The multidisciplinary centre was established in January 2009. The mission of the Centre for Population Change is to study dynamics of fertility and family formation, household dynamics across the life course, as well as the demographic and social implications of internal and international migration. It collaborates with the School of Social Sciences of the University of Southampton, a consortium of Scottish universities and the National office of ...
ODSEF was set up under an agreement signed on 9 April 2009 between the Government of Quebec, the l’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and the University of Laval. Its first objective is to contribute to safeguarding and developing the demographic heritage of French-speaking countries, notably in Africa. Its second objective is to support all initiatives serving to circumscribe demo-linguistic ...
The IREMAM, an offshoot of several older research centres for the Muslim and Arab world, associates the CNRS (French national centre for scientific research) and the three faculties of the University of Aix-Marseille. Its research focuses on issues related to humanities and social sciences in Muslim Mediterranean countries. Its mission is concerned with research, documentation, training in research, researcher hosting, publication and knowledge transfer. It also hosts ...
MZES is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Mannheim. The research is organized within two research departments. The research in Department A concentrates on investigation of social structures and inequalities; the analysis of the welfare state and its institutions; the development of relationships within the (extended) family; migration and interethnic relations... The research is supported by a well-established infrastructure. It includes the Europe Library, the data ...
The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH, literally "House of the Sciences of Man") is officially recognized as being an institution of public interest. Its objective is to "promote studies of human societies that focus on current social realities and contexts." Understanding the Contemporary World without Dogmatism.The ambition of the founding members was to help better understand the evolutions occurring in the contemporary world by putting ...
Through the centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty and other externally-funded research projects, such as the EU Network of Excellence on ’International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe’ (IMISCOE), the centre seeks to influence both understanding of migration and the policies that affect migrants. It provides doctoral and masters-level training in Migration Studies and publishes the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Population Europe is a collaborative network of Europe’s leading demographic research centers. We aim to strengthen research collaboration and to contribute reliable facts and evidence-based findings to public discussion of population issues.
The Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (Dondena) is an international, interdisciplinary centre for social science research of relevance to individuals, businesses, institutions and economies. At its core is a focus on social dynamics and populations in their economic, organizational and policy contexts.
The Department of Demography and Geodemography, created at the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague in 1990, is the only university in the Czech Republic which offers an accredited study program in demography at all stages of university education.
LSE has a long-standing interest in population studies. An MSc in Demography was instituted at LSE in 1965, and LSE continues to provide demographic training at undergraduate, MSc and PhD level. The Population Investigation Committee, a small independent research group, was founded in 1936 and since World War II has been housed at LSE, and publishes the journal, Population Studies. LSE also houses the British Society ...
