What happens when a European demographic research project asks a Berlin podcaster (Dan from the RS team) to explore their findings? We find out in Episode one of Certain Futures: "Nine Months Per Year"

Host Daniel Stern begins his journey into demography and takes a peek at what ageing might mean for himself, and for Europe. We find out the origins of demography and look at how the science has evolved. We also see how confronting ageing isn't just policy and percentages - it is also very personal.

This limited-series podcast is produced by Radio Spaetkauf in collaboration with the FutuRes Project.

The FutuRes Project brings demographers and economists together with policymakers to advance what we know and how we plan for Europe's ageing society. You can find all the FutuRes research and other resources for understanding ageing and resilience in Europe on their website: https://futu-res.eu/ or also follow FutuRes on Linkedin.

Thank you again to the guests in this episode:

• Professor Jakub Bijak: University of Southampton

• Professor Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz: TU Wien

• Dr. Miguel Sánchez-Romero: TU Wien

• and the voice from Bocconi University is Letizia Mencarini.

Referenced Publications:

• Jakub: "Towards Bayesian Model-Based Demography" (open access)

• Alexia & Miguel: "Theoretical foundation of the dynamic general equilibrium model…" (PDF)

Music by Partefacts; Lani Bagley, Christa Belle Walley and Craig Schuftan

Artwork by: Andy El Kanani www.andyelkanani.com

The FutuRes project is funded by the European Union (Grant Agreement # 101094741).