The Integration of Immigrants into Multicultural Societies: Lessons from the United States and around the World
Lecture
Public lecture presented by Prof Daniel Lichter, Dept. of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University A reception in the foyer will follow the lecture. The volume of transnational migrants and refugee populations is unprecedented worldwide. The number of international migrants more…
Reconsidering the Spatial Scale of Residential Segregation
Seminar
The settlement systems in the USA, Europe and Australia are being transformed by growing racial and ethnic diversity and massive new immigration. This paper examines changing patterns of neighbourhood residential segregation in contemporary demographic perspective. It considers the conceptual and…
Early Career Transitions in STEM Employment: Processes Shaping Retention and Satisfaction
Lecture
Distinguished public lecture presented by Prof Sharon Sassler With funding support from ANU Gender Institute, ANU School of Demography and ANU Research School of Social Sciences A reception in the foyer will follow the lecture The need for STEM workers in the United States (and elsewhere)…
Expansion of disability among successive Mexican birth cohorts, 2001-2015
Seminar
In the classical epidemiological transition, expansion in life expectancy was thought to go hand-in-hand with a compression of disability—that is, as life expectancy increased, individuals expected to live proportionately more years free of physical and health limitations. However, evidence on the…
Population Policy and Advocacy
Seminar
Population policy, however defined, is always in the news. In the first half of 2018 topics in the media included skilled migrants, refugees, abortion, same sex marriage, urban growth and infrastructure, and research on various diseases. We consider many types of policies, who can make policy…
An overview of the microsimulation models in Australia
Seminar
The presentation will provide an overview of the microsimulation models in Australia and their application to policy modelling particularly in the tax and welfare space. The presentation will also provide a detailed description of the ANU PolicyMod model of the Australian tax and welfare system and…
Exploring the Challenges of Super-Diverse Populations in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region
Symposium
The Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University is organising a symposium, Exploring the Challenges of Super-Diverse Populations in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region, to be held at The Deck at Regatta Point on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th June 2018. The aim is…