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Hypatia Grant | Els van Wijngaarden
The Institute is delighted to announce that Prof. Els van Wijngaarden, Associate Professor in Care Ethics is awarded a Hypatia Tenure Track Grant. The total award is 1 Million Euro for four years. ...
Journal of Population Ageing | Multigenerational Families in East Asia
We are pleased to announce that a Special Issue of the Journal of Population Ageing is now available online, Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2021 In this issue: Editorial - Ol...
The Jerusalem Declaration on Ageing 2020
Contemporary human society faces unprecedented forces that will strongly effect the future. One major such force is the accelerated ageing of populations. This is driven by two interacting componen...
Depopulation Timebomb | Sarah Harper
The world’s population is set to expand to 9.7 billion but will contract sharply by 2064 with enormous economic, social and geopolitical implications – with urbanisation becoming a univ...
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Young Researcher Award | Suen Yiu Tung
The Institute is delighted to announce that Prof. Suen Yiu Tung, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies Programme has won the Young Researcher Award 2020-21 of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.&n...
Journal of Population Ageing | Illuminating the Dark Side of Ageing
We are pleased to announce that a Special Issue of the Journal of Population Ageing is now available online, Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2021 In this issue: Editorial notes by Ashle...
Dr Francesca Ghillani died 8th September 2021
It is with great sadness that the Institute of Population Ageing has learnt of the death of Dr Francesca Ghillani (10 March 1978 - 8 September 2021), a Research Fellow at the Institute. ...
Shrinking Family Sizes | Sarah Harper
ONS data shows that nearly half of women born in 1989 remained childless by their 30th birthday, compared with 38 per cent for their mothers’ generation. Professor Sarah Harper commen...
Why declining birth rates are good news for life on Earth | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper comments on declining fertility rates in an article in The Guardian - Why declining birth rates are good news for life on Earth . "Rather than deny you...
Welcome to Population Ageing in Latin America
Population Ageing in Latin America shares academic activities and research of LARNA (Latin American Research Network on Ageing) at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxf...
South Korea's shrinking population | George Leeson
Dr George W Leeson was interviewed for Korean Arirang TV - In-depth News about the causes and consequences of the low levels of childbearing in South Korea. Arirang Broadcasting ...
The Journal of Population Ageing is celebrating 15 years
Meet the new Regional Editors from across the globe! The Journal of Population Ageing is celebrating 15 years with a Global Special in 2022 exploring ageing in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Ameri...
The Great British Baby Bust | Sarah Harper
The Great British Baby Bust, Rethink Population, BBC Sounds RethinkRethink Population In this Episode 2 of 5, Prof Sarah Harper and guests look at why British birth rates hav...
Hybrid Visitors Programme launched
Our on-line Visitors Programme will reflect the Oxford experience with personal interaction with key academics, fellow visitors, access to a wide range of Oxford resources, seminars and workshops.&...
Journal of Population Ageing | New Issue Alert
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing Volume 14, Issue 2 is now available online. In this Issue: Editorial notes by Sarah Harper&...