Building a Stronger Global Population Community with IUSSP Affiliated Institutions

Special Session at the 2025 International Population Conference
– Tuesday 15 July in the Plaza Ballroom from 17.15 - 18.45

The Council of the IUSSP cordially invites population centers and programs from across the world to join this special session of IPC 2025. This is an informal session where networking is key. The session allows you to get to know the IUSSP Council and IUSSP Scientific Panels as well as fellow population centers and programs. In a townhall setting, we will discuss how IUSSP can foster closer collaboration with worldwide partners to address topics of common interest to better serve the global population community. Hoping to attract many new institutional members, the session will introduce the recently launched IUSSP Affiliated Institutional Members program and present the frontrunning Institutional Members who will kick off the discussion.

Provisional Program:

1. Opening and Welcome, by IUSSP President Shireen Jejeebhoy

2. Introduction of the Affiliated Institutions program, by IUSSP Secretary General & Treasurer Nico van Nimwegen

3. Kicking off the discussion by the current frontrunner IUSSP Affiliated Institutions: 

• Francois Clanché, French Institute for Demographic Studies - INED, France
• Anne Goujon, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, Austria
• Emilio Zagheni, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research - MPIDR, Germany
• Luca Maria Pesando, NYU Abu Dhabi

4. Townhall “exploring priorities of common interest to the global population community and how IUSSP and its members can play a role in addressing these priorities".

The discussion will be moderated by IUSSP incoming President Laura Rodriguez Wong

5. Closing and informal get-together/mixer
 

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