Wolfgang Lutz: 20 Years at VID – 12 Years of WIC | Festive Event | 30 November 2022 at 6:30
29 NOV 2022
On the occasion of Wolfgang Lutz's upcoming farewell as Director of the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) after twenty years at the OeAW, a festive event entitled "20 years VID - 12 years WIC" will take place on Wednesday, 30 November 2022.
- Opening
Heinz Faßmann | President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - Strengthening demography in Austria
Wolfgang Lutz | Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna) - A report on WIC
Landis MacKellar | International Institute for Applied System Analysis - The IIASA Perspective
Anne Goujon | Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna)
Albert van Jaarsveld | International Institute for Applied System Analysis - Wolfgang and 20 years at VID
Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz | Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna), TU Wien
Wolfgang Lutz founded the Wittgenstein Centre with the aim of further developing demographic methods and applying them to the analysis of human capital and population dynamics.
As part of the event, the latest report of the Wittgenstein Centre "Report of Activities 2018–2022 Wittgenstein Centre: Advancing Demography and Global Human Capital Research" will be presented, providing an insight into the research activities and results of the years 2018-2022.
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.