ID:
ET34
Tipo Insegnamento:
Opzionale
Durata (ore):
48
CFU:
8
SSD:
DEMOGRAFIA
Url:
ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS/BASE Anno: 3
Anno:
2023
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Secondo Semestre (05/02/2024 - 04/05/2024)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
Demographic transition and digital transition are two key paradigmatic changes involving population reproduction and the way we produce and work. Objective of the course is to investigate both transitional paths in an integrated approach.
Demography, the study of human populations is a wide-ranging subject unified by a core of methodology. The quantitative methods used in demography are distinctive and well established; they are mostly accessible and straightforward, and do not require a knowledge of advanced statistics. With this toolkit of methods demographers go on to describe the changes of the global world.
In the past seventy years the world population has grown from 2.5 billion to 8 billion, while mortality and fertility have both changed more over the same period than in all previous human history. We have experienced consequently huge transformations in health, childbearing, international migration, and ageing. In this course, we will investigate these aspects of demographic change and assess how they are interrelated with the digital innovation in different countries and regions.
Growing access to the internet, social media and mobile phones use have radically changed people’s lives, the way they interact with each other and their behavior, including demographic choices and behaviours. These behavioural changes will have strong repercussions on future population trends and patterns. On the other hand, population characteristics does influence the way in which the access to internet and social media is taking place.
This course deals with both demographic methods and substantive analyses. We will have lectures on population processes to learn and understand how to interpret trends in mortality and health, fertility, migration, and population age structures. The concepts and measures introduced in this first part of the course will be used to understand the key features of different aspects of population change with a special emphasis on the dimension of innovation and digital world.
In this course, students will learn how demography influence digital innovation process and in turn how digital Innovation process may contribute to change demography of countries and regions at different development level and the way in which we study these phenomena as well.
The main goals of the course are to introduce students:
To the basic concepts and issues of demography
To some of the methods, approaches and tools of population research
To the field of digital demography
To critical thinking about modern demographic analysis and (online) data-driven discovery
Demography, the study of human populations is a wide-ranging subject unified by a core of methodology. The quantitative methods used in demography are distinctive and well established; they are mostly accessible and straightforward, and do not require a knowledge of advanced statistics. With this toolkit of methods demographers go on to describe the changes of the global world.
In the past seventy years the world population has grown from 2.5 billion to 8 billion, while mortality and fertility have both changed more over the same period than in all previous human history. We have experienced consequently huge transformations in health, childbearing, international migration, and ageing. In this course, we will investigate these aspects of demographic change and assess how they are interrelated with the digital innovation in different countries and regions.
Growing access to the internet, social media and mobile phones use have radically changed people’s lives, the way they interact with each other and their behavior, including demographic choices and behaviours. These behavioural changes will have strong repercussions on future population trends and patterns. On the other hand, population characteristics does influence the way in which the access to internet and social media is taking place.
This course deals with both demographic methods and substantive analyses. We will have lectures on population processes to learn and understand how to interpret trends in mortality and health, fertility, migration, and population age structures. The concepts and measures introduced in this first part of the course will be used to understand the key features of different aspects of population change with a special emphasis on the dimension of innovation and digital world.
In this course, students will learn how demography influence digital innovation process and in turn how digital Innovation process may contribute to change demography of countries and regions at different development level and the way in which we study these phenomena as well.
The main goals of the course are to introduce students:
To the basic concepts and issues of demography
To some of the methods, approaches and tools of population research
To the field of digital demography
To critical thinking about modern demographic analysis and (online) data-driven discovery
Prerequisiti
No pre-requisite is required
Metodi didattici
Inquiry based learning
Problem-based learning
Peer education
Flipped classroom
Lectures on case studies with the active participation of the students
Problem-based learning
Peer education
Flipped classroom
Lectures on case studies with the active participation of the students
Verifica Apprendimento
Participation to the classes 20%
Homework assignments 30%
Paper 30%
Project presentations 20%
Total 100%
Homework assignments 30%
Paper 30%
Project presentations 20%
Total 100%
Testi
Rowland, Donald T. 2003. Demographic Methods and Concepts. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Additionally, lectures will draw on articles from scientific journals relevant for demography, which will be listed in the course page on Learn.
Please be reminded that the web publication based in Oxford and run by Max Roser and colleagues (https://ourworldindata.org) provides a number of very helpful summary articles about important demographic patterns and trends (e.g. population growth, life expectancy, fertility).
Additionally, lectures will draw on articles from scientific journals relevant for demography, which will be listed in the course page on Learn.
Please be reminded that the web publication based in Oxford and run by Max Roser and colleagues (https://ourworldindata.org) provides a number of very helpful summary articles about important demographic patterns and trends (e.g. population growth, life expectancy, fertility).
Contenuti
Rapid increases in computational power and the growing access to the internet, social media and mobile phones use have radically changed people’s lives, the way individuals interact with each other and their behavior, including demographic choices. The digitalization of lives has also led to the so-called “data revolution” that is transforming social sciences. In this course, participants will learn how traditional methods used in social sciences can help us make sense of new data sources, and how these new data sources may require new conceptual and methodological approaches. The first part of the course is dedicated to the learning of basic concepts, issues, and methods in population research and the second part of the course is dedicated to the impact of digital revolution on demographic trends and will be oriented also towards the use digital tools in demography (as outlined in the literature).
Risultati di Apprendimento Attesi
By the end of the course, students will be familiar with relevant literature at the intersection of demographic research and digital social science.
Knowledge and understanding:
On successfully completing the course, students should be familiar with the most important demographic concepts and methods.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
On successfully completing the course, students should be able to adopt a critical approach towards materials related to demographic change and digital transition.
Making judgements:
On successfully completing the course, students should be able to use the appropriate methods learned during the course. They should be able to collect, select and interpret population data and other high-quality demographic materials (reports, research articles, datasheets) locating them in the broad variety of available sources. Moreover, students should be able to evaluate demographic data and research materials independently, to develop own position based on empirical evidence, and to advance critical judgements on specific population issues.
Communications Skills:
On successfully completing the course, students will be able to use the technical vocabulary of demography, addressing population related matters with terminological accuracy and put these communication skills into practice in demography and digital contexts.
Learning skills:
On successfully completing the course, students will be able to access and discuss contemporary research in the multidisciplinary area around demography digital innovation and be familiar with some of the key demographic contributions.
Knowledge and understanding:
On successfully completing the course, students should be familiar with the most important demographic concepts and methods.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
On successfully completing the course, students should be able to adopt a critical approach towards materials related to demographic change and digital transition.
Making judgements:
On successfully completing the course, students should be able to use the appropriate methods learned during the course. They should be able to collect, select and interpret population data and other high-quality demographic materials (reports, research articles, datasheets) locating them in the broad variety of available sources. Moreover, students should be able to evaluate demographic data and research materials independently, to develop own position based on empirical evidence, and to advance critical judgements on specific population issues.
Communications Skills:
On successfully completing the course, students will be able to use the technical vocabulary of demography, addressing population related matters with terminological accuracy and put these communication skills into practice in demography and digital contexts.
Learning skills:
On successfully completing the course, students will be able to access and discuss contemporary research in the multidisciplinary area around demography digital innovation and be familiar with some of the key demographic contributions.
Criteri Necessari per l'Assegnazione del Lavoro Finale
Interest of the student for the subject
Grade at the exam: at least 28
Grade at the exam: at least 28
Corsi
Corsi
ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
Laurea
3 anni
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