News from the Network

08/07/19

Kieron Barclay Appointed as Pro Futura Scientia XIV Fellow

The Sociology Department at Stockholm University announced that docent of Sociology Kieron Barclay was recently appointed a Pro Futura Scientia XIV Fellow, with the project "The Impact of the Family of Origin on Health Inequalities: A Global, Historical, Multigenerational, and Comparative Perspective". The appointment is a five year research grant that includes Kieron Barclay being employed as a senior lecturer at the end of the five-year period.

25/06/19

Documentation from the 8th Berlin Demography Forum (in German)

2019 Diversity - Social Equity - Cohesion: Perspectives for Germany and Europe

The Berlin Demography Forum has now released documentation from the 2019 Forum. This includes an introduction by Franz Müntefering, former German Minister and Chairman of the BDF, and Ulrich Lilie, President of Diakonie Deutschland and Member of the BDF Board of Advisors, and transcripts of the speeches of:

Call for Papers: Call for Abstracts: ECSR Annual Conference 2021

29/05/19

New Collaboration Partner: European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR)

Population Europe welcomes the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR) as its newest collaboration partner!

27/05/19

The 2020 "Population" Young Author Prize

Deadline: 5 November 2019

The Population Young Author Prize is open to students or young researchers working in the field of population studies and will be awarded to the most outstanding original paper submitted to the competition jury. Who is eligible to compete? Students enrolled in PhD or Master’s programs Young researchers who have defended their PhD thesis in the last seven years What papers are eligible to compete?

02/04/19

Population Europe at the 2019 PAA

This year, Population Europe will be travelling to Austin, Texas to participate in the Population Association of America's annual conference. We will be there to meet with members of our network, learn about the ongoing research happening in the field of demography, and, most importantly, to help keep people updated with what is going on at the conference through our tweets.

01/04/19

Demography Prize 2019

Essay contest on the housing crisis - Deadline 1 December 2019

Write an essay on: "Housing Crisis: how can we improve the situation for young people?" Deadline to submit essays: 1 December 2019

29/03/19

New Partner Institute: The Population Studies Group (PSG) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Population Europe welcomes the Population Studies Group (PSG) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as the 33rd partner in the Network of Europe's leading demographic research centres.

29/03/19

ERC Advanced Grants for Hill Kulu and Melinda Mills

Population Europe is delighted to announce that two of our partner institutes will be the home of outstanding projects financed by the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant.

25/03/19

Véronique Hertrich

It is with great sadness that we announce her passing

Population Europe was saddened to hear that Dr. Véronique Hertrich passed away. She was supportive of our Network and was a member of our Council of Advisors. We send our condolences to her family, friends, and her colleagues at INED. Official Announcement from INED Ms. Hertrich joined INED in 1992, while she completing her PhD thesis on the Bwa people of Mali, a population group she would follow for more than a quarter of a century.

05/03/19

Population Europe Celebrates International Women's Day

In honor of International Women's Day (IWD), check out some of our publications about research on gender and gender equality.