James Raymer appointed Professor of Demography
James Raymer has been appointed Professor of Demography and will take up his appointment in ADSRI at the beginning of January 2013. Professor Raymer has moved to Canberra from the United Kingdom with…
Social networking and successful ageing
In November, ADSRI released a Facebook application called AuSON (Australian Seniors’ Online Networks), which will help shed light on how Australian seniors are using the Facebook social networking…
Australian Population Association (APA) 16th Biennial Conference
The 2012 APA conference with the theme of Population change: past, present and future, was held from 5-7 December in Melbourne at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. ADSRI was very well…
Demographic consequences of Asian disasters
ADSRI staff recently visited the sites of devastating earthquakes in China and Iran as part of the ARC project on the demographic consequences of Asian Disasters. Zhongwei Zhao and Helen James…
Calling for contributions to the Caldwell legacy
John C 'Jack' Caldwell transformed demographic research. A paper published in Demographic Research named him the most influential researcher in the field, surpassing Thomas Malthus, John…
IUSSP seminar on population dynamics & the human dimensions of climate change
ADSRI hosted the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Seminar on Population Dynamics and the Human Dimensions of Climate Change from 27 - 29 November 2012, organised by…
ADSRI students ranked 1 & 2 in 3-minute thesis competition
Hasnani Rangkuti and Amina Keygan, ADSRI PhD candidates, were ranked 1 and 2 in the 3-minute thesis competition at the Australian Population Association Conference held in Melbourne from 5-7 December…