ID:
511151
Durata (ore):
40
CFU:
6
SSD:
DEMOGRAFIA
Anno:
2025
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Secondo Semestre (23/02/2026 - 29/05/2026)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
This course introduces students to the core concepts and methods of demography and examines how population dynamics interact with key sustainability challenges. Emphasis is placed on understanding demographic data, indicators, and methods, and on interpreting population trends in a sustainability and policy perspective.
The course combines theoretical foundations, empirical evidence, and applied exercises using real demographic data.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
• Understand the basic concepts and theories of population dynamics.
• Know and apply basic demographic tools such as rates, life tables, and fertility
measures.
• Explain the links between population dynamics and sustainability challenges.
• Critically discuss demographic policies related to reproduction, ageing, and welfare
systems.
• Work with real demographic data and communicate results clearly, both in written
and oral form.
The course combines theoretical foundations, empirical evidence, and applied exercises using real demographic data.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
• Understand the basic concepts and theories of population dynamics.
• Know and apply basic demographic tools such as rates, life tables, and fertility
measures.
• Explain the links between population dynamics and sustainability challenges.
• Critically discuss demographic policies related to reproduction, ageing, and welfare
systems.
• Work with real demographic data and communicate results clearly, both in written
and oral form.
Prerequisiti
There are no formal prerequisites.
Metodi didattici
In addition to traditional lectures, students will work on various problem sets, some completed collectively during class, and others in groups outside of class, to be presented during the final lectures. The content of the group work will be defined at the beginning of the course and made available on the course’s KIRO page.
Verifica Apprendimento
- Attending students: Two group assignments during the course and a final written exam
- Non-attending students: final written exam
- Non-attending students: final written exam
Testi
• Textbooks (relevant chapters for each lecture will be highlighted in the detailed syllabus on KIRO)
– Weeks, Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, 13th edition (2020)
– (Optional) Haupt et al., Population Reference Bureau‘s Population Handbook, 6th Ed. (2011)
– (Optional) Livi-Bacci, M. (2017). A concise history of world population. John Wiley & Sons.
• Supplementary readings: indicated during the lectures and accessible via links or through the Kiro platform.
• Slide sets: published before the lectures and available for the entire academic year.
– Weeks, Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, 13th edition (2020)
– (Optional) Haupt et al., Population Reference Bureau‘s Population Handbook, 6th Ed. (2011)
– (Optional) Livi-Bacci, M. (2017). A concise history of world population. John Wiley & Sons.
• Supplementary readings: indicated during the lectures and accessible via links or through the Kiro platform.
• Slide sets: published before the lectures and available for the entire academic year.
Contenuti
Part I – Fundamentals of Demography
• Introduction to Demography: subject matter, aims, key concepts, and tools
• The history and theories of population growth
• Measuring population growth
• Demographic methods and concepts
• Mortality and survival
• Fertility
• Migration
• Ageing and age structure
Part II – Demography, Development, and Sustainability
• Population growth and economic development
• Food security and sustainable agriculture, hunger and obesity
• Energy resources and access to water
• Space and environment: deforestation and urbanization
• Climate change and its impact on demographic dynamics
• Population control policies: reproductive choices, ageing and the welfare system
• Introduction to Demography: subject matter, aims, key concepts, and tools
• The history and theories of population growth
• Measuring population growth
• Demographic methods and concepts
• Mortality and survival
• Fertility
• Migration
• Ageing and age structure
Part II – Demography, Development, and Sustainability
• Population growth and economic development
• Food security and sustainable agriculture, hunger and obesity
• Energy resources and access to water
• Space and environment: deforestation and urbanization
• Climate change and its impact on demographic dynamics
• Population control policies: reproductive choices, ageing and the welfare system
Lingua Insegnamento
INGLESE
Altre informazioni
Detailed programme, slides, materials, supplementary readings and information are progressively uploaded to the online teaching platform
NOTE:
Students enrolled in the “Inclusive Teaching Methods” programme are requested to contact the lecturer in order to assess their specific needs and define targeted support measures.
Exchange / incoming international students are welcome.
NOTE:
Students enrolled in the “Inclusive Teaching Methods” programme are requested to contact the lecturer in order to assess their specific needs and define targeted support measures.
Exchange / incoming international students are welcome.
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