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Increasing education opportunities for girls could help reduce preventable deaths in children under five
24 MAR 2023
A new study shows that maternal education plays a significant role in reducing deaths of newborns and children under five in rural and urban areas of India.
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The Wittgenstein Centre at the PAA 2023
22 MAR 2023
The Wittgenstein Centre is presenting new demographic research at the PAA 2023 in New Orleans from April 12-15, 2023.
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Wolfgang Lutz receives "Wissenschaftspreis" by the Austrian Research Association (ÖFG)
20 MAR 2023
The Science Prize of the Austrian Research Foundation (ÖFG) will be awarded to Wolfgang Lutz in 2023.
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The price of cancer
6 MAR 2023
A new study calculated the economic cost of cancers worldwide, helping policymakers allocate resources and take action to curb rising cancer-related death and disability.
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Round Table on Understanding Climate-related Mobility in Contexts of Urbanization | 09 March 2023, 10.30-12.30 EST
3 MAR 2023
WIC Researcher Roman Hoffmann is invited to talk about climate change, migration, and urbanization in a round table discussion organized by the UNU-CPR.
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Master's Programme Global Demography at the University of Vienna | Application: March 1 - April 17
28 FEB 2023
The principal aim is to give students a strong scientific grounding in the analysis and forecasting of demographic developments across the globe.
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European Doctoral School of Demography: Call for Applications
21 FEB 2023
The European Doctoral School of Demography Program 2023-2024 is now accepting applications!
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Global Meeting on Building Sustainable Intergenerational Economies
13 FEB 2023
Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz will participate in the 14th Global Meeting on Population and the Generational Economy of the NTA Network in Paris.
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A global assessment of the impact of violence on lifetime uncertainty - New Publication in ScienceAdvances
6 FEB 2023
An international team including V. Di Lego shows that the level of violence in a society significantly affects the uncertainty of the age of death.
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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected immigration?
24 JAN 2023
New research finds a high variation between how pandemic mitigation measures affected immigration to different destination countries, from a slight increase to huge reductions.
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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.