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19/03/2024
Population policymakers meet for dialogue across borders

Policy specialists from several national and regional governments in Europe on invitation by FutuRes on March 19. The FutuRes team got an in-depth insight into what policymakers need from research.

08/03/2024
Spring 2024 Bulletin: Outcomes of the first year of FutuRes

We celebrate one year of the FutuRes project! In this year, we have established the "Policy Lab" as a platform for stakeholders to discuss resilient policymaking. Several hundred stakeholders have already attended FutuRes events, including high-level speakers from EU policy.

07/02/2024
Video recordings: Science in conversation with policy stakeholders

You can now watch all video recordings of FutuRes researchers at the Berlin Demography Days 2024. Three of our research leaders presented their perspectives in expert panels from 23-25 January. Advisory Board member Pearl Dykstra spoke at the high-level policy panel.

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Invitation to register: Berlin Demography Days

FutuRes is pleased to be a partner in the next Berlin Demography Days. The theme will be “Overcoming Crises – Shaping Policy for an Uncertain Future”. We invite you to join us for panel discussions with distinguished experts from politics, business, science and civil society

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Virtual Press Hour: “Myth Busting for Ageing Societies”

Have you ever caught yourself speaking about “generations” as if they were different species? Labels like “boomers” and “generation X, Y, Z, …” are incredibly popular in public discourse these days. Unfortunately, these labels give us warped ideas about ageing.

To counter these myths, the EU-funded FutuRes research project is launching the series “Myth Busting for Ageing Societies.

Register now for our virtual Press Hour.

14/11/2023
Policy with foresight

Experts workshop

A selected group of 60 high-level policy experts met to discuss "foresight". How can complex results from foresight exercises translate into usable information for policy makers? Best-practices were identified.

30/06/2023
Ten steps towards more baby-friendly policies for Europe

New Policy Insight

How best to prevent a freefall of fertility rates, and what to avoid. A FutuRes exclusive article by Prof. Anna Rotkirch, Population Research Institute, Väestöliitto (The Family Federation of Finland). 

27/06/2023
Resilience and the future of work

Policy Lab launched

The FutuRes discussed with high level speakers, among which were: Beatrice Covassi, European Parliament, Jutta Allmendinger, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Massimiliano Mascherini, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

04/04/2023
Building policy on older people's resilience

New Policy Insight

This capacity to withstand and cope has recently been discussed as “resilience”. But what, exactly, is resilience? Lessons from the COVID19-pandemic

07/03/2023
A dialogue between stakeholders, research and the public

FutuRes project kicks off

What does resilience in older people mean? How can we strengthen it while ensuring their rights are respected? This is what the new EU-funded project FutuRes will explore.