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Jeanne Cilliers

Professor

My research lies at the intersection between economic history and historical demography, with a focus on Africa, and aims to understand the interplay between population dynamics and socioeconomic development in former colonial societies.

Publications

2025

Jeanne Cilliers, Erik Green, Anne E. McCants, Auke Rijpma (2025) Wealth and marriage at the Cape: consanguineous unions as a strategy The History of the Family, Vol. 30, p. 258-284 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1081602x.2025.2478381
Jutta Bolt, Jeanne Cilliers (2025) The expansion of colonial state healthcare in twentieth-century British Africa Medical history, Vol. 69, p. 119-165 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2024.45

2024

Jeanne Cilliers, Martine Mariotti, Igor Martins (2024) Fertility responses to short-term economic stress: Price volatility and wealth shocks in a pre-transitional settler colony Explorations in economic history, Vol. 94, p. 101620-101620, Article 101620 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101620

News

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29 April 2026

Jeanne Cilliers is LiU’s Professor of Economic History

"Almost everything we experience today has historical parallels," says Jeanne Cilliers, new professor of economic history at LiU. She is interested in demographic processes such as marriage, fertility and mortality.

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David Andersson
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Axel Hedström
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Alireza Khoshghadam
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Robert Lindahl
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Elisabeth Lång
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Patrik Michaelsen
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Emil Persson
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Joakim Persson
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Bo Sjö
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