💡Frauen leben im Durchschnitt länger als Männer. Was können wir von Klöstern über diesen Unterschied lernen? Marc Luys Studie zeigt: Mönche und Nonnen leben fast gleich lang. Dies bedeutet: Ein Teil der „verlorenen“ Lebensjahre von Männern ist vermeidbar.
🔗 www.schroedingerskatze.at/was-ein-klos...
📢 A new Research article by @martaseiz.bsky.social just out @vypr.bsky.social uses population-wide birth register data from Spain (2007–2021) to analyse a broad range of perinatal outcomes and provides a detailed picture of how risks evolve with age and by education.
🔗 austriaca.at?arp=0x004173...
🆕 Debate by Anna Rotkirch just out @vypr.bsky.social ❗
“'Think about it all the time'. Reproductive cues in a late and low fertility setting"
Expectations of careful planning in all life domains have increased, while biological limits to #fertility remain unchanged.
🔗 austriaca.at?arp=0x00416d...
Join the IUSSP for a high-level virtual debate: "When Populations Shrink - Should States Encourage Births or Adapt?" (Zoom, 1 April 2026).
4 world experts from Finland, Japan, South Korea and Norway will address various aspects of the issue
iussp.org/en/iussp-deb...
#demography
#populationstudies
REVES 2027 conference save the date for Bilbao, 18-21 May 2027 In the picture, the Guggenheim museum, the Nervion River and the venue itself, partially blocked from sight by the museum
Exiting news 🎉
We @timriffe1.bsky.social @opik-ikerketa.bsky.social @ehu.eus will be organizing and hosting the 38th REVES conference on #healthexpectancy in #Bilbao!
Save the date for #REVES2027 @reves-network.bsky.social
📆 18-21 may 2027
📍 Bizkaia Aretoa in Bilbao, Spain
#REVES2026 is underway in Tokyo!
Researchers from around the world met today at @sophiauniversitye.bsky.social to share new insights on #healthexpectancy, longevity, population health, and health inequalities.
A great start for research, discussion, and collaboration🌏
www.reves2026.com
Today at #REVES2026 Prof. Katsunori Kondo delivered the George Myers Lecture.
✅He highlighted a key message from 900+ publications on Japanese population health: social participation matters for #HealthExpectancy, advocating for community-based health approaches.
More soon 🎧
www.reves2026.com
📢There is exciting news ahead: the 38th REVES Conference has been announced!!
Save the date for #REVES2027!
📆18–21 May 2027
📍Bilbao, Spain
▶️ Looking forward to seeing the #REVES community again next year!
www.reves-network.org
#GlobalHealth #PopulationHealth #Demography #SeeYouInBilbao
💡Die Geburtenrate liegt mit 1,29 so niedrig wie noch nie. Stellen immer weniger Kinder auf lange Sicht ein Problem für die Gesellschaft dar? Demograf Tomas Sobotka erklärt, welche Faktoren neben der Geburtenrate eine Rolle spielen.
🔗 Jetzt nachlesen: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
🔔Francesco C. Billari recently gave a lecture in Vienna, which he described as "the city where demography has married human capital". In case you missed it, the recorded talk is now available online!👇
#demography #fertility
📢We updated Short-Term Fertility Fluctuations #STFF data series!
✔️Monthly births for 47 countries and areas
✔️Seasonally & calendar adjusted monthly births & TFRs for 32 countries
Interested in short-term fertility trends?😉👇
humanfertility.org/Data/STFF
#HFD includes the Short-Term Fertility Fluctuations #STFF data series on monthly birth trends👇
✅Based on official data sources
✅Well documented, harmonized, up-to-date data
✅Seasonally & calendar adjusted TFRs for selected countries
🌐 humanfertility.org/Data/STFF
#HFD provides standardised sets of #fertility data comparable across countries and time👇
✅Based on official vital statistics
✅Uniform methodology & thorough data documentation
✅Period and cohort fertility indicators
✅Live births & fertility rates by age & birth order
✅Fertility tables
💡Watch now: Francesco Billari's talk on “Demography and Hyperdiversity“ at the @oeaw.bsky.social (Karl Popper-Lecture)!
Francesco Billari introduced the concept of “hyperdiversity” – a concept that will shape future demographic thinking.
🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzau...
#demography
OeAW-president Faßmann just mentioned @VID results showing that in Austria women take on average 416 days of parental leave, men only NINE! There is still room to increase…
Demographic change, and in particular the longevity revolution, is the mother of all revolutions.“
Great talk by Francesco Billari in the festive hall of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Looking 👀 forward to this 👇live today in Vienna!
Francesco Billari on #Demography and #Hyperdiversity
📅 23 February 2026, 17:00h
Karl Popper-Lecture at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Festive Hall
Further details will follow — stay tuned with @demographyvienna.bsky.social 🎧!
📢 Call for Papers!
We invite you to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demography and Human Capital", taking place from Dec 1-2, 2026 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna.
📆 Deadline: April 30, 2026
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
#demography
📢 Apply for the two-year Master Programme "Global Demography" at the University of Vienna!
The programme starts on 1 October 2026.
📅 Application period: 2 March to 7 April 2026
🔗 More information: demografie.univie.ac.at/studies/mast...
@univie.ac.at #demography
Yes! The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research @vypr.bsky.social is a peer reviewed, open-access journal
✅ no fee for authors and readers
Check our call for paper for the new special issue bsky.app/profile/vypr...
🚨Deadline for submission ➡️ 15 May 2026!
Well deserved, great job!
Congratulations!! You are an extraordinary nice group of scientists!
📢 Save the date for the next #WICColloquium!
Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz and Miguel Sanchez-Romero: "Reforming EU Pension Systems: Equity and Sustainability in Conflict".
📅 10 February 2026, 13:00-14:00h
📍 PSK Building MR04 (4th floor) and online
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/w...
#demography
📢 Register now!
Francesco C. Billari (Rector of Bocconi University, Milan): "Demography and Hyperdiversity".
📅 23 February 2026, 17:00h
📍 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Festive Hall
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/en/detail/ev...
📖 New publication: "Why do women live longer than men, but spend more time in poor health? A decomposition analysis of the gender gap in unhealthy life years across Europe".
@mmuszynskas.bsky.social et al. test the “longevity hypothesis".
🔗 Read now: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#demography
📖 New publication: "Trends in time with children in European countries: Intensification and gender convergence"!
Caroline Berghammer and @melissamilkie.bsky.social review studies investigating childcare trends in European countries.
🔗 Read now: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
#demography
📢 Save the date for the next #WICColloquium!
Joshua R. Goldstein: "Population Momentum from Migration".
📅 8 January 2026, 11:00-12:00h
📍 PSK Building MR01 (3rd floor) and online
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/w...
Our call for papers is out! Submit until May 15 2026.
The European Parenting Leave Policies Dataset is part of the Skill-PAL project (Skill Loss during Parental Leave and its Role for Gender Disparities in Earnings), funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (DATA_2023-39_Skill-PAL).
📢 New dataset for researchers!
The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024.
🔗 eplp-dataset.org