Department of Demography

Projects

Research Focus

The Department of Demography addresses demography in all its dimensions with a special focus on multi-dimensional demography and the relevance of demographic change for sustainable development. It does so by studying the multiple structures of human populations in the dimensions of age, sex, place of residence, level of educational attainment, labor force participation and other essential demographic characteristics of individuals. The focus lies on the determinants of such changes – in particular fertility, mortality and migration – and the aggregate level consequences of past, current and future population changes on society, economy and environment.

Current Research Projects

  • Biological, Individual and Contextual Factors of Fertility Recovery

    Acronym: BIC.LATE
    Funding Body: ERC (Horizon 2020)
    PI: Eva Beaujouan
    Project Number: 101001410 ERC-2020-COG
    Time Frame: 01.09.2021 - 30.08.2026

    Official website: https://biclate.univie.ac.at/project/ 

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  • The influence of chronic stress-related biomarkers on the fertility trajectories of men and women

    Acronym: BIOFAM
    Funding Body: University of Essex, Understanding Society Fellowship
    PI: Ester Lazzari
    Time Frame: 01.11.2025 - 31.10.2026

    More information you find on the website of the Understanding Society - the UK Household Longitudinal Study.

Completed Research Projects

  • Skill loss during parental leave and its role for gender disparities in earnings

    Acronym: Skill-PAL
    Funding Body: Austrian Academy of Sciences
    PI: Sonja Spitzer
    Project Number: DATA_2023-39_Skill-PAL
    Time Frame: 01.07.2024 - 30.09.2025; continued until 31.12.2026 at the Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences
     

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  • Climate, Health & Population - Climate Change & Differential Vulnerabilities in the Metropolitan Are

    Acronym: CHAP
    Funding Body: Jubiläumsfonds der Stadt Wien für die Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
    PI: Erich Striessnig, Raya Muttarak, Roman Hoffmann
    Project Number: JF_2019-19 CHAP
    Time Frame: 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2021

    Official website: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/research/research-projects/chap/ 

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  • Green Family – Generationenfairness im Klimawandel

    Acronym: GREEN FAMILY
    Funding Body: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V
    PI: Erich Striessnig
    Project Number: 4630810/PE
    Time Frame: 15.09.2021 - 15.02.2022

    More information you find in the PDF “Green Family - Generationengerechtigkeit im Klimawandel”.

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  • Impact of Climate Change on the Transformative Results Estimates

    Acronym: CLIMATE CHANGE
    Funding Body: UNFPA
    PI: Erich Striessnig
    Project Numbers: 187631 | 208071
    Time Frame: 01.06.2021 - 31.05.2022

  • Later fertility in Europe: How far can childbearing be postponed without being forgone?

    Acronym: LATEFERT
    Funding Body: FWF Austrian Science Fund
    PI: Eva Beaujouan
    Project Number: P31171-G29
    Time Frame: 01.01.2019 - 30.06.2023

    Official website: https://fertilitychange.wordpress.com/ 

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