The population and its dynamics represent a central factor in economic and socio-cultural matters. The diversity of demographic structures and dynamics justify the attention on these emerging problems, on their causal matrices, on their consequences. The need to respond to the resulting demand for intervention and to govern future dynamics with a preventive perspective requires the support of population studies. Furthermore, migratory dynamics are characterizing themselves as one of the key elements in the evolutionary processes of Western societies and beyond. This happens both for supranational realities, as well as for national, regional and local ones. Finally, phenomena such as the aging of the population, changes in gender and generational relations, the interconnections between emigration and immigration processes have a great impact on society. Therefore, these aspects of the demographic structure are of significant interest to researchers and policy makers. This line of research aims to link these different aspects to try to build a unitary and comprehensive interpretative framework and to highlight the common elements.

The topics of interest they descend from the project lines and concern all demographic and migratory themes. As regards the former, the study of population dynamics, at various territorial levels, is emphasized, due to their consequences on the management of the territory and local policies.

Among the latter we must mention: the migratory dynamics at the international level; migration, integration and reception policies; the different aspects of foreign immigration in Italy; Italian emigration; the phenomena of internal mobility and the dynamics of urbanization. Studies are also conducted on diasporas and the increase of qualitatively different perspectives in the study of migration within the context of globalization and multiculturalism, with particular attention to the historical reconstruction of the Greek diaspora and the qualitative investigation of the second Hellenic generation in Italy.

The complexity of migration and demographic processes it is addressed through quantitative and qualitative scientific analyzes carried out by a multidisciplinary research group (demography, urban and labor sociology; geography and social anthropology).

population
demographic forecasts
migration
mobility sectors
Diaspora
voluntary
European migration policies