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Vegard Skirbekk
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Global Demography, Fertility, Aging, Cognition, Productivity, Religion. Interdisciplinarity.

Professor Columbia & Oslo - PI @theCEFH

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Peak and current global fertility lower when accounting for mortality using the 2SNRR (2 Sex Net Reproduction Rate) relative to the Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Our AtWork project April 2025 meeting drew a record 740 attendees (we then had to blocked further admissions).

A collaboration between FHI, NTNU, and Diakonhjemmet Hospital, AtWork explores mental health, cognition, and work participation in adults.
April 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Europe projected to have more births than the US or China this century - UN medium variant projections (assuming Chinese TFR rises to 1.35 children per woman, US TFR rises to 1.65 and European TFR to 1.58)
January 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Already 120+ registrations! Sign up for Tuesday's opening seminar of my ERC Advanced Grant project HOMME (Health, Cognition, Family, and Employment among Men) January 7th, 2025, 12 - 16, Oslo.

Join us in person or online, but you must register using the following link:

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Program:
January 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Cohort fertility in Greenland still above replacement fertility.

Women born in 1985 had two children already by the early 30s.

bank.stat.gl/Resources/PX...
December 22, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Reposting feature interview in 'The Economist' on low fertility
December 21, 2024 at 9:59 AM
I am delighted to invite you to the opening seminar of my ERC Advanced Grant project HOMME (Health, Cognition, Family, and Employment among Men) on Tuesday, January 7th, 2025, 12 - 16, Oslo.

Join us in person or online, but you must register using the following link:

lnkd.in/dss7hUC3

Program:
December 17, 2024 at 4:24 AM
reposting this as well --

Thanks to the Nordic Fertility Society for inviting me to give the opening presentation
November 22, 2024 at 9:11 PM