- Human Reproduction: study of fertility (behaviors, intentions, unwanted pregnancies...), sterility and sub-fecundity (prevalence, individual and demographic effectiveness of medically assisted procreation...), birth control (use of contraceptive methods, contraception failures, abortion...)
- Sexual Behaviors and AIDS: participation in the national ACSF survey (1990-1996), in the European project of comparative studies of surveys conducted in the 1990s, and in the new national survey CSF-2005. Special Topics: counting of the number of partners over different periods and of sexual activity (accuracy and consistency of data...)
- Family: Changes in conjugal situations (marriage, cohabitation...) and of family structures (formation, separations, reconstitutions); point of view of the adults and situation of the children.
- Population Dynamics: Projection methods; pedagogical aspects; projections of specific sub-populations; ageing
Human Fertility. The Basic Components, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1977, 202 p.
Constance et inconstances de la famille. Biographies familiales des couples et des enfants. PUF, Cahier INED n° 134, 1994 (avec C. Villeneuve-Gokalp) (Réédité en 1999), 342 p.
Les enfants du désir. Julliard, 1995 (et Hachette-Littérature, coll. Pluriel, 1998), 278 p.
- BOZON (M.) et LERIDON (H.), eds : Sexualité et Sciences sociales. Les apports d'une enquête. Population, n° spécial, oct. 1993 (Diff. PUF et INED) (Version anglaise : Sexuality and the Social Sciences. A French Survey on Sexual Behaviour. Ashgate-Dartmouth, 1996), 382 p.
-Démographie. Approche statistique et dynamique des populations. Economica, 1997 (avec L. Toulemon), 440 p.
- LERIDON H. (sous la dir. de). Les théories de la fécondité. Paris : INED (« Textes fondamentaux »), 2014, 510 p.
Leridon Henri, Marsily (de) Ghislain, 2011, « Démographie, climat et alimentation mondiale », Rapport sur la science et la technologie, Académie des Sciences, Paris (France), EDP-Sciences, vol. 32, p. 314 + 84
Teaching Activities
- Associate Professor, Collège de France 2008-2009 (sustainable development Chair)
Editorial Responsibilities
- Editor in chief of the Journal Population (1996-2002)
- Member of the Editorial Board, International Studies in Demography (1990-2003) Oxford University Press
- Member of the Editorial Committee of European Journal of Population (Elsevier)
- Editor in chief of the INED Collections, from 1989 to 1996
Other Positions
- Member and correspondent of the Académie des Sciences (Institut de France, Paris)
- Scientific advisor, ELFE Project
- Co-Chair of EUCCONET network ((European Child Cohort network) 2009-2013
- Member of IUSSP and EAPS