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Pieter Vanhuysse

@pietervanhuysse.bsky.social
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Professor of political economy & public policy, Dep. Politics; Chair, Danish Institute for Advanced Study, SDU. Political demography, aging democracies & welfare states, intergenerational fairness portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/per…

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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Care, parenting and value to society: my talk this evening in Copenhagen at Kvinfo kvinfo.dk/events/hvord...
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Hvordan skaber omsorg værdi? - KVINFO
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Jan Pokorný @janpokorny.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
During this visit, I had the opportunity to attend a inspirational seminar focusing on inequalities and health, migration, and differences in the costs of reproduction (@pietervanhuysse.bsky.social). So, I hope my next visit here will be sooner than another 9 years from now. (2/2)
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The Politics of Inequality @excinequality.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
2/3 @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social on The Net Human Capital of Nations: t1p.de/ediyx
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.elfac.org/debunking-th...
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Debunking The ‘Stork Theory’: Why Do Low-Fertility Societies Tax Their Own Reproduction? - ELFAC
What and how many resources does it really take to raise a newborn baby to productive adulthood? And who pays for it? These are questions of primordial importance as they pertain to demographic renewa...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Debunking The ‘Stork Theory’: Why Do Low-Fertility Societies Tax Their Own Reproduction? - ELFAC www.elfac.org/debunking-th...
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Debunking The ‘Stork Theory’: Why Do Low-Fertility Societies Tax Their Own Reproduction? - ELFAC
What and how many resources does it really take to raise a newborn baby to productive adulthood? And who pays for it? These are questions of primordial importance as they pertain to demographic renewa...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Net Human Capital of Nations Presenting our new work with Robert Gal and Tóth Csaba G. at Session 56 'Economy, #humancapital and #Labor Markets' of the #EPC conference, room F, come by. epc2026.eaps.nl/sessions/56
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The Politics of Inequality @excinequality.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🎙️ New episode of the In_equality Podcast: „Who Pays the Price of Parenthood?“ @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social, Gabriele Spilker, and @mbusemeyer.bsky.social discuss welfare states, and inequalities between parents and non-parents. 🎧 tune in now: t1p.de/bt6j0 @uni-konstanz.de
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
End of a short & humanly/academically rewarding stay at The Politics of Inequalit Excellence Cluster of U Konstanz. Stay tuned for my podcast with Marius Busemeyer and Gabriele Spilker on "Who pays the price of #parenthood?" - coming soon. www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/
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The Politics of Inequality
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Happy 85th birthday, Bob Dylan. About tradition as anti-surfing and the timeless power of great lyrical songs: my essay for Dylan's 80th birthday symposium tidsskrift.dk/aktualitet/a...
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The Truth about Life, Sung Like a Lie: Dylan’s Timeless Arrows from Consolation Row | Aktualitet - Litteratur, kultur og medier
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The Net Human Capital of Nations" I will present our new work at The Politics of Inequality DFG Excellence Cluster, University of Konstanz . Thanks to speaker Marius Busemeyer for inviting. Pop by or zoom in Tuesday. #human #capital #inequality #policy www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequalit...
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In_equality Colloquium | Events | News and Events | The Politics of Inequality
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The Net Human Capital of Nations" I will present our new work at The Politics of Inequality DFG Excellence Cluster, University of Konstanz . Thanks to speaker Marius Busemeyer for inviting. Pop by or zoom in Tuesday. #human #capital #inequality #policy www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequalit...
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In_equality Colloquium | Events | News and Events | The Politics of Inequality
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
'Political pressure will not force anyone to give birth.' My interview in leading Czech weekly magazine Respekt, on the hidden costs of childrearing & the new Nordic Paradox “In a sense, children are a public good, because we will all live off their future taxes” www.respekt.cz/zahranici/mi...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"The baby crisis splitting Europe" : I was interviewed on the Sveriges Radio (Swedish public radio) program Konflikt: www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/bebi...
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Bebiskrisen som splittar Europa | Konflikt | Sveriges Radio
Födslotalen dyker i Europa och varför det fortsätter nedåt är en gåta. Vad händer när den europeiska ”bebiskollapsen” blir politik?
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Our book Global Political Demography, in open access: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Global Political Demography
This open access book draws the big picture of how population change interplays with politics across the world from 1990 to 2040.
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I was interviewed with Claudia Goldin, Ron Lee & others by The Financial Times on how population may transform the economy. I pointed to the potential, not inevitability, of it leading to more #gerontonomic economies & more #gerontocratic policy models www.ft.com/content/1527...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
How to enact #intergenerational #fairness in EU policies? Over 3 months, 150 European citizens gave input to the Commission. I was honored guide this process #deliberative #democracy #policy #cocreation. This week, Glenn Micallef will present the new strategy citizens.ec.europa.eu/european-cit...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
How to enact #intergenerational #fairness in EU policies? Over 3 months, 150 European citizens gave input to the Commission. I was honored guide this process #deliberative #democracy #policy #cocreation. This week, Glenn Micallef will present the new strategy citizens.ec.europa.eu/european-cit...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The Reversal of the Flynn Effect and Protecting Cognitive Agency:" my podcast interview on #autonomy, cognitive #offloading & embracing yet another disruptive technology pushed by US/Chinese billionaires with no track record of caring for humans or the environment: open.spotify.com/episode/74Aw...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Is it a status symbol to have many children, Heartbeats.dk asked me. Maybe yes, maybe not. But this is a marginal niche issue. The real issue is declining population fertility & rising childlessness, and the large, hidden,societally undervalued cost of parenting heartbeats.dk/er-det-bleve...
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Er det blevet et statussymbol at få mange børn i København?
I en by, hvor det bliver dyrere og dyrere at leve i, kan forældrepar med mange børn pludselig se rimeligt... rige ud?
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Norwegian government's Birth Rate Commission has handed its report to Minister of Children & Families Lene Vågslid. The report highlights our 'Taxing #Reproduction' research. Norwegian report: www.regjeringen.no/en/documents... 'Taxing Reproduction': royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The Reversal of the Flynn Effect and Protecting Cognitive Agency:" my podcast interview on #autonomy, cognitive #offloading & embracing yet another disruptive technology pushed by US/Chinese billionaires with no track record of caring for humans or the environment: open.spotify.com/episode/74Aw...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Is it a status symbol to have many children, Heartbeats.dk asked me. Maybe yes, maybe not. But this is a marginal niche issue. The real issue is declining population fertility & rising childlessness, and the large, hidden,societally undervalued cost of parenting heartbeats.dk/er-det-bleve...
heartbeats.dk
Er det blevet et statussymbol at få mange børn i København?
I en by, hvor det bliver dyrere og dyrere at leve i, kan forældrepar med mange børn pludselig se rimeligt... rige ud?
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Norwegian government's Birth Rate Commission has handed its report to Minister of Children & Families Lene Vågslid. The report highlights our 'Taxing #Reproduction' research. Norwegian report: www.regjeringen.no/en/documents... 'Taxing Reproduction': royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Between Solidarity, Fairness and Conflict. How Can We Reorganise Intergenerational Relations? Join us today on the European Day of Demography www.population-europe.eu/events/betwe...
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Between Solidarity, Fairness and Conflict. How Can We Reorganise Intergenerational Relations? | Population Europe
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Forandringskraft 2026 conference kicks off tomorrow in Copenhagen, talks by Charles Leadbeater, Margrethe Vestager, ... I will introduce the session on future generations: 'Bevægelsen for Fremtidens Generationer: Fra usynlige skævheder til fælles handling' forandringskraft.dk/arrangemente...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Forandringskraft 2026 conference kicks off tomorrow in Copenhagen, talks by Charles Leadbeater, Margrethe Vestager, ... I will introduce the session on future generations: 'Bevægelsen for Fremtidens Generationer: Fra usynlige skævheder til fælles handling' forandringskraft.dk/arrangemente...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Love in the time of empty cradles: What causes widespread drops in fertility? Join Gosta Esping-Andersen and our panel this Saturday at Word festival 2026 in Odense (Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Pieter Vanhuysse, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe & Gøsta Esping-Andersen): wordfestival.dk/arrangemente...
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Love in the time of empty cradles – Word Festival
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Love in the time of empty cradles: What causes widespread drops in fertility? Join Gosta Esping-Andersen and our panel this Saturday at Word festival 2026 in Odense (Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Pieter Vanhuysse, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe & Gøsta Esping-Andersen): wordfestival.dk/arrangemente...
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Love in the time of empty cradles – Word Festival
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Why are birth rates falling wide across the rich world? Are we choosing smaller families, or being shaped by biology, hidden parenting costs, or modern life? Join me, Gosta Esping-Andersen and other panelists at the Word Festival 2026 as we address this question wordfestival.dk/arrangemente...
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Love in the time of empty cradles – Word Festival
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/p...
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Jonathan Haidt Brings New Evidence to the Battle Against Social Media
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Why are birth rates falling wide across the rich world? Are we choosing smaller families, or being shaped by biology, hidden parenting costs, or modern life? Join me, Gosta Esping-Andersen and other panelists at the Word Festival 2026 as we address this question wordfestival.dk/arrangemente...
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Love in the time of empty cradles – Word Festival
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Toward a paradigm shift for #wellbeing & #sustainability? Final conference of EUH projects ToBe & SPES, on the interconnections between #growth, #flourishing & #sustainability. Been a pleasure to advise with Marc Fleurbaey, Kaushik Basu, Connie Hedegaard,... www.sustainabilityperformances.eu/about
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About Sustainability Performances Evidence & Scenarios | SPES
The objective of the SPES project is to understand the interconnections between economic growth, human flourishing, and sustainability.
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Population Europe convened leading demographers, policymakers, and civil society representatives at the German-Italian Centre for European Dialogue, Villa Vigoni to dissect Europe's demographic challenges and to pathways to resilience and social cohesion: www.population-europe.eu/events/event...
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The Europeans of the 21st Century: Striving for Resilience and Cohesion | Population Europe
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
"“We’re sleepwalking into a dystopia that any rational person can see from miles away, ...Are we really just going to lie down and let AI take everything from us?” ...what do we get in for this systematic degradation of much of the stuff that makes life worth living?" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
"The big tech companies like to see themselves as invested in spreading knowledge and curiosity. In fact in order to survive they must promote stupidity. ... Dumb rage and partisan thinking keep us glued to our phones." jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
on China's mixed vs America's disastrous current pathways, the overblown promise of AI & urgent need for regulatory agency & a new FDR-inspired working-class liberalism: excellent wideranging podcast with Daron Acemoglu on liberal democracy's multiple crises www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/how...
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Redirecting...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
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Opinion | What Happened When My Yale Students Gave Up Their Phones for Four Weeks
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Mijn interview vandaag in de podcast serie "De 7 Extra" van de zakenkrant De Tijd: Ouders financieren grotendeels de welvaartsstaat van morgen voor iedereen door de nieuwe generatie belastingsberalers op te voeden: een publiek goed. youtu.be/cKDTmCqMKDE?...
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De 7 Extra | Steeds minder baby’s: wat de dalende geboortecijfers betekenen voor onze economie
YouTube video by De Tijd
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
My interview today, together with UA colleague Karel Neels in the Belgian financial newspaper De Tijd: 'Vanhuysse ... (licht) toe wat elk beleid volgens hem onderschat: dat ouders ... grotendeels de welvaartsstaat van morgen financieren.' www.tijd.be/dossiers/gen...
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19 jaarlonen: ‘De bijdrage van ouders aan de samenleving wordt enorm onderschat’
Van Koksijde tot China, overal worden steeds minder kinderen geboren. Overheden proberen wanhopig de trend te keren, maar niets werkt. De reden? Hoe rijker we worden, hoe duurder ouderschap wordt.
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Was honored to address the ImPACT Coalition for Future Generations today. Part of the United Nations Impact Coalitions Programme, the ImPACT Coalition for Future Generations is a global network dedicated to reimagining the United Nations for the 21st century ourfutureagenda.org/impact-coali...
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ImPACT Coalition for Future Generations - Our Future Agenda
The ImPACT Coalition advocates for long-term thinking in global decisions to protect the rights of future generations and embed intergenerational fairness in governance.
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
My interview today, together with UA colleague Karel Neels in the Belgian financial newspaper De Tijd: 'Vanhuysse ... (licht) toe wat elk beleid volgens hem onderschat: dat ouders ... grotendeels de welvaartsstaat van morgen financieren.' www.tijd.be/dossiers/gen...
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19 jaarlonen: ‘De bijdrage van ouders aan de samenleving wordt enorm onderschat’
Van Koksijde tot China, overal worden steeds minder kinderen geboren. Overheden proberen wanhopig de trend te keren, maar niets werkt. De reden? Hoe rijker we worden, hoe duurder ouderschap wordt.
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
In preparing for the coming demographic change in Europe, redressing inter- and intra-generational imbalances may be both politically harder and socially more needed. I was honored to speak at Population Europe's Villa Vigoni conference population-europe.eu/events/event...
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The Europeans of the 21st Century: Striving for Resilience and Cohesion | Population Europe
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
What should be high(er) on the policy agenda regarding demography? Report of our Population Europe experts meeting with European Commissioner Dubravka Suica and European Commission officials www.population-europe.eu/network/news...
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Population Europe Network Experts Meet with EU-Commissioner Dubravka Šuica | Population Europe
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Final session of the European Citizens’ Panel on Intergenerational Fairness: #policy #cocreation & #deliberative #democracy - 150 citizens delivered their recommendations to Commissioner Micallef for his Strategy. I was honored to be on the Knowledge Committee citizens.ec.europa.eu/citizens-pan...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
A #governance perspective on East Central Europe’s #population predicament: Young exit, grey voice and lopsided loyalty": My paper cited in the new European Strategy and Policy Analysis System foresight paper on #intergenerational #fairness austriaca.at?arp=0x003fa3... www.espas.eu/home.html#pu...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Intergenerational Fairness: How to deliver a fairer future for all? I addressed the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) 2025 conference on this urgent question of #policy #generations #fairness and the #future: www.espas.eu/programme202...
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Programme | ESPAS conference - 2025
ESPAS provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level to work together on medium and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
At the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) annual conference in Brussels: European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Culture, Youth and Sport Glenn Micallef speaking on how his portfolio needs and uses #foresight for #policy www.espas.eu/programme202...
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Programme | ESPAS conference - 2025
ESPAS provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level to work together on medium and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Join us 13 Nov at #ESPAS for the main #EU strategic foresight and future-oriented policy event of the year: "Europe towards 2040" Cohosted by European Commission & European Parliament. ESPAS brings together 9 institutions thinking longer term to inform EU #policy www.espas.eu/conference20...
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Introduction | 2025 ESPAS conference
ESPAS provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level to work together on medium and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
AI as a stochastic parrot ".... a system “for haphazardly stitching together sequences of linguistic forms it has observed in its vast training data, according to probabilistic information about how they combine, but without any reference to meaning”. www.ft.com/content/9029...
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Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Join us 13 Nov at #ESPAS for the main #EU strategic foresight and future-oriented policy event of the year: "Europe towards 2040" Cohosted by European Commission & European Parliament. ESPAS brings together 9 institutions thinking longer term to inform EU #policy www.espas.eu/conference20...
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Introduction | 2025 ESPAS conference
ESPAS provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level to work together on medium and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
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