News from the Network

02/05/22

LCDS Director Melinda Mills appointed as special advisor to the European Commission

Professor Melinda Mills, Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, has been appointed as of one of three Special Advisors to Paolo Gentiloni, the European Commissioner of the Economy.

Health needs survey for Ikrainian displace persons and refugees

29/04/22

First results from health needs survey for Ukrainian displaced persons and refugees are out now

The Clinical Informatics Research Unit have a health needs survey, for Ukraine residents who are now refugees or displaced populations within Ukraine.

27/04/22

The Berlin Demography Days take the perspectives of younger people into focus

From 16 to 18 May, experts such as Klaus Hurrelmann and Shireen Jejeebhoi will discuss the perspectives of younger people in Germany, Europe and the world at this international conference.

26/04/22

Dimitri Mortelmans and Albert Esteve receive an ERC Advanced Grant

The funding, worth in total €624.6 million, will go to 253 leading researchers across Europe.

12/04/22

New Special Issue on Family lives during the COVID-19 pandemic

Guest edited by Ulrike Zartler, Katarzyna Suwada & Michaela Kreyenfeld

Population Europe Inter-Faces: James W. Vaupel

28/03/22

James W. Vaupel (1945-2022)

We sadly announce the passing of Professor Dr James W. Vaupel (2 May 1945 – 27 March 2022)

23/03/22

ESHD announces this year's ESHD Award Winners

The European Society of Historical Demography announced the winner of this year's four ESHD's awards.

22/03/22

Pension Atlas Expanded to 28 Countries from Three Continents

Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Publishes 2nd Wave of Pension Maps

18/03/22

Annette Baudisch and Sergi Vidal receive ERC Consolidator Grant

The ERC supports excellent research and allows researchers to pursue original and groundbreaking research ideas.

14/03/22

‘Future-oriented climate policy should include families’ – study on intergenerational justice and climate change

A great burden of adapting to climate change and its consequences rests on the shoulders of families. Even so, debates on the climate crisis pay little attention to the role families play, including how their circumstances affect how they adjust to new policy measures.