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05/03/2024 - 05/03/2024 | online

Why Demography Matters. Population and Policy in the 21st Century

Das BiB und Population Europe, das Netzwerk der führenden demografischen Forschungszentren in Europa, laden am 3. Mai 2024 zu einer Konferenz ein mit der EU-Vizepräsidentin für Demokratie und Demografie Dubravka Šuica, BMI-Staatssekretärin Juliane Seifert, BiB-Direktorin C. Katharina Spieß und weiteren hochrangigen Expertinnen und Experten.

Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an ein politisches Publikum, das sich aus Entscheidungsträgern, Experten und Analysten auf europäischer und nationaler Ebene zusammensetzt und sich mit den sozioökonomischen Faktoren und den politischen Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels befasst.

Während der englischsprachigen Konferenz erörtern Forschende und Vertreterinnen und Vertreter mehrerer EU-Staaten, wie demografischer Wandel und Politik sich in den kommenden Jahrzehnten wechselseitig beeinflussen. Welche Informationen werden benötigt, um Politik zu gestalten? Welche wissenschaftliche Infrastruktur kann sicherzustellen, dass alle Aspekte der Bevölkerungsentwicklung sowohl auf europäischer als auch nationaler Ebene angemessen berücksichtigt werden, wie es vom Europäischen Rat im Dezember 2023 empfohlen wurde?

Programm

10-11 CEST | Opening panel | The role of demography in evidence-informed policy making

Knowledge about population change is essential in every area of policy – but what kind of data and research is needed by different policy actors, and who can provide it? When it comes to challenges posed by recent and future population dynamics, e.g. by migration, health impacts of climate change and population shrinking, how can demography contribute by improving understanding of these processes and by providing reliable population projections for more evidence-informed policy making? What are beneficial examples of linking data sources, e.g. by combining information from registers, surveys, social media, satellite or other data?

- C. Katharina Spieß | Director of the Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden | University Professor for “Population Economics”, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

- Jakub Bijak | Professor of Statistical Demography at the University of Southampton | Principal Investigator of the European Union-funded projects ‘Quantifying Migration Scenarios for Better Policy’ (2020-2023) and ‘Bayesian Agent-Based Population Studies’ (2017-2021), Southampton, United Kingdom

- Helga A. G. de Valk | Director of the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute | Professor of Migration and the Life Course at the University of Groningen | Deputy Chair of the Dutch State Committee on Demographic Development 2050, The Hague and Groningen

- Wolfgang Lutz | Founding Director of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Vienna) | Special Advisor of the European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography | Vienna and Laxenburg

11-12 CEST | High-level policy panel | Demography drives your future: From the European to national level

European and national policy makers are concerned about population changes because of the socio-economic implications, for example, on pension systems, public services, healthcare, labour markets, and social and territorial cohesion. Addressing demographic change also requires well-designed policies with a focus on social investment, such as in early childhood education and care, family, migration and integration policies. While demographic change requires a cross-cutting policy approach, it is often divided horizontally between different ministries, and vertically between Europe, member states, regions, municipalities and local communities. How can a pan-European advisory mechanism be designed to help us better address these challenges and learn from each other – using a top-down or bottom-up approach?

- Arnstein Aassve | Professor in Demography, Bocconi University | Coordinator of the Horizon Europe Project ‘FutuRes: Towards a Resilient Future of Europe’, Milan, Italy

- Juliane Seifert | State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community, Berlin, Germany

- Dubravka Šuica | The European Commission Vice-President for Demography and Democracy, Brussels, Belgium

- Pieter Vanhuysse | Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the Department of Political Science and Research Affiliate of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

13-14 CEST | High-level expert panel | Population diversity and the provision of public services: The challenge of territorial cohesion

How can we ensure that basic infrastructure can be adequately maintained, adapted and updated across member states, especially outside metropolitan, urban and suburban areas and in regions suffering from massive population shrinking, low net migration and rapid population ageing? How might supply and demand patterns for vital things, such as (green) energy supply, clean water, communication and digital infrastructure, public transport, public health facilities, affordable and acceptable housing, long-term care and other services, change in an era of increasing population diversity? And what can we gain from comparing experiences and approaches across Europe, considering the specificities of each region?

- Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak | Vice-Rector for Science and Director of the Institute of Statistics and Demography at SGH Warsaw School of Economics | Member of the European Commission’s High-Level Group on the Future of Social Protection and of the Welfare State in the EU, Warsaw, Poland

- Róbert Iván Gál, Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Demographic Research Institute | Head of Research Centre at the Corvinus Institute of Advanced Studies, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary

- Hill Kulu | Professor of Human Geography and Demography at the University of St Andrews | Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change & Connecting Generations | President of the European Association for Population Studies

- Christine Schnor | Professor of Demography at the Centre for Demographic Research, Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium

14-15 CEST | High-level expert panel | Population diversity and cohesion policy: The life course perspective

Societies in European Member States are rapidly changing in terms of their populations’ socio-demographic characteristics, including age, health, education, access to the labour market, family structure, gender and ethnicity. Inclusive policies and programmes that target people throughout their life course are needed, as the chances of leading active, healthy and productive lives is unequally distributed across the population characteristics and across generations. For example, groups who are vulnerable to loneliness and isolation, who may be unhealthy and frail, as well as those who have lower education levels and fewer opportunities in the labour market, need the longer-term attention of welfare state policies. What policy strategies can be developed to improve the well-being of those and all citizens? How can social investment policies be designed to avoid social exclusion and to maintain social cohesion?

- Michaela Kreyenfeld | Professor of Sociology at Hertie School | Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities | Spokesperson of the Consortium of the Einstein Center Population Diversity, Berlin, Germany

- Diego Ramiro-Fariñas | Director of the Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography and Full Professor of Demography at the Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain

- Zsolt Spéder | Professor at the University of Pécs, Department of Sociology | Chief Scientific Advisor at the Hungarian Demographic Research Institute (former Director from 1999-2023 | Honorary President of the European Association for Population Studies, Budapest, Hungary

- Laurent Toulemon | Directeur de recherche, Institut National d'Études Démographiques, Paris, France

Information on participating / attending:
Die Veranstaltung findet als Webex-Konferenz statt. Für eine Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung, registrieren Sie sich bitte unter folgendem Link:

https://survey.demogr.mpg.de/index.php/874322?lang=en

Date:

05/03/2024 10:00 - 05/03/2024 15:00

Event venue:

online
online
Berlin
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Economics / business administration, Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Politics, Social studies

Types of events:

Conference / symposium / (annual) conference, Presentation / colloquium / lecture, Seminar / workshop / discussion

Entry:

04/29/2024

Sender/author:

Dr. Katja Patzwaldt

Department:

Pressestelle

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event76826


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