International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

IUSSP Bulletin ● Issue 62, Dec 2023

In this issue: IPC 2025 website & call for papers ● Call for host country proposals for IPC 2029 ● 2023 Early Career Awards ● 2024 IUSSP Laureate – Wolfgang Lutz ● Developing your first research grant proposal ● Social inequalities in multi-morbidity at death ● Population registers, ethics and human rights ● Debate on population & sustainability ● Innovations in data infrastructure for the longitudinal study of international migration ● Reminder: new student fee starting 2024 ● News from the Members ● Regional Population Associations ● Other announcements ● N-IUSSP ● Calls for papers ● Training courses and workshops ● Career and study opportunities ● Calendar

Warmest wishes for the holidays & the New Year!

International Population Conference

IPC 2025 website & call for papers

The website for the 2025 International Population Conference (IPC 2025) in Brisbane, Australia is open. The call for papers, which will open on 1 May 2024, is available in pdf as a screen version as well as in a print-friendly format on the IUSSP website).

(Visit the IPC2025 website and download PDF Call & Printable Call)

Call for host country proposals for IPC 2029

The IUSSP Council invites national population associations and other national institutions to consider hosting the XXXI International Population Conference in 2029. Formal bid proposals are requested for 15 March 2025, but in the meantime, expressions of interest are welcome.

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IUSSP Awards

2023 Early Career Awards

This first competition for the IUSSP Early Career Awards received applications from a strong and diverse field of young scientists from all corners of the world. These Awards are made in collaboration with the regional population associations: UAPS, APA, EAPS, ALAP and PAA.

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2024 IUSSP Laureate – Wolfgang Lutz

Wolfgang Lutz was selected as the 2024 IUSSP Laureate Award in honour of his exceptional achievements in the population field. The Award ceremony will take place virtually, probably in June 2024.

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Training

Developing your first research grant proposal

This webinar was held online, on 29 November 2023, organized by Ankit Sikarwar on behalf of the IUSSP Panel on Early Career Perspectives. The instructor was Natalie Papanastasiou, a Research Grant Consultant from Outstanding Research Grants. The recording, which is restricted to IUSSP members and student associates, will be available until 31 December 2023.

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IUSSP Webinar Series

Social inequalities in multi-morbidity at death

This webinar, featuring presentations by Tim Adair and Paul Peters, was organized on 28 September 2023 by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Declining Mortality and Multi-morbidity at Death. Its focus was on socio-economic differences in multi-morbidity at death.

(Watch the recording and access the slides.)

Population registers, ethics and human rights

This webinar, organized by the IUSSP Panel on Population Registers, Ethics and Human Rights in collaboration with IDRC, Canada, was held on 10 October 2023. It showcased 3 IUSSP fellows' research projects and a group project undertaken by the team of mentors.

(Watch the recording.)

Debate on population & sustainability

This debate was organized by Stan Becker on 18 October 2023. The full question debated was "Yes or No: The population of humans that can be supported sustainably on the planet at a reasonable standard of living is below 4 billion?" The debate was introduced by Joel Cohen, who provided some background, and included debaters Anastasia Pseiridis & Frank Götmark for "Yes” and Timothy Guinnane & Jacques Emina for "No".

(Watch the recording and access the slides.)

Register for the forthcoming webinar:

Innovations in data infrastructure for the longitudinal study of international migration

This webinar, organized by the IUSSP Panel on Lifetime Migration on 7 March 2024, will include an introduction by Sergi Vidal on the importance of longitudinal data to study international migration, followed by a panel discussion with four speakers - Aliakbar Akbaritabar, Nikola Sander, Rosa Weber, Marcela Cerruti - facilitated by Claudia Brunori, and by a Q&A session with the audience.

(Register in advance to attend this webinar.)

IUSSP Membership

Reminder: new student fee starting 2024

IUSSP student membership will no longer be free. It will be replaced in 2024 by a new one-time student fee covering 4 years of membership. The fee is set at Euro 40 for students residing in High-Income Countries and Euro 20 for students residing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

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News from the Members

Members' new publications

Positive or negative? The effect of emerging technologies and products on mental health, edited by Chao Guo, Peige Song, Aiping Fang and Stuart Gilmour
Health and Medical Geography in Africa – Methods, Applications and Development Linkages, edited by Yemi Adewoyin

(Read Summaries)

New IUSSP members

Thirteen new members and 30 new Student Associates joined the IUSSP between 1 September and 30 November 2023. Please encourage your colleagues and students to become members.

(See list)

Regional Population Associations

2024 ALAP congress in Bogota, Colombia

The 11th Latin American Population Association (ALAP) Congress will be held in Bogota, Colombia in December 2024. Updates will be available on the ALAP website.

The 6th Asian Population Association Conference will take place in Kathmandu, Nepal, 27-30 November 2024. The call for submissions is now open until 2 February 2024.

The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) will be held in Columbus, Ohio 17-20 April 2024.

(PAA 2024 Website)

2024 European Population Conference in Edinburgh

The 2024 European Population Conference (EPC 2024), organized by the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) in collaboration with the University of St Andrews, will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom) 12-15 June 2024. The Call for Papers is now closed with a record number of submissions. Conveners are developing oral and poster sessions. Authors will be informed by mid-January. Registration will open soon.

The 9th African Population Conference, organized by the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS), will be held in Lilongwe, Malawi, 20-24 May 2024 on the theme: “Road to 2030: Leveraging Africa’s human capital to achieve transformation in a world of uncertainty”.

The XXII International AIDELF Conference will take place in Aveiro, Portugal, 27-30 August 2024 on the theme: "Demography and mobility".

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Other Announcements

Marc Luy - new Director of VID, Austria

Marc Luy was appointed as the new Director of the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He succeeds Wolfgang Lutz, who served as a director from 2002 to 2022, successfully internationalizing the institute and fostering a diverse range of research activities. Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz and Tomas Sobotka will serve as deputy directors.

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) presents a funding opportunity for Building Neuroscience Research Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) in Africa. The letter of intent (optional) is due 12 January 2024. The application due date is 14 February 2024. Interested investigators should watch the video of the pre-application webinar that was held on 16 November 2023.

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N-IUSSP

Recent articles

Mortality and morbidity drivers of international health inequality, Iñaki Permanyer and Octavio Bramajo
Sociodemographic disparities in co-impairment in the older U.S. population, Shubhankar Sharma, Jo Mhairi Hale, Mikko Myrskylä and Hill Kulu
How retirement policies and demographic change influence China’s gender labor force gap, Feng Kai
Joint physical custody of children in Europe: A growing phenomenon, Mia Hakovirta, Daniel R. Meyer, Milla Salin, Eija Lindroos and Mari Haapanen
Reproductive-age morbidities and their impact on women’s health in sub-Saharan Africa (2010-2019), Audrey M. Kalindi, Brian Houle and Vladimir Canudas-Romo
How many relatives do the Swedish have? Martin Kolk
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy in the US Hispanic population, Elizabeth Arias and Betzaida Tejada-Vera
Early disengagement from education and work: “ninihood” in Latin America, Chia Liu, Andrés F. Castro Torres and Ewa Batyra
How long do older Germans work? Christian Dudel, Elke Loichinger, Sebastian Klüsener, Harun Sulak and Mikko Myrskylä
Earnings-related parental leave and continued childbearing in Estonia, Allan Puur, Sanan Abdullayev, Martin Klesment and Mark Gortfelder
Should or should not China be afraid of population decline? Wang Feng
How migration affects sex ratios at subnational level, Michał Gulczyński

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Calls

Calls for papers

IUSSP Virtual Workshop: Toward the Elimination of Cholera Epidemics: from the Past to Contemporary Societies, Online, 19 April 2024. Deadline for submission: 20 December 2023
Session on the Geography of Family and Household Changes at the 2024 International Geographical Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 24-30 August 2024. Deadline for submissions: 12 January 2024
Colloque international et multidisciplinaire "Séparation parentale, recomposition familiale", Campus Condorcet (Aubervilliers-Paris), France, 1-2 July 2024. Deadline for submissions: 12 January 2024
VI International Conference for postgraduate students in population and urban studies, Mexico, 24-26 April 2024. Deadline for submissions: 28 January 2024
Special collection of Demographic Research on the demographic impact of COVID mitigation policies. Deadline for submissions: extended to 15 February 2024
50th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association on “Trust and Distrust of Historical Sources in the Digital Age”, Toronto, Canada, 31 October- 3 November 2024. Deadline for submissions: 23 February 2024
IUSSP Seminar on Improving measurement of abortion incidence and safety: Innovations in methodology and recent empirical studies, Naivasha, Kenya, 19-21 November 2024. Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2024
Demog-Crazy Award (Quetelet Journal). Deadline for submissions: 1 April 2024
IUSSP Workshop on Tuberculosis: The White Death as a Social Disease, Alghero, Italy, 26–28 September 2024. Deadline for submission: 30 April 2024
Special issue of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research on “Population Inequality Matters”. Deadline for (full) paper submissions: 31 May 2024
Special Issue of China Population and Development Studies on Projections/analyses of Households and Living Arrangements, and Applications in Healthy Aging and Sustainable Development
Studies. Deadline for submission of full papers to this special issue: 31 August 2024
30th International Population Conference, Brisbane Convention and Exhibit Centre, Australia, 13-18 July 2025. Deadline for submission: 15 September 2024

Training

Training courses and workshops

Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program, MPIDR, Rostock, Germany, 3 June-23 August 2024 - Deadline for applications: 10 January 2024
Young Scientist Summer Program (YSSP) at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna, Austria, 1 June to 31 August 2024 - Deadline for applications: 12 January 2024 (midnight CET)
Formation à l'Approche par les Capabilités. Provided by the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS), in collaboration with the Réseau Régional Afrique francophone, coordinated by the University of Geneva (Institut de démographie et de socioéconomie, IDESO). These modules are for population scientists from Francophone African countries.

Career and Study Opportunities

Jobs/Fellowships/PhD Positions/Post-Docs

2 postdoctoral research positions on WHOCOUNTS project, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) - Deadline for Applications: 24 December 2023
Post-doctoral position in new research training group "Cross-border labor markets" jointly run by Bielefeld University and the University of Duisburg-Essen - Deadline for Applications: 28 December 2023
MSc & PhD scholarships available at LSHTM in demography and reproductive health - Deadline for Applications: 15 January 2024
PhD opportunities at LSE - Deadline for Applications: 15 January 2024
2 tenured researchers at the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), Paris, France - Deadline for Applications: 6 February 2024
PhD Position in Demography "Closing child and youth mortality gaps" - UCLouvain (Belgium) - Deadline for Applications: 15 February 2024
Open Rank Professor of Racism, Health Equity, and Social Justice, University of California Los Angeles - Deadline for Applications: 20 March 2024
Tenure-track Assistant Professor Specializing in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) - Deadline for Applications: 20 March 2024

Calendar

Forthcoming IUSSP meetings & other events

Berlin Demography Days 2024: Overcoming Crises. Shaping Policy for an Uncertain Future, Online, 23-25 January 2024
IUSSP Expert Meeting: Assessing approaches to demand-side family planning measurement with a reproductive justice and rights framework, Mombaza, Kenya, 5-7 March 2024
IUSSP Webinar: Innovations in data infrastructure for the study of international migration trajectories, Online, 7 March 2024
IUSSP Workshop on Population and Conflict, Southampton, England, 7-9 March 2024
Population Association of America (PAA) 2024 Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 17-20 April 2024
IUSSP Virtual Workshop: Toward the Elimination of Cholera Epidemics: from the Past to Contemporary Societies, Online, 19 April 2024
9th African Population Conference, Lilongwe, Malawi, 20-24 May 2024
European Population Conference 2024 (EPC 2024), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 12-15 June 2024
12th International Conference on Population Geographies, Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), 1-3 July 2024
XXIIème Colloque de l'AIDELF - 2024, Aveiro, Portugal, 27-30 August 2024
IUSSP Seminar: Tuberculosis: The White Death as a Social Disease, Alghero, Italy, 26–28 September 2024
IUSSP Seminar: Improving measurement of abortion incidence and safety: Innovations in Methodology and recent empirical studies, Naivasha, Kenya, 19-21 November 2024
6th Asian Population Association Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, 27-30 November 2024
11th Latin American Population Association (ALAP) Congress, Bogota, Colombia, December 2024
2025 International Population Conference (IPC2025), Brisbane, Australia, 13-18 July 2025

Submit your announcements

Feel free to share news from your institution and region so that we can keep all IUSSP members informed about recent or forthcoming events and opportunities in the population field. IUSSP members are welcome to submit information on conferences, calls for papers, training, career or study opportunities as well as their recent publications or peer-reviewed software for inclusion in the newsletter and IUSSP website. Please send the information to contact@iussp.org and remember to include important dates for application deadlines (and photos when appropriate). Information should be sent by email or in a Word document so that it can be edited. For inclusion in the next Bulletin, please send information by 1 March 2024. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

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