Future with children

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Future with Children is an interdisciplinary academy group that deals with fertility development in Central and Western European countries.

Project description

Future with Children - Fertility and Social Development is a project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , funded by the Jacobs Foundation .

The interdisciplinary and international academy group examines the causes and effects of the comparatively low birth rates in Central and Western European countries such as Germany , Austria and Switzerland .

The family and science policy recommendations of the participating scientists are geared towards the well-being of parents and children in our society. In this respect, the future with children also sees itself as a political and social advisory initiative.

Main topics

The academy group Future with Children is dedicated to four main areas:

  • Fertility and demographics
  • Sociological foundations of fertility
  • Medical-biological perspectives on fertility
  • Fertility and Family Policy

The central recommendations of the academy group Future with Children stand up

  • realignment of monetary, time and infrastructure policy to support families,
  • professionalization of sex education in schools,
  • a systematic education about the opportunities and limits of reproductive medicine.

Study of the same name

In October 2012 the academy group published the interdisciplinary study "Future with Children - Fertility and Social Development in Germany, Austria and Switzerland". For the first time, this scientific statement integrates demographic, medical-biological, social-scientific and socio-political findings and perspectives.

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