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How COVID-19 school closures will affect inequalities in adult skills

24 November 2022
School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic affected learning to varying degrees in different countries. A new study sheds light on what this learning loss will mean for countries' human capital in the decades to come.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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What was the true human cost of the pandemic in Russia?

23 November 2022
A new study assesses the number of lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia and introduces a novel methodology that will help to get a clearer view of pandemics in the future.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW) Russian Federation
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Demography matters: the human life from birth to death

28 September 2022
IIASA researchers participate in a seminar titled "Demography matters: the human life from birth to death", organized by Vienna Institute of Demography and Wittgenstein Centre.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Multidimensional Demographic Modeling (MDM) Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Weak handgrip strength may signal serious health issues

25 July 2022
Muscle strength is a powerful predictor of mortality that can quickly and inexpensively be assessed by measuring handgrip strength. In a new study, researchers developed cut-off points that apply to the general population, while also considering the correlation of handgrip strength with gender, body height, and aging to be used in medical practice.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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POPNET Newsletter is out!

08 July 2022
A new issue of the POPNET Newsletter of the Wittgenstein Centre is now available.
Economic Frontiers (EF) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Multidimensional Demographic Modeling (MDM) Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Fact Sheet Demographic Aspects of COVID-19

05 July 2022
COVID-19 showed that the ability to cope, recover and adapt to the pandemic and its social and economic consequences varies across population subgroups as well as institutional and geographical contexts. Researchers from IIASA and Wittgenstein Centre published the Fact Sheet that sheds light on the impact of the pandemic on people’s health, family dynamics, economies and migration.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
Article: News

Fact Sheet Longevity, Health, Well-being

27 June 2022
POPJUS researchers contributed with their pioneering work on new measures of aging, healthy life expectancy, and a well-being indicator to measure the quality of life to the Fact Sheet Longevity, Health, Well-being recently published by Wittgenstein Centre.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz elected as a new member of the Academia Europaea

20 June 2022
IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Research Scholar Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz has been elected to the Academia Europaea
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Fact Sheet Economic Demography

25 May 2022
Population structure and dynamics are directly interlinked with economic development. The new Fact Sheet Economic Demography developed by researchers from IIASA and the Wittgenstein Centre puts the economic consequences of demographic changes into perspective, showing a realistic picture of challenges and opportunities in the future.
Economic Frontiers (EF) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Fact Sheet Climate Change and Demography

12 May 2022
The reciprocal relationships between human populations and the environment becomes increasingly important in the light of climate change. Researchers from IIASA and Wittgenstein Centre published the Fact Sheet Climate Change and Demography, providing information for policy makers and scientists about some key areas where demography can contribute to climate research.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Health fears can increase pandemic isolation habits in older Europeans

11 January 2022
A study found that older Europeans are more likely to stick to pandemic rules if they think they are unhealthier than they actually are.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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The kids are not alright

27 September 2021
Children are to face disproportionate increases in lifetime extreme event exposure – especially in low-income countries, according to new research by an international group of scientists.
Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC) Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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A new way to measure human wellbeing towards sustainability

16 March 2021
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a blueprint to achieve a better life for all and to ensure that no one is left behind. The partly overlapping and contradictory objectives of the SDGs can however make it difficult to assess overall progress. A group of researchers have proposed a new, tailor-made metric that measures development based on long-term human wellbeing.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Quality education essential to closing the growing global skills gap

09 February 2021
With rapid educational expansion in many developing countries, much progress has been made in terms of access to education. According to a new IIASA-led study, being in school is however not the same as learning and this expansion in quantity may come at the expense of quality, with the possible negative implications of the current COVID-19 pandemic on schooling possibly exacerbating the situation.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Are people healthy enough to retire later?

07 December 2020
While many people are now enjoying longer, healthier lives, current retirement ages are posing challenges for both policymakers and retirees. A new study looked into whether there is potential to increase the retirement age based on the relationship between working life expectancy and health aspects important for work ability for women and men in Europe.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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When is someone old?

08 July 2020
Populations around the world are living longer lives than was the norm just a few decades ago, presenting governments with significant challenges in terms of caring for their growing elderly populations. According to a new study published in PLOS ONE, understanding how to assess who is elderly is a crucial first step for our understanding of population aging.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Planning for a growing elderly population

26 June 2020
The fact that people are living longer lives represents one of the crowning achievements of the last century, but also requires careful planning on the part of governments. A new IIASA study investigated the prevalence of activity limitations among older adults in 23 low- and middle-income countries, to help policymakers prepare for the challenges associated with the world’s aging population.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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Homo sapiens literata - the brainpower for sustainable development

16 June 2020
Universal education - particularly of women - has been a fundamental driver of human development and progress. The changes that education brings could also determine the future path of humanity, argues IIASA World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz in a new publication with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
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A new approach to measuring inequalities in development

29 April 2020
A new study by researchers from IIASA and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for the first time systematically explored and compared the use of the Human Life Indicator as a viable alternative to the conventional Human Development Index as a means of measuring progress in development.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW) China
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New ERC grant to explore making pension policies more fair

28 April 2020
The IIASA World Population Program has received a new grant from the European Research Council to explore how to make pension policies more equitable by identifying fair normal pension ages and ensuring new measures of population ageing are up-to-date.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)

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