Studying depopulation also means studying the history of those who stay
Ever since the 1950s, a silent disaster is slowly but steadily unfolding in Europe, a slow burning crisis called ‘regional depopulation'. People are leaving certain areas in their masses, which can have serious consequences for the quality of life for those who stay. Assistant professor Dr Yuliya Hilevych from the Faculty of Arts researches regional depopulation in the Netherlands, Finland, and Ukraine by placing the phenomenon in a social-historical perspective. She primarily looks into how depopulating regions have coped with people leaving: what makes one community more resilient than the other? ‘My research is also a study into the history of those who stay.’
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