Professor of political economy & public policy, Dep. Politics; Chair, Danish Institute for Advanced Study, SDU. Political demography, aging democracies & welfare states, intergenerational fairness https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/persons/vanhuyssehttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mumg6xi3js2uCare, parenting and value to society: my talk this evening in Copenhagen at Kvinfo https://kvinfo.dk/events/hvordan-skaber-omsorg-vaerdi/03 Sep 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumg6xi3js2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mo5pojtgq22xhttps://www.elfac.org/debunking-the-stork-theory-why-do-low-fertility-societies-tax-their-own-reproduction/13 Jun 2026 07:19 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5pojtgq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mnypqz4dac2sDebunking The ‘Stork Theory’: Why Do Low-Fertility Societies Tax Their Own Reproduction? - ELFAC https://www.elfac.org/debunking-the-stork-theory-why-do-low-fertility-societies-tax-their-own-reproduction/11 Jun 2026 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnypqz4dac2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mnjmxz33622yThe Net Human Capital of Nations Presenting our new work with Robert Gal and Tóth Csaba G. at Session 56 'Economy, #humancapital and #Labor Markets' of the #EPC conference, room F, come by. epc2026.eaps.nl/sessions/56 https://epc2026.eaps.nl/sessions/5605 Jun 2026 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnjmxz33622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mmtiin2nbs2mEnd of a short & humanly/academically rewarding stay at The Politics of Inequalit Excellence Cluster of U Konstanz. Stay tuned for my podcast with Marius Busemeyer and Gabriele Spilker on "Who pays the price of #parenthood?" - coming soon. www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/ https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/27 May 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtiin2nbs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mmlytlrpps2zHappy 85th birthday, Bob Dylan. About tradition as anti-surfing and the timeless power of great lyrical songs: my essay for Dylan's 80th birthday symposium https://tidsskrift.dk/aktualitet/article/view/12816924 May 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmlytlrpps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mm2ncukuhk22The Net Human Capital of Nations" I will present our new work at The Politics of Inequality DFG Excellence Cluster, University of Konstanz . Thanks to speaker Marius Busemeyer for inviting. Pop by or zoom in Tuesday. #human #capital #inequality #policy https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/news-and-events/events/in-equality-colloquium17 May 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2ncukuhk22https://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mm2ncukuhk22The Net Human Capital of Nations" I will present our new work at The Politics of Inequality DFG Excellence Cluster, University of Konstanz . Thanks to speaker Marius Busemeyer for inviting. Pop by or zoom in Tuesday. #human #capital #inequality #policy https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/news-and-events/events/in-equality-colloquium17 May 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2ncukuhk22https://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mkkgsdedrs2c'Political pressure will not force anyone to give birth.' My interview in leading Czech weekly magazine Respekt, on the hidden costs of childrearing & the new Nordic Paradox “In a sense, children are a public good, because we will all live off their future taxes” https://www.respekt.cz/zahranici/mit-deti-musi-byt-zase-cool-politicky-tlak-nikoho-rodit-nedonuti?srsltid=AfmBOorBGvSTBGTpa5xtB4Rm9P7kLE6zpNPlDRIDr2gWs_5R8jUlL1Er28 Apr 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkgsdedrs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mhd2cmwr5s2c"The baby crisis splitting Europe" : I was interviewed on the Sveriges Radio (Swedish public radio) program Konflikt: https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/bebiskrisen-som-splittar-europa18 Mar 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhd2cmwr5s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mgwl4jrs322zOur book Global Political Demography, in open access: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-73065-9 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwl4jrs322zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mgmfjclosc2gI was interviewed with Claudia Goldin, Ron Lee & others by The Financial Times on how population may transform the economy. I pointed to the potential, not inevitability, of it leading to more #gerontonomic economies & more #gerontocratic policy models https://www.ft.com/content/152766ba-072d-4f5d-948e-d60f93e406d109 Mar 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmfjclosc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mg2pdmrsd222How to enact #intergenerational #fairness in EU policies? Over 3 months, 150 European citizens gave input to the Commission. I was honored guide this process #deliberative #democracy #policy #cocreation. This week, Glenn Micallef will present the new strategy https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/european-citizens-panels/citizens-panel-intergenerational-fairness_en02 Mar 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2pdmrsd222https://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mg2pdmrsd222How to enact #intergenerational #fairness in EU policies? Over 3 months, 150 European citizens gave input to the Commission. I was honored guide this process #deliberative #democracy #policy #cocreation. This week, Glenn Micallef will present the new strategy https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/european-citizens-panels/citizens-panel-intergenerational-fairness_en02 Mar 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2pdmrsd222https://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mfefkybfd22iThe Reversal of the Flynn Effect and Protecting Cognitive Agency:" my podcast interview on #autonomy, cognitive #offloading & embracing yet another disruptive technology pushed by US/Chinese billionaires with no track record of caring for humans or the environment: https://open.spotify.com/episode/74AwINRiK5jRACe8PQmVJd?si=59342d03c7e147b821 Feb 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfefkybfd22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mf7xv5nyhc2fIs it a status symbol to have many children, Heartbeats.dk asked me. Maybe yes, maybe not. But this is a marginal niche issue. The real issue is declining population fertility & rising childlessness, and the large, hidden,societally undervalued cost of parenting https://heartbeats.dk/er-det-blevet-et-statussymbol-at-faa-mange-boern-i-koebenhavn/19 Feb 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7xv5nyhc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mf27whjajk2gThe Norwegian government's Birth Rate Commission has handed its report to Minister of Children & Families Lene Vågslid. The report highlights our 'Taxing #Reproduction' research. Norwegian report: https://www.regjeringen.no/en/documents/nou-2026-2/id3148337/ 'Taxing Reproduction': https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/10/10/230759/92143/Taxing-reproduction-the-full-transfer-cost-of17 Feb 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf27whjajk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mfefkybfd22iThe Reversal of the Flynn Effect and Protecting Cognitive Agency:" my podcast interview on #autonomy, cognitive #offloading & embracing yet another disruptive technology pushed by US/Chinese billionaires with no track record of caring for humans or the environment: https://open.spotify.com/episode/74AwINRiK5jRACe8PQmVJd?si=59342d03c7e147b821 Feb 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfefkybfd22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mf7xv5nyhc2fIs it a status symbol to have many children, Heartbeats.dk asked me. Maybe yes, maybe not. But this is a marginal niche issue. The real issue is declining population fertility & rising childlessness, and the large, hidden,societally undervalued cost of parenting https://heartbeats.dk/er-det-blevet-et-statussymbol-at-faa-mange-boern-i-koebenhavn/19 Feb 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7xv5nyhc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mf27whjajk2gThe Norwegian government's Birth Rate Commission has handed its report to Minister of Children & Families Lene Vågslid. The report highlights our 'Taxing #Reproduction' research. Norwegian report: https://www.regjeringen.no/en/documents/nou-2026-2/id3148337/ 'Taxing Reproduction': https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/10/10/230759/92143/Taxing-reproduction-the-full-transfer-cost-of17 Feb 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf27whjajk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mdzmnz53sk2bBetween Solidarity, Fairness and Conflict. How Can We Reorganise Intergenerational Relations? Join us today on the European Day of Demography https://www.population-europe.eu/events/between-solidarity-fairness-and-conflict-how-can-we-reorganise-intergenerational-relations04 Feb 2026 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzmnz53sk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mdv46h3dns2uThe Forandringskraft 2026 conference kicks off tomorrow in Copenhagen, talks by Charles Leadbeater, Margrethe Vestager, ... I will introduce the session on future generations: 'Bevægelsen for Fremtidens Generationer: Fra usynlige skævheder til fælles handling' https://forandringskraft.dk/arrangementer/forandringskraft-202602 Feb 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdv46h3dns2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mdv46h3dns2uThe Forandringskraft 2026 conference kicks off tomorrow in Copenhagen, talks by Charles Leadbeater, Margrethe Vestager, ... I will introduce the session on future generations: 'Bevægelsen for Fremtidens Generationer: Fra usynlige skævheder til fælles handling' https://forandringskraft.dk/arrangementer/forandringskraft-202602 Feb 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdv46h3dns2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mddblh7zws2kLove in the time of empty cradles: What causes widespread drops in fertility? Join Gosta Esping-Andersen and our panel this Saturday at Word festival 2026 in Odense (Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Pieter Vanhuysse, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe & Gøsta Esping-Andersen): https://wordfestival.dk/arrangementer/love-faith-and-an-empty-crib/26 Jan 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddblh7zws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mddblh7zws2kLove in the time of empty cradles: What causes widespread drops in fertility? Join Gosta Esping-Andersen and our panel this Saturday at Word festival 2026 in Odense (Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Pieter Vanhuysse, Lone Schmidt, Søren Ziebe & Gøsta Esping-Andersen): https://wordfestival.dk/arrangementer/love-faith-and-an-empty-crib/26 Jan 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddblh7zws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mck4ohpcak2yWhy are birth rates falling wide across the rich world? Are we choosing smaller families, or being shaped by biology, hidden parenting costs, or modern life? Join me, Gosta Esping-Andersen and other panelists at the Word Festival 2026 as we address this question https://wordfestival.dk/arrangementer/love-faith-and-an-empty-crib/16 Jan 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mck4ohpcak2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pietervanhuysse.bsky.social/post/3mcp5bqdvr22thttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcasts/jonathan-haidt-new-evidence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FVA.3LB3.oeVUT858MllU&smid=url-share18 Jan 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:htn63ssi7znp5ev3a2n624es/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcp5bqdvr22t