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The way societies measure and imagine populations profoundly shapes which futures become politically possible.

Faced with increasing vulnerabilities, Eastern European states are trying to bring their citizens back from abroad. 

As falling birth rates and longer lives shrink the working-age population, tighter labour markets will become the new normal.

For John Wall, the ballot box is for anyone who wishes to have a say – children included.

Amid stubbornly low birth rates, Polish women are bearing the brunt of public pressure for the country’s population panic.

Fanni Svégel on attempts to engineer a baby boom that never came – and their harmful effects on women.

For Jörg Tremmel and Lena Winzer, committing to the future can expand democratic possibilities.

A growing number of countries are pushing to ban children from social media as the harmful effects of these platforms become undeniable.

Demographic decline is exposing a fundamental blind spot in modern economics: its inability to recognise the value of care.

As Europe’s electorates age, Ben Wray asks whether intergenerational conflict is inevitable.