Webinar Series: It's a Small World After All?
Our webinar series on the new lower-fertility world.
We are in the midst of an unprecedented and global shift to lower fertility. In Europe and East Asia, fertility rates are so low that each generation will be half the size of the preceding one. Even many middle- and lower-middle-income countries, like Uruguay and Bangladesh, have fertility rates below replacement. What does this new reality mean for the way we live, work, and plan for the future?
Our new webinar series will explore the implications of lower fertility in four critical areas—family planning and reproductive health, the future of care, the future of work, and depopulation and resilience. Centering data and evidence in our discourse, we’ll tackle such questions as:
- How do the challenges and opportunities brought by slower population growth and age structural shifts vary around the world?
- Which sectors and stakeholders are most affected, and in what ways?
- Are there any aspects of the low fertility panic that are warranted, and what kinds of ideas have been proposed to counter them or promote resilience?
Revisit Webinar 1 – Challenging the Low-Fertility Panic: A New Narrative for Reproductive Health
A Preview of What’s To Come
Webinar 2
The Future of Care in a Lower-Fertility World
Date and time TBD
Webinar 3
The Future of Work in a Lower-Fertility World
Date and time TBD
Webinar 4
Depopulation and Resilience in a Lower-Fertility World
Date and time TBD
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