Orsola Torrisi

Department of Sociology

McGill University

Leacock Building, Room 717

855 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T7

Email: orsola.torrisi [at] mcgill.ca

Office: Peterson Hall Building, Room 340

3460 McTavish

Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0E6

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Orsola Torrisi is a social demographer whose research focuses primarily on the demography of crises and violence. She is particularly interested in understanding changes in family dynamics in contexts affected by armed violence and disasters, as well as the impact of crises on sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Her work is interdisciplinary, combining theoretical approaches from demography, sociology, economics, and development studies with standard demographic, causal and spatial methods. Torrisi’s research focus is largely on low- and middle-income settings.

Research interests:

  • Demography
  • Family Dynamics
  • Armed violence and Crises
  • Vital Registration Systems
  • Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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