News & Highlights 2012
Professorship at Jacobs University for V. Skirbekk
Vegard Skirbekk has been appointed Adjunct Professor at Jacobs University Bremen More
IIASA demographer presents new findings in Australia
IIASA’s Wolfgang Lutz gave a public lecture yesterday in Australia, co-sponsored by IIASA’s newest National Member Organization, CSIRO. More
Redefining age: IIASA population researcher wins ERC Advanced Grant
IIASA demographer Sergei Scherbov has won an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to explore population aging and its impacts on Europe and beyond. More
New POP research at the IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference
POP researchers have presented new findings at the IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference: Worlds Within Reach – From Science to Policy, which was hosted from 24 to 26 October in Vienna and Laxenburg. More
Elke Loichinger receives AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2012 of the BMW_F
For her dissertation: Europe’s future human capital: population projections by age, sex, education, labor force participation and health status, Elke Loichinger was honored by the Austrian government More
Aging in Africa
People over the age of 60 will be fastest-growing population segment in sub-Saharan Africa in the next decades. What challenges and opportunities does this change present for the region? More
POP at the Lower Austria Marketplace of Science
On 3 October, IIASA scientists and staff brought their science to the public at the Lower Austria "Marktplatz der Wissenschaft" or "Marketplace of Science." More
Experiencing Science on the „MS Wissenschaft“
IIASA’s World Population Program and the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital are participating in the interactive science exhibition on sustainability offered to students aged 10 to 14 years. More
New POP research at Asian Population Association Conference 2012
IIASA population researchers are presenting new findings at the Asian Population Association Conference, which runs from 26 to 29 August in Bangkok, Thailand. More
Science for a sustainable future: IIASA at Alpbach Forum
How will science and technology shape our global future? More
Wolfgang Lutz presents at the Alpbach Technology Forum
Between 22 and 26 August, 2012, IIASA Director and CEO Pavel Kabat and IIASA World Population Program leader Wolfgang Lutz are discussing their research on population, innovation, energy, and sustainability at the Alpbach Technology Forum, an internationally-focused meeting related to science, technology, and society. More
New European and Asian Data Sheets 2012
By applying the multi-state model of population dynamics, including differential fertility, mortality and migration rates, IIASA has produced projections of the European and Asian population by age, sex and four levels of educational attainment. The results are now presented with the European Demographic Data Sheet 2012 and the Asian Demographic and Human Capital Data Sheet 2012. More
Wolfgang Lutz addresses “birth rate” tensions in keynote
Wolfgang Lutz, leader of IIASA’s World Population Program and Director of the Wittgenstein Centre,gave a lecture on “Starting a family in times of decreased fertility" More
Marcin Stonawski and colleagues win EAPS Poster Award
The European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) awarded the “Poster Award for the Best Poster Presented at EPC2012” to IIASA’s Marcin Stonawski, Vegard Skirbekk, Michaela Potancokova (and colleagues from Pew Research Center) for their article Religious demography of emerging economies. More
IIASA education research at the European Population Conference
IIASA’s groundbreaking work on the role of education in population development is being featured at the European Population Conference 2012, in Stockholm, Sweden, starting June 13. More
Wolfgang Lutz elected to Austrian Academy of Sciences
Leader of IIASA’s World Population Program Wolfgang Lutz has been elected as a full member to the Austrian Academy of Sciences. More
Demography’s role in Sustainable Development
In a letter to the editor of Science (24 Feb), several IIASA researchers and another 17 development experts outline how humans (population size, distribution, and characteristics) are central to sustainability. More