Democrafting the Future

Welcome back to Democrafting the Future! This last episode of 2025 explores a new perspective on fertility. This episode explores a new and until now under-researched perspective on fertility : “Male fertility”. Thank you to our special guest Vegard. Join us as we uncover how social norms and misconceptions need to change in order to benefit “Male fertility”. Special Guest - Vegard Skirbekk Hosts...

Welcome to the second episode of season 2 of Democrafting the Future! This episode was recorded over the summer and we have been anxiously waiting to share it with you all. When speaking with our special guest, Ella Fegitz, we learned so much about menopause and what that means in terms of society and biology. Wander with us through the various turns of our conversation with Ella, and we hope you...

Welcome back to a new season of Democrafting the Future! We are so excited to be back after summer break, and we are happy to have all our listeners here too! In the first episode of season 2, we were able to discuss a wide range of economic topics with Pieter Vanhuysse from Robin Hood to the economic burden (and possible solutions) of parenthood. Thank you so much to everyone for listening, and w...

Welcome back to Democrafting the Future! This is the fourth and final part of our series from the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium in the beginning of June! We are so thankful to have been invited by the Danish Demographic Society, and we hope you enjoy the interviews we were able to do! In this episode, we were so glad to be able to chat with Gunnar Andersson! Thank you so much to Gunnar for tal...

Welcome back to Democrafting the Future! This is the third part of our series that we recorded at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium in the beginning of June! We are so thankful to have been invited by the Danish Demographic Society, and we hope you enjoy the interviews we were able to do! In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing both Tomáš Sobotka and Gøsta Esping-Andersen! Thank y...

Welcome back to Democrafting the Future! This is part 2 of our 4 part series that was recorded at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium in the beginning of June! We are so thankful to have been invited by the Danish Demographic Society, and we hope you enjoy the interviews we were able to do! We do apologize about the wind disruptions, thank you for listening anyways! In part two, we were lucky en...

Welcome back to Democrafting the Future! This is part 1 of a 4 part series that we recorded at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium in the beginning of June! We are so thankful to have been invited by the Danish Demographic Society, and we hope you enjoy the interviews we were able to do! In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer B. Dowd from The University of Oxford! Thank yo...

Welcome back to the third episode of Democrafting the Future! In this episode we are joined by our special guest, Cosmo Strozza about the aging population, health, and life expectancy around the world! We hope you enjoy listening to today's laugh filled and incredibly interesting episode! Special Guest - Cosmo Strozza Hosts - Corinne Jones, Eli Ponikelská, Suray Peters, Panagiota Nitsou Edited by...

Welcome back to another episode of Democrafting the Future! In today's episode we talk with special guest Jesús-Adrián Alvarez about the use of demography in insurance. We touch on topics of population aging, pension, and what the role of an actuarian is. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy! Special guest - Jesús-Adrián Alvarez Hosts - Corinne Jones, Eli Ponikelská, Suray Peters, Panagio...

Welcome to the first episode of Democrafting the Future! In this episode we had a very special guest with us, Florian Ege, to discuss the book "The Population Bomb" and the impact it had on the world of demography. Thank you so much for listening and we hope you enjoy! Special Guest - Florian Ege Hosts - Corinne Jones, Eli Ponikelská, Suray Peters, Panagiota Nitsou Edited by - Corinne Jones