Beatrice Moring joined the Cambridge Group for the History of Population in 1996. In 2007 she became associate professor in social and economic history at the University of Helsinki after some years at the University of Essex. Her research interests are women and work, household and economy, inheritance and social stratification. She had many publications, including Widows in European Economy and Society 1600-1920 ( 2017) and Female Migrants, partner choice and socio-economic destiny (2021).