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The Religious and Ethnic Future of Europe: An International Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n

12-13 June 2017, \u00c5bo Akademi University, Turku\/\u00c5bo, Finland<\/p>\n

Europe is undergoing significant demographic changes due to an aging population and increased immigration. This expert symposium will gather internationally leading experts to discuss the cultural, ethnic and religious aspects of this ongoing demographic shift.<\/p>\n

The demographics of religion is a new field that has developed alongside growing xenophobia and Islamophobia worldwide. Fear of the demographic change in Europe is one of the ideological motors behind several xenophobic and populist social and political movements. Academic research has lagged behind, but now there is a growing body of serious scholarship on this controversial topic. The conference will bring together people to present the latest research findings as well as methodological and theoretical questions concerning the cultural and societal implications of demographic trajectories.<\/p>\n

Groundbreaking research has been conducted by the Pew Research Center\u2019s Global Religious Futures Project that has provided elementary data on global demographic trajectories in the 2010s. Also the Vienna Institute of Demography has given major contributions in projecting the future development of religious adherence in the City of Vienna and developing methodologies for the visualization of demographic change.<\/p>\n

Keynote lectures:<\/p>\n