Democrafting the Future

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By: Corinne Jones, Panagiota Nitsou, Eli Ponikelská, and Suray Peters

Join us in exploring the world through the lens of demography by uncovering the truth be-hind commonly used myths, current trends, and predictions for the future. Democraft, a student organization created by Master's students Corinne Jones, Panagiota Nitsou, Eli Ponikelská, and Suray Peters, is here to help you find the answers from experts working on topics related to demography.

Nordic Demographic Symposium - Part 4
#7
Last Sunday at 7:00 AM

Welcome back to Democrafting the Future! This is the fourth and final part of our series from the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium in the beginning of June! We are so thankful to have been invited by the Danish Demographic Society, and we hope you enjoy the interviews we were able to do!

In this episode, we were so glad to be able to chat with Gunnar Andersson! Thank you so much to Gunnar for talking with us, and thank you to everyone for listening! Thank you so much for watching and listening to all of the parts...


Nordic Demographic Symposium - Part 3
#6
Last Thursday at 7:00 AM

Welcome back to Democrafting the Future! This is the third part of our series that we recorded at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium in the beginning of June! We are so thankful to have been invited by the Danish Demographic Society, and we hope you enjoy the interviews we were able to do!

In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing both Tomáš Sobotka and Gøsta Esping-Andersen! Thank you so much to both of our guests for being on our podcast, and thank you to everyone for listening! Keep watch for the rest of the ser...


Nordic Demographic Symposium - Part 2
#5
06/24/2025

Welcome back to Democrafting the Future! This is part 2 of our 4 part series that was recorded at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium in the beginning of June! We are so thankful to have been invited by the Danish Demographic Society, and we hope you enjoy the interviews we were able to do! We do apologize about the wind disruptions, thank you for listening anyways!

In part two, we were lucky enough that Peter Fallesen could spare some of his busy schedule as the President of the Nordic Demographic Society to chat with us! Thank you so much...


Nordic Demographic Symposium - Part 1
#4
06/22/2025

Welcome back to Democrafting the Future! This is part 1 of a 4 part series that we recorded at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium in the beginning of June! We are so thankful to have been invited by the Danish Demographic Society, and we hope you enjoy the interviews we were able to do!

In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer B. Dowd from The University of Oxford! Thank you so much to Jennifer for being a guest for our podcast, and thank you to everyone for listening! Keep watch for the rest of the series...


The Aging Population with Cosmo Strozza
#3
06/01/2025

Welcome back to the third episode of Democrafting the Future! In this episode we are joined by our special guest, Cosmo Strozza about the aging population, health, and life expectancy around the world! We hope you enjoy listening to today's laugh filled and incredibly interesting episode!

Special Guest - Cosmo Strozza

Hosts - Corinne Jones, Eli Ponikelská, Suray Peters, Panagiota Nitsou

Edited by - Corinne Jones


Demographics and Insurance with Jesús-Adrián Alvarez
#2
05/15/2025

Welcome back to another episode of Democrafting the Future! In today's episode we talk with special guest Jesús-Adrián Alvarez about the use of demography in insurance. We touch on topics of population aging, pension, and what the role of an actuarian is. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Special guest - Jesús-Adrián Alvarez

Hosts - Corinne Jones, Eli Ponikelská, Suray Peters, Panagiota Nitsou

Edited by - Corinne Jones


The Population Bomb with Florian Ege
#1
05/14/2025

Welcome to the first episode of Democrafting the Future! In this episode we had a very special guest with us, Florian Ege, to discuss the book "The Population Bomb" and the impact it had on the world of demography. Thank you so much for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Special Guest - Florian Ege

Hosts - Corinne Jones, Eli Ponikelská, Suray Peters, Panagiota Nitsou

Edited by - Corinne Jones