Alina is a quantitative social demographer with expertise of handling large datasets, including population registers and longitudinal survey data. Her research interests include life course, families and fertility, transition to adulthood, social inequalities, social policy, health, and residential mobility. In her PhD, Alina investigated how various life course trajectories of young people in the UK have changed across cohorts.

Alina is passionate about the impact of research on society and policy-making. Her previous role in the Policy Unit of Understanding Society (UKHLS) included undertaking academic and non-academic research to support the needs of policy-makers and third sector organisations. Some of her projects included investigating mothers’ and fathers’ employment trajectories and occupational outcomes in the UK (project in partnership with the Government Equalities Office); exploring the impact of childcare prices on women’s labour market outcomes (project with the Coram Family and Childcare Trust); and investigating the impact of housing circumstances on mental health and wellbeing (project with the Mind charity).

Alina has experience working in an international policy environment through completing an internship in the Social and Demographic Statistics Section of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Geneva.

Alina is a member of British Society for Population Studies (BSPS), European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) and Population Association of America (PAA). Alina serves as a reviewer for Demography, Population Studies, Demographic Research, Advances in Life Course Research, and Journal of Population Research.