234006 VO Policy Research: Public Health, Fertility and Migration (2024S)
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max. 30 participants
Language: English
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Lectures will start at 08:45 (not 08:00)
Tuesday
16.04.
08:00 - 11:15
Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
Tuesday
23.04.
08:00 - 11:15
Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
Tuesday
30.04.
08:00 - 11:15
Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
Tuesday
07.05.
08:00 - 11:15
Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
Tuesday
14.05.
08:00 - 11:15
Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
Tuesday
21.05.
08:00 - 11:15
Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
N
Tuesday
28.05.
08:00 - 11:15
Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
Tuesday
04.06.
08:00 - 11:15
Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
Tuesday
18.06.
08:00 - 11:15
Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The assessment will be in the form of a final exam in which students will be asked to write short essays on topics covered in the lecture.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
In the exam students must show their knowledge of the topics covered as well as their independent critical analysis of them. There will be a strict check for plagiarism.
a) Maximum number of points that can be achieved: 100
b) Minimum requirement for a positive result: 50 points
c) Scale of marks:
89 - 100.....points Grade 1
76 - 88.......points Grade 2
63 - 75.......points Grade 3
50 - 62.......points Grade 4
Under 50 points Grade 5
a) Maximum number of points that can be achieved: 100
b) Minimum requirement for a positive result: 50 points
c) Scale of marks:
89 - 100.....points Grade 1
76 - 88.......points Grade 2
63 - 75.......points Grade 3
50 - 62.......points Grade 4
Under 50 points Grade 5
Examination topics
The topics covered in the lecture (see above) will also be the examination topics.
Reading list
Selected chapters on population policies from Caselli et al., 2006, “Demography: Analysis and Synthesis”, Academic Press, Elsevier.
Selected chapters from May John F. and Goldstone Jack A., 2022. International Handbook of Population Policies, Springer.
Selected chapters from May John F. and Goldstone Jack A., 2022. International Handbook of Population Policies, Springer.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 11.03.2024 09:06
- International conventions and the sequence of international population conferences in the second half of the 20th century
- Criticisms and new approaches to population policies, including the fundamental paradigm shift from population control to human rights and reproductive health that took place around the 1994 World Population Conference in Cairo;
- The evolution of European migration policies and the current state of play in addressing the policy challenges associated with depopulation and ageing in Europe;
- Specific policies, including country examples, in the three areas of mortality/health, fertility and international migration;
- The importance of measurement and the provision of accurate figures to accompany the design and evaluation of population policies.