Visseho Adjiwanou

Vissého Adjiwanou joined the academic staff of the Department of Sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in July 2018 as professor of Demography and Quantitative Methods. Previously, he has served as Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He received a M.A in Statistics in 2001 from the National School of Statistics and Applied Economics (ENSEA-Cote d’Ivoire), a M.A in Economics of Development in 2003 at the Centre for Studies and Research on International Development (CERDI- France) and a Ph.D in Demography in 2013 from the Université de Montréal (Canada). His research focusses in population issues in sub-Saharan Africa, including fertility, family dynamics, gender inequality, and reproductive health. His most recent work has investigated the pattern and effect of step-parenting on children schooling and health in sub-Saharan Africa, and on the effect of remarriage on fertility in Malawi. He develops new research interests at the intersection of social science and computation science. He is the organizer of the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science at the University of Cape Town.

Education

• Master's degree Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (2003 — 2004)
• Ingenieur des Travaux Statistiques École Nationale Supérieure de Statistiques et d'Économie Appliquées - ENSEA (1999 — 2001)
• DEUG2, Bachelor's degree (not completed) University of Lomé (1996 — 1999)

Companies

• Professeur régulier Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (2018)
• Adjunct Professor University of Cape Town (2018)
• Professeur associé Université de Montréal (2016)
• Senior Lecturer University of Cape Town (2016 — 2018)
• Lecturer in Demography University of Cape Town (2013 — 2015)
• Lecturer (Chargé de cours) Université de Montréal (2012 — 2012)
• Lecturer (Chargé de cours) Université de Montréal (2011 — 2011)
• Research Assistant Demographic Research Unit - Unité de Recherche Démographique, University of Lomé (2004 — 2007)