Quetelet Chair

Language

French

Main themes

The theme varies annually, from purely demographic issues to broader social sciences or health issues. Among themes we can mention " Reproductive health in the North and in the South. From knowledge to action ", " The history of Belgium's population and its territories ". The conference is organized by different teams, gathering professors and researchers of the Institute of demog-raphy, of other faculty members of the UCLouvain, other Belgian or foreign universities, working in the related research field.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1.	Acquire an in depth vision of the progress achieved in knowledge and methods in a specific research field ;
2.	Be able to write a paper on or make an oral synthesis of a selection of contributions ;
3.	Meet international specialists in the related fields.

Evaluation methods

Based on personal home-work requested in the frame of the seminars DEMO 2160 and SPED 2040. Abstracts or copies of the contributions, attendency of the international conference.

Faculty or entity

PSAD