The Wittgenstein Centre at the APA Conference

The Wittgenstein Centre at the APA Conference

15 JUL 2015Conferences

Researchers from the Wittgenstein Centre will present current studies at this year's Asian Population Association conference, 27-30 July 2015 in Kuala Lumpur.
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Social participation and disaster risk reduction behaviors

Social participation and disaster risk reduction behaviors

8 JUL 2015

In their new paper, Raya Muttarak and colleagues show that community participation and strong social networks can aid preparedness to natural disaster such as tsunamis in vulnerable regions.
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A demographic perspective on climate change mitigation and adaptation

A demographic perspective on climate change mitigation and adaptation

6 JUL 2015Blog post

In this blog post on OpenPop.org, Erich Striessnig discusses the potential impact of population growth on emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Raya Muttarak at the UNESCO climate change conference

Raya Muttarak at the UNESCO climate change conference

5 JUL 2015Conferences

Raya Muttarak will present research on climate change perceptions and individual mitigation behaviours at the "Our Common Future Under Climate Change" conference, 7-10 July 2015 in Paris.
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World Bank aging report uses Wittgenstein Centre research

World Bank aging report uses Wittgenstein Centre research

29 JUN 2015

Wittgenstein Centre population projections and results from the ERC-supported Re-Aging project are used in a new World Bank report on population aging in Europe and Central Asia.
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Malaysian researchers at the Vienna Institute of Demography

19 JUN 2015

Irwan Nadzif Mahpul and Mohd Amirul Rafiq Abu Rahim, researchers from LPPKN, the National Population and Family Development Board in Malaysia visited the Vienna Institute of Demography to discuss the possible collaboration about online databases and participation in the Human Fertility Database.
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Religions in Vienna - WIREL project key findings report published

Religions in Vienna - WIREL project key findings report published

18 JUN 2015Project

The WIREL project studied demographic and religious forces that have shaped Vienna’s population composition throughout the past as well as the implications for the present and the future.
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European Demographic Data Sheet 2014

European Demographic Data Sheet 2014

14 JUN 2015Data Sheet

This collection of projections for 49 European countries, EU-28, USA and Japan by age, sex and four levels of educational attainment is the result of a multi-state model of population dynamics.
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Fertility Patterns of Native and Migrant Muslims in Europe

Fertility Patterns of Native and Migrant Muslims in Europe

2 JUN 2015

Marcin Stonawski, Michaela Potancoková and Vegard Skirbekk have published a new paper entitled "Fertility Patterns of Native and Migrant Muslims in Europe" in Population, Space and Place.
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Research on Aging at the 27th REVES meeting

Research on Aging at the 27th REVES meeting

25 MAY 2015

Scientists from the ERC funded Reassessing Ageing from a Population Perspective (Re-Ageing) project present new research at this thematic conference, 2-4 June 2015.
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