Hi Martin Dribe, professor of Economic History, specializing in Economic Demography, and organiser and lead researcher of the upcoming annual CED Lund Population Day (LPD) 2025.
What inspired the theme “The Two Fertility Puzzles, 2010–2020” for this year's Population Day?
“The title is entirely the speaker’s, Gösta Esping-Andersen, own.”
How did you select the topic and keynote speaker for the conference?
“It is highly relevant given the historically low birth rates in both Sweden and Europe more broadly. If current projections are to be believed, nearly all countries in the world will have fertility rates below replacement level by the end of this century, with the global population expected to begin a steady decline after the 2060s. Gösta Esping-Andersen is a prominent and well-known figure in this field of research.”
What do you hope participants will take away from this year’s Population Day?
“We hope that everyone who attends will gain new insights into today’s low fertility rates and the underlying factors—while also learning a bit about what we still don’t know, and what continues to puzzle researchers.”
More about the conference and registration form in the LUSEM calendar.
CED Population day 2025 – lusem.lu.se