The principal aim of the master’s programme in Global Demography at the University of Vienna is to give students a strong scientific grounding in the analysis and forecasting of demographic developments across the globe – in particular, fertility, mortality and migration trends.

The Wittgenstein Centre Reports cover the achievements of the Wittgenstein Centre during various periods. The most recent Wittgenstein Centre Report of Activities “Advancing Demography and Global Human Capital Research” summarizes the achievements of the Wittgenstein Centre in the years 2018-2022.

The POPNET newsletter has been issued since 1982 for an extensive network of researchers and institutes working in the field of population and sustainable development. On a regular basis collaborators and interested individuals are provided with details of developments within the program, current research, latest publications, and information on forthcoming meetings and conferences. Since summer 2022 the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital highlights the latest News, Publications, Events and other activities of the population network with an electronic POPNET newsletter.

The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) is an open-access journal that features contributions addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in population research.

For the content of the next Special Issue on Population and Climate Change please see the call.

The European Demographic Data Sheet 2022 reviews, explores and visualises recent population trends in 45 European countries and focuses on population consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Wittgenstein Centre provides fact sheets to current demographic topics that inform about the role of demography in science and provide research highlights on climate change and demography; migration; longevity, health, wellbeing; economic demography; fertility and family; Covid-19 and on the Wittgenstein Centre itself. The Wittgenstein Centre fact sheets are provided in English as well as German language.

Explore, select and download data on past reconstructions and future projections of the global population by age, sex and education – and visualize it with the Wittgenstein Centre Human Capital Graphic Explorer

Highlighting the power of multi-dimensional demography, this Advanced Introduction addresses the most consequential changes in our societies and economies using quantitative approaches. (Edward Elgar Publishing)

In der aktuellen Ausgabe finden Sie die folgenden Themen:

• Mittlere Generationen durch Pandemie besonders belastet. Kompensation von Lohneinbußen kann Lasten gerechter verteilen
• Rückgang der Geburtenrate in Nordeuropa. Vor allem bei jüngeren Frauen und in ländlicheren Gegenden nahm die Fertilität ab
• Demenzen oder Krebs? Welche Krankheiten werden zukünftig am Lebensende überwiegen?