European Population Conference 2026

Thursday,  4 June 2026
 

Session 2 Bayesian Demographic Modeling 9:00-10:30

• Bayesian Matrix Factor Models for Demographic Analysis across Age and Time
  Gregor Zens

Session 12 Migration, Human Capital and Labour Markets 9:00-10:30

• Labour Force Dynamics in the EU: The Role of Child Penalties and Migrants’ Return
  Marek Endrich, Guillaume Marois, Fabrizio Natale, Christoph Deuster

Session 13 Climate Shocks, Migration and Mobility 9:00-10:30

• Compounding and Cascading Climate Hazards’ Effect on Migration
  Sarah Kilpatrick, Jonas Peisker, Roman Hoffmann
   
• Immigration and changing heat exposure disparities in the United States since 1980
  Abbie Robinson, Brian Thiede, Lisa Thalheimer, Gregor Zens

Session 14 Flash Session Inequality Dimensions of Human Capital 11:00-12:30

• Gender Gaps in Skills-Adjusted Mean Years of Schooling 1970-2025
  Ingeborg Spiegeler Castañeda, Michaela Potancoková, Claudia Reiter

Session 31 Flash Session Family Relationships, Social Networks, Health and Wellbeing in Later Life 14:00-15:30

• The Cumulative Effect of Grandchild Care on Cognitive Functioning: Examining Heterogeneities across Gendered Work-Family Life Courses in Europe
  Maria Karlene Shawn Cabaraban, Valeria Bordone, Damiano Uccheddu, Daniela Weber

Session 36 Composition of International Migration 14:00-15:30

• Migration, Education, and Origin: Modeling Europe’s Demographic Futures
  Dilek Yildiz, Samir KC, Michaela Potancoková

Friday, 5 June 2026
 

Session 56 Economy, Human Capital and Labor Markets 9:00-10:30

• Projecting Labour Market Imbalances and Skill Mismatch under Demographic Change in the EU
  Guillaume Marois, Michaela Potancoková, Agnieszka Bezat-Jarzebowska, Jesús Crespo Cuaresma

Session 60 Climate Change, Environment and Health 9:00-10:30

• Heat Waves and Hospital Admissions in Vienna: Evidence from a Decade of Health and Climate Data
  Riccardo Lucarno, Andrea Tamburini, Erich Striessnig

Session 61 Flash Session Temperature Extremes, Mortality and Reproductive Health 9:00-10:30

• Projecting Future Temperature-Related Mortality in Europe under Global Climate Change
  Rosanna Gualdi, Risto Conte Keivabu, Andrea Tamburini, Raya Muttarak
   
• Effect of Heat Stress on the Risk of Pregnancy Termination in 33 Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
  David A. Sánchez Páez, Roman Hoffmann

Session 69 Environment, Conflicts and Population Dynamics 11:00-12:30

• Violent conflicts suppress climate-related mobility in Africa
  Kristina Petrova, Karim Zantout, Sandra Zimmermann, Roman Hoffmann

Session 73 Cognitive Aeging, Dementia and Life Course Determinants of Cognitive Health 11:00-12:30

• Disentangling Cohort Changes in the Cognitive Gender Gap in Europe: The Role of Work-Family Histories
  Thomas Arnhold, Daniela Weber, Agneta Herlitz, Valeria Bordone

Session 80 Flash Session Environment, Human Capital and Inequalities 14:00-15:30

• Built, Natural, and Social Urban Environments and Cognitive Aging in Europe
  Daniela Weber

Session 94 Flash Session Data and Methods in Internal Migration and Urbanization 16:00-17:30

• A Comparative Study of Urbanization across Asian Countries Using the Degree of Urbanization
  Leiwen Jiang, Yuanfei Li, Yinglei Yang, Kaoru Kakinuma, Oh Seok Kim, Geunho Choi, Patrick Devahastin, Ajith Kaliyath, Siow Li Lai, Samir KC, Orlando Olaya Bucaro, Sunethra Perera, Yuxin Lei, Maria Fernanda Lorenzo-Luaces, Michele Melchiorri, Marcello Schiavina

Saturday, 6 June 2026
 

Session 111 Migrant Populations and Assimilation over Generations 9:00-10:30

• Migrant–Native Skill Gaps in Europe: Evidence from two Cycles of PIAAC Surveys
  Michaela Potancoková, Maria Paola Nicoletti Altimari, Claudia Reiter

Friday, 5 June 2026
 

Poster Sessions

Health, Mortality, and Ageing 2 13:00-14:00

• 50. Decomposing Mortality by Age, Sex and Educational Attainment
  Arkadiusz Wisniowski, Andrea Tamburini, Dilek Yildiz

Demographic Trends, History, Data and Methods 17:30-18:30

• 18. Education, Origin and Demographic Change: Regional Scenarios for Spain, 2021–2071
  Osama Damoun El Yemlahi, Dilek Yildiz, Samir KC
   
• 58. Projecting Households under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Using a Life Course Approach
  Orlando Olaya Bucaro, Samir KC
   
• 63. Projections of Children's Exposure to Multiple Environmental Hazards
  Jonas Peisker, Roman Hoffmann