21 MAY 2014
Wolfgang Lutz was invited to participate in the WorldStat meeting organized by the Oxford Martin School. His contribution to the meeting is based on a recent review article in Science.
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19 MAY 2014Workshop
UNFPA Workshop: Population Dynamics and Sustainable Development
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8 MAY 2014
A physical test for measuring age shows wide differences between the rates of aging among different population groups, according to new research by Scherbov and Sanderson published in PLOS ONE.
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29 APR 2014
3 days, 9 sessions, 22 presentations, 40 participants at the seminar on demography and climate change in Kao Lak, Phang Nga 23-25 Apr 2014. The highlights and presentations are now available.
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26 APR 2014
Age invaders: A generation of old people is about to change the global economy. They will not all do so in the same way. Wittgenstein Centre research on aging, productivity, and education featured in The Economist
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22 APR 2014
Between 23-25 April this seminar entitled Demographic Differential Vulnerability to Natural Disasters in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation will share latest findings and discuss priorities for future research.
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17 APR 2014
Two weeks to go! Learn more about our work at the Wittgenstein Centre booth. We will also be represented with a great number of researchers and variety of topics, giving presentations and featuring posters.
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3 APR 2014
The report of the second wave of the Generations and Gender Survey has been published in cooperation with the Austrian Institute for Family Studies (ÖIF).
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2 APR 2014
Valeria Bordone and colleagues examined whether the provision of child care helps older adults maintain better cognitive functioning. They find a positive effect on verbal fluency but no significant effect for other cognitive tests.
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1 APR 2014
Read the complete special feature "Education and Differential Vulnerability to Natural Disasters" in Ecology and Society, guest edited by William P. Butz, Wolfgang Lutz and Jan Sendzimir
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