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Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)
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#VID | Ein Institut der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften #ÖAW | Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

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📢 Einstein Center Population Diversity Tuesday Dialogues
Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz and Miguel Sánchez-Romero: "Old age security in Europe – fair and sustainable pension reforms for heterogeneous ageing".
📅 2 December 2025, 13:00-14:00h
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/4yw6m49y
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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💡Demografinnen @buber-ennser.bsky.social und @mwinklerdworak.bsky.social zeigen: Inflation kann dazu führen, dass Menschen ihre Kinderwünsche reduzieren oder ganz aufgeben. Besonders betroffen sind wirtschaftlich schwache Haushalte und junge Erwachsene.
🔗 Jetzt nachlesen: tinyurl.com/4m9k4vbn
Verschobene Kinderwünsche und mehr: Wie Inflation die Familienplanung beeinträchtigt
Globale Krisen hinterlassen nicht nur wirtschaftliche Spuren, sondern verändern auch persönliche Lebenspläne. Welche Bevölkerungsgruppen besonders betroffen sind und wie sich Krisen auf die Familienpl...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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📢 Save the date for the next #WICColloquium!
Miguel Sanchez Romero and Tomas Sobotka: "Future Births: A Formal Perspective on Humanity’s Yet-to-Be-Born Generations".
📅 3 December 2025, 13:00-14:00h
📍 PSK Building MR04 (4rd floor) and online
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/w...
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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📢 Deadline for the #REVES2026 Conference is approaching!
Submit your contribution by 30 November 2025.
Join us to discuss about aging, longevity, and population health — with a focus on health expectancy and policy impact!
📆 11–13 March 2026 | Tokyo, Japan
🔗 www.reves2026.com
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November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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💡In @science.org, @anne-goujon.bsky.social explores the challenges of predicting our demographic future, given the uncertainties that shape it.
🔗 Read now: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The demographic future that we do not know about
The demographic future of the planet has rarely been as questioned as it is today. For much of the 20th century, the demographic transition theory provided a clear narrative: With modernization and de...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Day 3 of the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on “Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century”. Today’s program features a Round Table “From Science to Policy” with
@eleonoramilazzo.bsky.social, Guido Tintori, Daniela Vono de Vilhena and Peter Webinger.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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An honor to have Prof. Yuliya Kosyakova as keynote speaker at #WIC2025. Migration is not one decision, it is a sequence of linked transitions.
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Day 2 of the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on “Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century”. We look forward to a full day of presentations and engaging discussions! Today’s keynote is by @yuliyakosyakova.bsky.social (@iabnews.bsky.social & @uni-bamberg.de) on "When War Follows You".
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Understanding Migration in the 21st Century. Great Keynote by Jakub Bijak at #WIC2025
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The first day of the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century" started with a keynote by Jakub Bijak. Great to have more than 600 participants with us in Vienna and online!
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November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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📢 The new issue (Nov. 2025) of POPNET, the newsletter of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, highlights recent news, publications, events, and other activities of the population network.

🔗 Read now: mailchi.mp/updates.iias...
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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💡 Die Geburtenrate in Österreich ist auf einem historischen Tiefstand: @settele.bsky.social geht der Frage nach, warum Menschen kinderlos bleiben - mit Beiträgen der Demograf:innen Caroline Berghammer und @erichs.bsky.social.
🔗 Jetzt nachsehen: tv.orf.at/dok-1/dok506...
Dok 1 - tv.ORF.at
tv.ORF.at: Hanno Settele fragt in dieser Dok 1 nach, warum immer mehr Menschen in Österreich aus Überzeugung kinderlos bleiben.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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📢 Save the date for the next #WICColloquium!
Jonas Kolb from Statistics Austria: "Migration Survey 2025: Implementation, Experiences and Findings on Migration and Integration in Austria".
📅 13 November 2025, 11:00-12:00h
📍 PSK Building MR04 (4rd floor) and online
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/w...
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Attending the GGP-BGR-meeting at the Dutch Academy of Sciences in Amsterdam. An important meeting to discuss the ERIC-application of @ggp.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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📢 Job opening!
Join our Research Group on Fertility and Population Change as a Postdoctoral Researcher
⏰ Full-time (40h/week), 1-year position
🔗 Infos & application: oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/2bka2yo1
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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💡 Die Menschheit wächst langsamer – und wird wohl bald wieder schrumpfen. Was das für unsere Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Zukunft bedeutet, erklärt Demograf Thomas Fent im @derstandard.at Podcast.
🔗 Jetzt nachhören: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Was bedeutet es, wenn die Weltbevölkerung wieder schrumpft?
Die Menschheit wächst langsamer – und wird wohl bald wieder schrumpfen. Was das für unsere Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Zukunft bedeutet, erklärt der Demograf Thomas Fent im Podcast
www.derstandard.at
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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📢 Vienna Institute of Demography @demographyvienna.bsky.social is seeking a Postdoc Researcher in Population Data and Projections RG 📈 📊

I can't recommend enough working at VID, especially with Anne!

💯 friendly, supportive environment with world-class researchers.🤓
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Postdoc (m/f/x) – Population Data and Projections
OeAW - Discovering the futureAs a central non-university institution for science and research, the Austrian Academy of Sciences - OeAW has the task of "promoting science in every respect". F...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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📢 Job opening!
Join our Research Group on Population Data and Projections as a Postdoctoral Researcher
⏰ Full-time (40h/week), 1-year position
🔗 Infos & application: oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/km5kybrq
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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🎖️Wolfgang Lutz wurde von Bundespräsident Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen das Österreichische Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst verliehen - die höchste Auszeichnung für herausragende Verdienste in diesen Bereichen. Wir gratulieren herzlich!
🔗 Jetzt nachlesen: iiasa.ac.at/news/oct-202...
Wolfgang Lutz honored with Austria’s highest award for achievements in science
IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar and Sherpa for Asia, Wolfgang Lutz, has been awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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📖 New special issue: "Levels and Trends of Health Expectancy"! With introduction by Marc Luy, @pdigiulio.bsky.social, @vdilego.bsky.social, @lazarevic.bsky.social, @mmuszynskas.bsky.social and Markus Sauerberg.
🔗 Read now: www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP... #demography
Special Issues | Comparative Population Studies
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October 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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💡 Im Interview mit @derstandard.at erläutert Demograf Thomas Fent, warum es aus ökonomischer und ökologischer Sicht wünschenswert wäre, dass die Weltbevölkerung bald ihren Höchststand erreicht und danach allmählich zurückgeht.
🔗 Jetzt nachlesen: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Demograf: "Die Weltbevölkerung beginnt wohl noch dieses Jahrhundert zu schrumpfen"
Laut Prognosen leben demnächst so viele Menschen auf der Welt wie nie zuvor. Dann dürfte die Menschheit wieder schrumpfen. Bedeuten weniger Menschen auch weniger Probleme?
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October 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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The Introduction of the 2025 Issue of the @vypr.bsky.social is out! An overview of the 22 contributions on the interplay between population diversity, social inequality, and the causes and consequences of socio-economic status (SES) differences in demographic behaviour.
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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2025
The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research is an open access journal that features contributions addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in popul...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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📢 Die alternde Gesellschaft
Beim "Joint Academy Day" diskutieren Expert*innen Herausforderungen und Potenziale von "Ageing Societies".
📆 25. November 2025, 11:00-17:15h
📍 ÖAW, Festsaal Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/veran...
Die alternde Gesellschaft
Die ÖAW und die Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz laden zu einem "Joint Academy Day" in Wien ein, um die Herausforderungen und Potenziale der "Ageing Society" zu diskutieren.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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📖 New publication: "From Lifespan Inequality to Lifespan Inequity"! @mmuszynskas.bsky.social, Yukiko Asada, @alysonvanraalte.bsky.social and Isaac Sasson demonstrate the importance of normative assumptions in the measurement of demographic phenomena.
🔗 Read now: tinyurl.com/3rey89f3
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From Lifespan Inequality to Lifespan Inequity - Social Indicators Research
This article introduces a comprehensive framework for defining and quantifying lifespan inequity within a population, grounded in the capability approach. Lifespan inequity (i.e., unfair inequality) i...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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📢 Save the date for the next #WICColloquium!
Alessio Fornasin from the University of Udine: "The circadian rhythm of births and his connections with meteorological factors".
📅 15 October 2025, 11:30-12:30h
📍 PSK Building MR04 (4rd floor) and online via Zoom
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/w...
October 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM