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A group of scholars in Asian Demographic Research Institutes (ADRI) visited the Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM) group at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado on April 24th, 2018. ADRI has been collaborating with IAM group since … Continued
During 26-28 April 2018 PAA (Population Association of America) conference was held in Denver, USA. Researchers from ADRI participated in oral presentations and poster sessions. ADRI had also set up their booth in this scientific event. Here are the links to the … Continued
In a country, age and gender differentials are the two fundamental sources of population heterogeneity considered in almost all demographic analysis. Recently research has demonstrated the importance of educational attainment and place of residence as additional sources of population heterogeneity. … Continued
Researchers at the Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI), Shanghai University, IIASA, the Wittgenstein Center for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) have developed multi-dimensional/multi-state models to study population dynamics at the global, regional, national and sub-national level. … Continued
June 19-23, 2017 at ADRI (Shanghai University) ADRI in collaboration with IIASA and the Wittgenstein Centre host the first Asian summer school on how demographic trends and improving educational attainment impact on economic growth around Asia. The summer school … Continued
The first Asian Population Forum on the Future Research Direction of the Asian Population was held successfully in Gucun Park Hotel Shanghai from October 10th to 12th, 2016. Over 80 noted demographic experts and scholars from around the world … Continued
The 28th World Population Conference was held in Cape Town South African October 29th, with more than 1,500 international academics and heads of government agencies involved. Leiwen Jiang, Baochang Gu, Samir KC, Yu Zhu, Guy Abel and Yu Zhang from … Continued
Asian Population Association Scientific Group on One-Belt-One-Road Strategy: Implications on Population Dynamics and Socio-Ecological Impacts held its first workshop at the Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI) of Shanghai University on Oct. 10-11, 2017. This workshop “The One-Belt-One-Road Strategy and its … Continued
In preparing for the 4th Asian Population Association (APA) Conference 2018 to be held in Shanghai, the Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI) of Shanghai University hosted the second meeting of the Asian Population Association leaders and the National Organization Committee … Continued
The paper “The incomparability of cause of death statistics under “one country, two systems”: Shanghai versus Hong Kong” has been published on Population Health Metrics (impact factor of 2.91)by Professor Jiaying Zhao （first author）of ADRI, School of Sociology and Political … Continued