Rostock Retreat

Rostock Retreat

Mon Jun 21 - Wed Jun 23

The Rostock Retreat is organized annually by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

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The European Commission launches the Atlas of Demography

On Tuesday, April 29, the European Commission launched the Atlas of Demography, a new, interactive and multidimensional tool.

On Tuesday, April 29, the European Commission launched the Atlas of Demography, a new, interactive and multidimensional tool.

Data Visualization

Data Visualization – the Art/Skill Cocktail

Mon Jun 14 - Fri Jun 18
The course aims to empower the participants with the flexibility that the R+tidyverse framework gives to visualize data (the practical examples mostly use demographic data).
Books and Reports: Statistics, Data and Covid

Statistics, Data and Covid

Read and download the full report here
In a document that sets out the lessons that must be learnt from Covid-19, the RSS has made ten recommendations for how statistics and data could be better used in future crises.  

In a document that sets out the lessons that must be learnt from Covid-19, the RSS has made ten recommendations for how statistics and data could be better used in future crises.  

Gesis Event

Summer School in Survey Methodology

Wed Jul 28 - Fri Aug 20
Lecturers and participants from all over the world and from many different fields come to Cologne to take part in Europe's leading summer school on survey methodology, research design, and data collection.

Lecturers and participants from all over the world and from many different fields come to Cologne to take part in Europe's leading summer school on survey methodology, research design, and data collection

Cover of Working Paper "The Urban-Rural Divide in Anti-EU Vote

The Urban-Rural Divide in Anti-EU Vote

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This paper by Laura de Dominicis, Lewis Dijkstra and Nicola Pontarollo focuses on the urban-rural divide in anti-EU sentiment, and tries to explain why cities – and urban areas in general - in Europe tend to vote less for Eurosceptic parties.

This paper by Laura de Dominicis, Lewis Dijkstra and Nicola Pontarollo focuses on the urban-rural divide in anti-EU sentiment, and tries to explain why cities – and urban areas in general - in Europe tend to vote less for Eurosceptic parties.

Cover of Report "Uncertainty in Future Migration Flows: Where Does It Come From?"

Uncertainty in Future Migration Flows: Where Does It Come From?

Accessing experts’ opinions
Download Population and Policy Brief 29/2021 (384.24 KB)
To support scientists and policymakers in their endeavour to study often complex and volatile migration flows, this policy brief aims to understand where most of the uncertainty in the future migration comes from, and what can be done to reduce or manage this uncertainty. This brief is based on research conducted in the framework of the Horizon 2020 Project QuantMig: Quantifying Migration Scenarios for Better Policy (www.quantmig.eu).

To support scientists and policymakers in their endeavour to study often complex and volatile migration flows, this policy brief aims to understand where most of the uncertainty in the future migration comes from, and what can be done to reduce or manage this uncertainty.

Population Europe App "A Life Journey"

Population Europe App

The travelling exhibition “How to get to 100 – and enjoy it” is now available as an app!

All of the information, games and graphs can now be viewed on your iPhone® or iPad®. "A Life Journey" can be downloaded for free from the App Store and is a great opportunity to learn about demographic change from the comforts of your own home or in the classroom.

The information is available in ten languages - Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

Conceptualisation and Analysis of Migration Uncertainty:Insights from Macroeconomics Report Cover

Conceptualisation and Analysis of Migration Uncertainty: Insights from Macroeconomics

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The aim of this paper, building on a conceptual typology of migration uncertainty in Bijak and Czaika, is therefore to provide a deeper understanding of the uncertainty in the context of the tools used for forward-looking studies of migration, and to propose methods for analysing the uncertainty of complex migration processes across the different time horizons, with an explicit acknowledgement of their micro-foundations.

The aim of this paper, building on a conceptual typology of migration uncertainty in Bijak and Czaika, is therefore to provide a deeper understanding of the uncertainty in the context of the tools used for forward-looking studies of migration, and to propose methods for analysing the uncertainty of complex migration processes across the different time horizons, with an explicit acknowledgement of their micro-foundations.

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