SEES Fall 2025 Seminar Series: Joshua Wilde

This week's presentation given by guest speaker, Joshua Wilde, Population Research Center, PSU; and Leverhulme Center for Demographic Science, University of Oxford

Climate Change and Fertility

Interest in the effect of climate change on major demographic processes is burgeoning. While our understanding of the linkages between climate, mortality, and migration are relatively well developed, the effects of rising temperatures on human fertility rates are not. In this lecture, Dr Wilde will discuss this research area, its history and development, and how he and his coauthors are filling knowledge gaps in this field. After discussing the aggregate effect of climate change on fertility, he will outline what is known about the mechanisms which drive the link between temperature and birth rates. Finally, he will end by describing where our understanding is still limited and provide a roadmap for future researchers to follow.

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