New IUSSP Panels

April 2026

 

At its meeting in April 2026, the IUSSP Council approved the proposals by IUSSP members for the creation of six new Scientific Panels and the renewal of three others. Several Panels were also extended to complete their programme of ctivities and two IUSSP Panels are "ongoing". 

 

New Scientific Panels

 

Adult Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (2026-2030)

  • Chaired by Marília Nepomuceno (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research)

Aligning Population Policies with Low Fertility (2026-2029)

  • Co-chaired by Shelley Clark (McGill University) and Sarah Hayford (Ohio State University)

Climate and Environmental Demography (2026-2030)

  • Co-chaired by Jasmin Abdel Ghany (Nuffield College, Oxford) and Tobias Rüttenauer (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Climate Change, Gender, and Migration (2026-2029)

  • Chaired by Ram Bhagat (formerly at International Institute for Population Sciences)

Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness (2026-2029)

  • Chaired by Sayeed Unisa (formerly at International Institute for Population Sciences)

The Council also approved the creation of a Panel on "Measuring Contraceptive Agency: From Rights-Based Frameworks to Survey-Ready Indicators for the Final SDG Period and Beyond", co-chaired by Ilene Speizer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Niranjan Saggurti (Population Council). This Panel will begin its activities at the end of the mandate of the current Panel on Rethinking Family Planning Measurement with a Reproductive Justice and Rights Lens.

 

Renewed Scientific Panels

 

Lifetime Migration (2023-2027)

  • Chaired by Sergi Vidal (CED-CERCA / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Mortality Dynamics and Multi-Morbidity at Death (2026-2029)

  • Chaired by Sergi Trias-Llimós (Pompeu Fabra University)

The Council also approved the renewal of the Panel on "Abortion Research", co-chaired by Fatima Juarez (El Colegio de Mexico) and Susheela Singh (Guttmacher Institute). The new Panel will begin its activities at the end of the mandate of the current Panel on Abortion Research. 

 

Continuing Scientific Panels

 

Abortion Research (ending in 2026)

  • Co-chaired by Fatima Juarez (El Colegio de Mexico) and Susheela Singh (Guttmacher Institute).

COVID-19, Fertility, and the Family (ending in 2027)

  • Chaired by Natalie Nitsche (Australian National University)

Digital and Computational Demography (ending in 2026)

  • Chaired by Ridhi Kashyap (University of Oxford)

Epidemics and Contagious Diseases: The Legacy of the Past (ending in 2027)

  • Chaired by Tim Riswick (Radboud University)

Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities (ending in 2029)

  • Chaired by Diego Alburez-Gutierrez (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research)

Population Registers, Ethics and Human Rights (ending in 2027)

  • Chaired by Romesh Silva (United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA)

Priorities in International Migration Research (ending in 2026)

  • Co-chaired by Diego Iturralde (Statistics South Africa) and Ellen Percy Kraly (Colgate University)

Rethinking Family Planning Measurement with a Reproductive Justice and Rights Lens (ending in 2026)

  • Chaired by Ilene Speizer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Elizabeth Sully (Guttmacher Institute)

 

Ongoing (permanent) IUSSP Panels/Committees

 

IUSSP Standing Committee on Demographic Terminology

  • Chaired by George Alter (University of Michigan)

Population Environment Research Network (PERN)

  • Coordinated by Susana Adamo (formerly at CIESIN, Columbia University),

 

Current Panels are listed here.

 

Past Panels are listed here.