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Context In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become more widely used to aid human decision making in areas of great societal importance, such...

Developments · Demographic ageing is not a biological process. It’s a shift from a youthful society to a society with a higher share of senior citizens. The two main reasons for this is increasing...

1.2 billion people in the world are young (aged between 15-24 years) — that is 16% of the global population. By 2050, the number is estimated to be 1.3 billion...

Developments The world population passed 7 billion in 2011, and reached about 7.75 billion by the end of 201 9. The 20th century started with a global human population...

UN DESA - Population Division: World Population Prospects (2019) World Population Ageing (2019) Adolescents and Youth UN Population Fund - UNFPA...

Demographic Scenarios for the EU - Migration, Population and Education, Joint Research Centre, European Commission and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (2019). Ageing...

With increasing numbers of older dependants in the population, concerns on how to finance social security, social care and long-term health arise. The ability to reshape the health and long-term care...

How a smaller labour force shall provide for a larger proportion of retired persons is increasingly a matter of concern in some regions of the world. Rising old-age dependency ratios...

That many societies have a growing older population will have implications for economic growth, inequality, and the sustainability of public finances. Furthermore, population ageing has an impact...