Arnstein Aassve

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Arnstein Aassve
Born (1968-06-19) June 19, 1968 (age 56)
Molde, Norway
Academic career
Field Demography
Institution Bocconi University

Arnstein Aassve (born June 19, 1968) is a Norwegian professor in demography, current director of the PhD program in Social and Political Science and former dean of the Undergraduate School at Bocconi University. [1] His research lies in the intersection of sociology, demography and economics and is currently focused on studying the effects of globalisation and culture on demographic outcomes and trends. [2] He is currently leading the FutuRes project (Towards a resilient future of Europe) funded by the Horizon Europe program.

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Education

Aassve started his higher education career in 1988 with a BSc in economics, Law and Computer Science from Molde University College (Norway). He then moved to the University of Bristol (UK) where he obtained his Diploma in Economics, MSc in Economics and Finance, and in 2000 his PhD in economics with a thesis on an econometric analysis of family formation. [3]

Academic career

After he obtained his PhD from the University of Bristol, Aassve started his academic career at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Rostock, Germany) as a research scientist. He stayed there two years where he published several papers on transition to adulthood and home leaving. [4] He then moved back to the UK for a tenured position as lecturer in economics at the University of Leicester and afterwards as a Chief Research Officer at the Institute for Economic and Social Research (ISER, University of Essex). [5] In this period he continued his research in demography and family formation but focused on their interaction with poverty. [6] [7]

In 2007 he moved to Italy, starting his career at Bocconi University. Initially an assistant professor in demography, he quickly became an associate professor, deputy director of DONDENA Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and programme director of the bachelor's in international economics, management and finance. [8] In 2014 Aassve became full professor of Demography and dean of the undergraduate school. [9] [10] Currently, he is honorary fellow at University of Wisconsin – Madison, director of the PhD program in Public Policy and administration, associate editor of the European Journal of Population [11] and chair of the panel for the social sciences and humanities starting grant 2018 (SH3, European Research Council). [12]

Research

Aassve was one of the first researchers to put demographic trends into the perspective of welfare regime classification. His research has focused on how demographic trends can be understood through trends in welfare provision and trust. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

By developing this theory and publishing articles providing theoretical and empirical evidence, he carried out the role of principal investigator for several research funds and grants, among which:

Additional achievements

Aassve obtained the Dirk van de Kaa award in Social Demography 2014. This Award honours outstanding achievements by an individual scholar in social demography, and the interplay of population dynamics and social change. [25]

He is also the co-founder of the interdisciplinary Alp-Pop Conference. Initiated in 2011 it has attracted world leading social scientists concerned with population issues. [26] [27]

Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ Bocconi University's faculty. Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  2. ↑ Webpage of Institutional Family Demography project. Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  3. ↑ IFAMID's Principal Investigator. Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  4. ↑ Aassve, A. et al. (2002)
  5. ↑ Website of ISER's members. Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  6. ↑ Website of Economic and Social Research Council. Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  7. ↑ Interview with Population Europe. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018.
  8. ↑ Interview for Bocconi University. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018
  9. ↑ Bocconi University's faculty. Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  10. ↑ Welcome to Bocconi from the Dean of the Undergraduate School. Retrieved November 22nd, 201
  11. ↑ Website of the European Journal of Population. Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  12. ↑ Website of the ERC Starting Grant Panel 2018. Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  13. ↑ Article on The Washington Post discussing Aassve's research on Welfare, Happiness and Demographic outcomes. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018.
  14. ↑ Aassve, A. et al. (2005). Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  15. ↑ Article on Corriere della sera discussing Aassve's line of research. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018.
  16. ↑ Article on lavoce.info discussing the initial findings of the IFAMID project. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018.
  17. ↑ Interview with Aassve where he explains his ERC Advanced Grant winning project IFAMID: Institutional Family Demography. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018.
  18. ↑ ESRC's funding website. Retrieved November 16th, 2018
  19. ↑ GGP's funding website. Retrieved November 16th, 2018
  20. ↑ Multilinks' funding website. Retrieved November 16th, 2018
  21. ↑ CODEC's funding website. Retrieved November 16th, 2018
  22. ↑ DONDENA's website presenting the CODEC project. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018.
  23. ↑ IFAMID's funding website. Retrieved November 16th, 2018
  24. ↑ DONDENA's website presenting the IFAMID project. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018. Archived 2017-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ↑ Van De Kaa Award's Website. Retrieved November 16th, 2018. Archived 2019-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ↑ Alp-Pop's Website. Retrieved November 16th, 2018.
  27. ↑ Interview with Aassve where he discusses the Alp-Pop conference. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018.
  28. ↑ Article on La Repubblica discussing the role of fertility choices on happiness. Retrieved November 22nd, 2018.
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