Upcoming thematic issues for 2024

Social Participation as a Factor That Changes Societies and Personalities (Vol. 8, No. 1, 2024)

Demographic Well-Being as a Factor in Social Development (Vol. 8, No. 2, 2024)

Social Participation as a Factor That Changes Societies and Personalities

This special issue has been published:
Vol. 8, No. 1 (2024): Special Issue “Social Participation as a Factor That Changes Societies and Personalities”

Demographic Well-Being as a Factor in Social Development

Demographic well-being is a relatively new concept, which overlaps partly with the concepts of demographic resilience and demographic stability. Demographic well-being can be considered both at the level of individual and interpersonal relations, as well as at the level of larger social entities, such as a country or a region. Demographic well-being at the individual level assumes the implementation of reproductive and life-saving strategies that are aimed at improving the quality of life. At the societal level, demographic well-being is associated with long-term demographic dynamics, manifested in the optimal reproduction of the population and its gender and age structure. To a large extent, the nature of demographic processes depends on the social, cultural, regional, ethnic, and religious specifics of a particular historical context. Such demographic factors, as age, gender, matrimonial status, education, etc., have a great influence on subjective quality of life indicators and people’s perceptions of their physical, mental, and social health.

We welcome papers that address a broad range of demographic issues, including those focusing on:

Theoretical and methodological backgrounds of the analysis of demographic development.
Demographic transformations in the modern world.
Demographic well-being at the micro- and macro-level.
Prosperous family as a demographic development factor.
Dynamics of fertility and mortality and its socio-cultural factors.
Quality of life and birth rates.
Population ageing.
Dynamics of life expectancy.
Migration policy directions.
Demographic processes and national security.

Guest Editors:

Sergey V. Ryazantsev and Tamara K. Rostovskaya, Institute of Demographic Research of the Federal Research Sociological Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IDI FNSC RAS)