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The fabulous story of the rural share of Austria’s population

There are simpler things than distinguishing urban and rural populations, but Austria’s new government programme got it completely wrong.

26.1.2014 Read more »

Austria, population, urban

The shrinking electorate of Vienna

Although the population of Vienna is steadily increasing since 25 years, the city’s electorate is stagnating at the level of the early 1980s.

2.9.2013 Read more »

age groups, electorate, nationality, population, Vienna

One thousand ways of demographic storytelling: How 4cities students view urban populations

It can be a tough job to present a demographic story, especially when trying to attract the attention of an audience beyond academia.

6.9.2012 Read more »

4cities, Berlin, demography, Gaza, Leipzig, Madrid, population, teaching, urban

Increasing religious diversity in European cities – the case of Vienna

As the case of Vienna shows, the continuous influx of international migrants during the last decades diversified the populations of many European cities.

24.6.2012 Read more »

demographic differentials, diversity, religion, urban, Vienna

Gastarbeiter 2.0

German politicians – from Angela Merkel downwards – encourage young and skilled people from crisis-hit countries with high unemployment like Spain and Greece to move to Germany in order to mitigate its skilled labour shortage.

9.4.2012 Read more »

economy, education, EU, Europe, Germany, Greece, Italy, labour market, migration, population, Portugal, Spain

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The fabulous story of the rural share of Austria’s population

The shrinking electorate of Vienna

One thousand ways of demographic storytelling: How 4cities students view urban populations

Increasing religious diversity in European cities – the case of Vienna

Gastarbeiter 2.0