Biodemography: Research prospects and directions

Abstract

The purpose of this opinion report is to outline what I consider to be the most promising areas for future biodemographic research and to suggest ways in which the field can be moved forward. I suggest ideas grouped around five major themes including biodemography of disability, ecological, developmental, behavioral and evolutionary biodemography, biodemography of sociality, genomic and genetic biodemography, and biodemographic modeling and analysis. At the end I briefly discuss biodemography in both interdisciplinary and epistemological contexts. © 2008 Carey.