Pieter Vanhuysse
@pietervanhuysse.bsky.social
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
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...
I was honored to be on the Knowledge Committee
citizens.ec.europa.eu/citizens-pan...
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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...
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
austriaca.at?arp=0x003fa3...
www.espas.eu/home.html#pu...
My paper cited in the new European Strategy and Policy Analysis System foresight paper on #intergenerational #fairness
austriaca.at?arp=0x003fa3...
www.espas.eu/home.html#pu...
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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
austriaca.at?arp=0x003fa3...
www.espas.eu/home.html#pu...
My paper cited in the new European Strategy and Policy Analysis System foresight paper on #intergenerational #fairness
austriaca.at?arp=0x003fa3...
www.espas.eu/home.html#pu...
"Democrafting the future" : my podcast on why our welfare states are intergenerational piggy banks, the hidden asymmetric burden of social reproduction in low-fertility Europe, and all things political demography:
democraft.blog
democraft.blog
September 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"Democrafting the future" : my podcast on why our welfare states are intergenerational piggy banks, the hidden asymmetric burden of social reproduction in low-fertility Europe, and all things political demography:
democraft.blog
democraft.blog
First weekend at the European Citizens Panel on #Intergenerational #Fairness as a Knowledge Committee member: answering citizen requests, and a nice view of Parc Leopold, where 19th century scientific Brussels intermingles with contemporary Euro-Brussels
September 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
First weekend at the European Citizens Panel on #Intergenerational #Fairness as a Knowledge Committee member: answering citizen requests, and a nice view of Parc Leopold, where 19th century scientific Brussels intermingles with contemporary Euro-Brussels
Is it (un)fair to raise the pension age in greying societies?
I was interviewed by Adrian Finighan on @aljazeera.com TV's global business and economics program "Counting the Cost" (from min 21:30):
youtu.be/SkLFnrtvW5Y?...
@sdu.dk @sampol.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @d-ias.bsky.social
I was interviewed by Adrian Finighan on @aljazeera.com TV's global business and economics program "Counting the Cost" (from min 21:30):
youtu.be/SkLFnrtvW5Y?...
@sdu.dk @sampol.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @d-ias.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Is it (un)fair to raise the pension age in greying societies?
I was interviewed by Adrian Finighan on @aljazeera.com TV's global business and economics program "Counting the Cost" (from min 21:30):
youtu.be/SkLFnrtvW5Y?...
@sdu.dk @sampol.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @d-ias.bsky.social
I was interviewed by Adrian Finighan on @aljazeera.com TV's global business and economics program "Counting the Cost" (from min 21:30):
youtu.be/SkLFnrtvW5Y?...
@sdu.dk @sampol.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @d-ias.bsky.social
Do low-fertility societies tax their own reproduction?
ifstudies.org/blog/debunki...
About to present to the departmental lunch seminar at @unibergen.bsky.social's Dep. of Comparative Politics
www.uib.no/en/sampol/39...
ifstudies.org/blog/debunki...
About to present to the departmental lunch seminar at @unibergen.bsky.social's Dep. of Comparative Politics
www.uib.no/en/sampol/39...
May 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Do low-fertility societies tax their own reproduction?
ifstudies.org/blog/debunki...
About to present to the departmental lunch seminar at @unibergen.bsky.social's Dep. of Comparative Politics
www.uib.no/en/sampol/39...
ifstudies.org/blog/debunki...
About to present to the departmental lunch seminar at @unibergen.bsky.social's Dep. of Comparative Politics
www.uib.no/en/sampol/39...
The New Nordic Paradox of falling #fertility in #family-friendly welfare states: our work on"Taxing Reproduction" cited in the new report of the #Norwegian government's appointed Birth Rate Commission:
ifstudies.org/blog/the-new...
Report:
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/o...
ifstudies.org/blog/the-new...
Report:
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/o...
May 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The New Nordic Paradox of falling #fertility in #family-friendly welfare states: our work on"Taxing Reproduction" cited in the new report of the #Norwegian government's appointed Birth Rate Commission:
ifstudies.org/blog/the-new...
Report:
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/o...
ifstudies.org/blog/the-new...
Report:
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/o...
Viva Hammer (ANU) in The Canberra Times:
"Pieter Vanhuysse explains that a country's productive labour doesn't arrive from heaven in a stork's mouth... when people realise it's more efficient to free ride on other people's children... it's the classic problem of the commons."
"Pieter Vanhuysse explains that a country's productive labour doesn't arrive from heaven in a stork's mouth... when people realise it's more efficient to free ride on other people's children... it's the classic problem of the commons."
April 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Viva Hammer (ANU) in The Canberra Times:
"Pieter Vanhuysse explains that a country's productive labour doesn't arrive from heaven in a stork's mouth... when people realise it's more efficient to free ride on other people's children... it's the classic problem of the commons."
"Pieter Vanhuysse explains that a country's productive labour doesn't arrive from heaven in a stork's mouth... when people realise it's more efficient to free ride on other people's children... it's the classic problem of the commons."
Intergenerational justice and public policy in Europe:
now as an OSE policy brief, with special emphasis on the EBiSS dimension (elderly bias in social spending)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
now as an OSE policy brief, with special emphasis on the EBiSS dimension (elderly bias in social spending)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Intergenerational justice and public policy in Europe:
now as an OSE policy brief, with special emphasis on the EBiSS dimension (elderly bias in social spending)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
now as an OSE policy brief, with special emphasis on the EBiSS dimension (elderly bias in social spending)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
As EU Commissioner Glenn Micallef has opened a conversation about #Intergenerational #Fairness, how to measure this in our #policy models?
IJI offers a simple 4-dimensional snapshot:
Vanhuysse, P., Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies, Gutersloh: Bertelsmann
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
IJI offers a simple 4-dimensional snapshot:
Vanhuysse, P., Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies, Gutersloh: Bertelsmann
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
As EU Commissioner Glenn Micallef has opened a conversation about #Intergenerational #Fairness, how to measure this in our #policy models?
IJI offers a simple 4-dimensional snapshot:
Vanhuysse, P., Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies, Gutersloh: Bertelsmann
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
IJI offers a simple 4-dimensional snapshot:
Vanhuysse, P., Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies, Gutersloh: Bertelsmann
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@who.int Europe: "Pieter Vanhuysse underlines the under-acknowledged contribution of care-giving - rearing the next generation - in addition to productivity, that benefits all ages and builds well-functioning, thriving societies"
March 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
@who.int Europe: "Pieter Vanhuysse underlines the under-acknowledged contribution of care-giving - rearing the next generation - in addition to productivity, that benefits all ages and builds well-functioning, thriving societies"
My take in Kristeligt Dagblad: if we're going to create a Danish Ministry for Family Policy, as political actors now stary suggesting, let's focus more holistically on a Ministry of Human Capital and Population
www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/danmark/ordf...
www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/danmark/ordf...
February 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My take in Kristeligt Dagblad: if we're going to create a Danish Ministry for Family Policy, as political actors now stary suggesting, let's focus more holistically on a Ministry of Human Capital and Population
www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/danmark/ordf...
www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/danmark/ordf...
Since 1 July 2024, due to Supreme Court ruling granting US Presidency broad, legal immunity,
'USA is noted by the Polity Project as experiencing a regime transition ...it is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy'
www.systemicpeace.org/index.html?f...
'USA is noted by the Polity Project as experiencing a regime transition ...it is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy'
www.systemicpeace.org/index.html?f...
February 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Since 1 July 2024, due to Supreme Court ruling granting US Presidency broad, legal immunity,
'USA is noted by the Polity Project as experiencing a regime transition ...it is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy'
www.systemicpeace.org/index.html?f...
'USA is noted by the Polity Project as experiencing a regime transition ...it is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy'
www.systemicpeace.org/index.html?f...
Glad to be hosting Goesta Esping-Andersen in our Political Demography MA course today at 9h15 U74: 'Family demography today: the stratified return of households'
December 6, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Glad to be hosting Goesta Esping-Andersen in our Political Demography MA course today at 9h15 U74: 'Family demography today: the stratified return of households'
"The Fertility Drop Puzzle" : I'll be chairing a talk by Goesta Esping-Andersen on a wicked macro-problem: all welcome, Wed 11h15
#demography #policy #fertility
@d-ias.bsky.social
#demography #policy #fertility
@d-ias.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 10:43 AM
"The Fertility Drop Puzzle" : I'll be chairing a talk by Goesta Esping-Andersen on a wicked macro-problem: all welcome, Wed 11h15
#demography #policy #fertility
@d-ias.bsky.social
#demography #policy #fertility
@d-ias.bsky.social
'Perspectives on Political Demography' in the heart of Berlin:
I co-hosted a lively interdisciplinary workshop with Arnie Aassve at the Wissenschafsforum. Thanks to the PopulationEU team, Adrian Favell, Katharina Spiess, Cecilia Bruzelius, Achim Goerres, Wolfgang Lutz, Jen Sciubba & many more
I co-hosted a lively interdisciplinary workshop with Arnie Aassve at the Wissenschafsforum. Thanks to the PopulationEU team, Adrian Favell, Katharina Spiess, Cecilia Bruzelius, Achim Goerres, Wolfgang Lutz, Jen Sciubba & many more
November 27, 2024 at 7:18 AM
'Perspectives on Political Demography' in the heart of Berlin:
I co-hosted a lively interdisciplinary workshop with Arnie Aassve at the Wissenschafsforum. Thanks to the PopulationEU team, Adrian Favell, Katharina Spiess, Cecilia Bruzelius, Achim Goerres, Wolfgang Lutz, Jen Sciubba & many more
I co-hosted a lively interdisciplinary workshop with Arnie Aassve at the Wissenschafsforum. Thanks to the PopulationEU team, Adrian Favell, Katharina Spiess, Cecilia Bruzelius, Achim Goerres, Wolfgang Lutz, Jen Sciubba & many more
"The Rich-to-Poor Vaccine Donation Game" lands in the latest Human Development Report.
The United Nations Development Programme cites a @CommsMedicine paper by Adam Lampert, Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Pieter Vanhuysse & Markus Tepe:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The United Nations Development Programme cites a @CommsMedicine paper by Adam Lampert, Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Pieter Vanhuysse & Markus Tepe:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
September 30, 2024 at 8:19 AM
"The Rich-to-Poor Vaccine Donation Game" lands in the latest Human Development Report.
The United Nations Development Programme cites a @CommsMedicine paper by Adam Lampert, Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Pieter Vanhuysse & Markus Tepe:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The United Nations Development Programme cites a @CommsMedicine paper by Adam Lampert, Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Pieter Vanhuysse & Markus Tepe:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Launch of the Population Europe Policy Lab, with SDU prof & Danish-IAS Chair Pieter Vanhuysse as a founding Board Member. Aim is to foster direct exchange with policy makers, private sector & civil society
population-europe.eu/about-us/pop...
population-europe.eu/about-us/pop...
May 28, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Launch of the Population Europe Policy Lab, with SDU prof & Danish-IAS Chair Pieter Vanhuysse as a founding Board Member. Aim is to foster direct exchange with policy makers, private sector & civil society
population-europe.eu/about-us/pop...
population-europe.eu/about-us/pop...
We should discuss the hidden working hours & the financial costs of rearing children to productive adulthood, says DaWS & DanishIAS professor Pieter Vanhuysse in Nordjyske newspaper:
nordjyske.dk/nyheder/nord...
nordjyske.dk/nyheder/nord...
May 14, 2024 at 8:23 AM
We should discuss the hidden working hours & the financial costs of rearing children to productive adulthood, says DaWS & DanishIAS professor Pieter Vanhuysse in Nordjyske newspaper:
nordjyske.dk/nyheder/nord...
nordjyske.dk/nyheder/nord...
Glad to start my stay as visiting professor at ISEG, Portugal's first School of Economics & Managemrnt, part of U Lisboa & right next to PT's National Assembly
April 22, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Glad to start my stay as visiting professor at ISEG, Portugal's first School of Economics & Managemrnt, part of U Lisboa & right next to PT's National Assembly
Pieter Vanhuysse is one of ten experts on democracy & demography invited in closed session today at the cabinet of EU Commission Vice-President Dubravka Suica to discuss the agenda for the next five years
March 25, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Pieter Vanhuysse is one of ten experts on democracy & demography invited in closed session today at the cabinet of EU Commission Vice-President Dubravka Suica to discuss the agenda for the next five years
IGOP Barcelona 📢14/02/24 - 12:30h. Open Seminar. "Do low-fertility European societies tax their own reproduction?" Such an honor to have @PieterVanhuysse with us tomorrow! See you there!
February 13, 2024 at 11:07 AM
IGOP Barcelona 📢14/02/24 - 12:30h. Open Seminar. "Do low-fertility European societies tax their own reproduction?" Such an honor to have @PieterVanhuysse with us tomorrow! See you there!
My reaction in Berlingske to DK PM Mette Frederiksen's New Year's speech "Det giver fint mening, at man vil sikre, at de, der gerne vil have børn, rent faktisk også får mulighed for det. Men jeg tvivler på, at fertilitetsbehandling løser det store problem."
January 8, 2024 at 6:22 PM
My reaction in Berlingske to DK PM Mette Frederiksen's New Year's speech "Det giver fint mening, at man vil sikre, at de, der gerne vil have børn, rent faktisk også får mulighed for det. Men jeg tvivler på, at fertilitetsbehandling løser det store problem."
‘Een bredere kijk op de kost van kinderen: waarom belast Europa de eigen reproductie?’ Mijn opiniestuk over de foute ooievaarstheorie deze week in Knack magazine, geillustreerd door dochter Hannah, 7.
www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...
www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...
November 9, 2023 at 10:15 AM
‘Een bredere kijk op de kost van kinderen: waarom belast Europa de eigen reproductie?’ Mijn opiniestuk over de foute ooievaarstheorie deze week in Knack magazine, geillustreerd door dochter Hannah, 7.
www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...
www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...
Happening now, with quite a view: the 8th Workshop on the Socio-Economics of Ageing @iseglisbon
On “Social #Exclusion and #Aging”
8th.iwsea.pt/program/
On “Social #Exclusion and #Aging”
8th.iwsea.pt/program/
October 13, 2023 at 10:21 AM
Happening now, with quite a view: the 8th Workshop on the Socio-Economics of Ageing @iseglisbon
On “Social #Exclusion and #Aging”
8th.iwsea.pt/program/
On “Social #Exclusion and #Aging”
8th.iwsea.pt/program/