2):109-116.
Intergenerational continuities in demographic behaviour:
Murphy, M. (2013) . Biodemography and Social Biology, 59(2):101-126
Murphy, M. (2013) The History of the Family, 18(2):107-115.