Growing up in the UK: Child Development in a Complex System – Chia Liu

Posted: 10/30/2025 (CSDE Seminar Series)

When: Friday, November 7 at 12:30 pm

Where: Parrington Hall 360 and on Zoom

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We are looking forward to hosting Chia Liu from University of St. Andrews on Friday, November 7 in Parrington Hall 360 and on Zoom. This seminar is co-sponsored by the Population Health Initiative.

Children’s socioemotional development is shaped not only by their families but also increasingly by digital devices that connect them to the wider world. In this talk, Chia Liu will present analyses on children’s socioemotional health by social media consumption, with a focus on differences across ethnic groups and parenting styles. Using responses from both children and their parents in the UK Household Longitudinal Study, the study seeks to uncover the linkage between distinct parenting styles and child outcomes in a growingly digitalized childhood.

Chia Liu received her PhD from the Center for Demographic Studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, following several years as a demographer at the U.S. Census Bureau. Her postdoctoral research has taken her from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany to the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She is currently a tenured Teaching Lecturer in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at St Andrews and an Understanding Society Fellow (2025–2026), funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.