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The Population Research Institute (PRI) at Väestöliitto - Family Federation of Finland and the University of Helsinki invite applications for three positions as Postdoctoral research fellow to study population projections, migration dynamics, and human capital development. Applicants with...
The Stratogic Research Council has granted over 1,4 million euros of funding for the consortium “Population projections for migration scenarios, human capital development, and sustainable integration” (MigScene), led by Väestöliitto’s Population Research Institute. Wolfgang Lutz is the...
The Finnish Yearbook of Population Research is a peer reviewed, open access journal published since 1946 by the Population Research Institute of the Family Federation of Finland (Väestöliitto) in collaboration with The Finnish Demographic Society and The Migration Institute of Finland.
A new study published in the Finnish Yearbook of Population Research compared 11 European countries and found that attitudes towards filial responsibility had decreased between 2001 and 2017. The shift was observed in 10 countries, and most substantially in Hungary, France, Denmark, and Finland....
The Board of the Alli Paasikivi Foundation awarded 12 research project grants, which were announced at the Finnish Conference on Research on Family and Personal Relationships in Kuopio on 26.4.2024.
The first Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Baltic Sea conference will take place in August.
Research director Anna Rotkirch assesses how young people view having children and suggests we may need a societal rethink. She was interviewed for the Financial Times by Henry Mance.
The Finnish Yearbook of Population Research is a peer reviewed, open access journal published since 1946.
The population of Finland is currently the second oldest in Europe, as Finnish baby boomers reach very old age and birth rates have declined considerably. This raises concerns about the economic consequences of a shrinking labour force.