Master's Programme Global Demography | Application 3 March to 7 April 2025

It is a great pleasure to present the Master’s Programme Global Demography at the University of Vienna, one of the three pillars of the Wittgenstein Centre. The Programme will start with its fifth cohort of students in October 2025. The application period runs from 3 March to 7 April 2025.

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Call for Papers: Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2026

Submit your paper to the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2026 for the Special Issue, “Delayed Reproduction: Patterns, Challenges, and Prospects.” Deadline for submission: 31 May 2025.

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POPNET Newsletter - The Wittgenstein Centre Newsletter

The POPNET newsletter highlights the latest news, publications, events and other activities of the Wittgenstein Centre. Read the latest issue here and sign up to receive the latest POPNET (population network news).

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Human Capital Data Explorer 3.0 (beta version)

Explore, select and download data on past reconstructions and future projections of the global population by age, sex and education.

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The Wittgenstein Centre aspires to be a world leader in the advancement of demographic methods and their application to the analysis of human capital and population dynamics. In assessing the effects of these forces on long-term human well-being, we combine scientific excellence in a multidisciplinary context with relevance to a global audience. It is a collaboration among the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Vienna.