Announcements

Soon it will be time to celebrate 50 years of Nordic cooperation in the field of demography!

The 21st Nordic Demographic Symposium will be held on June 13-15, 2019 in Reykjavík. The symposium brings together researchers, students, and other experts in population studies from the Nordic region.

The main theme of the NDS 2019 is the past 50 years of innovative research in Nordic demography. The sessions will include presentations from all main areas of demographic research (themes to be announced). 

The meeting will be held in the conference hall Harpa in the center of Reykjavík.

The symposium is organized by the Swedish Demographic Association and Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA), in collaboration with the newly founded Icelandic Demographic Association and the University of Iceland.

Further information, including call for papers, submission procedure, practical info, social events information etc. will be distributed soon and we encourage you to save the date.

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The Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Rostock invites applications for a non-tenure track W1-Professorship in Demography at the Department of Sociology and Demography, expected as of 1st July 2020 (within budget considerations).

The successful applicant will represent the discipline of demography in research and teaching with a focus either on demographic methods and forecasting or on migration. Teaching comprises courses in quantitative empirical methods as well as in the applicant’s area or specialization for the Bachelor and Master programs of the Department of Sociology and Demography. The professorship contributes to the research focus "Ageing of the Individual and of Society" of the University of Rostock. Willingness to collaborate with other members of this research focus of the University of Rostock is required. Close collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research is also expected. Proficiency or a strong commitment to reach proficiency in German is a requirement.

For further inquiries, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Heike Trappe, chair of appointments committee
Tel.: +49 381/498-4040
email: heike.trappe@uni-rostock.de 

Full posting available here (or in German).