Conference of Young Demographers

The annual international Conference of Young Demographers is held at the Faculty of Science, Charles University traditionally in the first half of February. We welcome submissions from all fields of demography, as well as all related areas of population studies (we are always kind to sociologists, epidemiologists and even economists). We aim to create a relaxed and welcoming environment where especially early career researchers can share their work in progress and thoughts with their peers.

We understand the pressure they might feel at big international conferences full of well-established professors (we feel it too). So we try to provide an opportunity to try to present without worries, often for the first time in their lives. After 16 years we have become quite popular among (not only) European demographers, and many of them are returning to our conference each year. In spite of that, we still try to improve and find new ways of making the conference better, fresh and definitely not boring.

Therefore we encourage everyone to try new things and be bold; we love unconventional ways of presenting the research, and most importantly, we support fun. Because demography is fun.

17th Conference of Young Demographers will happen on 4–6 February 2026, Prague

The conference is fully on-site and in-person.

The Call for Papers is now open and you can find absolutely all necessary information here. Submit your abstracts until Monday, 27 October 2025.

You will be notified about acceptance in December 2025.

Do not forget to share the information with your friends, colleagues or on social media (using the #YoungDemographers). The more the merrier, right?


Check the instructions for authors. If you are a presenting author, you will receive more detailed instructions through e-mail.


We are all over the moon about our ongoing collaboration with the Association for Young Historical Demographers!!!


Please note that we are unable to provide any financial support for your transport or other expenditures, however there is no conference fee.

In case you have any questions about conference please do not hesitate to contact us!