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IUSSP Bulletin ● Issue 45, September 2019 | |
Calls for papers: 2nd IUSSP Population, Poverty and Inequality Research Conference. Paris, France, 22-24 June 2020
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UNFPA headquarters, New York, United States, 4-6 December 2019 The meeting was live-streamed and a video recording will later be accessible from the home page of the IUSSP website. Click for more details.
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Access the videos of lectures and support materials to use for training.
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IUSSP Statement. Addressing climate change in IUSSP activities The IUSSP Council recently drafted a statement outlining the ways the IUSSP can reduce the contribution of its activities to global warming.
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N-IUSSP. IUSSP's Online Magazine | |
Demographic change and aging without family: a global perspective by Rachel Margolis and Ashton M. Verdery | |
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IUSSP 2019 Laureate | |
The IUSSP Council elected Alberto Palloni as the 2019 IUSSP Laureate in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the field of population and service to the IUSSP. The ceremony took place during the PAA 2019 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas on April 10, 2019. | ![]() |
Nominations for the 2020 IUSSP Laureate Award are invited and should be sent to the Executive Director of the IUSSP by 1 November 2019. | |
Membership News | |
New publications from members : Time Use and Transfers in the Americas. Producing, Consuming, and Sharing Time Across Generations and Genders, Springer, 2019. Edited by: B. Piedad Urdinola & Jorge A. Tovar | ![]() |
Studies in the Sociology of Population. International Perspectives, Springer, 2019, edited by Jon Anson, Walter Bartl and Andrzej Kulczycki. |
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In Memoriam: | |
Antonella Pinnelli (1941-2019) Antonella Pinnelli passed away on November 9 th , in Rome. She had retired in 2010, after many decades as Professor of Social Demography and Population Policies at the University of Rome. A pioneer of gender studies in demography, she was a member of the IUSSP Panel on Gender and Population and her research shed light on the important role of women in driving population change. | ![]() |
Baya Banza (1958 - 2019)
On August 7, 2019, Banza Baya left this Earth, entrusting a rich legacy to his African and africanist colleagues and friends. A respected researcher and teacher, he has made an important contribution to the development and sharing of knowledge with the entire scientific community, inspiring several cohorts of researchers and students.
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Sidney Goldstein (1927-2019)
Sidney Goldstein died on August 5, 2019 in Lexington, KY. He was Director of Brown’s Population Studies and Training Center and received the IUSSP Laureate Award in 2005 for his numerous activities and publications as chair of the first IUSSP Committee on Urbanization and Population Redistribution.
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Carlos Javier Echarri Canovas (1964-2019)
The IUSSP is saddened to announce the sudden and untimely death of IUSSP member Carlos Javier Echarri Canovas, head of the Mexican National Council of Population (CONAPO). He was a very active, respected, and beloved researcher who disappeared at the height of his career.
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Data Revolution | |
For more information see: Demography and the Data Revolution | |
IUSSP members are invited to read and comment on recommendations sent to the UN Secretary General's Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development. | |
CODATA 2019 Beijing: Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices and platforms, 19-20 September 2019. Call for Presentations and Posters: deadline 24 June 2019 | |
How open data can help the Global South, from disaster relief to voter turnout The Conversation, 20 july 2017 | |
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IUSSP Fellowships on Family Planning, Fertility and Urban Development A project to support early career researchers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to produce policy-relevant evidence on family planning and fertility in cities and towns and their links to urban welfare funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. |