The futures we want

Scientists from the Wittgenstein Centre will present their latest research at the 3rd International Sociology Association Forum between 10-14 July 2016 in Vienna. Under the theme "The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World" this event encourages a forward-orientation in empirical, theoretical, and normative research to tackle the problems and opportunities that often cut across borders.

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Presentation details

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 09:00-10:30

Session 390 Uncertainty and Precarity in Youth Employment: Public Policies, Institutional Mediations and Subjective Strategies. Part I

12. Heterogeneous Effects of Youth Unemployment on Well-Being • Nadia Steiber, Monika Muhlbock, Bernhard Kittel

Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 10:45-12:15

Session 296 Emerging Research in Environmental Sociology. Part I

30. Newer, Smarter, and Greener: Demographic Metabolism As a Driver of Green Consumption and Pro-Environmental Behaviour • Raya Muttarak, Wolfgang Lutz

Thursday, 14 July 2016, 10:45-12:15

Session 491 Human Capital and Global Population Dynamics

Session Organizer: Marc LUY

1. Education and Fertility in Europe: Stylized Facts, Expected and Surprising Findings • Tomáš Sobotka, Caroline Berghammer, Zuzanna Brzozowska, Anna Matysiak, Natalie Nitsche, Maria Rita Testa

2. The Effect of Increasing Human Capital on Increasing Life Expectancy: A Demographic Decomposition • Marc Luy, Marina Zannella, Yuka M. Sugawara, Christian Wegner-Siegmundt, Graziella Caselli

3. Modeling Past and Future Global Population By Levels of Education • Anne Goujon, Michaela Potančoková, Markus Speringer

4. Interactions of Population Trends with the Social, Economic and Natural Environment • Wolfgang Lutz