Hilary 2026 Seminar Series: Understanding More About Demographic Change
Description: Demography is the study of human populations. Such study involves the measurement of the demographic components: fertility, mortality and migration in well-defined populations. Having measured these components, demographers have at their disposal tools—both more and less sophisticated—to enable them to predict the development of these components in time and space and thereby predict the movements and structural developments of populations. To be able to do this accurately is hugely important in an increasingly complex world, where human attitudes, values and expectations relating to their own demographic behaviour as well external factors affecting this behaviour can change dramatically from one generation to the next, or even from year to year. As the science of demography becomes more important—witnessed by the fact that global ageing has high political attention—and the demographic methods have become more complex and moved into other disciplines such as mathematics, anthropology, and geography, for example, understanding more about demography change is as important as measuring it accurately.

This seminar series will explore aspects of this heightened understanding of demographic change from populations over time and around the world.

Convenor: Professor George W Leeson
Talks:

Thursday 5 March 2026

Transnational Care
Date: 5 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Tanja Bastia (University of Manchester)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 March 2026

The Emergence of Very Low Fertility Regimes in Latin America
Date: 12 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Wanda Cabella (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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Hilary 2026 Seminar Series: Understanding More About Demographic Change