Talks

2026

Launch of the Parent Fund Initiative (Vauvasampo parent fund proposal: research and modelling, with Venla Berg), in Finnish. Event page

Did smartphones accelerate fertility decline? Plenary keynote, EHBEA 2026 Annual Conference, European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association, Pesthuis, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. Event page

Family-friendly policies for the 21st century. Keynote, Annual Conference of the Population Association of Taiwan.

Fertility desires in the digital era. Invited lecture, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, School of Medicine, International Health Program.

When populations shrink — should states encourage births or adapt? IUSSP Debate, online. Argued the "yes" side, which eventually won the vote narrowly: "A future with children". Event page · Recording

2025

TikTok baby bust? How screens accelerated fertility decline. Invited talk, fertility seminar, University of Chicago.

Childbearing cues in low fertility settings. Invited talk, Family well-being and life course events, San Giobbe Economics Campus, Venice.

Europe, how are we doing? An analysis of wellbeing and close social networks. The Future of Our Living Together dialogue series, Population Europe, 30 September 2025.

Nordic fertility decline: drivers and policy challenges. Plenary talk, Nordic Welfare Forum 2025, Nordic Welfare Centre, plenary "Reproductive agency and social trust in the Nordics", Helsinki. Event page

2024

Fertility resilience during crises. Seminar talk, LSHTM, MARCH Centre and Population Studies Group seminar series, London. Event page · Recording

"I think about it all the time": childbearing cues in low fertility societies. Keynote, Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2024, Vienna. Event page · Recording

Reproductive futures: shifting the limits of late fertility? Public panel, Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2024, Vienna, with Jacky Boivin, Erich Griessler, Marlene Hager and Lucy van de Wiel. Recording

Global fertility rates are declining rapidly — why, and what to do? Invited speaker, Storm Capital Markets Day, Hotel Intercontinental, Oslo.

Everything everywhere all at once. Invited speaker, Investment and Pensions Europe, Prague, 3 December 2024.

What could European family formation policies look like? Invited talk, session "Is demography losing its foresight capacity for policymaking in Europe?", European Population Conference, Edinburgh.

Do social networks reflect population ageing in Europe? Invited talk, Bocconi University, Milan.

Social networks and wellbeing in Europe. Evolutionary Anthropology seminar, invited talk, University College London.

2023

Low fertility: what policy interventions might work (better)? Tuesday Dialogue series of the Einstein Center Population Diversity, Population Europe.