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The two-year MSc in Social Sciences in Comparative Public Policy and Welfare Studies links directly to current global and national challenges, such as aging populations, changing family models, and economic crises. The program provides you with a broad, high-level set of skills and competencies enabling you to contribute to the development of sustainable and democratically legitimate solutions to
18/03/2026
"The baby crisis splitting Europe" : Pieter Vanhuysse was interviewed on the Sveriges Radio (Swedish public radio) program Konflikt:
Bebiskrisen som splittar Europa | Konflikt | Sveriges Radio Födslotalen dyker i Europa och varför det fortsätter nedåt är en gåta. Vad händer när den europeiska ”bebiskollapsen” blir politik?
05/03/2026
NOU 2026: 2 Policy for new generations – Causes, consequences and measures related to low birth rates Government.no is to give the general public understanding of the work of the government and the ministries, and to encourage involvement in democratic processes.
21/02/2026
"The Reversal of the Flynn Effect and Protecting Cognitive Agency"
Pieter Vanhuysse's podcast interview in EU Brussels on , cognitive & Europeans embracing yet another disruptive technology pushed by US/Chinese billionaires:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/74AwINRiK5jRACe8PQmVJd?si=59342d03c7e147b8
AI and Human Cognition: The Reverse Flynn Effect and Protecting Cognitive Agency I'm NOT a Robot · Episode
29/01/2026
Love in the time of empty cradles – Word Festival Love in the time of empty cradles Køb Partout Køb Partout Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Pieter Vanhuysse, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe & Gøsta Esping-Andersen Why are birth rates falling when most people still want children – are we choosing smaller families, or being quietly shaped by biology, and mode...
26/01/2026
Love in the time of empty cradles:
What causes widespread drops in fertility?
Join Gosta Esping -Andersen, Pieter Vanhuysse et al. this Saturday at Word festival 2026 in Odense (panel: Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Pieter Vanhuysse, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe & Gøsta Esping-Andersen):
Love in the time of empty cradles – Word Festival Love in the time of empty cradles Køb Partout Køb Partout Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Pieter Vanhuysse, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe & Gøsta Esping-Andersen Why are birth rates falling when most people still want children – are we choosing smaller families, or being quietly shaped by biology, and mode...
03/12/2025
Expert Meeting with EU-Commissioner Dubravka Šuica | Population Europe Policy Insights PopDigests Event Reviews Policy Briefs Discussion Papers Books and Reports Newsletter Event Review Expert Meeting with EU-Commissioner Dubravka Šuica 12 November 2025 Image On 12 November 2025, a group of distinguished population researchers from across the Population Europe network...
26/07/2025
A second New York Times article citing SDU professor Pieter Vanhuysse et al.'s "Taxing Reproduction" research and the New Nordic Paradox they point to, novelist Margaret Atwood, and Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin's latest paper:
"Nordic countries, which are famed for their subsidized child care and maternity leave, actually have some of the highest parenting costs in Europe, once parents’ time and out-of-pocket costs are taken into account."
Statskundskab på SDU , SDU Samfundsvidenskab
Why One of the Causes of Falling Birthrates May Be Prosperity Economic growth has the unintended side effects of making parenthood more difficult and expensive.