Universität Wien

234006 VO Policy Research: Public Health, Fertility and Migration (2024S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

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
  • 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

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

- A brief history of population-related policies in the areas of mortality/health, fertility and international migration;
- 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.

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

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.

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Last modified: We 31.07.2024 12:06