The eighth BBinar focused on the demographic changes in BB countries, the challenges they pose, the opportunities that arise, and the possible policy responses that could be taken. The demographic changes go hand in hand with profound political, economic, and social transformations. The BBinar looked at some specificities and patterns that are of particular importance for social policy, individual well-being and intergenerational relations (e.g. the combination of natural population decline and net out-migration, disordered cohort flows, etc.).
The input presentation was held by Nikolai Botev, who is an independent expert. Nikolai Botev’s career has spanned academia and international organizations. He has worked for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), incl. as Director of the office for Central Asia, and for the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), incl. as acting Chief of its Population Unit. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was part of HSE University’s “Digital Professors”. He holds a PhD in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania and has published in journals like the American Sociological Review, Population and Development Review, etc. Springer recently published his The Sexuality-Reproduction Nexus and the Three Demographic Transitions: An Integrative Framework.
If you have any questions, please contact Sabina Gjylsheni (gjylsheni@euro.centre.org).
