About the Talk (Powerpoint slide)In this talk, Professor Gietel--Basten will discuss his recent book, The Population Problem in Pacific Asia. This book is one of first to look in-depth at the issue of low fertility in Pacific Asia.  Considering  the whole region in context, there is also a focus on China, where he addresses such questions as , "why does the "two-child ideal" turn into a "one-child intention?" and  whether the two-child policy is Chinas "silver bullet".A lively speaker, Prof Gietel Basten uses qualitative and quantitative data and examples from newspapers and other media to help us come to a better understanding of the so-called population problems in the region.You can register at Library Event RegistrationHLTH1010 HKUST students may attain 1.5 hour credit for the Healthy Lifestyle Course after attending the seminar.This event will be recorded using video and photography.About the SpeakerProfessor Stuart Gietel-Basten is the Director of the university’s Center for Aging Science; and is Associate Dean (Research) of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.His research covers the interplay between changing population dynamics and public and social policy. He is is especially interested in the fertility transition; conceptual approaches to ageing; and population policy. He is the co-ordinator of the GGS-Asia project, which seeks to run the Generations and Gender Survey in Asian settings – including Hong Kong.He received his education at the University of Cambridge, with a PhD in historical demography. Before coming to HKUST, he was an Associate Professor of Social Policy at the University of Oxford. He has also been an adviser in Population and Development at the UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology and a Research Scholar at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Austria.

About the Talk:Discussion of demography traditionally has focused on the consequences of population growth. In the talk, Prof Gietel-Basten will share his insights on how our understanding of demographics can influence politics and populations. He will also suggest how humans can take greater ownership of the future by a better understanding of the role demography has played in the past.You can register at Library Event Registration
HLTH1010 HKUST students may attain 1.0 hour credit for the Healthy Lifestyle Course after attending the seminar.About the SpeakerProf Stuart Gietel-Basten is Associate Director of the Leadership and Public Policy Executive Education Program, and an Associate Professor of Department of Social Science and Institute for Public Policy at HKUST.His research covers the links between population and policy, with a regional focus on Asia. He is especially interested in the emergence of low fertility across the region, and the consequences of this in terms of population ageing and growth. He has been published in a number of major journals in demography and other social science subjects.  Why Demography matters (co-written with Danny Dorling) is his first book. He is also a regular contributor to the South China Morning Post and the China Daily.He received his education at the University of Cambridge, with a PhD in historical demography. Before coming to HKUST, he was an Associate Professor of Social Policy at the University of Oxford. He has also been an adviser in Population and Development at the UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology and a Research Scholar at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Austria.