IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Director, Anne Goujon, has been elected Secretary-General and Treasurer of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), the world’s leading association of population scientists.
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Founded in 1928, the IUSSP brings together population scientists from around the world to advance research, encourage international exchange, and stimulate interest in population issues. The Union organizes scientific panels, training activities, as well as its flagship International Population Conference every four years, providing a key forum for sharing knowledge and fostering collaboration across disciplines and regions.
The election results, announced by the IUSSP Secretariat, place Goujon alongside President Laura Rodriguez Wong from Peru/Brazil, and Vice President Reiko Hayashi from Japan, to lead the incoming Council, which will guide the Union over the next four years.
“My goals are to support the IUSSP’s scientific community by strengthening its global visibility, fostering inclusive participation and collaboration, ensuring the Union’s sustainability, and helping our members continue to learn from and inspire one another through scientific panels and other activities,” noted Goujon while reflecting on her new role.
She added that the Council will work closely with colleagues and partners worldwide, including the Local Organizing Committee for the next IUSSP International Population Conference in Barcelona in 2029, building on the outstanding success of this year’s conference in Brisbane where several IIASA colleagues shared and discussed new findings through presentations and poster sessions.
Goujon’s appointment to the IUSSP Council adds to her leadership role at IIASA, where she oversees research on population trends, human capital, and social equity in a changing world. Her own scientific interests lie in the macro-level analysis and projections of background characteristics of the population that rarely change once an individual has emancipated from parental control, such as education and religion. She has applied the methodology of multi-state population projections to many settings, using scenarios to show the impact of the long-term dynamics of demographic change on these characteristics, and conversely, the impact of heterogeneous demographic behaviors of these groups on the overall population.
IIASA congratulates Anne Goujon on this well-deserved recognition and celebrates her contributions and leadership in the field of demography.
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