This conference aims to advance theories, data, and multi-dimensional demographic methods for modelling human capital formation and its dynamics over time, and to connect cutting-edge evidence to policy debates globally. Human capital - education, skills, health, and capabilities - is a central driver of demographic change and a key lens for understanding social and economic development, inequality, and resilience.

Conference date: Tuesday, 01 December 2026 – Wednesday, 02 December 2026

Venue: Festive Hall, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
Format: onsite participation only

Keynote:

• Ann Berrington, University of Southampton
• Further keynote speakers will be announced soon

Contributions from all disciplinary background and methodological traditions are invited.

Please submit:

• a short abstract (250–300 words) and
• an extended abstract (2–5 pages) or the full paper.

The submission deadline is 30 April 2026.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent out on 18 June 2026.
All presentations are expected to be held in person.