Francesco Billari: Demography and Hyperdiversity (Karl Popper-Lecture)

Over the long run, a series of revolutions has brought about a number of changes that have importantly increased the diversity of populations. The longevity revolution has produced generational diversity, as well as incentives to invest for the long term both at the individual and at the societal level. The education revolution, fostered by longevity and culminating in the XXIst as the university century, has produced diversity by social origin in different roles. The gender revolution, fostered by education and technological change, has produced more gender diversity than ever in our history. The migration revolution, fostered by the demographic transition and the education revolution, has generated a wide diversity by social origin, as well as the emergence of global-origin cities and countries. The intersection of these diversities in ascribed characteristics is sufficient to produce “superdiversity” as the consequence of intersecting origins. Yet, long lives, lifestyles, preferences, and life course trajectories imply that superdiversity by origin becomes hyperdiversity, with variation both between and within human lives. The talk will discuss some empirical evidence, and discuss opportunities and challenges of an hyperdiverse world.
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