BSPS Membership Application Form
The British Society for Population Studies is a society of persons who have demonstrated by their
writings or otherwise a scientific interest in the study of human populations. The Society’s objective
is to benefit the public by furthering the scientific study of biological, economic, historical, medical,
social and other problems connected with human populations, and to contribute to public awareness
of these problems. BSPS members work in academia, local and central government, and industry
and include postgraduate students in all aspects of population studies. Benefits of membership
include first-call invitations to BSPS and other meetings, a regular Newsletter and circulations of
time-dated material, reduced registration fee to the annual BSPS Conference, and a reduced-rate
personal subscription to the Journal, Population Studies. Members are invited to participate in
BSPS consultations & networks with academic and government research.
Please complete in full:
Name ____________________________________________________________
Address for Correspondence
Daytime Tel:
Email:
Occupation:
Employer &/or affiliated organisation
Annual Subscription Rates
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Full
Country (Outside SE England train region)
Overseas – less economically developed countries only
Retired from paid employment
Full-time student
£25
£20
£7.50
£7.50
£7.50
If applying for student membership, please complete the following information:
Course title & institution:
Payment (cheque to accompany membership application, or request for bank details)
o Cheque (Payable to BSPS
o Standing order (request standing order form from pic@lse.ac.uk )
o Direct bank transfer (request bank details from pic@lse.ac.uk )
Areas of interest – please tick or bold relevant categories
1. Age and gender structure
2. Ageing
3. Business demography
4. Data collection/ processing
5. Estimates and projections
6. Ethnicity/ race
7. Fertility/ family planning
8. Gender roles/ differentials
9. Historical demography
10. Income/ poverty/ welfare
11. Internal migration
12. International migration
13. Labour force – Employment
14. Marriage – Divorce & family
15. Mathematical demography
16. Mortality/ morbidity
17. Policy and ethics
18. Residential mobility
19. Social demography
20. Local authority demography
21. Theory
22. Urbanisation & human ecology
23. Health
24. UK
25. Western Europe
26. Eastern Europe
27. South Asia
28. Rest of Asia excluding China
29. China
30. North Africa
31. Sub-Saharan Africa
32. Latin America
33. Middle East
34. Oceania
35. North America
36. Other: please specify
This application form may be either downloaded, completed and posted to BSPS or completed and
emailed to pic@lse.ac.uk.
BSPS Council may request further information from any applicant to assist its consideration of their
application for membership. Membership applications & any requested additional information will
be considered by Council at ite next available meeting. Council meets on average three times per
year, with the Annual general Meeting being held at the Annual Conference in September.
Please note that all memberships run with the calendar year, from January to December.
The BSPS is a Registered Charity No. 266161
BSPS Secretariat,
POR.2.01, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK
020 7955 7666
Enquiries: pic@lse.ac.uk
www.bsps.org.uk