AQMeN Annual Lecture 2009
The Dynamics of Populations Large and Small: Processes, Models and Futures, with Some Illustrations for the Scottish Population.
Prof Phil Rees is Emeritus Professor at the University of Leeds and a leading authority on demographic analysis.
Wolfson Theatre, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George St, Edinburgh
This lecture reviews the processes of population change, the models we use to simulate the processes and what we can say about the future. Key processes influencing most national populations are ageing driven by low or declining fertility, rising life expectancy and international migration gains and losses, creating older and more diverse populations.
Within national borders internal migration redistributes our changing populations. But many policy questions need more than demography: we need to understand changes in educational attainments, participation in the labour force, family and household formation (many demands are household generated), changes in retirement dependant on state support and savings, and on health/illness outcomes. The lecture will illustrate the processes and recent experience, drawing on evidence from Scotland. View full details.
A drinks buffet will be served in the Wellcome West Room from 7.30-9.00pm.
This event is free to attend.
Location:
Edinburgh
Date:
16 December 2009 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Organiser:
AQMeN
