Ian Timaeus

Emeritus Professor of Demography
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

ian.timaeus@lshtm.ac.uk

Field of Study: Anthropologie, Demographie, Santé publique / Epidemiologie
 
Specialization: Fécondité, Revenu, pauvreté et aide sociale, Mortalité, santé et longévité
 
Regional focus: Europe occidentale, Afrique sub-saharienne
 
Education: Doctorat (Ph.D, MD), University of London, Démographie, 1990
 
Working languages: Anglais
Français
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: European Association for Population Studies (EAPS), Population Association of America (PAA)


Professional web page:
https://bugbunny.github.io/ian_timaeus/  
 
Professional Summary:

I am Emeritus Professor of Demography and a member of the Population Studies Group at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and also an Honorary Professor of the University of Cape Town.

I started my career in the software industry but worked from 1980 to 2021 in what was successively the Centre/Department of Population Studies/Health at LSHTM. My first degree is in social anthropology and I like to think of myself as a social scientist, although most of my work has been in quantitative demography. I did an MSc in Demography at LSE and completed a PhD at LSHTM on the estimation of adult mortality from data on orphanhood.

I have worked on methods for estimating adult mortality, the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the global transition to low fertility.

 

Publications:

Estimating adult mortality based on maternal orphanhood in populations with HIV/AIDS. Masquelier, B. and Timæus, I. M.; Population Studies, 2025; 79(2): 337-357.

Pathways to low fertility: 50 years of limitation, curtailment, and postponement of childbearing.Timæus, I. M. and Moultrie, T. A.; Demography, 2020; 57(1): 267-296.

Mortality differentials 1991-2005 by self-reported ethnicity: findings from the ONS Longitudinal Study. Scott, A. P. and Timæus, I. M.; Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013; 67(9): 743-50.

Tools for Demographic Estimation Moultrie, T. A., Dorrington, R. E., Hill, A. G., Hill, K., Timaeus, I. M. and Zaba, B. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (Paris) 2013.

On postponement and birth intervals Timaeus, I. M. and Moultrie, T. A. Population and Development Review, 2008; 34(3): 483-510.

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
Honorary Professor, Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town