Image 01/10/2021 Welfare states as lifecycle redistribution machines Age is more important than status in how social policies operate Document Download Population & Policy Compact 31/2021 (543.01 KB) European welfare states have evolved into sizable and resource-consuming institutions with a total social spending of around 28 percent of GDP and social policies affect every stage of citizens’ lives. But what do welfare states mostly do? European welfare states have evolved into sizable and resource-consuming institutions with a total social spending of around 28 percent of GDP and social policies affect every stage of citizens’ lives. But what do welfare states mostly do? Read more about Welfare states as lifecycle redistribution machines
Image Intergenerational transfers by pro-elderly welfare states in a child-oriented Europe Fri Oct 8 Prof. Pieter Vanhuysse, University of Southern Denmark asks the question, 'Do societies tax their own reproduction?' Prof. Pieter Vanhuysse, University of Southern Denmark asks the question, 'Do societies tax their own reproduction?'
Image DigClass Kick-Off Workshop Tue Sep 21 - Wed Sep 22 The kick-off workshop will bring together 13 high-profile international experts on social inequality from different social science disciplines to discuss technological change and inequality. The kick-off workshop will bring together 13 high-profile international experts on social inequality from different social science disciplines to discuss technological change and inequality.
Image Gender equality, family change and family policy: new theoretical developments Mon Nov 8 - Thu Nov 11 This PhD course zooms in on new theoretical developments in the study of family and gender. This PhD course zooms in on new theoretical developments in the study of family and gender.
Image 17/08/21 Global Political Demography: The Politics of Population Change Read and download the full book This open access book edited by Achim Goerres and Pieter Vanhuysse draws the big picture of how population change interplays with politics across the world from 1990 to 2040. This open access book by edited Achim Goerres and Pieter Vanhuysse draws the big picture of how population change interplays with politics across the world from 1990 to 2040. Read more about Global Political Demography: The Politics of Population Change
Image 16/08/21 Parents’ attitudes to their children’s partner choice: a century of change Read and download the full report Milan Bouchet-Valat and Sébastien Grobon retrace the rise of love marriages and the expansion of partner searches at the expense of matches supervised by the family. Milan Bouchet-Valat and Sébastien Grobon retrace the rise of love marriages and the expansion of partner searches at the expense of matches supervised by the family. Read more about Parents’ attitudes to their children’s partner choice: a century of change
Image 12/08/21 Gender and Migration Data: A guide for evidence-based, gender-responsive migration governance Read and download the full report The purpose of this note is to provide concrete guidance on why it is important to promote gender-responsiveness when collecting, producing, using, analysing and disseminating migration data for policy – and how. The purpose of this note is to provide concrete guidance on why it is important to promote gender-responsiveness when collecting, producing, using, analysing and disseminating migration data for policy – and how. Read more about Gender and Migration Data: A guide for evidence-based, gender-responsive migration governance
Image 09/08/21 Call for Experts by the European Research Executive Agency The European Research Executive Agency (REA) invites experts from a wide range of fields to register in the European Commission’s experts database. The European Research Executive Agency (REA) invites experts from a wide range of fields to register in the European Commission’s experts database.
Image Transforming social policies: bridgeheads for change Wed Sep 22 - Thu Sep 23 Join Understanding Society to discuss challenging questions - and identify the barriers to change. Join Understanding Society to discuss challenging questions - and identify the barriers to change.
Image 19/07/21 Globale Bevölkerungsentwicklung Read and download the full report The report provides an up-to-date overview of global population dynamics in the context of sustainable development. The report provides an up-to-date overview of global population dynamics in the context of sustainable development. Read more about Globale Bevölkerungsentwicklung