Nico van Nimwegen
Netherlands Interdisciplinary demographic Institute
nimwegen@nidi.nl
A vibrant and inclusive research community is a great asset for any discipline. As IUSSP Secretary-General from 2005-2009 and 2017-2021 I enjoyed helping to build such a community. I like to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds, including younger colleagues. I am also active in the European Association for Population Studies, where I had several roles and currently am Executive Director. I helped organize many international conferences and am fully engaged in the transition to hybrid/virtual. Trained as a sociologist and social demographer at Utrecht University, I spent most of my career at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute. I led many national and international research projects and worked with the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Union. Since my retirement I am Honorary Fellow at NIDI. The richness of our field keeps inspiring me, and I happily combine my population work with being an involved grandfather of three.
- 2014 – present
Honorary Fellow, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI); Working Group Policy and Dissemination
- 2014 – present
Executive Director, European Association for Population Studies (EAPS)
- 1993 – 2014
Deputy Director, NIDI, The Hague (from 2001 – 2003 Acting Director of NIDI for several periods)
- 2012 – present
Editor-in-Chief, DEMOS, Bulletin on Population and Society, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)
- 2009 - present
Population Europe: Liaison person and Member of the Council of Advisors
-2006 – 2009
Secretary-General and Treasurer, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
- 2005 – 2011
Leader, Demography Network, European Social Situation Observatory, European Commission
- 2003 – 2008
Vice-President, European Association for Population Studies (EAPS)
- 2001 – present
Board member, Netherlands Demographic Society (Secretary 1981 – 1983)