Executive Summary edited by Daniele Vignoli, Anna Paterno and Manuela Stranges
The new Population Report of the Italian Association for Population Studies challenges the dominant and often pessimistic narrative surrounding Italy’s demography. At a time when commentators and the media portray a rather bleak picture of the country’s future, “positive demography” offers a proactive and constructive approach to the dynamics at play.
Italy is facing major issues: low fertility, new family dynamics, international migration and the presence of foreign populations, changes in health conditions and longevity, to name just a few. Population studies provide the necessary foundation to anticipate, understand, and manage demographic change. The authors invite us to view the ongoing transformations more as opportunities than as threats, offering new interpretative frameworks and suggesting targeted policies to successfully tackle the challenges of the coming years.
Read and download the full report (In Italian)