Image 22/08/22 MPIDR launches COVerAGE-Database Website The website for the COVerAGE-Database, a global demographic database on COVID-19, was published recently by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. More than 70 researchers from around the world collaborated to collect COVID-19 data from 120 countries, standardising it and making it available online. The website for the COVerAGE-Database, a global demographic database on COVID-19, was published recently by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. More than 70 researchers from around the world collaborated to collect COVID-19 data from 120 countries, standardising it and making it available online.
Image 19/08/2022 Are we meeting people's needs in social care? Dynamics of unmet needs in England Athina Vlachantoni, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham and Min Qin (University of Southampton) explore how need and unmet need are both conceptualised theoretically and operationalised empirically by incorporating a temporal dimension in the analysis to investigate the dynamics of met and unmet need for social care over time. Athina Vlachantoni, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham and Min Qin (University of Southampton) explore how need and unmet need are both conceptualised theoretically and operationalised empirically by incorporating a temporal dimension in the analysis to investigate the dynamics of met and unmet need for social care over time. Read more about Are we meeting people's needs in social care?
Image 16/08/22 EAPS 2022 Award Winners are Announced The European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) announced on 2 July at the closing ceremony of the European Population Conference in Groningen the EAPS Award 2022 Winners. The European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) announced on 2 July at the closing ceremony of the European Population Conference in Groningen the EAPS Award 2022 Winners.
Image DEMOGRAPHY Kick-off – Effective Solutions to Demographic Change Mon Aug 15 The aim of the DEMOGRAPHY Kick-off is to promote dialogue between researchers and knowledge users. The aim of the DEMOGRAPHY Kick-off is to promote dialogue between researchers and knowledge users.
Image 08/08/22 Lives, Time and Place: A Life Course Perspective on Earlier-Life Individual and Contextual Socioeconomic Conditions and Later-Life Physical Activity Read and download the full report Framed within the life course and ecological perspectives, this study investigated the association between earlier-life individual and contextual socioeconomic conditions and later-life physical activity. Framed within the life course and ecological perspectives, this study investigated the association between earlier-life individual and contextual socioeconomic conditions and later-life physical activity. Read more about Lives, Time and Place: A Life Course Perspective on Earlier-Life Individual and Contextual Socioeconomic Conditions and Later-Life Physical Activity
Image 27/07/22 2023 The Early-Career Researcher Prize is open The Population Young Author Prize is open to students or young researchers working in the field of population studies and will be awarded to the most outstanding original paper submitted to the competition jury. The Population Young Author Prize is open to students or young researchers working in the field of population studies and will be awarded to the most outstanding original paper submitted to the competition jury.
Image 27/07/2022 LGBTQ+, Single or Past age 35: Non-traditional families’ fertility and the law By Agnese Vitali Singles, heterosexual couples above a certain age and same-sex couples, though in different guises, can experience forms of discrimination in accessing parenting rights or services. Singles, heterosexual couples above a certain age and same-sex couples, though in different guises, can experience forms of discrimination in accessing parenting rights or services. Read more about LGBTQ+, Single or Past age 35: Non-traditional families’ fertility and the law
Image European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing Tue Oct 18 - Thu Oct 20 The ageing of the society and its challenges, technological solutions, scientific findings, forecast of changing society, and senior citizens policies will be the topics of 3rd edition of the European Week of Active & Healthy Ageing!
Image 18/07/22 International Handbook of Population Policies Read and download the full book This Handbook offers an array of internationally recognized experts’ essays that provide a current and comprehensive examination of all dimensions of international population policies. This Handbook offers an array of internationally recognized experts’ essays that provide a current and comprehensive examination of all dimensions of international population policies. Read more about International Handbook of Population Policies