XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference
Call For Papers
Please find below a list of the themes and sessions for this call for papers. Description of sessions are available when indicated. To submit a paper proposal please visit the Scientific Programme Website
http://iussp2009.princeton.edu
1 Reproductive health
101 Reproductive health
| Convener: | Leela VISARIA (India) |
| Gujarat Institute of development Research | |
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102 Maternal and perinatal health
| Organiser: | Fariyal FIKREE (Pakistan) |
| Population Reference Bureau | |
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103 Contraception: choice, compliance, continuation and switching
| Organiser: | Iqbal SHAH (Pakistan) |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | |
| Session Description | |
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104 Abortion in India
| Organiser: | Susheela Davi SINGH (Guyana) |
| Guttmacher Institute | |
| Session Description | |
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105 Unintended pregnancies
| Organiser: | Ruth DIXON-MUELLER (Canada) |
| Independent Consultant | |
| Session Description | |
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106 Institutional contexts and actors engaged in the practice of abortion in Southern countries
| Organiser: | Susana LERNER SIGAL (Mexico) |
| El Colegio de México | |
| Session Description | |
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107 Measuring maternal mortality through the 2010 round of population censuses
| Organiser: | Carla ABOUZAHR (United Kingdom) |
| World Health Organisation | |
| Session Description | |
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108 Economic impact of reproductive health
| Organiser: | Tamara C. FOX (United States of America) |
| The ELMA Philanthropies Services | |
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2 HIV/AIDS and STDS
201 HIV/AIDS and STDS
| Convener: | Basia ZABA (United Kingdom) |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) | |
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202 The demographic, economic, societal, and policy impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic
| Organiser: | John F. MAY (Belgium) |
| World Bank Group | |
| Session Description | |
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203 HIV, anti-retroviral therapies and counselling: access, sustainability and behavioural issues
| Organiser: | Carla Makhlouf OBERMEYER (Lebanon) |
| World Health Organisation | |
| Session Description | |
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204 Sexual behaviour
| Organiser: | Ann BIDDLECOM (United States of America) |
| United Nations Population Division | |
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205 Charting the course of an individual AIDS epidemic and understanding its determinants
| Organiser: | Gigi SANTOW (Australia) |
| Independent Consultant | |
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206 Safer sex, HIV/AIDS and contraception: the place of condoms
| Organiser: | Marge BERER (United Kingdom) |
| Reproductive Health Matters | |
| Session Description | |
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3 Health, mortality and longevity
301 Health, mortality and longevity
| Convener: | Jon ANSON (Israel) |
| Ben Gurion University of the Negev | |
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302 Mortality differentials in multi-ethnic societies
| Organiser: | Iliana KOHLER (Bulgaria) |
| University of Pennsylvania | |
| Session Description | |
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303 Sex differences in health and survival: perspectives from humans and non-human species
| Organiser: | Eileen CRIMMINS (United States of America) |
| University of Southern California | |
| Session Description | |
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304 Mortality differentials by socioeconomic status: What about the women?
| Organiser: | Michel ORIS (Belgium) |
| Université de Genève | |
| Session Description | |
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305 Trends in disability and their implications
| Organiser: | Danan GU (China) |
| United Nations | |
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306 Innovative approaches in life table application
| Organiser: | Marc LUY (Germany) |
| Vienna Institute of demography | |
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See also: 2002 The health transition in the 19th/20th century: historical approaches
See also: 2004 A historical demography of epidemics
4 Fertility
401 Fertility
| Convener: | Alex Chika EZEH (Nigeria) |
| African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) | |
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402 High fertility societies, stagnation in the fertility decline: Where, why and future prospects?
| Organiser: | Abdel-Ilah YAAKOUBD (Morocco) |
| Institut National de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (INSEA), Morocco | |
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403 Timing of childbearing
| Organiser: | Didier BRETON (France) |
| Université de Strasbourg | |
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404 The institutional context of low fertility
| Organiser: | Ronald R. RINDFUSS (United States of America) |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| Session Description | |
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405 Policies in low-fertility countries
| Organiser: | Pau BAIZAN (Spain) |
| Universitat Pompeu Fabra and ICREA | |
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406 The gap between desired and achieved fertility
| Organiser: | Zhenzhen ZHENG (China) |
| Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | |
| Session Description | |
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407 Childlessness in developed countries
| Organiser: | Daniel DEVOLDER (France) |
| Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | |
| Session Description | |
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See also: 1603 Educational differentials and health outcomes: causality or correlation?
See also: 1605 Female labour force participation, fertility and public policy
5 Unions, families and households
501 Unions, families and households
| Convener: | Julieta QUILODRAN (Chile) |
| El Colegio de México | |
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502 Family dynamics and networks
| Organiser: | Véronique HERTRICH (France) |
| Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) | |
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503 Union dissolution and remarriage
| Organiser: | Andrew J. CHERLIN (United States of America) |
| Johns Hopkins University | |
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504 International migration and transnational families and households
| Organiser: | Maruja Milagros ASIS (Philippines) |
| Scalabrini Migration Centre, Philippines | |
| Session Description | |
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505 Men and children: childbearing and childrearing
| Organiser: | Zenaida RAVANERA (Canada) |
| University of Western Ontario | |
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506 Union formation and marriage
| Organiser: | Maria-Eugenia COSIO ZAVALA (Mexico) |
| Université de Paris X, Nanterre | |
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See also: 2003 History of family
6 International migration
601 International Migration
| Convener: | Aderanti ADEPOJU (Nigeria) |
| Human Resources development Centre, Lagos | |
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602 Migration and co-development
| Organiser: | Graeme J. HUGO (Australia) |
| University of Adelaide | |
| Session Description | |
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603 International labour migration: trends, policies and legal issues
| Organiser: | Ayman ZOHRY (Egypt) |
| Egyptian Society for Migration Studies | |
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604 The international migration of highly skilled workers
| Organiser: | Osman NOUR (Sudan) |
| Child Protection Initiative (CPI) | |
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605 Transnational communities, social networks and international migration
| Organiser: | Sara CURRAN (United States of America) |
| University of Washington | |
| Session Description | |
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606 Measuring integration: political debates, scientific and methodological issues
| Organiser: | Patrick SIMON (France) |
| Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) | |
| Session Description | |
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See also: 504 International migration and transnational families and households
7 Internal migration and urbanisation
701 Internal migration and urbanisation
| Convener: | Yu ZHU (China) |
| Fujian Normal University | |
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702 The root causes of internal migration: Are they primarily economic?
| Organiser: | Bruno SCHOUMAKER (Belgium) |
| Université Catholique de Louvain | |
| Session Description | |
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703 Consequences of internal migration for families left behind
| Organiser: | Salahudin MUHIDIN (Indonesia) |
| Macquarie University | |
| Session Description | |
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704 Internal migration, poverty and economic development
| Organiser: | Richard E. BILSBORROW (United States of America) |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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705 Factors affecting destination choices of internal migrants
| Organiser: | Douglas T. GURAK (United States of America) |
| Cornell University | |
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706 Addressing the challenges posed by growing cities: the contribution of population scientists
| Organiser: | George MARTINE (Canada) |
| Independent Consultant | |
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See also: 1207 Environment-induced migrants
8 Population ageing and intergenerational relations
801 Population ageing and intergenerational relations
| Convener: | Gustavo DE SANTIS (Italy) |
| University of Florence | |
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802 The economic aspects of population ageing
| Organiser: | Jorge H. BRAVO (Chile) |
| United Nations Population Division | |
| Session Description | |
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803 Prospects for the family support of older people and their implications
| Organiser: | Emily GRUNDY (United Kingdom) |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) | |
| Session Description | |
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804 Health policy for the elderly: Should we privilege quantity or quality of life?
| Organiser: | Jacques LÉGARÉ (Canada) |
| Université de Montréal | |
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See also: 1305 Intergenerational transmission of resources and reproductive trajectories
See also: 1505 Inter-generational transmission of vulnerability
9 Children and youth
901 Children and youth
| Convener: | Shireen J. JEJEEBHOY (India) |
| Population Council | |
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902 Children living outside of marriage: issues and implications
| Organiser: | Kathleen E. KIERNAN (United Kingdom) |
| University of York | |
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903 Consequences of armed conflict on children and on youth
| Organiser: | Christophe BERGOUIGNAN (France) |
| Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV | |
| Session Description | |
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904 The transition to adulthood among second generation migrants: navigating between two cultures
| Organiser: | Francesco C. BILLARI (Italy) |
| Università Bocconi | |
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905 Adolescent life courses in developing countries
| Organiser: | Fatima JUAREZ (Mexico) |
| El Colegio de México | |
| Session Description | |
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906 The impact of union dynamics on child wellbeing
| Organiser: | Frank FURSTENBERG (United States of America) |
| University of Pennsylvania | |
| Session Description | |
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10 Gender and population
1001 Gender and population
| Convener: | Antonella PINNELLI (Italy) |
| Università di Roma "La Sapienza" | |
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1002 Gender inequalities and low fertility: the effects of policies
| Organiser: | Gerda NEYER (Austria) |
| Stockholm University | |
| Session Description | |
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1003 Progress or deterioration in gender equality
| Organiser: | Judith BANISTER (United States of America) |
| Javelin Investments | |
| Session Description | |
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1004 Policies and approaches to gender and empowerment of women in the Arab World: achievements revisited
| Organiser: | Rahma BOURQIA (Morocco) |
| Université Hassan II- Mohammédia | |
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1005 Two decades of demographic masculinization in Asia: impact and policy response
| Organiser: | Xiaochun QIAO (China) |
| Peking University China | |
| Session Description | |
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11 Ethnicity, religion and culture
1101 Ethnicity, religion and culture
| Convener: | Alaka BASU (India) |
| Cornell University | |
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1102 The demography of indigenous populations
| Organiser: | Howard GOLDBERG (United States of America) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| Session Description | |
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12 Environment
1201 Environment
| Convener: | Daniel J. HOGAN (United States of America) |
| Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) | |
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1202 Population impact on deforestation in developing countries
| Organiser: | Alisson BARBIERI (Brazil) |
| Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) | |
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1203 Interrelations between population and climate change
| Organiser: | Brian O'NEILL (United States of America) |
| National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) | |
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1204 Population pressure, resource use and environmental degradation
| Organiser: | Vinod MISHRA (India) |
| United Nations | |
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1205 Water and population: impact on health and mobility
| Organiser: | Sabine HENRY (Belgium) |
| Facultés Universitaires Notre-dame de La Paix | |
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1206 Population and environment: local and regional planning challenges
| Organiser: | Dieudonné OUEDRAOGO (Burkina Faso) |
| Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population | |
| Session Description | |
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1207 Environment-induced migrants
| Organiser: | Susana ADAMO (Argentina) |
| CIESIN, Columbia University | |
| Session Description | |
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13 Biodemography
1301 Biodemography
| Convener: | Shripad TULJAPURKAR (United States of America) |
| Stanford University | |
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1302 Incorporating biological indicators in demographic studies
| Organiser: | Noreen GOLDMAN (United States of America) |
| Princeton University | |
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1303 Darwinian approaches to explaining demographic transition
| Organiser: | Lesley NEWSON (United Kingdom) |
| University of Exeter | |
| Session Description | |
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1304 Biodemography and genetics
| Organiser: | Kaare CHRISTENSEN (Denmark) |
| University of Southern Denmark | |
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1305 Intergenerational transmission of resources and reproductive trajectories
| Organiser: | Debra JUDGE (United States of America) |
| University of Western Australia | |
| Session Description | |
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14 Vulnerability and human rights
1401 Vulnerability and human rights
| Convener: | Dora Estela CELTON (Argentina) |
| Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) | |
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1402 Ethical issues in demographic research
| Organiser: | William SELTZER (United States of America) |
| Fordham University | |
| Session Description | |
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1403 Demography of armed conflict
| Organiser: | Helge BRUNBORG (Norway) |
| Statistics Norway | |
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See also: 1904 Measuring hard-to-count populations and sensitive issues
See also: 1905 Obtaining data on special populations: survey techniques and sampling methodologies for developing countries
15 Poverty and development
1501 Poverty and development
| Convener: | Cheikh S.M. MBACKE (Senegal) |
| Independent Consultant | |
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1502 The contribution of the demographic transition to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
| Organiser: | Kourtoum NACRO (Burkina Faso) |
| United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | |
| Session Description | |
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1503 Poverty and health in the life cycle
| Organiser: | Barthelemy KUATE DEFO (Cameroon) |
| Université de Montréal | |
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1504 The risks of poverty to health and family well-being
| Organiser: | Hania SHOLKAMY (Egypt) |
| American University in Cairo | |
| Session Description | |
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1505 Inter-generational transmission of vulnerability
| Organiser: | Elisabete Doria BILAC (Brazil) |
| Universidade Estadual de Campinas (unicamp), Brazil | |
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16 Education and labour force
1601 Education and labour force
| Convener: | Ragui ASSAAD (Egypt) |
| University of Minnesota | |
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1602 Workforce ageing: consequences and responses
| Organiser: | Miroslav MACURA (Serbia ) |
| Université de Genève | |
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1603 Educational differentials and health outcomes: causality or correlation?
| Organiser: | Pekka MARTIKAINEN (Finland) |
| University of Helsinki | |
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1604 Educational achievement and the labour market
| Organiser: | Antonio GOLINI (Italy) |
| Università di Roma "La Sapienza" | |
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1605 Female labour force participation, fertility and public policy
| Organiser: | Anne H. GAUTHIER (Canada) |
| Netherlands Interdisciplinary demographic Institute (NIDI) | |
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1606 Gender, educational achievement and the marriage market
| Organiser: | Gavin W. JONES (Australia) |
| National University of Singapore | |
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17 Policies
1701 Policies
| Convener: | Daniel M. SALA-DIAKANDA (Congo Dem. Rep.) |
| Submit to this session |
1702 Health equity and policy in the Arab countries
| Organiser: | Zeinab KHADR (Egypt) |
| American University in Cairo | |
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1703 Depopulation: Trends and the impact of policies
| Organiser: | José Antonio ORTEGA OSONA (Spain) |
| Population Division, United Nations | |
| Session Description | |
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1704 Using demography in business and public sectors
| Organiser: | Farhat YUSUF (Australia) |
| Faculty of Business & Economics, Macquarie University | |
| Session Description | |
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1705 Policy responses to ageing populations
| Organiser: | Zsolt SPEDER (Hungary) |
| Demographic Research Institute, Budapest | |
| Session Description | |
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See also: 202 The demographic, economic, societal, and policy impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic
See also: 405 Policies in low-fertility countries
See also: 603 International labour migration: trends, policies and legal issues
See also: 606 Measuring integration: political debates, scientific and methodological issues
See also: 804 Health policy for the elderly: Should we privilege quantity or quality of life?
See also: 1004 Policies and approaches to gender and empowerment of women in the Arab World: achievements revisited
See also: 1902 Population forecasting: new approaches and uses in policy
18 Theory
1801 Theory
| Convener: | François HERAN (France) |
| Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) | |
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1802 New theoretical frameworks in demography
| Organiser: | Annette BAUDISCH (Germany) |
| Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research | |
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19 Forecasting, methods and data
1901 Forecasting, methods and data
| Convener: | Sergei SCHERBOV (Russian Federation) |
| Vienna Institute of demography | |
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1902 Population forecasting: new approaches and uses in policy
| Organiser: | Frans WILLEKENS (Netherlands) |
| Netherlands Interdisciplinary demographic Institute (NIDI) | |
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1903 Advances in longitudinal analyses in population research
| Organiser: | Andres VIKAT (Estonia) |
| United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | |
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1904 Measuring hard-to-count populations and sensitive issues
| Organiser: | Maryse MARPSAT (France) |
| Institut National de la Statistique (INSEE) | |
| Session Description | |
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1905 Obtaining data on special populations: survey techniques and sampling methodologies for developing countries
| Organiser: | Vijay VERMA (United Kingdom) |
| Università degli Studi Di Siena | |
| Session Description | |
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1906 Indirect methods of demographic estimation: new techniques for new realities
| Organiser: | Tom MOULTRIE (South Africa) |
| University of Cape Town | |
| Session Description | |
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1907 Probabilistic population projection
| Organiser: | Wolfgang LUTZ (Austria) |
| International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Session Description | |
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1908 Assessing the quality of qualitative data for population research
| Organiser: | Susan WATKINS (United States of America) |
| University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Session Description | |
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1909 The quantum and tempo of life cycle events
| Organiser: | John BONGAARTS (Netherlands) |
| Population Council | |
| Session Description | |
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1910 Life course analysis: linked lives in longitudinal perspective
| Organiser: | Eva LELIEVRE (France) |
| Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) | |
| Session Description | |
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20 Historical demography
2001 Historical demography
| Convener: | David S. REHER (United States of America) |
| Universidad Complutense de Madrid | |
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2002 The health transition in the 19th/20th century: historical approaches
| Organiser: | Lucia POZZI (Italy) |
| Università degli Studi Di Sassari | |
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2003 History of family
| Organiser: | David ROBICHAUX (United States of America) |
| Universidad Iberoamericana | |
| Session Description | |
| Submit to this session |
2004 A historical demography of epidemics
| Organiser: | Alain GAGNON (Canada) |
| University of Western Ontario | |
| Session Description | |
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21 Spatial Demography
2101 Spatial demography
| Convener: | Deborah BALK (United States of America) |
| Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) | |
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2102 Spatial clustering of demographic events: measurement, analysis and implications
| Organiser: | Christophe GUILMOTO (France) |
| Centre Français sur la Population et le Développement (CEPED) | |
| Session Description | |
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2103 GIS: integrating spatial and social demography
| Organiser: | Mary M. KRITZ (United States of America) |
| Cornell University | |
| Session Description | |
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22 The Arab world: intercontinental crossroads between demographic transitions and population movements
2201 The Arab world: intercontinental crossroads between demographic transitions and population movements
| Convener: | Jamal BOURCHACHEN (Morocco) |
| Haut-commissariat au Plan, Morocco | |
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2202 Demographic and prospective transitions of the Arab world population
| Organiser: | Youssef COURBAGE (France) |
| Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) | |
| Session Description | |
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2203 Internal migration and urbanization in the Arab world
| Organiser: | Abdellatif FADLOULLAH (Morocco) |
| Union Géographique Marocaine (UNIGEM) | |
| Session Description | |
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2204 International migration in the Arab world
| Organiser: | Mohamed KHACHANI (Morocco) |
| Association Marocaine d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Migrations (AMERM) | |
| Session Description | |
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2205 Demography and conflicts in the Arab world
| Organiser: | Marwan KHAWAJA (Palestine) |
| UN-Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia | |
| Session Description | |
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2206 Observation of demographic and social facts in the Arab world: opportunities and challenges
| Organiser: | Luay SHABANEH (Palestine) |
| United Nations Population Fund | |
| Session Description | |
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2207 Policies and approaches for social justice and poverty alleviation in the Arab world
| Organiser: | Hoda RASHAD (Egypt) |
| American University in Cairo | |
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2208 Europe and the Maghreb: demographic ties. Session organized in collaboration with the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS)
| Organiser: | Janina JOZWIAK (Poland) |
| Warsaw School of Economics | |
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23 Cross Cutting Issues and Posters
2301 Cross-cutting issues (use only if absolutely no regular session is appropriate for your submission)
| Convener: | Nico VAN NIMWEGEN (Netherlands) |
| Netherlands Interdisciplinary demographic Institute (NIDI) |
| Convener: | Thomas K. LEGRAND (Canada) |
| Université de Montréal | |
| Submit to this session |
2302 Posters
| Organiser: | Nico VAN NIMWEGEN (Netherlands) |
| Netherlands Interdisciplinary demographic Institute (NIDI) | |
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