📢New article out in @vypr.bsky.social ! ✅Stulp et al. shift the focus from the observable outcome (births) to the earlier, unobserved behaviour (the first attempt to conceive), using Dutch administrative data and a #microsimulation model. Online first🔗 austriaca.at?arp=0x0041a3... #Demography

💡New European Demographic Datasheet 2026 available! The datasheet explores, visualizes and compares population indicators for European countries. It highlights demographic divides in fertility, health, work and welfare. Available as printed poster and online. 🔗 More: eds2026.populationeurope.org/en/

📢 New article by @nsturm.bsky.social, Alessandra Trimarchi and Jan Van Bavel looks at whether precarious union formation is making it more difficult for women with low educational attainment to enter parenthood, with #ESS data from 28 countries 🔗 austriaca.at?arp=0x004199... #Fertility #Demography

Congratulations to Lina for winning the poster award at @EPC2026.

CONGRATULATIONS to Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz for winning the EAPS award for population studies!! 🎉👏

How long can parents take leave, and how can they share it? The new EPLP Dataset tracks parenting leave in 21 European countries, 1970-2024, with 33 variables on duration, benefits, flexibility, and incentives for sharing www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... eplp-dataset.org

💡 Neues Geburtenbarometer! Das Geburtenbarometer bietet die umfassendste Analyse von Daten zur Fertilität in Österreich. Die Geburtenrate ist auf einem Tiefstand. Die Analyse zeigt, was hinter dieser Entwicklung steht. 🔗 www.birthbarometer.at/de/ @oeaw.bsky.social

demoscapes.org is a visual atlas of demographic surfaces hosted at @mpidr.bsky.social. It is also my passion project growing out of my 2016 human mortality database explorer. Did you publish something containing Lexis surfaces? Consider reaching out and having your work featured on the site.

Leah Abrams@leahrabrams.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Check out @jschoeley.com's very cool project: Demoscapes! It now features interactive Lexis surfaces based on our recent PNAS paper tracking cohort trends in major causes of death in the US. It's (to us data lovers) so fun! demoscapes.org/collections/...

💡 Strong piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on #HealthyLifeExpectancy! Measurement aspects matter: the definition of health and the survey data used (doi.org/10.12765/CPo...) and the reporting behaviour can bias cross-country comparisons (doi.org/10.1093/eurp...). 🔗 More: www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/research...

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3mo ago

The problem with healthy life expectancy ft.trib.al/ysEoB4C | opinion

💡Frauen leben im Durchschnitt länger als Männer. Was können wir von Klöstern über diesen Unterschied lernen? Marc Luys Studie zeigt: Mönche und Nonnen leben fast gleich lang. Dies bedeutet: Ein Teil der „verlorenen“ Lebensjahre von Männern ist vermeidbar. 🔗 www.schroedingerskatze.at/was-ein-klos...

Was ein Klosterleben für die Lebenserwartung bringt – Schrödingers Katze

Das Leben im Kloster kann viel über die Lebenserwartung der Bevölkerung aussagen.

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📢 A new Research article by @martaseiz.bsky.social just out @vypr.bsky.social uses population-wide birth register data from Spain (2007–2021) to analyse a broad range of perinatal outcomes and provides a detailed picture of how risks evolve with age and by education. 🔗 austriaca.at?arp=0x004173...

🆕 Debate by Anna Rotkirch just out @vypr.bsky.social ❗ “'Think about it all the time'. Reproductive cues in a late and low fertility setting" Expectations of careful planning in all life domains have increased, while biological limits to #fertility remain unchanged. 🔗 austriaca.at?arp=0x00416d...

Join the IUSSP for a high-level virtual debate: "When Populations Shrink - Should States Encourage Births or Adapt?" (Zoom, 1 April 2026). 4 world experts from Finland, Japan, South Korea and Norway will address various aspects of the issue iussp.org/en/iussp-deb... #demography #populationstudies

Exiting news 🎉 We @timriffe1.bsky.social @opik-ikerketa.bsky.social @ehu.eus will be organizing and hosting the 38th REVES conference on #healthexpectancy in #Bilbao! Save the date for #REVES2027 @reves-network.bsky.social 📆 18-21 may 2027 📍 Bizkaia Aretoa in Bilbao, Spain

#REVES2026 is underway in Tokyo! Researchers from around the world met today at @sophiauniversitye.bsky.social to share new insights on #healthexpectancy, longevity, population health, and health inequalities. A great start for research, discussion, and collaboration🌏 www.reves2026.com

Today at #REVES2026 Prof. Katsunori Kondo delivered the George Myers Lecture. ✅He highlighted a key message from 900+ publications on Japanese population health: social participation matters for #HealthExpectancy, advocating for community-based health approaches. More soon 🎧 www.reves2026.com

📢There is exciting news ahead: the 38th REVES Conference has been announced!! Save the date for #REVES2027! 📆18–21 May 2027 📍Bilbao, Spain ▶️ Looking forward to seeing the #REVES community again next year! www.reves-network.org #GlobalHealth #PopulationHealth #Demography #SeeYouInBilbao

💡Die Geburtenrate liegt mit 1,29 so niedrig wie noch nie. Stellen immer weniger Kinder auf lange Sicht ein Problem für die Gesellschaft dar? Demograf Tomas Sobotka erklärt, welche Faktoren neben der Geburtenrate eine Rolle spielen. 🔗 Jetzt nachlesen: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Babyblues: Braucht Österreich mehr Kinder?

Die Kinderzahl pro Frau in Österreich liegt bei 1,29 – erneut ein historisches Tief. Die Politik will gegensteuern, aber was hilft? Und wie groß ist das Problem tatsächlich?

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🔔Francesco C. Billari recently gave a lecture in Vienna, which he described as "the city where demography has married human capital". In case you missed it, the recorded talk is now available online!👇

Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)@demographyvienna.bsky.social · 5mo ago

💡Watch now: Francesco Billari's talk on “Demography and Hyperdiversity“ at the @oeaw.bsky.social (Karl Popper-Lecture)! Francesco Billari introduced the concept of “hyperdiversity” – a concept that will shape future demographic thinking. 🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzau... #demography

#demography #fertility 📢We updated Short-Term Fertility Fluctuations #STFF data series! ✔️Monthly births for 47 countries and areas ✔️Seasonally & calendar adjusted monthly births & TFRs for 32 countries Interested in short-term fertility trends?😉👇 humanfertility.org/Data/STFF

#HFD includes the Short-Term Fertility Fluctuations #STFF data series on monthly birth trends👇 ✅Based on official data sources ✅Well documented, harmonized, up-to-date data ✅Seasonally & calendar adjusted TFRs for selected countries 🌐 humanfertility.org/Data/STFF

#HFD provides standardised sets of #fertility data comparable across countries and time👇 ✅Based on official vital statistics ✅Uniform methodology & thorough data documentation ✅Period and cohort fertility indicators ✅Live births & fertility rates by age & birth order ✅Fertility tables

💡Watch now: Francesco Billari's talk on “Demography and Hyperdiversity“ at the @oeaw.bsky.social (Karl Popper-Lecture)! Francesco Billari introduced the concept of “hyperdiversity” – a concept that will shape future demographic thinking. 🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzau... #demography

OeAW-president Faßmann just mentioned @VID results showing that in Austria women take on average 416 days of parental leave, men only NINE! There is still room to increase…

Demographic change, and in particular the longevity revolution, is the mother of all revolutions.“ Great talk by Francesco Billari in the festive hall of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Looking 👀 forward to this 👇live today in Vienna! Francesco Billari on #Demography and #Hyperdiversity 📅 23 February 2026, 17:00h Karl Popper-Lecture at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Festive Hall Further details will follow — stay tuned with @demographyvienna.bsky.social 🎧!

Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)@demographyvienna.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 Register now! Francesco C. Billari (Rector of Bocconi University, Milan): "Demography and Hyperdiversity". 📅 23 February 2026, 17:00h 📍 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Festive Hall 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/en/detail/ev...

📢 Call for Papers! We invite you to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demography and Human Capital", taking place from Dec 1-2, 2026 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna. 📆 Deadline: April 30, 2026 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve... #demography

📢 Apply for the two-year Master Programme "Global Demography" at the University of Vienna! The programme starts on 1 October 2026. 📅 Application period: 2 March to 7 April 2026 🔗 More information: demografie.univie.ac.at/studies/mast... @univie.ac.at #demography

Yes! The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research @vypr.bsky.social is a peer reviewed, open-access journal ✅ no fee for authors and readers Check our call for paper for the new special issue bsky.app/profile/vypr... 🚨Deadline for submission ➡️ 15 May 2026!

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR)@vypr.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 Call for papers is now open! We invite you to submit your contributions to the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2027 special issue "Demographic perspectives on migration". 📆 Submit until 15 May 2026. 🔗 viennayearbook.org/call #demography @vypr.bsky.social @demographyvienna.bsky.social

📢 Save the date for the next #WICColloquium! Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz and Miguel Sanchez-Romero: "Reforming EU Pension Systems: Equity and Sustainability in Conflict". 📅 10 February 2026, 13:00-14:00h 📍 PSK Building MR04 (4th floor) and online 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/w... #demography