Population Research at the OIA

Population ageing is a global challenge. Over the next fifty years, the age composition of nearly every country is expected to move to one in which the old outnumber the young. In 20 years time half the population of Europe will be aged over 50. Against general perceptions, the main driver to population ageing is falling fertility. Current UN population forecasts suggest that Europe will hover just below the replacement level of 2.2 children for at least the next 50 years. However, longevity is also increasing. When UK state pensions were introduced in 1948, average life expectancy for male manual workers retiring at 65 was 69. Now a 65 year old man can expect to live well into his 80s.

We are thus seeing a fundamental shift in the demographic structure of society, which is historically unprecedented, and which will require significant changes to many of our institutions. It will affect the way we live, the way we work, public services and health care, private and public benefit systems, families, communities, patterns of saving and consumption, provision of housing and transport, our education systems, and even the geopolitical order of the 21st century.

Research at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing is addressing these challenges through:

> Two Research Centres:

• The Centre for Migration and Ageing Populations -  the MAP Centre
• The James Martin Centre for Policy Challenges of Population Ageing - PCAP

> Six thematic Research Programmes in the area of Demography and Population Change:

• Understanding Demographic Change
• Demography and Economy
• Demography and Society
• Bio-Demography and Health
• Demography, Science and Innovation
• Demography and Environment

> Research in these Programmes is carried out in four  Regions of the World:

• Asia
• Europe
• Africa
• Latin America

> Institute research is underpinned by the Global Ageing Survey (GLAS).

Research Highlights
	> James Martin Research Projects The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing has three Research  Projects in progress with the Oxford Martin School.
	> Gulbekian Foundation Collaboration The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing collaborates with the Calouste Gulbekian Foundation and its UK Branch in London.
	> The Dulwich Picture Gallery Project A Clore Duffield Foundation, OIA and Dulwich Picture Gallery collaboration on 'The Good Times Project: Art for Older People'.
	> Club Vita Parnership The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing has a research partnership with Club Vita which is led by Kenneth Howse and Sarah Harper in collaboration with Ana Maria Madrigal from Club Vita.