URBDEMO Lecture Series

The Urban Demography Lab held a series of open conferences on population dynamics and urban change in Switzerland and globally.

Lectures 2025

“Environmental Disasters and Demographic Shifts: Insights from L’Aquila’s Earthquake” – Prof. Elena Ambrosetti (Sapienza University of Rome)

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Lectures 2024

“Internal migration, population ageing and regional disparities in Germany” – Dr. Nikola Sander (Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Wiesbaden, Germany)

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“Internal migration, population ageing and regional disparities in Germany” – Dr. Sebastian Klüsener (Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Wiesbaden, Germany)

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Lectures 2023

“Denser and greener cities: Green interventions to achieve both urban density and nature” – Dr. Robert McDonald (The Nature Conservancy)

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“Climate, mobility and migration : making sense of a complicated nexus” – Prof. Etienne Piguet (University of Neuchâtel)

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“Croissance démographique récente en Suisse. Quelles conséquences?” – Prof. Philippe Wanner (University of Geneva)

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“Population growth and the beginning of the Anthropocene as registered in Baltic Sea sediments” – Dr. Jérôme Kaiser (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research)

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“Estimating and projecting urbanization at the global level” – Dr. Thomas Spoorenberg (United Nations Population Division)

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“Demographic disparities in Europe: trends and implications at different geographical scales” – Dr. Anne Goujon (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)

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