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TERM OF OFFICE 2024-2027

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FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE NEW TERM 2024-2027

On 7 March 2024, the first meeting of the Committee of Demographic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences of the new term 2024-2027 was held.

Prof. Elżbieta Gołata became the Chair of the Committee, with Prof. Jolanta Grotowska-Leder and Prof. Ireneusz Kuropka as deputies. The Honorary Chair is Prof. Irena E. Kotowska. Prof. Monika Stanny, Prof. Paweł Kaczmarczyk and Prof. Jan Brzozowski have been appointed members of the Presidium of the Commitee. The position of Scientific Secretary will be held by Dr Izabela Grabowska.

Congratulations!

Later in the meeting, the Committee members discussed the role of the Commitee in the new term, its challenges and planned activities.

 

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TERM OF OFFICE 2020-2023

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1. On 13-14 June 2022  Committee on Demographic Studies of the Polish Academy of Science organised scientific conference "Understanding demographic change", as part of the III Demographic Congress.

It was devoted to demographic changes in Poland after 1989 against the background of demographic trends in Europe.

Transmission can be found at:

https://konferencja.pan.pl/zmiana-demograficzna/ 

2. Statement by the members of the Committee on Demographic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences on the Constitutional Tribunal Ruling of 22nd October 2020. 

3. On behalf of the Committee on Demographic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences we support the call "What should be done for the health care system under  pandemic" by  the experts from the Institute of Public Health (the Medical College of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow), the CASE Scientific Foundation and the Consultative Council of the Polish Society of Public Health who are anxious about Poles. The call has  been published on the  Institute of Public Health webpage https://izp.wnz.cm.uj.edu.pl/pl/blog/co-nalezy-zrobic-dla-systemu-ochrony-zdrowia-w-sytuacji-pandemii/#.

The COVID-19  pandemic as well as the growing threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, signalled in mortality research since  two decades, along with the declining life expectancy of Poles since 2017 call for  a fundamental  change to  the role of the health care system both today as we are struggling with the COVID-19 coronavirus as well as tomorrow as we have to prepare  for  new challenges. The call  combines both perspectives.

 The Presidium of the Committee on Demographic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences