Archives by Tag 'Fertility'
Seminar on Fertility and Poverty: micro and macro linkages
The Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy at the University of Southampton School of Social Sciences, in conjunction with the ESRC are holding a Seminar on Fertility and Poverty, focusing on micro and macro linkages. The seminar takes from on the 28th and 29th of January. A limited number of bursaries are available [...]
Fertility and poverty: micro and macro linkages. Call for papers.
The University of Southhampton are hosting a workshop on ‘fertility and poverty: micro and macro linkages’ from 28th to 29th January 2010. Papers are being invited that address the following: i) New evidence on the linkages between fertility and poverty (at both macro and micro levels) ii) Barriers to contraceptive use and safe abortion amongst [...]
UPTAP Book series – Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility
A new book launched under the Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTAP) programme, edited by John Stillwell, Ernestina Coast and Dylan Kneale Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility Understanding Population Trends and Processes – Volume 1 Stillwell, John; Coast, Ernestina; Kneale, Dylan (Eds.) 2009, Approx. 350 p., Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9681-5 More [...]
Conference – Ageing in Latin America
Conference – ‘Ageing in Latin America: Developing the Research Agenda’ The demographic ageing of societies represents one of the major challenges for the 21st century. As fertility has fallen, longevity has increased, with older people living longer and healthier old ages. The experience and meaning of old age is being transformed. However, in Latin [...]
Workshop: Fertility declines in the past, present and future
Call for participants ‘Fertility declines in the past, present and future: what we don’t know and what we need to know’ A joint workshop of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the British Society for Population Studies and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure Dates: [...]
BSPS Prize 2009 – Best MSc Dissertation
BSPS Prize 2009 Entries are invited for the 2009 BSPS Prize. This is awarded to the entry judged to be the best MSc. Dissertation on a demographic topic during the year 2008 (which would normally be at or around distinction level). Applicants should supply four copies of their dissertation, which do not need to be [...]