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Cross-disciplinary Approaches to Prehistoric Demography

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This theme issue integrates the efforts of researchers working across archaeology, anthropology, genomics, palaeoecology, and evolutionary demography, combining original research alongside critical reviews, to provide a benchmark for the state-of-the-art in prehistoric demography and a statement of the future of this rapidly growing cross-disciplinary endeavour.

This theme issue integrates the efforts of researchers working across archaeology, anthropology, genomics, palaeoecology, and evolutionary demography, combining original research alongside critical reviews, to provide a benchmark for the state-of-the-art in prehistoric demography and a statement of the future of this rapidly growing cross-disciplinary endeavour.

Demography and the Coronavirus Pandemic: What have we learned so far and where do we go from here?

Demography and the Coronavirus Pandemic: What have we learned so far and where do we go from here?

Event Review of the High-Level Expert Meeting
On 9 November 2020, Population Europe hosted a High-Level Expert Meeting to discuss what the demographic community has learned thus far about the COVID-19 pandemic and where they go from here. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it will be important that demographers make a greater effort to communicate their research findings to influence policy measures addressing the impacts of the pandemic. Researchers also need to be more vocal in combating misinformation about the virus and conveying the non-health implications of this pandemic on society.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it will be important that demographers make a greater effort to communicate their research findings to influence policy measures addressing the impacts of the pandemic. Researchers also need to be more vocal in combating misinformation about the virus and conveying the non-health implications of this pandemic on society.

 

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Demography and the Coronavirus Pandemic: What have we learned so far?

Mon Nov 9
The objective of this High-Level Expert Meeting is to discuss the current state of socio-demographic research related to the COVID-19 pandemic. As researchers have been constantly working to better understand the impacts of this pandemic on society, awareness and information has been evolving. Therefore, we want to hear from members of our community about their main insights on the impact of COVID-19 based on to their own research/field of expertise, and what they think are the main knowledge gaps that still need to be filled.
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Quetelet Seminar: Invisibilities and Uncertainties in Population Sciences

Wed Oct 27 - Fri Oct 29
The 2020 Quetelet Seminar proposes to examine not only these invisible populations and the uncertainty of events, but also the shortcomings of observation tools and how to statistically apprehend them.

The 2020 Quetelet Seminar proposes to examine not only these invisible populations and the uncertainty of events, but also the shortcomings of observation tools and how to statistically apprehend them.

Books and Reports: Depopulation as a Policy Challenge in the Context of Global Demographic Trends

Depopulation as a Policy Challenge in the Context of Global Demographic Trends

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Depopulation is a recurring theme, but its contemporary causes tell a new story. Population decline today is the partial result of a natural development process. A smaller population does not have to be the defining factor of a country in economic or geopolitical considerations. A population’s composition is more consequential than simply its size.

This report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), written by Wolfgang Lutz and Nicholas Gailey, addresses depopulation from a multi-dimensional demographic perspective, not only looking at population size and age structure, but also differentiating by level of education and labor force participation.

Books and Reports: Developments in Demographic Forecasting

Developments in Demographic Forecasting

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This open access book presents new developments in the field of demographic forecasting, covering mortality, fertility and migration. For each component emerging methods to forecast them are presented. Moreover, instruments for forecasting evaluation are provided.

This open access book presents new developments in the field of demographic forecasting, covering mortality, fertility and migration. For each component emerging methods to forecast them are presented. Moreover, instruments for forecasting evaluation are provided.

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Projections and Forecasts
"So that what fits together grows together: How we can better exploit the potential of data"

"So that what fits together grows together: How we can better exploit the potential of data"

1 September 2020: Tuesday Dialogue of the Förderfonds Wissenschaft in Berlin
Stefan Liebig, Director of the Socio-Economic Panel and Member of the Board of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), preceded his presentation at the first Tuesday Dialogue with the question: What data are available to answer to important future challenges, and how can we better tap this potential and possibly even expand it considerably?

Read about our first Tuesday Dialogue event with Stefan Liebig, Director of the Socio-Economic Panel and Member of the Board of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW).

Event: "So that what fits together grows together: How we can better exploit the potential of data"

"So that what fits together grows together: How we can better exploit the potential of data"

Tue Sep 1
Based on data, politics and business make decisions. In addition to research data, there is also survey data and, more recently, digital trace data that we leave behind on the Internet or in social media. How can we better match such data in order to detect changes in our population at an early stage? And how can we use such databases to generate new social and economic knowledge?
22nd Nordic Demographic Symposium Oslo – 9-11 June 2022

22nd Nordic Demographic Symposium 2022

Thu Jun 9 - Sat Jun 11
The 22nd Nordic Demographic Symposium in Oslo will now be held from June 9-11, 2022. The symposium brings together researchers, students and other experts in population studies from the Nordic region. As more information becomes available, we will update this page.
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