The Population Research Centre (PRC) in the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen is an internationally oriented demographic research and training institute.

An international orientation is the dominant characteristic of the PRC. Research is conducted at the international level and PhD researchers and Master's students come to the PRC from all over the world. The University of Groningen  is the only university in the Netherlands where students can obtain a Master's in Population Studies.

The PRC research focuses on seven themes - Healthy Ageing in Society; Families, Households and Residence; Population, Mortality and Health; Global Migration, Culture and Place; Culture and Health; Nutrition and Health; Population Change and Population Decline

 

News  

• June 21: PhD Defense Rizwan Ul Haq
• Master Population Studies Marked as Second Best!!
• First announcement International Conference on Population Geographies 2013  
• Young scientists award for Eva Kibele: German Reunification Redraws Map of Life Expectancy
• Short film about the Master's programme Population Studies
• January - February 2012, PRC and NIDI will organize a Dutch short course on 'Demographic Measures, Methods and Forecasts', especially geared at people working at municipalities and provinces who deal with population issues such as population decline and population ageing. 

Recent publications

• Relative resources and moving from the joint home around divorce.
• Systematic review of public health research on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in India with focus on provision and utilization of cascade of PMTCT services.
• Participatory Approach and Community Empowerment in Safe Motherhood in rural Mangochi, Malawi [PDF]
• Fertility differentials among religious minorities: cross-national and regional evidence from India and Bangladesh

• Moving related to separation: Who moves and to what distance

• HIV vulnerability among migrant fishermen in Goa, India

• The decline in stroke mortality. Exploration of future trends in seven Western European countries

• Qualitative Research Methods

• Breast milk and complementary food intake in Brazilian infants according to socio-economic position