Population Dynamics and Projections
Given the importance that the volume and the age structures of populations reveal in various fields of social and economic areas, the main objective of this group is the development and application of methods and techniques of analysis focus on the possible future developments of population dynamics, including the three demographic components: fertility, mortality, and migration. The research undertaken by this group has a special focus on the analysis of migration.
Completed Projects
Padrões de Mobilidade dos estudantes do Ensino Superior.
Projeto pluri-institucional , CIPES, A3ES, CIUHCT e CIDEUS.UÉ, financiado pela A3ES (2015-2017).
Demographic dynamics and aging of the Portuguese population (1950 - 2011).
funding FFMS (2010-2012).
The future of the Portuguese population: the importance of estimating mortality and migration at the regional level.
funding FCT (2007-2010).
Spatial dynamics in the Alentejo, Algarve and Beira Interior: scenarios of land occupation by the year 2015Fase II.
funding FCT(2001-2002).
Spatial dynamics in the Alentejo, Algarve and Beira Interior: scenarios of land occupation by the year 2015.
funding JNICT (1998-2000).
Population dynamics in the Alentejo region: homogeneity and diversity.
funding JNICT (1995-1999).
Ongoing Master Thesis
Cruz, F.
Modelling and predicting high education level student’s success: a statistical approach.
Mestrado em Modelação Estatística e Análise de Dados, UE (2018/2019).
Completed Master Thesis
Dias, R.
Demographic projections in the (re) definition of a network of higher education in Portugal.
Master in Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis, UE (2013).
Ribeiro, F.
Statistical study of migration in Portugal over the period 1991-2001.
Master in Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis, UE (2011).
Completed Doctoral Thesis
Santos, J. R
The Influence of Demography on Activity and Employment in Portugal: Findings for the period 1998-2004 from Employment Surveys of Statistics Portugal.
PhD in Sociology, UE (2008).
Magalhães, M.G.
Migration and Fertility - The Role of Migration Flows in Predicting Fertility.
PhD in Sociology, UE (2014).
