Pieter Vanhuysse
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Pieter Vanhuysse
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Professor of political economy & public policy, Dep. Politics; Chair, Danish Institute for Advanced Study, SDU. Political demography, aging democracies & welfare states, intergenerational fairness https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/persons/vanhuysse .. more

Political science 61%
Economics 11%
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Why do low-fertility societies implicitly tax their own reproduction?
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Debunking the ‘Stork Theory’: Why Do Low-Fertility Societies Tax Their Own Reproduction?
What and how many resources does it really take to raise a newborn baby to productive adulthood? And who pays for it?
ifstudies.org

on China's mixed vs America's disastrous current pathways, the overblown promise of AI & urgent need for regulatory agency & a new FDR-inspired working-class liberalism:
excellent wideranging podcast with Daron Acemoglu on liberal democracy's multiple crises

www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/how...
Redirecting...
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Ahoj Jano, hearty congrats: this is a true achievement!

Mijn interview vandaag in de podcast serie "De 7 Extra" van de zakenkrant De Tijd:

Ouders financieren grotendeels de welvaartsstaat van morgen voor iedereen door de nieuwe generatie belastingsberalers op te voeden: een publiek goed.

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De 7 Extra | Steeds minder baby’s: wat de dalende geboortecijfers betekenen voor onze economie
YouTube video by De Tijd
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Was honored to address the ImPACT Coalition for Future Generations today.

Part of the United Nations Impact Coalitions Programme, the ImPACT Coalition for Future Generations is a global network dedicated to reimagining the United Nations for the 21st century

ourfutureagenda.org/impact-coali...
ImPACT Coalition for Future Generations - Our Future Agenda
The ImPACT Coalition advocates for long-term thinking in global decisions to protect the rights of future generations and embed intergenerational fairness in governance.
ourfutureagenda.org

My interview today, together with UA colleague Karel Neels in the Belgian financial newspaper De Tijd:

'Vanhuysse ... (licht) toe wat elk beleid volgens hem onderschat: dat ouders ... grotendeels de welvaartsstaat van morgen financieren.'

www.tijd.be/dossiers/gen...
19 jaarlonen: ‘De bijdrage van ouders aan de samenleving wordt enorm onderschat’
Van Koksijde tot China, overal worden steeds minder kinderen geboren. Overheden proberen wanhopig de trend te keren, maar niets werkt. De reden? Hoe rijker we worden, hoe duurder ouderschap wordt.
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In preparing for the coming demographic change in Europe, redressing inter- and intra-generational imbalances may be both politically harder and socially more needed.

I was honored to speak at Population Europe's Villa Vigoni conference
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The Europeans of the 21st Century: Striving for Resilience and Cohesion | Population Europe
population-europe.eu

What should be high(er) on the policy agenda regarding demography?

Report of our Population Europe experts meeting with European Commissioner Dubravka Suica and European Commission officials
www.population-europe.eu/network/news...
Population Europe Network Experts Meet with EU-Commissioner Dubravka Šuica | Population Europe
www.population-europe.eu

Final session of the European Citizens’ Panel on Intergenerational Fairness: #policy #cocreation & #deliberative #democracy - 150 citizens delivered their recommendations to Commissioner Micallef for his Strategy.

I was honored to be on the Knowledge Committee
citizens.ec.europa.eu/citizens-pan...

A #governance perspective on East Central Europe’s #population predicament: Young exit, grey voice and lopsided loyalty":
My paper cited in the new European Strategy and Policy Analysis System foresight paper on #intergenerational #fairness
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www.espas.eu/home.html#pu...

Intergenerational Fairness: How to deliver a fairer future for all?

I addressed the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) 2025 conference on this urgent question of #policy #generations #fairness and the #future:

www.espas.eu/programme202...
Programme | ESPAS conference - 2025
ESPAS provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level to work together on medium and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
www.espas.eu

At the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) annual conference in Brussels:
European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Culture, Youth and Sport Glenn Micallef speaking on how his portfolio needs and uses #foresight for #policy

www.espas.eu/programme202...
Programme | ESPAS conference - 2025
ESPAS provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level to work together on medium and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
www.espas.eu

AI as a stochastic parrot

".... a system “for haphazardly stitching together sequences of linguistic forms it has observed in its vast training data, according to probabilistic information about how they combine, but without any reference to meaning”.
www.ft.com/content/9029...

Join us 13 Nov at #ESPAS for the main #EU strategic foresight and future-oriented policy event of the year:

"Europe towards 2040"

Cohosted by European Commission & European Parliament. ESPAS brings together 9 institutions thinking longer term to inform EU #policy

www.espas.eu/conference20...
Introduction | 2025 ESPAS conference
ESPAS provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level to work together on medium and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
www.espas.eu
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com

Join us 13 November at #ESPAS for the main #EU strategic foresight and future-oriented policy event of the year:

"Europe towards 2040: Charting a course in a new era of conflict and competition".

Cohosted by the European Commission & the European Parliament

www.espas.eu/programme202...
Programme | ESPAS conference - 2025
ESPAS provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level to work together on medium and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
www.espas.eu

"You also shouldn’t pretend that by cognitively offloading a task, you will magically get smarter because you can focus on more advanced and complex skills. More advanced and complex skills are based on simpler ones."
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/are-we-liv...

"Are schools and universities still equipped to produce creative, original thinkers who will build better, more intelligent societies – or is the education system going to churn out mindless, gullible, AI essay-writing drones?"

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

What to do to make the EU fair for all current & future generations? Today 2nd session of European Citizens’ Panel on #Intergenerational #Fairness. My role as member of the 10-person Knowledge Committee: to summarize statements by six European Commissioners
citizens.ec.europa.eu/intergenerat...
Intergenerational Fairness
The European Commission is inviting you to help co-create a groundbreaking strategy on Intergenerational Fairness! Use this platform to share what you want it to look like, what you think is important...
citizens.ec.europa.eu

What course ahead for Europe in terms of #intergenerational #fairness?

I will address the annual conference next month of the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS), co-hosted by the European Commission and the European Parliament
www.espas.eu/conference20...
Introduction | 2025 ESPAS conference
ESPAS provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level to work together on medium and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
www.espas.eu

A deep and original theorist, a generous colleague, and a kind friend has left us. RIP, Claus. You will be missed dearly.

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Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben
Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.
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Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben
Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.
www.faz.net
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org

¿Por qué grava la crianza de los hijos?
En el análisis de la baja fertilidad española —1,19 hijos por mujer—, Pieter Vanhuysse concluye que se deben replantear las políticas públicas, para permitir que aquellos que quieran ser padres puedan serlo
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España tiene un persistente problema de baja fecundidad. ¿Por qué grava la crianza de los hijos?
En el análisis de la baja fertilidad española —1,19 hijos por mujer—, Pieter Vanhuysse concluye que se deben replantear las políticas públicas, en especial las fiscales, para permitir que aquellos qu...
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