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European Day of Demography - Generational Issues: On the Past and Future of Demography

Please join us for an online book presentation and panel discussion on the occasion of the European Day of Demography.

 

Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 13.00 - 14.00 (CET)

online on Zoom, with simultaneous translation German-English

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Featuring:

► Andreas Edel, Executive Secretary of Population Europe, the network of leading European demographic research institutes, and author of the current biography Between Plague and Fire. John Graunt (1620-1674): the man behind the numbers (in German language)
 

► C. Katharina Spieß, Director of the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Wiesbaden, and Professor of Population Economics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
 

► Deša Srsen, Member of the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Intergenerational Equality, Youth, Culture and Sport Glenn Micallef
 

► Elmar Stracke, producer of the podcast "Alter, was geht?" on the history and present of age and ageing (moderator)

Every year on February 4, we celebrate the European Day of Demography and the first known demographic study, "Natural and Political Observations ... Made Upon the Bills of Mortality", published in 1662. With this ground-breaking report, John Graunt, a London textile merchant and member of the Royal Society, became a pioneer of demography and epidemiology. This year, please join us for a panel discussion on how population studies were developed over 350 years ago. The panelists will discuss demographic topics of particular interest to society now and in the coming years, including the ageing of our societies and the shortage of skilled workers. The future place of youth in society and the issue of intergenerational fairness will also be a theme. Join us for the discussion!

You can find Elmar Stracke's recently published podcast with Andreas Edel on John Graunt (in German) on various portals.

 

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