Policy Briefs

Written by Jakub Bijak and colleagues, this Policy Brief presents several lessons from agent-based models of migrant route formation and persistence.

Dieser Policy Brief gibt einen Überblick über die jüngsten Bevölkerungstrends, deren Potential für politischen Wandel aus einer vergleichenden europäischen Perspektive und enthält Handlungsempfehlungen für lokale Entscheidungsträger*innen und Gemeindevertreter*innen. 

This Policy Brief reviews recent population trends and the potential for policy changes from a European comparative perspective and presents policy recommendations for local decision makers and community leaders.

This Policy Brief is part of the QuantMig project and presents results from a set of simulations on the impact of high-migration events on the future labour force size in Europe.

How can we better support families with young children today to decrease inequalities among future generations? In November 2022, the Open Research Area DICE (Development of Inequalities in Child Educational Achievement) project organised a High-Level Experts Meeting to discuss this subject with eminent scholars and stakeholders.

On 27 April 2022, the European Commission published a Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on ‘Attracting Skills and Talent to the EU’. We sat down with researchers for them to offer their insights on the proposed initiatives and evaluate policy options based on research evidence.

From 16 to 18 May 2022, more than 50 international experts from politics, science and society discussed the perspectives of younger people in Germany, Europe and around the globe at this year’s Berlin Demography Days.

Migration processes, despite being highly uncertain, volatile and complex, very often demand concrete, rapid and targeted policy responses. Yet, addressing the uncertainty that is an inherent feature of migration trends is still a challenge. How can progress be achieved in this area?

Edel, A., Höb, S., Mair, N., Riepl, T., Striessnig, E., Thomas, M. and Vono de Vilhena, D. (2022). Generational Fairness in Climate Change. Population & Policy Compact 34, Berlin: Max Planck Society/Population Europe.

Familien spielen in umweltpolitischen Diskussionen zur Klimakrise bislang keine herausgehobene Rolle. Dabei sind sie der Ort, an dem intergenerationelle Beziehungen hauptsächlich gestaltet werden – auch und insbesondere in Sachen Umweltschutz.