The Netherlands Demographic Society (NVD) invites you to join the 18th edition of the Dutch Demography Day on Wednesday 4 February 2026 in the Academy Building of Utrecht University (Domplein).
At the conference, the most recent findings in the field of population studies will be presented, including family and fertility, migrants and migration, health, mortality and longevity, population ageing, population growth and decline, and urbanization. The scientific programme comprises a Keynote Address, several rounds of parallel sessions and a poster session, all of which are in English.
Call for Abstracts/Proposals
Abstracts from a wide variety of disciplines, including sociology, economics, health, history and planning, are invited. Abstracts (max 300 words) can be submitted here until Wednesday 12 November 2025. Authors will be informed in December whether their abstract has been accepted for presentation in one of the parallel sessions or for the poster session. Authors who wish to only present and pitch a poster, instead of having an oral presentation in a parallel session, can indicate this preference when submitting an abstract.
You are also invited to come with a proposal for a session, workshop, panel discussion or else. Write us (demografiedag@gmail.com) if you have a proposal (300 words) for a 60- or 90-minute time slot (3 or 4 presentations).
Awards
Two awards will be granted at the Dutch Demography Day:
NIDI-NVD Master Thesis Award 2026
This Award honours the best Master Thesis in Population Studies in the Netherlands. Jointly sponsored by the NVD and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), the Award carries a certificate and a €500 prize. Master theses can be submitted until 15 October 2025 at demografiedag@gmail.com. The rules of play can be found here.
NVD Seed Grant 2025/26
The NVD offers a “Seed Grant” to young researchers (Master and PhD students), to provide extra financial means that will help them in their research project. The grant can be used for, for example, additional data collection, coding or transcription of qualitative interviews, or visiting a conference or workshop to present a paper. Applications can be submitted until 5 December 2025. For more information, see here.
Registration
Participation is not possible without registering for the conference.
Registration and payment will be possible between 1 November 2025 and 9 January 2026 through this website