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IUSSP Bulletin - Issue 71, March 2026  June 1, 2026 N-IUSSP: The end of lowest-low as we knew it: one threshold, many futures
 IUSSP 2026 Laureate - Jane Bertrand
Jane Bertrand was elected the 2026 IUSSP Laureate.
Call for Nominations: 2027 IUSSP Early Career Awards
One award is offered for each region, in collaboration with the regional population associations: Africa (with UAPS), Asia & Pacific (with APA), Europe (with EAPS), Latin America & Caribbean (ALAP), North America (with PAA).
For more information: IUSSP Early Career Awards Recent webinars:
IUSSP Debate: "When Populations Shrink - Should States Encourage Births or Adapt?" 1 April 2026
Toward a Demography of Crisis and Resilience 3 March 2026
16 March 2026 Members News
In MemoriamDirk J. van de Kaa (1933-2026)  Dirk van de Kaa passed away in The Hague, The Netherlands on 22 May 2026 at the age of 93 years. The founding father of contemporary Dutch demography, he had joined the IUSSP in 1967 and was a member of the IUSSP Council from 1977 to 1984 as well as the 2001 IUSSP Laureate.
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Yasuhiko Saito, Research Project Professor at the College of Economics, Nihon University. He died on April 11, 2026, in Tokyo, following a courageous battle with cancer. Saito had served on the IUSSP Council from 2006 to 2009.
Alphonse L. MacDonald (1940-2026) The family of Dr. Alphonse L. MacDonald share the sad news of his death on March 4th 2026. He passed away in Paramaribo, Suriname, the country of his birth, following a major stroke suffered late last year while in Suriname visiting family. The IUSSP welcomes its new Council (2026-2029)
International Population Conference (IPC2025)13-18 July 2025, Brisbane, Australia | ||
Everything you always wanted to know about IUSSP…Feedback from members via a survey and answers from the IUSSP Secretariat. | ||
Yasuhiko Saito
Data Revolution | |
IUSSP members are invited to read and comment on recommendations sent to the UN Secretary General's Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.
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For more information see: Demography and the Data Revolution
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IUSSP Project on Family Planning, Fertility and Urban Development A project to support early career researchers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to produce policy-relevant evidence on family planning and fertility in cities and towns and their links to urban welfare funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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 | This site represents the major output arising from a joint IUSSP and UNFPA project to produce a single volume containing updated tools for demographic estimation from limited, deficient and defective data |
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 | This course introduces users to the methods used by demographers to analyse population data, and the sources of this data and the methods used to collect this data. Throughout the course, students are introduced to the types of issues of interest to demographers through real examples. Included are sessions that introduce broad areas of research through discussion of both global and national trends and sessions that show how demographic methods may be used in researching a range of areas, such as reproductive health, morbidity and health profiles, and the effects of ageing on a population. |