News from the Network

Wie werde ich aussehen, wenn ich richtig alt bin? Gibt es ein Geheimnis für ein langes, gesundes Leben? In der interaktiven Ausstellung „100 Jahre alt werden – aber wie?“ können Besucher auf spielerische und unterhaltsame Art herausfinden, was der viel zitierte „Demografische Wandel“ für das eigene Leben bedeutet.

The recently released SHARE Data & Documentation Tool is a web application developed by CentERdata, Institute for data collection and research, in cooperation with SHARE Central at the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA). For researchers, the tool is intended to be a fast, customizable, easy-to-use web interface for browsing and searching the SHARE (meta)data. One important feature of the system is that codebooks for all currently released SHARE waves and modules can be generated in PDF format.

IMISCOE has opened nominations for its 2019 Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award. The Network has awarded this prize annually since 2010 to stimulate and recognise excellent PhD research in the field of migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe. The 2019 competition is open to all PhD recipients whose dissertations were defended within the 24-month period before the deadline for submission of 15 January 2019.

Call for Contributions: A special issue of Social Sciences: "Family and Work: Parental Leave and Careers"

Out now: Population Europe's Quarterly Newsletter! Please download it here:   Population Europe Newsletter October 2018.pdf      

Population Europe welcomes the Comparative Life Course and Inequality Research Centre (CLIC) at the European University Institute (EUI) as their 32nd partner in the Network of Europe's Leading Demographic Research Centres.

Out now: Population Europe's Quarterly Newsletter! Please download it here:   population_europe_newsletter_july_2018.pdf  

In 2013, our exhibition "How to Get to 100 - and Enjoy It" was apart of the 2013 Science Year - "The Demographic Opportunity", which is an initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Five years after its launch, our travelling exhibition will be travelling again, but this time as an app!

It is now a matter of days, the 28 EU Member States are getting closer to an agreement and the Council of Ministers will position itself at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Council on 21 June. Yes, your government ministers will gather in Brussels on that date to make a key decision on the EU Work-Life Balance directive.

Who is eligible to compete? Students enrolled in PhD or Master’s programs Young researchers who have defended their PhD thesis in the last seven years   What types of paper are eligible to compete? Papers written under the researcher’s own name Papers co-authored by two or more young researchers Papers that comply with the journal’s editorial rules Papers written in English or in French   What are the key dates to remember?