The Société Démographique Francophone de Belgique (SDFB) and the Vereniging Voor Demografie (VVD) invite you to join the 5th edition of the Belgian Demography Day on Friday, 25 April 2025 in Leuven.
Junior PhD students as well as senior scholars in the field of population studies are warmly invited to present their work. D-Day aims to bring together researchers from Belgium and its neighbouring countries, from inside or outside of academia. Of course, researchers from any other country are most welcome to join us in a lively atmosphere!
Participants are expected to present recent findings in the field of population studies, including topics on fertility, mortality, migration, couples' formation and dissolution, ageing, population change, and urbanization. The special topic of the 2025 edition is the connection between population and climate change.
Keynote
Climate Change, (Im)mobility and Migration - Prof. dr. Caroline Zickgraf (Université de Liège)
Submission Guidelines
Sessions are in English but some presentations may be in one of the 3 official Belgian languages. Please submit your abstract of no more than 300 words, using the button below, by 26 January 2025. Authors will be informed before the end of February whether their research has been accepted for presentation.
You can submit your abstract here.
Important Dates
- Call opens: 10 October 2024
- Call closes: 26 January 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: February 2025
- Conference: 25 April 2025
Practical Information
Venue: Irish College, Janseniusstraat 1, 3000 Leuven
For inquiries or further information, please contact demographyday2025@kuleuven.be.
