The PROMISE research project was recently awarded funding in the Loneliness thematic programme of the National Science Agenda (NWA). The consortium consists of NIDI as main applicant, University of Groningen (RUG), Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and the knowledge institutes Movisie and Pharos as co-applicants, and 25 collaboration partners (including welfare […]
GGP Newsletter no. 92 is now available. Read up on the GGP’s side event at the ICPD30 conference in Geneva , job opportunities within the GGP community and the first GUIDE conference: GGP Newsletter October 2023.
The European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) invites submissions to the European Population Conference 2024 which will be held from 12-15 June 2024. EPC 2024 is organized by EAPS in collaboration with the University of St Andrews (United Kingdom) and will convene in Edinburgh. EPC 2024 will be an in-person conference. EPC 2024 is a […]
The Netherlands Demographic Society (NVD) invites you to join the 16th edition of the Dutch Demography Day on Monday 4 December 2023, in the Academy Building of Utrecht University (Domplein). At the conference, the most recent findings in the field of population studies will be presented, including family and fertility, migrants and migration, health, mortality […]
The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) will be held in Columbus, Ohio, USA, 17-20 April 2023. The Population Association of America’s annual meeting is the premier conference of demographers and social and health scientists from the United States and abroad. Here demographers at all career stages are afforded the opportunity […]
Wednesday 4 October Lluís Mangot-Sala successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled ‘Disruptive life events and health: Longitudinal evidence from a large cohort in the Netherlands‘. Events that happen in individuals’ lives can have far-reaching consequences in many different life domains, for instance on one’s health and health behaviours. Some events, such as finding a partner […]
GGP Newsletter no. 91 is now available. Read up on what happened during the 7th GGP User conference, a call for articles based on GGS Uruguay and updates from the GGP Central Hub: GGP Newsletter September 2023.
Monday 25 September Daniël van Wijk successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled ‘From prosperity to parenthood: How employment, income, and perceived economic uncertainty influence family formation‘. Across rich societies, people are becoming parents at increasingly older ages. The precarious economic position of young adults is often cited as explanation for this postponement of parenthood. However, […]
The 5th Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography (ESHD2023) will take place in Nijmegen from August 30 – September 2, 2023. The conference leading theme is: The challenge of comparing across space and time Participants are encouraged to engage with and link across three different streams of historical social science analysis: For further […]
The University of Groningen and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) have signed a renewed collaboration agreement for the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI). Together, the University and the leading research institute aim to further build the national and international knowledge infrastructure on population issues.
GGP Newsletter no. 89 is now available. Read up on which fresh new topics have been selected for GGS-II wave 2, why Judith Koops won the Instituut Gak-KNAW Award and how to attend the 7th GGP User Conference: GGP Newsletter June 2023.
The Generations & Gender Programme (GGP) Newsletter no. 88 is now available. Read up on a workshop the GGP co-organized in the Western Balkans, a webinar on scientific data for Ukraine and updates from the GGP Central Hub: GGP Newsletter May 2023.
GGP Newsletter no. 87 is now available. Read up on GGP Hub representation at the UN World Data Forum and the CSDI workshop, a research visit by a Croatian visitor and fieldwork updates: GGP Newsletter April 2023.
The Generations & Gender Programme announces its 7th GGP User Conference. The conference will take place on 13-15 September at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw, Poland. The Generations & Gender Programme invites researchers working with data from the Generations and Gender Survey, the GGP Contextual Database, or the Harmonized Histories to present […]
The 21st Conference of the European Divorce Network will take place in Utrecht on 12-13th October, 2023. The conference will be hosted by Utrecht University (UU) and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI-KNAW). It will take place on site to facilitate the exchange of ideas and the cohesion of the network. We invite all scholars […]
The 2023 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, 12-15 April 2023. The Population Association of America’s annual meeting is the premier conference of demographers and social and health scientists from the United States and abroad. Here demographers at all career stages are afforded the opportunity […]
