World Population Program: Research Overview & Aims
The World Population Program's (POP) current research program is an integral part of the work of the newly established Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, a collaboration between IIASA, the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU).
The IIASA component of this work is structured into the following projects:
Population Forecasting and Aging
While the 20th century was the century of population growth, the 21st century is likely to become the century of population aging More
Population and Human Capital
The Population and Human Capital project aims to more fully understand the dynamics of an improving educational composition of the population and to demonstrate the long-term implications of near-term investments in education. More
Age and Cohort Change
The central research theme of the Age and Cohort Change (ACC) project is the projection of social and economic change (skills, productivity, attitudes and beliefs) in Europe over the coming decades. More
Population-Development-Environment (PDE) Interactions
POP is working on comprehensive models that capture the possible dangers to human health and well-being resulting from future PDE interactions. More
Future Impacts of Climate Change (FutureSoc)
FutureSoc is an effort to define the consequences of climate change on future human societies and examine the ability of those societies to cope with the coming changes. More
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