The majority of the team’s research efforts have been devoted to the analysis of online-based genealogical data. This work has already led to several significant publications in leading demographic journals, including Demography, Demographic Research, and The History of the Family. Additional manuscripts have been submitted to prominent international journals and are currently under peer review. Further articles are in preparation and are expected to be submitted in the coming months.
A second major line of research has focused on the analysis of historical demographic sources, particularly parish records. Our team has been actively engaged in the digitization and classification of hundreds of thousands of archival images spanning the period from the 1600s to the 1900s. We are currently employing artificial intelligence technologies to transcribe this material and make it accessible to the broader scientific community. Preliminary findings and an overview of this ambitious project have been presented at major international conferences, including the Population Association of America Annual Meeting and the Social Science History Association Conference.
Throughout the 2023–2024 academic year, the GENPOP project hosted a series of seminars featuring distinguished international scholars. These events have provided the research team with valuable exposure to cutting-edge developments in demography, data science, and historical analysis, and have helped shape the intellectual trajectory of the project.
On May 11–12, 2022, GENPOP organized the European Social Science Genetics Network Conference, which brought together approximately 40 international speakers. The conference served not only as a major scholarly event but also as a platform for disseminating early findings from the project.
In addition, several team members undertook research visits to leading academic institutions—including the University of Oxford, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the University of Toronto, and the University of California, Davis. These exchanges fostered collaboration, enhanced the visibility of the project, and significantly contributed to its development and impact within the field of population studies.
