Upcoming events

How to get to 100 - and enjoy it .... Exhibition 20 October - 4 December.
In research, the significant issues affecting every person's life are often hidden behind abstract figures like the number of births, the mortality rate, or net migration. In collaboration with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and Population Europe, CPC brings a major interactive exhibition to the UK.

The exhibition presents the latest results of population research in an easy-to-understand format, with the aim of raising awareness among interested non-scientific audiences of the pressing issues surrounding demographic change. It allows visitors to investigate how our population is changing through interactive games, quizzes, pictures, interviews, graphs and texts. Visitors are invited to consider their chances of living to 100 and how early life, where you live, family life, lifestyle and work affect these chances. With one in three children born in 2014 expected to live to 100, these issues have never been more relevant.

The project to develop and tour this exhibition across Europe is being led by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany and Population Europe, a network of leading European population experts specialised in communicating demographic knowledge to the broader public. As members of Population Europe, CPC successfully gained funding from the ESRC to adapt the content for a British audience and tour it throughout the UK.

The exhibition is open to all and free to attend, come and see us at the following locations:

West Quay Shopping Centre, Southampton, 20 October - 26 October
gallery@oxo, London, 29 October - 2 November
The Lowry Art and Entertainment Centre, Manchester, 10 November - 14 November
Silverburn Shopping Centre, Glasgow, 17 November - 21 November
Millennium Point, Birmingham, 25 November - 28 November
Pierhead, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff, 2 December - 4 December

For further information, please visit the exhibition website

Training course: Agent-based modelling and simulation (ABM-ABS) 20 - 30 October 2014.
CPC's Dr Jakub Bijak with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and the Vienna Institute of Demography will be co-hosting a two-week intensive course in agent-based modelling and simulation, with focus on demographic and social science applications.

Expert Group on the Active Ageing Index 13 - 14 November 2014.
CPC member, Professor Asghar Zaidi, will be presenting research findings at this two-day meeting due to be held in Brussels.

Posted 20/10/2014 14:43