📢 New publication announcement 😊 Coauthored with Veronica Riniolo "Is there an integration paradox in Italy? Empirical evidence on youths with a migrant background" is out on @youthstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 The EAPS Working Group on Fertility and Family Dynamics in Migrant and Minority Groups will hold its fourth international conference, this time in collaboration with “Age-It – Ageing Well in an Ageing Society”. 📍 2–3 Oct 2025 | University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy 🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/35h3kp5y

📢 Bologna Calling! 🙂 The call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 is now open! EPC 2026 is organized by EAPS in collaboration with the University of Bologna and will be held from 3-6 June 2026 in Bologna. #EPC2026

Data & Policy call for papers: Counting what matters: The role of sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics in social policy. Deadline for full paper 9 January 2026.

Is there a female advantage in asylum application outcomes in Europe? We will be discussing our results this afternoon at #IPC2025 Session 74 Forced Migration and Statelessness in Host Countries @avrai.bsky.social

We are on our way ✈️

📢 Tomorrow June 25th, from 14:00 to 14:45 CEST Fondazione ISMU is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the 30th Italian Report on Migration, which traces the trend of migration flows that, over the last 30 years, have seen the population with a migrant background grow to nearly six million.

That’s a wrap for #PopDays2025! A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions. The atmosphere was truly inspiring! See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨

📢New paper announcement! Exploring support for medicalized female genital mutilation/cutting: A study on migrant women living in Italy written with P. Farina, D. Carrillo and E. Ripamonti is out on @plosone.org doi.org/10.1371/jour... contributing to the debate on the medicalization of #FGM

What is demography for? Nice explainer here: “Demography provides a lens that community leaders, policymakers, business leaders, advocates, and residents can use to allocate resources effectively and plan for a thriving future” www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/4/...

! major development: Italian gov restricts by decree transmission of citizenship abroad to 2 generations: From now on if you are born abroad only Italian if: parent or grandparent born in Italy. Or if parent has resided in 🇮🇹 2 yrs before you were born + other restrictions upcoming (see 🧵 & below)

Today we are presenting the 30th Report on Migration in Italy edited by ISMU Foundation www.ismu.org/convegno-pre...

Renouncing birthright citizenship is a major barrier to #naturalization, but how willing are migrants to do so? Using a unique dataset from Italy, E. B. di Belgiojoso & @leortensi.bsky.social examine three key factors: identity, socialization, and reasons for naturalization. doi.org/10.1093/migr...

First paper announcement on Bluesky! "Exploring migrants’ willingness to renounce birthright citizenship in Italy: Do national identity, place of socialization, and instrumental approach matter?" is out on @migrationjrnl.bsky.social co-authored with Elisa Barbiano di Belgiojoso

Today is the International Day to #EndFGM Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls. It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm

Over 200 million women, including at least 600,000 in Europe, underwent female genital mutilation. On International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, let’s be clear: FGM must be universally condemned and eradicated. Together with countries around the globe, we can make it happen ↓ europa.eu/!cqkMDd

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📢Calling all aspiring demographers! Apply for next year’s EDSD here: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-... and join us in Paris at INED! Deadline March 25 at noon

The USAID website is no longer functioning.

PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...