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Social inequality and population research have developed as parallel conversations with little intersection. In this talk, I will present descriptive results on the parallel development of these research areas using basic text analysis of published research from 1960 to the present. I will argue that the relative neglect of social inequalities in quantitative population research is related to a Eurocentric bias in the social sciences, and I will quantify this bias using various sources. Additionally, I will provide examples of how population research, particularly family and fertility research, could benefit from a focus on social inequality. Finally, I will offer my view on how social inequality research could be better integrated into the social sciences beyond population studies.

 

This lecture is part of the “Beziehungsweise Familie” lecture series, which is the prelude to the Humboldt Forum’s program year for 2025-26, under the same title.

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Dr. Andrés F. Castro is a social computer scientist, sociologist and demographer at the Social Sciences and Humanities Program of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (CSSH-BSC). He graduated from the UN University of Pennsylvania in 2019 and has since worked at various research centers in Europe, including the French Institut National de Recherche Démographique (Ined), the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock and the Center for Demographic Studies in Barcelona. His research areas include global inequalities in knowledge production, bibliometric analyses and research evaluations as well as demographic studies with a focus on fertility and family dynamics in the Global South and among migrants.

 

This lecture is part of the “Beziehungsweise Familie” lecture series, which is the prelude to the Humboldt Forum’s program year for 2025-26, under the same title.

The lecture series is being held as part of a collaboration between all institutions of the Humboldt Forum.

Head Curator for the Programme year 2025-26: Dr. Laura Goldenbaum

Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss (SHF)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (SMB)
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU)
Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (SSB)

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