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CSDE Seminar Series

Population Research Discovery Seminars

Growing up in the UK: Child Development in a Complex System

Chia Liu, Associate Lecturer of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

Follow this link to sign up for a 1:1 meeting with Dr. Liu during their visit on November 7th

11/07/2025
12:30-1:30 PM PT

360 Parrington Hall

Co-Sponsor(s):

Population Health Initiative

Supported by the CSDE G. William Skinner Fund

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.