In Uganda, intergenerational tensions form one of the strands that intersect with other factors such as gender, ethnicity, religion, class, marital and migrant status, and urban/rural setting. Anthropologist Dr Katie McQuaid (Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, University of Leeds) explains the need to look at the intergenerational dimension of climate change in this context,… Read more »
Category: Population
Intergenerational issues in Italy: a family matter?
Martin Solly, professor at the Department of Culture, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, looks at the implications of Italy’s ageing and shrinking population, and the perceptions and prospects of the young.
The rich world’s intergenerational challenge through the looking glass of China and Japan
China and Japan face unique intergenerational challenges – and represent divergent examples of a binary pattern that the rest of the ageing world might learn from. By Lauren A. Johnston*
The smaller generation to come – worldwide
Here’s some good news for the planet: the human population is set to peak and stabilise, not rising much above 9.7 billion, the total that it will reach around the year 2050, according to the latest UN figures. Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at Oxford University, explains how this works, and why it… Read more »
IF’s research features strongly in the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration’s Interim Report
The recently-launched interim report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration drew heavily on IF’s analysis of age segregation in England and Wales. David Kingman looks at what conclusions they reached about how to combat the lack of integration between different generations
New data highlight growth of the “oldest old” in the UK
David Kingman examines the latest ONS figures on the size of the population aged 90 and over in the UK
Review: “Shrinking Population: How Japan Fell Out of Love with Love”
David Kingman reviews a recent BBC Radio 4 documentary which looks at the worrying demographic scenario facing Japan
New IF research shows how the generations are moving apart (Part 2)
David Kingman explains the results of “Generations Apart”, IF’s latest research project, which measures the growth of age segregation in England and Wales
New IF research shows how the generations are moving apart (Part 1)
David Kingman introduces “Generations Apart”, IF’s latest research project undertaken in partnership with Legal & General, which measures the growth of age segregation in England and Wales
ONS: Share of UK population aged 65+ has increased 21% since 2005
David Kingman looks at the latest population estimates from the ONS