Exploiting a unique database of metadata for papers presented at six European Population Conferences (EPC) for the years 2006-2016, this paper explores: 1) development of research in  population  studies;  2)  trends  and  patterns  of  scientific  collaboration  networks  among demographers; and 3) gender differences in demographic research. The data are organised in  a  panel  format  whereby  each  author,  institution  and  country  are  linked  across  the  six conferences. We find that collaboration among demographers has increased substantially over the past ten years. While there is no gender disparity in the likelihood of co-authoring a  paper,  men  are  significantly  more  likely  than  women  to  collaborate  with  authors  from  other  institutions.  Likewise,  the  fields  of  research vary  considerably  by  gender  where  women are particularly over represented in the subfield ‘fertility and family’ whereas men dominate the subfield ‘data and methods’. Compared to other subfields, research on ‘data and  methods’  is  more  likely  to  involve  collaboration  across  multiple  institutions.  With  respect to collaboration patterns at the institutional level, a chord diagram plot shows that scientific collaborations across institutions are more common between institutions sharing geographical  proximity.  Finally,  using  network  centrality measures,  we  identify  key  demographic research  institutes  which  play  a  role  in driving  demographic  research  in  Europe.