Population Europe

Our Tuesday Dialogues are back from summer break! Today, our first speaker was Dr. Bettina Hünteler of Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, who presented us with her argument that family composition links to social inequality. Next up on November 5th is Prof. Martin Bujard of Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung with the topic: "Falling birth rates: 5 policy options that help families" Sign up here 👇 https://lnkd.in/efG_RsN7

Tuesday Dialogues resume! This week we ask: "How are financial prosperity or health related to life courses? What changes could arise in the long term?" Register now and join us tomorrow at 1-2 PM! Our expert is Dr Bettina Hünteler of Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and Institut für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie - Universität zu Köln. The event offers English-German interpretation. Registration can be found here, along with all of the coming Tuesday Dialogues in our series "The Future of Our Living Together": https://lnkd.in/edtq3hin Einstein Center Population Diversity

Sustainability is no longer just about the environment—it’s about people, says Francesco Billari, Rector of Università Bocconi. "The world’s population has grown, but so has our collective ability to improve standards of living. The challenge we face now is not one of raw numbers but of inequality and sustainability." "The most pressing issues, such as climate change and resource management, are inextricably linked to population dynamics." https://lnkd.in/ehYZudrz #poptwitter

This citizen consultation was really an exceptionally insightful event, great to have been a part. We are looking very much forward to the report!

Milestone alert! Our transdisciplinary college of experts has given their input, the foresight experts have started to write our FutuRes Scenarios for #DemographicChange. Thank you to the more than 30 stakeholders from policy, research and civil society wo joined our collaborative Scenario Building last week! Your expertise is a core asset to the Policy Lab. Qualitative Scenario Building has gained significance as of late in the context of “anticipatory governance”. When implemented correctly, this approach is recognised as helping to foresee future developments and to direct preparatory measures. What's next? www.futu-res.eu/project

Have you already enjoyed our best of "Policy Insights" of this summer? 1. How a data tool localises inequality risks; 2. Why love for classical music is immortal; 3. What unexpected side effects came out of a 1980s Swedish family policy; and 4. How much do we know about the crisis resilience of young families in Europe? Read them here: https://lnkd.in/euaMECDE Dear friends and colleagues, we are taking a social media break for the rest of the month and will resume posting in September! 👋🏽

Currently there are postdoctoral, Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher positions are available at our partner institutions. Fields of research include migration, integration, social inequality and poverty. (Deadlines between the end of the coming week and the end of September)! Not ready just yet? Come back to our job site later, it is updated regularly: https://lnkd.in/eX3-g8dE

People in Sweden are moving in together just as often as they did ten years ago! But they are increasingly hesitant to make further long-term family commitments. Why? https://lnkd.in/e8twxg7A "Factors contributing to fertility decline – such as increased uncertainties about the future, changes in labour market structures, new information technologies, new modes of forming personal relationships, and related political and cultural polarisation – may also have an impact on the propensity to form marriages." This study is by Stefano Cantalini, Sofi Ohlsson-Wijk, and Gunnar Andersson of the Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA)

The Policy Lab is taking a summer break, to focus, among other things, on our health and resilience. Meanwhile, why not enjoy an article from our "Myth Busting" series? Like this one by Andreea A. Piriu and Aleksandra Torbica: https://lnkd.in/exzb74pU See you in September!

"These assumptions overgeneralise, they do not differentiate between individuals, and they ignore important factors which can ease or obstruct access to technology: older people's individual abilities, education and interests which play an important role in their use of technology."