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Call for Submissions: Wittgenstein Centre Conference (WIC2026) - 1st to 2nd December 2026
19 FEB 2026
The call for submissions for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2026 (WIC2026) “Demography and Human Capital” is open until 30 April 2026! This conference aims to advance theories, data, and multi-dimensional demographic methods for modelling human capital formation and its dynamics over time, and to connect cutting-edge evidence to policy debates globally.
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The POPNET newsletter for February 2026 is now available.
16 FEB 2026
Register and stay up to date on all activities at the Wittgenstein Centre.
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University of Vienna | Master Programme Global Demography
5 FEB 2026
The Master Programme Global Demography is open for applications between 2 March to 7 April 2026.
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The European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset
5 DEC 2025
Led by Sonja Spitzer and Adèle Lemoine, the European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave regulations across 21 European countries from 1970 to 2024.
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Éva Beaujouan has been appointed Professor of Demography
10 SEP 2025
Éva Beaujouan started her full professorship at the Department of Demography, University of Vienna, on 1 September 2025 - congratulations!
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Éva Beaujouan receives 2025 European Demographer Award!
6 AUG 2025
Éva Beaujouan has been named a laureate of the prestigious 2025 European Demographer Award. Congratulations!
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New study: Longer parental leave increases smoking long-term
30 JUN 2025
New study by Sonja Spitzer et al. offers important insights into how career interruptions related to childbirth impact long-term health behaviors.
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The Wittgenstein Centre at the PAA Annual Meeting 2025
18 MAR 2025
Researchers from the WIC will present and discuss new research in presentations and poster sessions at PAA 2025.
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Children in 2050: A contribution to the UNICEF's State of the World’s Children Report
31 JAN 2025
IIASA has collaborated with UNICEF to provide advanced data analysis and projections on demographic trends for the 2024 State of the World's Children Report.
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Do lower educated people die earlier?
23 JAN 2025
A recent study by ÖAW researchers investigates the extent to which education drives mortality by studying male Catholic order members living in religious communities.
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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.