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Financial Times, 29 January 2024. Birth rates are falling in the Nordics. Are family-friendly policies no longer enough? Interview.

Financial Times, 8 October 2026. Why people don't want to have children any more. Quoted.

BBC Radio 4, The World This Weekend, June 2026. Where have all the babies gone? Interview.

Financial Times, 15 May 2026. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once. Quoted.

Le Figaro, 4 February 2026. « Ça devrait être interdit aux poussettes » : l’intolérance aux enfants, symptôme d’une société d’adultes à bout de nerfs. Interview. In French.

The Washington Post, 13 December 2025. Europe is panicking over its shrinking population. Quoted.

NPR (US), 27 October 2025. Finland’s stubbornly low birth rate shows why a population shift may be inevitable. Interview.

BBC Radio 4, Moral Maze, 11 June 2025. Is having children a moral duty? Panel witness.

BBC Radio 4, Woman’s Hour, June 2025. World fertility (item in the programme of 10–11 June 2025). Interview.

The New Yorker, 24 February 2025. The End of Children. Quoted.

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Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Germany), 15 October 2026. The threshold for family formation has risen. Interview.

Financial Times, 8 October 2026. Why people don't want to have children any more. Quoted.

Deutschlandfunk Kultur (Weltzeit), 6 October 2026. Finnlands Bevölkerung – Wenige Babys, viele Senioren. Interview. In German.

BBC Radio 4, The World This Weekend, June 2026. Where have all the babies gone? Interview.

Financial Times, 15 May 2026. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once. Quoted.

Respekt, 31 March 2026. Mít děti musí být zase cool. Politický tlak nikoho rodit nedonutí. Quoted. In Czech.

Le Figaro, 4 February 2026. « Ça devrait être interdit aux poussettes » : l’intolérance aux enfants, symptôme d’une société d’adultes à bout de nerfs. Interview. In French.

2025

The Washington Post, 13 December 2025. Europe is panicking over its shrinking population. Quoted.

Dagens Nyheter, 13 December 2025. Finlands befolkning väntas krympa när färre får barn: ”Mycket att vara oroliga för”. Interview / quoted. In Swedish.

“Certain Futures” podcast (FutuRes), 7 November 2025. “All that we want”, episode 3, interviewed by Daniel Stern. Podcast.

NPR (US), 27 October 2025. Finland’s stubbornly low birth rate shows why a population shift may be inevitable. Interview.

UNFPA México, Pulso Demográfico (episode 04), 14 October 2025. ¿Impulsaron los teléfonos inteligentes la caída de la natalidad? Video podcast interview. In Spanish.

The New York Times, 6 October 2025. The Feminist Case for Spending Billions to Boost the Birthrate. Cited.

Family Stuff (Stephanie H. Murray), 8 September 2025. The End of Baby Fever: what a strange emerging trend in Finland can teach us about the baby bust. Interview.

UNFPA Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Expert Series on Demographic Resilience, 11 July 2025. Does social media contribute to declining fertility rates? Short video.

BBC Radio 4, Moral Maze, 11 June 2025. Is having children a moral duty? Panel witness.

BBC News, 10 June 2025. World fertility rates in ‘unprecedented decline’, UN says. Quoted.

UNFPA Seoul, 9 June 2025. Professor Anna Rotkirch Defines Low Fertility | Family Federation of Finland. Short video.

BBC Radio 4, Woman’s Hour, June 2025. World fertility (item in the programme of 10–11 June 2025). Interview.

The New York Times, 11 April 2025. Opinion: May You Listen to ‘Interesting Times’ — “Anna Rotkirch on the TikTok baby bust”. Recommended.

The New Yorker, 24 February 2025. The End of Children. Quoted.

PassBlue (UN affairs), 27 January 2025. Finland Offers More Perks to Stop Its Declining Birth Rate. Women Shrug It Off. Quoted.

Dagens Næringsliv (DN Helg), January 2025. Den reproduktive ruletten: Det fødes stadig færre barn i Norden. Den finske forskertoppen Anna Rotkirch mener å vite hvorfor. Interview. In Norwegian.

UNFPA Seoul, 2025. Professor Anna Rotkirch Discusses the Global Low Fertility Situation | Family Federation of Finland. Interview (video).

2024

Dagens Nyheter, 22 November 2024. Kommunen gav presentkort till nyblivna föräldrar – var olagligt. Quoted. In Swedish.

BBC News, 1 November 2024. Social infertility: why birth rates hit an all-time low. Quoted.

The Washington Post, 30 May 2024. Seoul to offer cash to reverse vasectomies, untie tubes. Cited.

BBC World Service, The Inquiry, 22 February 2024. Can Europe reverse its falling fertility rates? Contributor.

Deník N, 15 February 2024. Porodnost klesá po celém světě. „Nikdo vlastně nechápe, co se děje,“ říká finská demografka. Interview. In Czech.

Reuters, 14 February 2024. How Europe can dodge a birth rate hard landing. Interview / quoted.

Le Figaro, 9 February 2024. « Soutenir l’emploi des mères peut être en contradiction avec le soutien à la fécondité » : les leçons finlandaises sur la natalité. Interview. In French.

Dubai Eye Radio, The Agenda, 5 February 2024. Why are birth rates falling? Interview.

The New York Times, 2 February 2024. Opinion: The Varieties of Anti-Natalism — and the Roots of a Demographic Crisis. Quoted.

Financial Times, 29 January 2024. Birth rates are falling in the Nordics. Are family-friendly policies no longer enough? Interview.

The Telegraph, 15 January 2024. Why plunging populations may not be a bad thing. Quoted.

2022

BBC Radio 4, Rethink, January 2022. Is Demography Destiny? (series Rethink Population, presented by Amol Rajan). Interview.

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