News from the Network Partners Experts Collaborations Honorary Members In Memoriam News from the Network Filter by topic AllAgeing and Life ExpectancyEnvironmentFamily and ChildrenHealthMigration and IntegrationProjections and ForecastsSociety and SolidarityWorking Life Language AllEnglishGermanFrenchSpanish Order by Date Title Image 29/02/16 The Closer the Better A Life-Course Analysis of Geographical Distance to Siblings, Parents, and Grandparents in Sweden A new study by researcher Martin Kolk makes a contribution to the demography and geography of kinship by studying how internal migration and demography shape the geographical availability of kin in contemporary Sweden. Image 25/02/16 Allianz European Demographer Award 2016 for Professor Helga de Valk De Valk's work focusses on the topics of migration and integration – award ceremonies took place during the Berlin Demography Forum (BDF) Image 25/01/16 Invitation for Papers for the Socio.hu 2016 Social Science Review Special Issue Space both constructs society and it is at the same time its output. The relations of society and space are not very well clarified yet , however it offers inspiring framework for all the topics that sociology and related social sciences study. Socio.hu Social Science Review invites papers for its 2016 English language special issue on the following topics: Urban-rural relationships; Local image and place-based approach of territorial development; Image 19/01/16 Bilingualism: An Asset or a Liability? New Research from Spain A new study by researchers Maria Medvedeva and Alejandro Portes contributes to the ongoing debate about bilingual advantage and examines whether bilingual immigrant youths fare better, as well as, or worse academically than the matching group of monolinguals. Using data from Spain, where close to half of immigrants speak Spanish as their native language, they found no evidence of costs of bilingualism: Image 18/01/16 Population Europe Newsletter Winter 2015/16 Out now: the quarterly newsletter of Population Europe, the network of Europe’s leading demographic research centres. Please download it here: Population Europe Newsletter Winter 15/16.pdf Image 11/01/16 Professor Paul Boyle awarded CBE Professor Paul Boyle, Chief Executive Economic and Social Research Council and President and Vice Chancellor, University of Leicester has been appointed a CBE in the Queen's New Year’s Honours for services to Social Science. The Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) is awarded for having a role at national level, or a leading role at regional level, and for a distinguished, innovative contribution to any area. Image 16/12/15 The Fiscal Cost of Refugee Immigration The Example of Sweden The world currently has more refugees and internally displaced persons than it has had since World War II. Yet the readiness of many wealthy countries to provide asylum to these refugees is waning, and a major reason for this is the fiscal burden that would result from larger refugee intakes. Image 08/12/15 Mother’s Educational Level and Single Motherhood Comparing Spain and Italy During the second half of the 20th century there was a positive relationship between single parenthood and the mother’s educational level in Spain and Italy. However, several important transformations contemplated by Goode (1993) and McLanahan (2004) suggest that this relationship may have been inverted in Spain but perhaps not in Italy. The purpose of a new study by researchers Anna Garriga, Sebastià Sarasa and Paolo Berta is to test this hypothesis. Image 01/12/15 The European Refugee Crisis Where There’s a Will... Forced migration caused by armed conflict or persecution is unpredictable [1]. The Syrian crisis, which by October 2015 saw over four million refugees already registered outside Syria, certainly seemed to catch Europe off guard. Image 06/10/15 Population Europe is now Collaborating with the OECD Population Europe is very pleased to announce its new collaboration with the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) in Paris, France. ELS is joining a group of nine other institutions, amongst them the European Commission DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Eurostat, and the Population Reference Bureau in Washington D.C. Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ … Page 28 Current page 29 Page 30 Next page › Last page »
Image 29/02/16 The Closer the Better A Life-Course Analysis of Geographical Distance to Siblings, Parents, and Grandparents in Sweden A new study by researcher Martin Kolk makes a contribution to the demography and geography of kinship by studying how internal migration and demography shape the geographical availability of kin in contemporary Sweden.
Image 25/02/16 Allianz European Demographer Award 2016 for Professor Helga de Valk De Valk's work focusses on the topics of migration and integration – award ceremonies took place during the Berlin Demography Forum (BDF)
Image 25/01/16 Invitation for Papers for the Socio.hu 2016 Social Science Review Special Issue Space both constructs society and it is at the same time its output. The relations of society and space are not very well clarified yet , however it offers inspiring framework for all the topics that sociology and related social sciences study. Socio.hu Social Science Review invites papers for its 2016 English language special issue on the following topics: Urban-rural relationships; Local image and place-based approach of territorial development;
Image 19/01/16 Bilingualism: An Asset or a Liability? New Research from Spain A new study by researchers Maria Medvedeva and Alejandro Portes contributes to the ongoing debate about bilingual advantage and examines whether bilingual immigrant youths fare better, as well as, or worse academically than the matching group of monolinguals. Using data from Spain, where close to half of immigrants speak Spanish as their native language, they found no evidence of costs of bilingualism:
Image 18/01/16 Population Europe Newsletter Winter 2015/16 Out now: the quarterly newsletter of Population Europe, the network of Europe’s leading demographic research centres. Please download it here: Population Europe Newsletter Winter 15/16.pdf
Image 11/01/16 Professor Paul Boyle awarded CBE Professor Paul Boyle, Chief Executive Economic and Social Research Council and President and Vice Chancellor, University of Leicester has been appointed a CBE in the Queen's New Year’s Honours for services to Social Science. The Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) is awarded for having a role at national level, or a leading role at regional level, and for a distinguished, innovative contribution to any area.
Image 16/12/15 The Fiscal Cost of Refugee Immigration The Example of Sweden The world currently has more refugees and internally displaced persons than it has had since World War II. Yet the readiness of many wealthy countries to provide asylum to these refugees is waning, and a major reason for this is the fiscal burden that would result from larger refugee intakes.
Image 08/12/15 Mother’s Educational Level and Single Motherhood Comparing Spain and Italy During the second half of the 20th century there was a positive relationship between single parenthood and the mother’s educational level in Spain and Italy. However, several important transformations contemplated by Goode (1993) and McLanahan (2004) suggest that this relationship may have been inverted in Spain but perhaps not in Italy. The purpose of a new study by researchers Anna Garriga, Sebastià Sarasa and Paolo Berta is to test this hypothesis.
Image 01/12/15 The European Refugee Crisis Where There’s a Will... Forced migration caused by armed conflict or persecution is unpredictable [1]. The Syrian crisis, which by October 2015 saw over four million refugees already registered outside Syria, certainly seemed to catch Europe off guard.
Image 06/10/15 Population Europe is now Collaborating with the OECD Population Europe is very pleased to announce its new collaboration with the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) in Paris, France. ELS is joining a group of nine other institutions, amongst them the European Commission DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Eurostat, and the Population Reference Bureau in Washington D.C.