2025 DEM PRO

1. Barbara Zagaglia, Head, Anthropology & Demography Unit, Athens Institute & Associate Professor, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy.
   Title: Increasing the Mean Age at Childbearing as a Potential Leverage to Contrast Demographic Decline and Population Aging.
2. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, Athens Institute.
   Title: Is Greece Dying? Confronting the Population Challenge.
3. Alex Mican, PhD Student, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic.
   Title: Between Demography, Economics and Social Policy: Replacement Rates in China and India in the Context of Sustainable Pension System.
4. Funda Karaman, Research Assistant, Hacettepe University, Türkiye.
   Title: Constructing Life Tables from Abridged Mortality Data: A Comparative Evaluation of Spline, Relational, and Parametric Models for Türkiye.

1. Stavroula Malla, Professor, University of Lethbridge, Canada.
   Richard Gray, Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
   Title: Health Foods, R&D, and Public Policy.
2. Mary Christianakis, Professor, Occidental College, USA.
   Movindri Reddy, Professor, Occidental College, USA.
   Title: Silencing Dissent: Title VI, Weaponized Antisemitism Accusations, and the Repression of Pro-Palestinian Speech on U.S. College Campuses.
3. Ramli Dollah, Associate Professor, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.
   Amrullah Maraining, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.
   Title: Non-Traditional Security Threat in Tri-Border Area (Malaysia-Philippines-Indonesia): Issues & Challenges for Sabah (Malaysia).
4. Adrian Szumowski, Assistant Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.
   Title: Between Syria and Ukraine: Power Transfers in Contemporary International Environment.

1. Nicole Farris, Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA.
   Rachel Rayburn, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.
   Title: Exploring AI-Enhanced Communication: ChatGPT’s Impact on Professor-Student Engagement and Course Evaluations in the Social Sciences: A Preliminary Look.
2. Karima Bouchenafa, Assistant Dean & Director of the Black Cultural Center, Swarthmore College, USA.
   Title: I’m Every Woman but It’s Not All in Me: Black Women, Intersectionality, Self-Care, & Campus Protests.
3. Azadeh Pashootanizadeh, Associate Professor, Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Iran & Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
   Title: Rag Dolls and the Cultural Identity of Zoroastrian Female Society.
4. Luis Florez Gomez, Researcher, Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), Colombia.
   Johan Avendaño Arias, Director, Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), Colombia.
   Yenny Marin Salazar, Head of Demography Division, Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), Colombia.
   Title: Demographic Dynamics and Urban Metamorphosis in Emerging Cities of Colombia (2005–2018): Implications for Housing.
5. Emilija Jaceviciene, PhD Student, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.
   Title: A Comparative Study of Lithuanian Children’s Street Games: Variations in Rules and Language from the Late 20^th Century to the Present.

1. Chiedo Nwankwor, Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
   Title: A Coalitions Bargaining-Based Explanation of Women’s Marginalization from Power in Africa: Case of the Muhammadu Buhari-Led APC Party Government in Nigeria.
2. Dawchund (Vain) Jarbandhan, Full Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
   Title: Fostering Professionalism in the Public Sector. Lessons from the South Africa.
3. Amrullah Maraining, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.
   Ramli Dollah, Associate Professor, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.
   Title: Restructuring the Meaning of Smuggling among the Sabah Border Community through the ‘Everyday Define’ and ‘Authority Define’ Frameworks.
4. Abdelmaguid Aboelela, Chief Editor, MIR Interregional for Strategic Analysis, UAE.
   Title: Rebound Effects: The Unintended Consequences of International Sanction.
5. Gayil Talshir, Senior Lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
   Title: The Populist Protocol and its Liberal Rivals: Between Democratic Backsliding and Dictatorial Drift.

Moderator: Gregory T. Papanikos, President, Athens Institute.

Short Interventions:

• Chiedo Nwankwor, Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
• Dalton Conley, Henry Putnam University Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, USA.
• Sonia Salari, Professor, University of Utah, USA.
• Movindri Reddy, Professor, Occidental College, USA.
• Mark Fagiano, Deputy Head, Philosophy Unit, Athens Institute & Assistant Professor, Washington State University, USA.

1. Dalton Conley, Henry Putnam University Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, USA.
   Title: Genetic Sorting and its Sociopolitical Impacts.
2. Nicole Farris, Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA.
   Title: Millennial Vs. Gen Z College Students—Effort, Energy, and Engagement.
3. Bing Wang, Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China.
   Title: The Invincible Benevolent.
4. Sonia Salari, Professor, University of Utah, USA.
   Title: The Demolition of Superpower Social Architecture.
5. Ramli Dollah, Associate Professor, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.
   Title: Territorialization of Maritime Space and Human Insecurity: The Case of the Sea-Nomadic Bajau Laut in Sabah, Malaysia.
6. Dawchund (Vain) Jarbandhan, Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
   Title: Social Change and Transformation in South Africa. Reflection from a post-Apartheid Lens.
7. Chris Ogden, Associate Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
   Title: Norm-Based Perspectives on Continuity & Change.
8. Mark Fagiano, Deputy Head, Philosophy Unit, Athens Institute & Assistant Professor, Washington State University, USA.
   Title: Dewey and the Democratic Imagination: Change as Participatory Experimentation.

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1. Sonia Salari, Professor, University of Utah, USA.
   Title: Demographic Impacts of US Election 2024.
2. Movindri Reddy, Professor, Occidental College, USA.
   Mary Christianakis, Professor, Occidental College, USA.
   Title: Refugees, Unaccompanied Minors, and the Shifting Politics of Border Management in Greece.
3. Ching-Li Yang, Professor, National Sun-Yat Sen University, Taiwan.
   Yu-Shan Huang, Researcher, National Sun-Yat Sen University, Taiwan.
   Title: Convergence or Divergence? Gender Differences in the Impact of Educational Attainment on Marital Trajectories in Taiwan.
4. Riaan Eksteen, Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
   Title: Should BRICS be Taken Seriously?

1. Dalton Conley, Henry Putnam University Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, USA.
   Title: Do Children Age Their Parents? Causal Evidence from the Health and Retirement.
2. Francesco Orazi, Associate Professor, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy.
   Federico Sofritti, Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Macerata, Italy.
   Title: Ageing Processes and Technological Change: A Business Case Study in the Care Sector.
3. Alisa Jashari, Researcher, University of Turku, Finland.
   Lydia Palumbo, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Turku, Finland.
   Title: Transitions Into and Out of Giving: An Asymmetric Panel Fixed-Effects Analysis of Intergenerational Transfers and Reciprocity Across Europe.

1. Bing Wang, Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
   Title: The Invincible Benevolent: The Nature and Cause of State Power from the Viewpoint of Public Value.
2. Chris Ogden, Associate Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
   Title: Global Authoritarianism & Its Impact on World Order.
3. Mehmet Cevat Yildirim, Associate Professor, Gaziantep University, Türkiye.
   Title: Far Right and Ecology in Europe: Between Pastoral Patriotism and Denial.
4. Hoda Shaltout, Assistant Professor, New Giza University, Egypt.
   Title: The Neoclassical Realist Face of UAE’s Foreign Policy towards the Sudanese Crisis.

1. Andre Lecours, Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada.
   Robert Schertzer, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada.
   Title: Populism and Nationalism: Untangling Conceptual Threads.
2. Irah Kucerova, Senior Lecturer, Charles University, Czech Republic.
   Title: In Varietate Concordia – Differentiated Integration as the Key to the Future of the European Union?
3. Simangele Dlamini, Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa.
   Tile: Voting Behaviour and Identity Politics: Reflections on the 2024 National Elections in South Africa.
4. Andi-Nicolae Alupei, PhD Student, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania.
   Title: Echoes of Populism: Analysing the Impact of U.S. Political Shifts on Romania’s 2024 Presidential Election.
5. Maha Ghalwash, Associate Professor, The British University in Egypt, Egypt.
   Title: Islamic State and Arab Muslim Women: Restraint or Empowerment of Women?