Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Lutz
Wolfgang Lutz

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Marois G, Gietel-Basten S, Lutz W. China's low fertility may not hinder future prosperity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2021 Sep 27;118(40):e2108900118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2108900118

Thiery W, Lange S, Rogelj J, Schleussner C-F, Gudmundsson L, Seneviratne SI et al. Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes Young generations are severely threatened by climate change. Science. 2021 Sep 26;374(6564):158-160. doi: 10.1126/science.abi7339

Reiter C, Özdemir C, Yildiz D, Goujon A, Guimaraes R, Lutz W. The Demography of Skills-Adjusted Human Capital. Laxenburg. 2021 May 18.


Lutz W, Reiter C, Özdemir C, Yildiz D, Guimaraes R, Goujon A. Skills-adjusted human capital shows rising global gap. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2021 Feb 16;118(7):e2015826118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2015826118

Lutz W. Advanced Introduction to Demography. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021. (Elgar Advanced Introductions series).


Lutz W, Lanzi E, Agrawala S, Dellink R, Zimm C, Nakicenovic N et al. Developing Pathways to Sustainability: Fulfilling Human Needs and Aspirations while Maintaining Human Life Support Systems. In Systemic Thinking for Policy Making: The Potential of Systems Analysis for Addressing Global Policy Challenges in the 21st Century. Paris: OECD. 2020. p. 39-48 doi: https://doi.org/10.1787/a6a5f2eb-en

Lutz W. Fertility will be determined by the changing ideal family size and the empowerment to reach these targets. In Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2020. Vol. 18. 2020. p. 1-8. (Vienna Yearbook of Population Research). doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/populationyearbook2020.deb06



Lutz W, Burns T, Goujon A, K.C. S. The Potential of Integrated Education and Population Policies. In Systemic Thinking for Policy Making: The Potential of Systems Analysis for Addressing Global Policy Challenges in the 21st Century. Paris: OECD. 2020. p. 91-98 doi: https://doi.org/10.1787/879c4f7a-en

Lutz W. World Population Trends and the Rise of homo sapiens literata. In Braun von J, Sanchez Sorondo M, editors, Transformative Roles of Science in Society: From Emerging Basic Science Toward Solutions for People’s Wellbeing. Vatican City: Ex Aedibus Academicis in Civitate Vaticana. 2020. p. 43-67

Lutz W. Years of Good Life (YoGL): A New Comprehensive Indicator ofHuman Wellbeing for Assessing Sustainable Progress. In Akademie im Dialog 18: Global Sustainable Development Goals in a Mediatized World. Vol. 18. Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW). 2020. p. 37-50. (Akademie im Dialog, Vol. 18).



Buber-Ennser I, Kohlenberger J, Rengs B, Al Zalak Z, Goujon A, Potancokova M et al. Human Capital, Values, and Attitudes of Persons Seeking Refuge in Austria in 2015. PLoS ONE. 2016 Sep 23;11(9):e0163481. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163481


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https://iiasa.ac.at/events/nov-2022/iiasa-israel-symposium-on-sustainability-pathways-empowered-by-systems-analysis

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

28 Nov 202229 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Eight Billion People: Global Population Patterns and Sustainable Development of Economy, Society, and Civilization conference

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

18 Nov 202219 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


geopolitical consequences on global demographic development

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

30 Sep 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


East Asia’s Population Decline: A looming demographic crisis, or could greater prosperity be found in fewer numbers?

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

7 Dec 20219 Dec 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Depopulation as a new population policy challenge

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

5 Dec 202110 Dec 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Demographic Resilience and Sustainable Development

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

1 Dec 20212 Dec 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


The power of multi-dimensional demography

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

13 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A population policy paradigm for the 21st century: National human resource management

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

18 Oct 202119 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Population and human capital scenarios for the 21st century in the context of environmental change

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

23 Sep 202124 Sep 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Population, Human Capital, and Sustainable Development

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

10 Sep 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Drivers of long-term trends in human numbers and capabilities for sustainable development

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

11 Aug 202114 Aug 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Population and Demography

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

10 May 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


How Can Migration, Workforce Participation, and Education Balance the Cost of Aging in Europe?

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

5 May 20218 May 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The power of multi-dimensional demography: changing education distributions and sustainable development

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

24 Mar 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Population Dynamics and the SDGs

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

18 Nov 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Population policies for strengthening effective human resources in Europe

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

26 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Global population growth and its impact on cities and urbanization

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

21 Sep 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Education or Economic Status? Comparing Their Relative Effect on Prime-Age Adult Mortality in India Using Longitudinal Survey Data

Moradhvaj Dhakad (Speaker), K. C. Samir (Speaker), Erich Striessnig (Contributor), Wolfgang Lutz (Contributor) & Nandita Saikia (Contributor)

24 Jun 202027 Jun 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Years of Good Life (YoGL): a Wellbeing Indicator Designed to Serve as Sustainability Criterion

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker), Erich Striessnig (Contributor), Anna Dimitrova (Contributor), Anastasia Lijadi (Contributor), Claudia Reiter (Contributor), Sonja Spitzer (Contributor) & Dilek Yildiz (Contributor)

24 Jun 202027 Jun 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Demography of Sustainable Human Wellbeing

Wolfgang Lutz (Invited speaker)

3 Dec 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)

Wolfgang Lutz (Keynote speaker)

29 Nov 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Keynote: Migration and demographics. A complicated history

Wolfgang Lutz (Keynote speaker)

22 Nov 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Probabilistic population projections

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

18 Nov 201922 Nov 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Years of Good Life (YoGL) in contemporary and historical settings

Wolfgang Lutz (Speaker)

11 Nov 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Future is now: Was die Agenda 2030 für Österreich bedeutet

Wolfgang Lutz (Keynote speaker)

15 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Department of Demography

Deputy Head

Dominikanerbastei 16
1010 Wien
Room: B27

wolfgang.lutz@univie.ac.at